NC Renegades

The Bible teaches that everyone who is born again by the power of the Holy Spirit is saved forever. We receive the gift of eternal life (John 10:28), not temporary life. Someone who is born again (John 3:3) cannot be “unborn.” After being adopted into God’s family (Romans 8:15), we will not be kicked out. When God starts a work, He finishes it (Philippians 1:6). So, the child of God—the believer in Jesus Christ—is eternally secure in his salvation.

However, the Bible also contains some strong warnings against apostasy. These warnings have led some to doubt the doctrine of eternal security. After all, if we cannot lose our salvation, why are we warned against falling away from the Lord? This is a good question. First, we must understand what is meant by “apostasy.”

An apostate is someone who abandons his religious faith. It is clear from the Bible that apostates are people who made professions of faith in Jesus Christ but never genuinely received Him as Savior. They were pretend believers. Those who turn away from Christ never really trusted Him to begin with, as 1 John 2:19 says, “They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.” Those who apostatize are simply demonstrating that they are not true believers, and they never were.

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I went to a Baptist church in Raleigh for several years where the “structure” of the church could be be described as a dictatorship. If you had a question concerning the Bible, the preacher told you the answer and you were chastised if you still had doubts. Parishioners were “tested” unofficially to make sure that they fell into lockstep. One of the tests was eternal salvation. I did not agree with the church’s doctrine so I gave an answer that satisfied them.

I said that I believed in eternal salvation but I lived my life as if I could lose my salvation based on my actions. The Bible teaches us that no murderers will be in heaven. I know of a story of a minister who killed one of his parishioners and was sent to prison. Was he not saved or was he saved and murdered someone? What about the following passage from Revelation 22:19

And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.

This is not a post concerning a question to distract us from our walk in life. It is a personal hope that people live their lives in such a manner to make the world a better place for future generations. Churches preach that we are filthy rags and our only hope for salvation is to accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour. Since we have eternal salvation, Jesus will forgive our sins or transgressions and we will live in heaven for eternity. Is that what the Bible teaches? Why have a Judgment Day if this were true?

Or does the Bible teach us that we should become more like Christ and try to be a perfect being? C.S. Lewis has a good lecture on this topic. Imagine if everyone did the right thing when presented with choices in life instead of trying to justify their sins with “eternal salvation”. I wonder if most people know that the Sadducees in Biblical times did not believe in life after death.

What would happen if people of faith lived their lives in a Godly manner? What if decisions were made based on positive consequences, morality and honor instead of greed and power. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. In our world, decisions are made by evil men to control us in every aspect of our lives.

I decide to walk a righteous path and fight evil because I have no choice. I will not have to make excuses to justify bad decisions or actions if I follow the path laid out by the Lord.

David DeGerolamo

U.S. consumers are getting weaker and weaker and weaker.  Today, debt levels have risen to unprecedented heights, but thanks to roaring inflation our standard of living has been steadily going down.  Most Americans are working extremely hard, but they have very little to show for it.  And now the latest economic downturn is really starting to bite.  Layoffs are starting to surge again, once thriving businesses are shutting down all over the nation, and hunger and homelessness are exploding.  If economic conditions continue to deteriorate at this pace, what will things look like a year from now?

For decades, we have been able to count on U.S. consumers to just keep spending money no matter what the economic outlook was, but now things have changed.

The following are 11 signs that U.S. consumers are in very serious trouble as we head into the final stretch of 2023…

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 In normal times we anticipate the splendid gluttony of the American Thanksgiving, the fellowship of family and friends, with gratitude and remembrance of overcoming ordeals past. This year, though, we are a bit preoccupied with ordeals to come, and that nip in the November air conjures rumors of approaching hardship and cruelties we have no idea how we might overcome. These are not normal times.

    What was normal, anyway? The second half of the twentieth century in Western Civ, the cornucopia of post-war America, paychecks that covered the house, the car, assured square meals, and quite a bit left over for Disneyworld, a place at the lake with a speedboat, and four seats at the ballpark. Normal was keeping a lid on discontent in foreign lands and containing our wicked obverse enemy, the Soviet communists. Normal was mom and dad together under one roof, expecting strangers to behave decently, order outside the home. Normal was thinking all that would last forever.

     I idealize a bit. But many of you will recognize at least some of that being present in your lives for a while, at least. And you might agree that it all started breaking badly in the new century, clearly marked by the attacks of nine-eleven. What followed that wondrous enormity was the amazing and nauseating transfiguration of our country into the opposite of the old normal: broad financial desperation, broken families, strangers bent on homicide and mayhem, official tyranny of all kinds, immersive lying, failed institutions, foolish wars, nothing and no one to believe in, and the creeping suspicion that mysterious evil forces are running it all.

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By Brandon Smith

At what point does radical activism cross the line and become a declaration of war? It’s a question I’ve been pondering for a long time, as well as the implications it has for the concept of “democracy.” How much should civilization and heritage bend to the desires of contrary groups in the name of freedom? If a movement has consistently proven itself to be a destructive force that seeks to undermine the foundations of the west, should they be allowed to stay in the west? Is it authoritarian to kick them out? If it is, does it matter?

If these activists hate western culture so much, why would they want to stay in places like the US? Why not leave of their own accord to a nation or society that fits their philosophical demands? The only logical conclusion is that they stay because they want to sabotage the US and force everyone else to submit to their political vision. The truth is, leftists are ideological colonizers pretending to be “victims” of colonization.

Last year I published an article titled ‘A Study Of Cultism Shows Us Why Gatekeeping Against Leftists Is A Good Thing.’ The core of my argument was rooted in a historic example of far-left extremism and moral relativism allowed to run amok in a rural community in Oregon, and how state and federal governments eventually had to deal with the threat.

In 1981, the small town of Antelope, Oregon was chosen by the Rajneesh cult led by a man who would later call himself “Osho” as the future capital of his movement. After being run out of India by numerous investigation, the cult sought out a place where they could infiltrate and establish without much opposition. The Rajneesh would visit the town in limited numbers, buy up land, and then thousands arrived suddenly in waves.

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Supporters of right-wing religious Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party take part in a march to express their solidarity with Palestinians, in Lahore, Pakistan, on November 19, 2023. (Arif ALI / AFP)

Tens of thousands of supporters from Pakistan’s main religious political party rally in the eastern city of Lahore against Israel’s military campaign against Hamas in Gaza and what it says is the world’s failure to protect Gazans.

Amid anti-Israeli and anti-American slogans, the emotionally charged crowd also calls for jihad, or holy war.

Earlier this month, Jamaat-e-Islami held massive rallies in the port city of Karachi and the capital, Islamabad.

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What is wrong in the picture? Hint: look for orange.

David DeGerolamo

What he completely fails to comprehend is, EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS. Like so many NPC (Non-Player Characters, misleading hayseeds) he believes total weight is a primary factor in the Kinetic Energy equation, E=MV^2. M representing Mass, is a Linear function. When drawn on a Cartesian Co-ordinate system (XY graph), the function is a straight line.

Where as Velocity squared is an Exponential function. When drawn on an X vs. Y graph, creates a curve upward. Think of it as doubling the count of rice grains, for each square on a chess board. Doesn’t seem like much on the first row, but by the time you get to the other side of the board, you’re talking national supply line quantities.

This is the very reason an aluminum projectile, such as a 767-200ER, could never penetrate the Twin Tower exterior box columns. Yet like his buddy Alex Jones, Joe Rogan will always try to insist airliners hit the WTC. Reality is, he’s either a complete DUMB ASS (blame it on getting hit in the head too many times) or a blatant liar. As for those who want to make excuses, start with Ionic Bonding of metals. In other words, the strength of structural grade steel(>10mm, or 3/8″th), in the shear plane, is quadruple that of aircraft grade aluminum(>5mm, 3/16″th).

But don’t let that stop you. Find an example that contradicts these facts. And please, don’t resort to the circular logic of ‘I saw it on TV’. I saw David Copperfield make the Statute of Hekate disappear off Liberty Island, that don’t mean it happened.

This young man, in my view, is the epitome of which our youth should aspire. He’s a body builder with a sound mind.