Now that Joe Biden has been sworn in as the nation s 46th president, what may lie ahead for the United States? Will Americans experience greater freedom and prosperity, or might Big Tech help government impose more restrictions that help to create a new totalitarian normal?
It was a rare display of force – one normally seen only in third-world, totalitarian countries – 25,000 National Guard troops in the nation s capital were on a massive security mission: protecting Joe Biden and those attending his swearing-in ceremony.
Yet, this was not a first for an American inaugural.
In 1861, the U.S. Cavalry stationed sharpshooters on rooftops and troops along the inaugural route to protect then unpopular president-elect Abraham Lincoln as his carriage traveled down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol.
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Preacher’s Point: Can you run with the lions?
By Timothy Johnson - Preacher’s Point
There is an air of uncertainty with many Christians today. In the United States, Christians have pretty much lived their lives with the ability to voice their opinion and worship as they choose.
Like other Americans, American Christians live their lives making choices, some good, some bad, but what you do and how you live has pretty much been your prerogative. The current uncertainty comes from believing that some level of persecution is coming and that our comfort zones are about to be shaken into something we never dreamed we would see.
There are only a few basic tenets of the Christian faith that are the foundation of our belief in God. Included in these nonnegotiable truths is the belief in the existence of Jesus Christ and his sacrifice and resurrection for our sin. The reality of God and Christ is also connected in an acknowledgment of the reality of the evil one, Satan, and the Holy Spirit.
Satan: The Father of Lies
How a follower of Christ can ignore the existence of Satan is beyond me. Yet, that’s what many have done, according to research findings published by The Barna Group.