May 18, 2016

A Moral Lecture from Sir “Lady” Elton John

Elton John in 1977It’s always good to wake up in the morning and realize a moral lecture from the arbiter of morality, none other than Sir Elton John (or, given the Transgender discussion, should that be “Lady Elton John) is waiting for you to ponder.
The LGBTQ community wants to characterize the “Gender-Identity” debate (I can’t believe we are even having this discussion) under the heading of compassion and understanding when it is neither.
This debate is nothing short of a battle for the morality of our nation, the innocence of our children, common sense and decency in public places; something woefully lacking in this diatribe against family values and human sexuality.
May 14, 2016

What is the President’s “End Game” in Declaring Bathroom Wars?

ObamaI have been pondering what President Obama’s motive might be for declaring war on the moral right; in other words, what is his “end game” in making Transgender’s rights (only.03% of the American population) a point of conflict and contention?
This President has hardly demonstrated a heart of compassion for anyone, including the men and women in uniform who have made the ultimate sacrifice; therefore I do not think his motivation has anything to do with the civil rights of Transgenders.
Bathroom dangersWhat is his goal?  Is this Transgender war a distraction from greater matters such as the investigation into the deaths of four patriots in Benghazi?  Is it intended to be a distraction from Hillary’s email scandal?  Is the President planning an even greater assault on the Constitution and the liberties of American citizens, such as his threat against the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms?
Why is he choosing to make the fallacy of Transgender civil rights an issue in the last months of his administration and during an election year that has been so contentious?  Is he intending to make the definition of “civil rights” so broad it will embrace every nefarious act of immorality? Is he championing a broader definition of “civil rights” that will open the backdoor to militant Islam’s perversities with young girls that we witness in territories held by ISIS?
I wish I had answers for you.  I know there is an “end game”, but what is it?
Copyright 2016 – Travis D. Smith
May 10, 2016

A Note to Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz: Do your job!

Attorney General LynchAttorney General Lynch’s declaration of war on the State of North Carolina is stunning and another evidence of the Obama administration anti-Constitutional stance in its war against the American people. 
I believe we will see over the next months that the Obama administration intends to unleash every political weapon in its arsenal to force upon the American people a moral perversity that defies anyone to stand up and speak out.
Trump, Cruz, RubioTo Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz…If you two want a political legacy, let it be that you finally stood up to this tyrant president and called him and his cohorts out!  Dog this White House night and day if you are the Constitutionalists you claim to be!  Whip up the same passion you exhibited toward Trump on a debate stage and go after the corruption in this administration and the federal bureaucracy for the sake of our nation’s future!
We have heard enough of your rhetoric, do the job you were elected to do in the Senate and use your national stage to declare political war on this bully administration and its preempted monarch!
Copyright 2016 – Travis D. Smith
April 23, 2016

“The Coming Storm”

Sign of the EndThis Sunday morning Hillsdale Baptist Church will begin an eschatological series titled “The Signs of the Second Coming of Christ and the End of the World”.  Our focus for the next several weeks will be Matthew 24-25, a passage of scripture traditionally referred to as “The Olivet Discourse”.  This Sunday morning’s message is titled, “The Coming Storm” and is an introduction for our prophetic study of the last days.

My friend, the parallel between the LORD’s prophetic description of the signs that would mark His Second Coming and end of the world and world events unfolding in our day is undeniable. There is a revolution underway in our world, a growing spirit of rebellion, a hatred of law and authority, a vacuum of leadership, and an abandonment of moral principles that precipitates the cry of the world for peace.coming storm

Sadly, the church, the very institution God entrusted with the one and only answer for sin and guilt, Jesus Christ, is compromised, tainted by sin and its testimony marred by eroding convictions.  My friend, the Bible still has the answer for hope and God’s call to His people to be holy is unchanged.

I invite you to join us at Hillsdale this Sunday as we look at our world through the prism of God’s revelation!

April 21, 2016

TARGET’s Assault on Family Values

target TARGETIt’s time to “target TARGET” with a boycott that will leave this corporation bankrupt, its stores shuttered, and its war on family values a distant memory of political correctness run amok!

When TARGET made its public announcement in 2015 that its toy and clothing aisles would no longer carry gender identification, Americans should have recognized this corporation was asserting an adversarial role on traditional family values.   To prove the insanity of the left and their perversion of the obvious is boundless, TARGET now announces its assault on the privacy of the restroom and invites men to invade the solitude of the women’s restroom and women the men’s restrooms under a misguided notion they do not want to discriminate against the civil rights of the “transgendered”.

man in high heelsOutlining their reasoning for this new affront on the innocence of our children and the privacy and security of our wives and daughters, TARGET”s corporate statement reads:  “Inclusivity is a core belief at TARGET…It’s something we celebrate. We stand for equality and equity, and strive to make our guests and team members feel accepted, respected and welcomed in our stores and workplaces every day.”  [I might add…at the sacrifice of your child’s innocence!]

Surely this example of politically correct insanity will make the blood of every husband and father boil over with anger and disgust at this corporation’s assault on the moral fiber of our homes and the innocence of our youth.  Every religious sect in American society should be outraged with TARGET’s decision to open restroom doors to the perverted and misguided, and submit our children and wives to the danger of predators disguised as “gender-confused”.

It’s time to “target TARGET” by boycotting its stores until this corporation is driven from the marketplace.

Romans 1:26-27 – “For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27  And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.”

The Patriot Parson

April 20, 2016

Middle Schools and the Gay Agenda

gay indoctrinationSecular schools, from as early as preschool through college, have become indoctrination centers for the left.  I continue to hear that parents of middle school children, particularly those in 6th grade health sciences classes, are dismayed when their children come home with questions for their parents after their minds have been polluted with films and teachings that promote sexual experimentation, homosexuality, and are nothing short of unveiled militant sexual exploitation.

It is time for parents to wake up to the reality our children are facing an open assault on moral values systematically conducted in public schools by secularists who are openly opposed to biblical and traditional family values.  There are many fine teachers in our school systems who know their calling is to educate our youth; however, there are too many purveyors of sexual depravity who are using their podiums and positions to direct the classroom discussion to advance sodomy among our youth.

Gay teacherI am ready for the insanity to end; however, the imbecility of the left and the depravity they champion has been indoctrinated into our youth through the secular school system for decades.  I wish I could assure you a change of administration will make a difference; however, the left has become so empowered in our school system that militant homosexuals and lesbians are directing not only our local schools, but have appointed themselves as the sex educators of our youth.

If you are the parent of a son or daughter in 6th grade…you have been warned…the school system is sexually indoctrinating and exploiting your children without your consent and perhaps without your children communicating what they are being subjected to in social\health sciences.   This agenda is a top down promotion of depravity and there are militant homosexuals working as principals, assistant principals and teachers in our local school systems who are coordinating an assault on purity and moral values.

Mom and dad, you have only yourselves to blame if you allow your children to be indoctrinated in moral depravity that opposes family values that have been the foundation of societies and nations for millenniums.  You can not afford to leave the matter of sexuality to the self-proclaimed experts.  I urge you to get engaged in your child’s education.  Ask your children what they are learning in school?  Have some serious discussions with the teacher and find out what your child is being taught.

Sadly, many of you will learn too late that your child’s innocence has been sacrificed for the godless agenda of the morally depraved. 

Wake up, America!

March 24, 2016

“Throw the Bums Out”…Every last one of them

trumpI have been posting a lot of news, thoughts and opinions directly to my Facebook Spiritual Minutemen Page; however, I have decided to also begin doing the same through my SpiritualMinutemen Blog.
Here is a headline that caught my attention: “Vocal Trump critics in GOP supporting Clinton”
If this article is true, I will become a rabid, anti-Republican establishment voice!  Has the Washington establishment become so incestuous, so insane that they will sacrifice our nation and future for a power play?
throw the bums outMight I suggest a solution…“Throw the Bums Out”…every last one of them…
from Washington, DC to Small Town, USA…
from the White House and Congress…to the Mayor, County Commissioners and Dog Catcher…
Throw them out!
If our elected officials will not put the future of this nation, our communities, and our families ahead of their own aspirations…if they ignore the opinions of “We the People” and are driven by self-interest…throw them out!
My opinion,
Patriot Parson
Copyright 2016 – Travis D. Smith
March 15, 2016

Anarchists Threatening Violence and Assassination Given Free Passes

anti-TrumpI stated in an earlier post that I was casting my vote for Ted Cruz in the Republican primary; however, the growing violence at Donald Trump rallies has given me cause to post this brief observation.
Rather than the news media exploring and reporting on the backgrounds of those who are not only organizing anti-Trump rallies, but are threatening violence in an effort to shut down Donald Trump’s right of free speech guaranteed under the 1st Amendment, reporters and news outlets are racing to blame Trump’s rhetoric for the violent confrontations.  Donald TrumpI invite you to watch and listen to this video that exposes the growing threats of assassination on the Republican front runner’s life.  I believe there is something more cynical and threatening to our democracy than a protest movement taking aim at one man.
Reflecting on how the peaceful Tea Party was consistently painted by the media as some right-wing fanatical movement in 2009, I am struck by the free pass the Black Lives Matter movement is given as they have encouraged riots in America’s cities, made threats of violence, disrupted political rallies and attacked the right of free speech, but not suffer a word of criticism from politicians or reporters.Bill Ayers
I am of the opinion it is time to not only prosecute those who are encouraging violence, but also prosecute those who are facilitating the hooligans by funding their un-American enterprises.  It is time to wake up America before we are ruled by anarchists!
March 8, 2016

American Sheep: Big Brother wants your children from conception!

common coreState, federal government, and corporate entities have, through “Common Core” and the public school educational system, begun to implement a strategy to usurp parental authority and assert the State’s interest in your child from Pre-natal care [that’s right, while still in the mother’s womb] to graduate school.

I invite you to view the following video website where a government agent for the State of Oregon Education Department, Oregon Deputy Superintendent Rob Saxton, presents a liberal ideology that the State has a compelling interest in a child’s welfare from conception to graduate school.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJB-noB7wgE

Teaching Strategies GoldSaxton asserts that the interests of the State includes nutrition, exercise, and education at the child’s earliest levels [the argument is the State has a right to know everything about a child beginning in the mother’s womb, well before they enter kindergarten].

The “dirty secret” of the States and public school systems across the nation, including my beloved State of Florida, is the government, in cooperation with corporate entities like “Teaching Strategies Gold”, is data mining your children as early as Kindergarten.

How many of you are aware that K4 teachers are encouraged to videotape your children, take photographs, and fill out reports that are then sent to the State and corporate entities like “Teaching Strategies Gold”?  [I didn’t think so and no, they do not have to ask your permission. They are following a mandate of the State].

Trusting the State to be sincerely benevolent, we are to believe the State’s interest is to insure from birth that children are “kinder-ready” to learn. Dick and Jane In the video, the Oregon State representative for the governor of Oregon states the goal of the State is “to insure students are ready to read by the end of third grade”.  [Forgive me for reflecting, but I remember reading “Fun with Dick and Jane” at the end of 1st grade in 1962. Apparently today’s educational system is hoping this generation will be reading by 3rd grade! Really?]

As an added bonus, if you persevere to the end of the video at the 5:45 mark, a MSNBC news anchor is spouting the liberal view of education in the following words:

“We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or that kids belong to their family and recognize that kids belong to whole communities. Once it is everybody’s responsibility and not just the household, then we start making better investments.”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJB-noB7wgE

For you Bernie Sanders’ socialists, your long-awaited welfare nanny state is almost here!  Soon, Big Brother will own you, your children, and your future!

Patriot Parson

Copyright 2016 – Travis D. Smith

March 8, 2016

Why I will and must vote for Ted Cruz

TedCruzI am convinced that, while we have been focused on the disastrous policies of the Obama Administration (ObamaCare; Fast and Furious; Benghazi; Hillary’s Email scandal; etc…); the president’s greatest and most devastating attack on our nation and culture, and perhaps the legacy he is most proud, will be the transformative resettlement of radical jihadist Muslims throughout the American heartland and across 48 continental states.ObamaCare
Liberal, bleeding heart Democrats, Rhino Republicans, Billionaires, the liberal media, and the so-called Hollywood elite (by the way, all of whom will live safely behind their walled compounds and armed body guards when this society begins to face wide-spread civil disruptions), have all been party to this corruption of American exceptionalism.
I believe the 2016 Presidential elections may well be the final stand for American values, liberties, and the USA Constitution. For that reason, I will vote for Ted Cruz, a bold Constitutionalist, a man who is intellectually brilliant, and has a proven record of conservative views and values. I see no other candidate who is a true defender of our freedoms and liberties.
Patriot Parson