OCPAC Weekly Insights Monday Edition July 1, 2019
| | This Wednesday's OCPAC Meeting July 3, 2019 | | In Person & Live on Facebook Charlie Meadows Founder OCPAC | | On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda bombed New York City's twin towers of the World Trade Center. Less than twenty-four hours earlier, Charlie Meadows was on one of the last flights to safely fly over those towers. He will reflect on the impact of that experience both personally and nationally this Wednesday. | | That flight represented a close brush with what could have been a flight re-directed by terrorists. Fortunately, his flight made it safely to its destination in Amherst, Massachusetts. | | Once in Amherst, he found the flag of the United Nations flying over City Hall. Life in Amherst has not gotten any better today and Charlie will discuss how the LGBTQ has forged their agenda (and flag) into the life of Amherst. Today, there is an LGBTQ flag adorning the city's landscape. | | No doubt, any Christian Bakers and any Christian florists in Amherst will find their liberties under siege. (Not to mention their economic welfare.) Until we unite to restore sanity to the American church and its educational institutions, the tyranny of the secular mindset will only grow. | | Join us THIS WEDNESDAY! NOON to 1 PM at Olivet Baptist Church NW 10th and Western, OKC Lunch Available: See Below! $2 donation to church if not eating | | Today's Content
An American Declaration by Bob Linn
OCPAC and City Elders: An Alliance to further the Cause
Last week with Trent England: The Clear and Present Dangers of the National Popular Vote
Federal Politics: Globalism Gains New Life in USMCA
Book Recommendations | | An American Declaration by Bob Linn | Nations rise and fall under Divine authority. When writing the Declaration of Independence, our founders reasoned that men and nations are obligated to design political structures founded upon Biblical Law.
In July of 1776, 56 principled patriots stated their intent to dissolve the political bonds between the American Colonies and the British Crown. They pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to tell the King that no man may justly be robbed of his God-given unalienable rights which include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
These concepts represent the Biblical foundations of our political forefathers. They began with the idea that God rules in the affairs of men and nations. As God’s vice-regents, the governments we form must abide by His divine laws and precepts. As a foreshadowing of what was to come in the Declaration of Independence, the writers made clear that government on the foundation of human autonomy (rule of man's law) should be abolished and replaced with Godly government.
Hence, the statement that “all men are endowed by their Creator”, the appeal to “the Supreme Judge of the World”, and the affirmation that their declaration of independence from the British Crown is grounded in a “firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence.”
The fundamental error of modern conservative politics is a lack of the perspectives which defined our Puritan forefathers. The minds of our founders were grounded in the Word of God. They knew that governments have their being in the context of His providence. Without this perspective, nations unravel and die. Without the perspectives inherent in the Declaration, we'll soon loose what our founders sacrificed to give us. | These key epistemological foundations again proved indispensable in 1787 as these men worked to forge a U.S. Constitution. Early on, this well-read and imposing group of colonial leaders found themselves groping in the dark for a governmental structure. They needed a document which would secure for generations to come the personal liberties for which they had declared their independence. Benjamin Franklin reminded them:
“God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured in the sacred writings that, ‘except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it' …without his concurring aid … mankind may despair of establishing Governments by Human Wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest." He then called on this august body to pray and seek Divine counsel! | At all levels of government, most conservative politicians now think in terms of a pragmatism void of Biblical reasoning. They have lost the intellectual infrastructure which informed the political thinking of our founders. No effort is made to connect every piece of legislation to Biblical precepts. Rousas John Rushdoony, 20th century scholar and theologian, framed the way we should be thinking about governmental systems:
"To accept Biblical philosophy means to accept the responsibility of the creation mandate. Man must exercise dominion in the name of God in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness. Education must be Christian, because all non-Christian education is committed to beliefs which are either implicitly or explicitly at war with the Christian faith.
The world, moreover, cannot be surrendered to Satan. It is God’s world and must be brought under God’s law. Politically, economically, and in every way possible.”
~ Rousas John Rushdoony, The Biblical Philosophy of History, P 12
This Wednesday, OCPAC’s founder and president emeritus will be discussing the impact of the abandonment of the Law of God extending from our pulpits to our places of government.
As we celebrate July 4 this year, we should be reminded of our political roots. With this in mind, OCPAC is forging an alliance with City Elders, a like-minded movement of pastors, business leaders, and political figures. I hope you take the time to review a brief City Elder introduction below.
Find the Declaration of Independence here. Find Benjamin Franklin's convention comments here. | Pastor Jesse Leon Rodgers has been strategizing with pastors in cities across the state to come together as the spiritual leaders of their city to pray for the city and meet also together with community leaders to reverse the trend of secularism which is destroying our culture, our families, and our children.
City Elders has established a presence in forty of Oklahoma's seventy-seven counties. These county teams are being led by mayors, university presidents, county commissioners, district attorneys, pastors, and other community leaders.
This past Thursday, Bob Linn, Charlie Meadows, and other members of the OCPAC leadership team, met with the executive team of City Elders in Tulsa to discuss a formal alliance between the two organizations. One would not swallow the other, nor would they be merged. Plans are being developed to work together for our mutual benefit.
Hear the vision of City Elders here. | Last Week: The Danger of the Attacks on the Electoral College by Trent England | Trent England did a wonderful job in unveiling the clear and present danger inherent in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
His article in Imprimis, a Hillsdale College publication is available here. It lists the states who have already signed NPV into law. These represent 189 electoral college votes. This is only 89 electoral college votes short of the 270 needed to elect a president! The progress of NPV is alarming.
There are constitutional issues with the concept which will no doubt be challenged. If we want to continue in the wake of the principles of the American Revolution and not the secular French Revolution, we must put a stop to this movement!
See the video here and contact your state legislator. Find them here.
Trent England is executive vice president and the David and Ann Brown Distinguished Fellow at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, where he also directs the Save Our States project. He earned his J.D. from the George Mason University School of Law. He previously served as executive vice president of the Freedom Foundation and as a legal policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation. He hosts the podcast, The Trent England Show, and has written for numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, and The Washington Times. He is a contributor to The Heritage Guide to the Constitution. | USMCA The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Sets up a European Union-style (socialist) North American Union
CONTENT of AGREEMENT:
Chapters 17 & 23 Grants "migrant" workers labor protections Allows unlimited number of such workers
Chapter 23 Dictates employer regulations Including LGBTQ policies
Chapter 26 Economic integration of North America
Chapter 30 Layers of unaccountable global bureaucracy
Chapter 30 Ability to change agreement without congress
| Stop the USMCA
Call President Trump 1-202-456-1111 1-202-456-1414 |
Call Your Oklahoma Senators:
Click links above, or call: 1-202-224-3121
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Call Your Oklahoma Congressman:
Click links above, or call: 1-202-225-3121 | Globalism Gains Life Through the USMCA Treaty | Summary from Last Week's Article by Mike Sawyer, Field Coordinator, JBS
We should oppose all multilateral "trade agreements," as they involve the surrender of US Sovereignty to internationalist bureaucrats. On his first day in office, Trump killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) . Unlike his predecessors, Trump is a nationalist and has repeatedly promised to pursue "Americanism, not Globalism."
For this and many other reasons, I am a Trump supporter!
However, I am deeply disturbed at the key role now being played in the new USMCA agreement by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), an organization dedicated to promoting globalism. CFR's Robert Lighthizer is the U.S. Trade negotiator in charge of USMCA. Richard Haass, CFR President, confirmed in a tweet on October 2, 2018, that "USMCA is NAFTA plus TPP plus a few tweaks..." In other words, what we thought was dead has been resurrected.
Go to the actual USMCA website to read the agenda covered by this sovereignty-killing agreement here.
Read Mike's entire article here.
Find your state legislator here. | Join us at OCPAC. If not eating our $7 lunch, we ask for a $2 donation to Olivet Baptist Church to pay for utilities. THANKS! | I'd like to invite you to bring your children and grandchildren to the weekly OCPAC meetings. Build a foundation for the role of Biblical thought in their political views. Only as we train our future leaders will we be able to anticipate the maturing of the Kingdom of God expressed both through the church and through the State. | Help Right The Ship in Oklahoma! This Wednesday NOON to 1 PM Olivet Baptist Church 1201 NW 10th St, OKC, OK 73106 | | We have a $7 lunch solution through Eagle One Pizza.
It is one of Oklahoma's highest rated pizza kitchens and they make it all fresh from scratch. Rated A+.
"Authentic pizza made from the finest ingredients: fresh basil, olive oil, vine-ripened fresh tomatoes & fresh mozzarella."
The $7 includes the $2 meeting room fee.
Tea and water are provided. | | Purchase the great books referenced in a past email by two great American authors.
The Character of Nations Angelo M. Codevilla
The New England Clergy and the American Revolution Alice M. Baldwin | | Not A Daycare Continues to sell! | | Dr. Piper is one of God's choice men. He is leading the way in the American Church and in the American Christian University by calling for a return to epistemological bedrock. I urge those of you who have not read his book, Not A Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth, to order a copy today. It is available very inexpensively here. | | Help support OCPAC'S mission. Join OCPAC or send a contribution today! To print donation form and mail a check, use the MAIL DONATION button below: | | The button below will enable you to electronically join OCPAC or to make a donation through our website: | | | | | | |
