America is in deep trouble.
We’ve been invaded by millions of illegal aliens (now referred to as “newcomers” by the Biden administration) including one who brutally murdered young nursing student Laken Riley on the campus of the University of Georgia. Our nation is entangled in wars all over the globe, while moronic activists march in our streets in support of bloodthirsty Hamas monsters. The U.S. economy is in such bad shape that Kellogg’s CEO went on CNBC this week to suggest cash-strapped families should save money by eating cereal for dinner.
“Super Tuesday” is looming this week, and in a normal year, we could look to our political system for help as voters in 16 states go to the polls to select their candidate to lead the greatest nation in the Free World. But this year is anything but normal, as the overwhelmingly popular choice among Republicans has been kicked off the ballot by Lilliputian “officials” in Colorado, Maine, and Illinois. These electoral bedwetters are so obsessed that Donald J. Trump must not become our 47th president that they want to ham-handedly deny citizens in their states the right to vote for the person they support.
Meantime former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley—2024’s version of Liz Cheney—carries on her hopeless campaign for the GOP nomination…but just picked up the endorsement of that “moderate” titan of the U.S. Senate Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. Haley has already lost four caucuses and primaries. With Murkowski’s powerful backing, she’ll likely add 16 more to her Loser leader board.
Considering all this political and economic turmoil facing America, this is the perfect time to call for prayer and to seek guidance from God. Which is what Pastor Jack Hibbs just did at the invitation of U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Hibbs—senior pastor at the Chino Hills Calvary Chapel megachurch in Southern California—served as a guest chaplain in the House chamber on January 30th, and during his 2-minute prayer he said in part, “Almighty God…hear my cry in this hour of great need that we might be humbly blessed before you in repentance of our national sins.” He added, “I offer this prayer to you Father in the name of Jesus Christ your Son and our crucified Savior and resurrected Lord, Amen.”
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Even though for decades the U. S. House has welcomed an endless parade of rabbis, pastors, Imams, and others as guest chaplains to open its day’s legislative sessions, Pastor Hibbs invoking the name of Jesus Christ prompted a firestorm of criticism from 26 Democratic members of Congress including Jerry Nadler of New York, failed Trump impeachment manager Jamie Raskin of Maryland and “Squad” member Pramila Jayapal of Washington state. The letter was even signed by the comical “non-voting delegate” Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia.
In an interview with Lori Tradup of SRN News at the National Religious Broadcasters Association convention in Nashville, Jack Hibbs noted that Christians need to stand up against evil regardless of criticism. “I prayed at Congress and I guess I ended up blowing up the place. I didn’t mean to, but I mentioned the name of Jesus Christ and now I’ve been condemned by 26 Congressmen and women for praying in Jesus’ name.” He added, “That doesn’t bother me a bit because you know what? There’s no such thing as prayer without the name of Jesus Christ.”
With that as the backdrop, the infuriated Left trained its attention on Hibbs church services in Chino Hills. During his preaching last Sunday, he encouraged his congregation to vote for former major league baseball all-star Steve Garvey in the upcoming primary for the late Dianne Feinstein’s seat in the U.S. Senate. Hibbs then acknowledged the law prevents him from engaging in political activity from the pulpit…so he walked in front of the pulpit and said he was making those remarks as a private citizen, before strolling back to continue his preaching.
Hibbs’ humorous wink at the congregation as he complied with the letter of the law predictably enraged folks at the so-called “Freedom From Religion Foundation” …the people who decry everything from Christmas manger scenes on municipal property to the motto “In God We Trust” on our currency. The Foundation fired off a letter to the IRS demanding the agency revoke the tax-exempt status of Chino Hills Calvary Chapel. They added Hibbs was “making a mockery of IRS rules “when he stepped away from the pulpit to endorse Steve Garvey (whom recent polls show is tied with Democrat Adam Schiff in California’s so-called jungle primary where the top two vote-getters, regardless of political party, face each other in a runoff.)
Apparently the “Freedom From Religion Foundation” has never heard of black churches in America rallying their congregations during election seasons with “Souls To The Polls” campaigns. Or black Atlanta area pastor Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church condemning 2022 GOP Senate hopeful Herschel Walker and encouraging his congregation to vote for Democrat Raphael Warnock, saying “I need you to know the slave Negro y’all are used to don’t live here no more” …adding that Georgia needed “a runner…not a walker.”
But as with the brickbats thrown at Jack Hibbs for invoking the name of Jesus in his U.S. House prayer, this absurd call for Hibbs’ church to lose its tax-exempt IRA status over a momentary reference to Steve Garvey’s campaign for the U.S. Senate fits the profile of the Left’s vision of America: rules for thee, but not for me. Lawfare for Donald Trump, welfare for “newcomers.” You get the picture.
My prayer is that Jack Hibbs will outlast his critics. His is a strong, pro-America and pro-Christ voice America yearns for…as evidenced by the fact his new book titled “Living In The Daze of Deceception: How To Discern Truth From Culture’s Lies” was just released last month by Harvest House and already has sold over 100,000 copies.
As Jack Hibbs asks in the book, “How is it that people freely submit to the demands of cults, and yet Christians struggle to remain steadfast in their commitment to the One who died for them?”
How indeed.
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