I am not a rebel. I am a Christian who lives in America. I have rights that I refuse to give up and I will not go away quietly or without a fight. In fact, I have rights no matter where I happened to live and I would stand up for them if I was in any other country.

I am not a troublemaker. I am a Christian. It is not my moral stand that trouble America, it is the immoral who are doing so. It is those who are trying to make wrong right and right wrong who disrupt the peace and prosperity that America has long enjoyed. Putting the government’s stamp of approval on what is biblically wrong will never make it right.

I am not a weapon-hungry man. I am a Christian. It is not only my right as an American to protect me and mine but my Master instructed even those close to Him to sell their coats and buy a sword if they did not have one (Luke 22: 36– 38). To deny me the right to protect myself is the defy instructions above that of the mere government of men.

I am not a homophobe, I am neither afraid of or hater of homosexuals. I am a Christian. I believe in the sanctity of marriage as instituted by the One who gave us life. I believe in the commitment of marriage between a man and a woman, two of God’s creation that are able to procreate. To support anything else would be to rebel against my Maker. If anyone I loved, including my children, told me they were homosexual, I would still love them but I would not change what I believe God’s Word declares. AND I believe that God saves anyone who repents including the sexually immoral.

I am not a racist. I am a Christian. I believe that if you come to America in an illegal manner, you are a criminal. If you came here to milk this country for all you can get and not to pay your fair share, you are also a thief. You are taking from those who have rightly worked for what you are taking for free AND you are doing it against their wishes. If I want to give my stuff away, that is my right. For someone else to give my stuff away, is illegal. I don’t blame people from other countries wanting to come here, just do it right and pay your fair share.

I am not a woman hater. I am a Christian. Therefore, I stand for the rights of the unborn. I stand for the protection of those who cannot protect themselves. I am pro-life because my God is pro-life. I do not believe that someone innocent, like the unborn child, should pay for the sins of a parent. Thou shalt not kill (murder) is still on God’s list of “Thou Shalt Nots”.

I am not a loudmouth. I am a Christian. I have just as much right to the 1st Amendment as the liberal, the pro-choice, the pro-homosexual, the socialists, and the communists does. In fact, when I proclaim the Word of God, it is not only my right as an American but it is my calling. I have the backing of the King of kings...He called me to do so.

I am not a wimp, I am a Christian. I will not bow down, back up, give up, or shut up. I’ll do time before I deny my beliefs or my God. I’ll preach against sin in the pulpit...period. I believe in what is biblically right to the point that I would die for them. I am the liberals worst nightmare because I am not intimidated. I am not afraid to die. I would rather be a dead hero than a live coward.

I am a Christian. An American Christian. That should answer any questions you might have.

This was written by Pastor Jim Kilgore, Free Will Baptist Pastor of the Heritage FWB in Greenfield, Ca

Fact. Every civilization to ever exist on this earth has had the sense of a supreme being.
Fact. A group of people that share a belief pertaining to a deity (existing or not existing) is a religion.
Fact. Not believing in something does not make it cease to exist.

Opinion. Whenever two or more of us are gathered in the Lords name, there is love. This alone, without all the other splendor that I have been blessed to feel and witness, is enough to keep me strong in my faith.

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