09/09/2026
"There is something morally troubling about the government capitalizing on its own citizens' weaknesses. The state should not build revenue streams around addictions, compulsions, or appetites that harm them. Nor is it sound fiscal policy. Once the government becomes dependent on revenue generated by vice, it acquires a financial interest in the continuation, and often the expansion, of the very behavior that helps erode the character of its people and culture. When that happens, danger stands at the door." - Dr. Mark Creech, Return America
https://mailchi.mp/d70d4011c0e6/legislative-update-778?e=0ce1735712
One of the truths that Pastor Campbell has preached about recently is that one of the principles that the United States was built upon was the individual's capacity for self-government. Our government, for too long, has been profiting on its citizen's inability (or lack of desire) to govern themselves. We need to remember this in November!
Belshazzar, king of Babylon, gathered a thousand of his lords for a great feast. Wine flowed freely. The king and his guests drank from the sacred vessels taken from the Temple in Jerusalem and celebrated their idols.
