{"id":3355,"date":"2015-07-31T06:18:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T06:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2017-02-19T05:58:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T05:58:16","slug":"another-coffee-break-what-it-means-to-be-right-or-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-what-it-means-to-be-right-or-left\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE RIGHT OR LEFT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"307\" title=\"defaultblog1\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#171717;--awb-margin-top:5px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;border-width:0px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-top-width:3px;border-top-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-flex\"><h2>ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE RIGHT OR LEFT<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=WordSection1><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>July\n  31, 2015<\/span><\/b><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#984806'>Greetings and Salutations!<\/span><\/b><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:\nCalibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#984806'>How be you today? <span class=SpellE>Supercalifragilistic<\/span>?\nYeah, OK, <span class=SpellE>Expialidocious<\/span>, too!<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#984806'>See! I know how to spell those words. I can even pronounce them.\n\u2018Course, after you watch Mary <span class=SpellE>Poppins<\/span> about forty\nbazillion times with your kids and grandkids, you better be able to pronounce\nthem! One of our granddaughters, Jessica, when she was three years old, was one\nof those precocious kids who picked EVERYTHING up! If you got her started on\nsome of the things she heard, and she was a real kick!<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#984806'>If you'll pardon me, I'm going to somewhat deviate from our\nnormal discussions today and deal with something that is both political AND\nspiritual!<\/span><\/b><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>How\ndo you like today\u2019s Coffee Break title,&nbsp;<b>Being Left or Right<\/b>? Catch\nyour attention, did it?<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>I\u2019m\nindebted to my old friend and longtime brother in the Lord, Lyn Barnes, for\nthis topic. Lyn used to be my supervisor at the Christian Broadcasting Network\nin Virginia Beach when I was an area director for the 700 Club in Alaska. Wow!\nThat was a couple of days ago, wasn\u2019t it, Lyn?<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:\nCalibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Anyway,\nLyn has commented from time to time on my pieces dealing with government,\npolitics, and the Christian\u2019s responsibility to be involved. He noticed a\nscripture one day that caught his attention, made note of it and sent it on to\nme.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>There\nisn\u2019t anyone in this country \u2013 and perhaps in most of the countries of the\nworld \u2013 who haven\u2019t taken a position on an issue, and have subsequently been\nreferred to as being \u201con the right,\u201d or \u201con the left.\u201d Bet you didn\u2019t know\nwhere the \u201cright\u201d and \u201cleft\u201d references came from, nor how long they\u2019ve been\nwith us.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>If\na person is a \u201cconservative,\u201d they are generally referred to as being \u201con the\nright.\u201d If they are a liberal, or a socialist, most folks call them&nbsp;\n&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;\u201cleftists.\u201d<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:\nCalibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>There\nis great spiritual significance to these terms, whether you realize it or not.<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>We\nhave some other adjectives by which refer to folks today. \u201cModerate\u201d is\ngenerally meant to refer to someone who holds neither \u201cextremist\u201d right or left\nviews. I was somewhat amused listening to Rush Limbaugh one day when I heard\nhim making his views known on \u201cmoderates.\u201d He called \u201cmoderates\u201d cowards who\nare afraid to let their true views be known: \u201ccompromisers,\u201d he called them.\nI\u2019ll add my two cents worth in a minute.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:\nCalibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>One\nother term that has become more or less used in the last couple of years is \u201cprogressive.\u201d\nTalk about a euphemism! This is an adjective that folks use who don\u2019t want to\nbe known as \u201cliberal,\u201d or \u201cleftist.\u201d They hide their \u201cleftist\u201d views under the\nlabel of being \u201cprogressive,\u201d with the proposition that a \u201cprogressive\u201d learns,\nwhereas a right-wing \u201cextremist\u201d stands fast, and is unwilling to \u201cmoderate\u201d\ntheir views.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Hilarious,\nisn\u2019t it?<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>A\nperson is referred to as a \u201cright-wing extremist\u201d if he holds his conservative\nviews uncompromisingly; and vice-versa, a person is referred to as a \u201cleft-wing\nextremist\u201d if they are uncompromising in their views.<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>I\u2019ve\noften been labeled throughout the years as an \u201cextremist,\u201d whether the\n\u201cright-wing\u201d label was applied or not. Hey! If the shoe fits........?<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>When\nI\u2019ve investigated the \u201cextremist\u201d label folks have applied to me, I\u2019ve\ndiscovered that they mean I\u2019m extreme because I believe that Jesus Christ\nabsolutely is THE Son of God; that there is NO OTHER WAY to Heaven than through\na genuine one-on-one relationship with Jesus Christ, with Him as Lord and\nSavior and Redeemer of your life.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:\nCalibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Guilty!\nIf that\u2019s what folks mean when they label me as an \u201cextremist,\u201d then I\u2019ll\ngladly wear the label.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Some\nfolks call me an extremist because I hold conservative Republican views. Fact\nis, I\u2019m more conservative and less Republican. Well, maybe I am just as much\nRepublican, but not the current brand of Republicanism which has been watered\ndown and cheapened by a \u201cbroad tent\u201d philosophy. Guess most folks would refer\nto me as a \u201cConstitutionalist.\u201d<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Brother,\nnow there\u2019s another euphemism if I ever saw one! \u201cBroad Tent\u201d? It strikes me as\na royal case of compromise. I know there are places folks can compromise\nwithout compromising their integrity, but when folks begin to compromise their\nstands on social issues in favor of economic issues, or compromise their stands\non economic issues in favor of social issues, they\u2019ve ceased to be true\nRepublicans. Republicanism used to stand for conservatism on social issues,\nmoral issues and economic issues. It\u2019s kind of hard to tell anymore!<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Anyway,\nlet\u2019s get back to this \u201cright-left\u201d thing.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:\nCalibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Did\nyou know that people were considered on the right or left as far back as the\ndays of our founding fathers? Did you know that people were considered \u201cright\u201d\nor \u201cleft\u201d as far back as Roman times? Did you know that the Scripture is filled\nwith references to being \u201con the right\u201d or \u201con the left\u201d?<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Let\u2019s\ntake a look at one of the first references in which wisdom or understanding is\ndesignated either way,&nbsp;<\/span><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\n\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>\u201cA wise man\u2019s heart\ndirects him toward the right, but the foolish man\u2019s heart directs him toward\nthe left.&nbsp;Even when the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking\nand he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.\u201d<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>(Ecclesiastes 10:2\nNASB)<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Pretty\ntelling isn\u2019t it?<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>The\nvery next verse is directed at the would-be compromiser,&nbsp;<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201cIf the ruler\u2019s temper rises against you, do not abandon your\nposition, because composure allays great offenses.\u201d<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Thus,\na person \u201con the right\u201d has a wise heart, whereas a person \u201con the left\u201d is\ndirected by foolishness. Ouch! The compromiser is obviously one who is afraid\nof the temper of those in places of authority, and abandons his or her position\nin order to placate that temper. THAT is a picture of someone ruled by fear,\nand directed in foolishness.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Jesus\nhas something to say about the right and the left when He talks about the Day\nof Judgment:&nbsp;<\/span><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201cBut when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels\nwith Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. All the nations will be\ngathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the\nshepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and&nbsp;<u>He will put the sheep\non His right<\/u>, and&nbsp;<u>the goats on the left<\/u>.\u201d<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>In\nHebrew thought and metaphors, sheep are regarded as willing and obedient followers\nof God, whereas goats are the depiction of those who are rebellious and\nself-willed. (All of these Scripture quotations, incidentally, are taken from\nthe NASB.)<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Now,\nlook at the judgment of the Lord that comes to those on the right, and then those\non the left. Those on the right are regarded as righteous, whereas those on the\nleft are regarded as wicked, perverse, and accursed. (see Matthew 25:33-46)<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201cThen the King will say to those on His right, \u2018Come, you who\nare blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the\nfoundation of the world.&nbsp;\u2018For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to\neat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and\nyou invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I\nwas in prison, and you came to Me.\u2019<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:\nCalibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><sup><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201c<\/span><\/sup><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>Then the righteous will answer Him, \u2018Lord, when did we see You\nhungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? And when did\nwe see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?&nbsp;When\ndid we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?\u2019&nbsp;The King will answer\nand say to them, \u2018Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of\nthese brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.\u2019<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201cThen He will also say to those on His left, \u2018Depart from Me,\naccursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and\nhis angels; for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty,\nand you gave Me nothing to drink; I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me\nin; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not\nvisit Me.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><sup><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201c<\/span><\/sup><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>Then they themselves also will answer, \u2018Lord, when did we see\nYou hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did\nnot take care of You?\u2019<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><sup><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201c<\/span><\/sup><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>Then He will answer them, \u2018Truly I say to you, to the extent\nthat you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.\u2019\nThese will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal\nlife.\u201d<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>In\ncase you are getting upset with me, I didn\u2019t make this up. This isn\u2019t my\ncontrivance. These left-right designations have stood for thousands of years.<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>When\nour founding fathers came together to establish the Declaration of\nIndependence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights,\nthey had a firm view fixed in their understanding. That view plainly was in\naccord with the Scriptural definitions and designations for right and wrong,\ngood and evil. \u201cRight\u201d and \u201cLeft\u201d were, to those founders, scriptural\ndesignations and they intended to establish a nation that honored the Lord\nJesus Christ at its core without establishing some kind of denominational\nattribution as England had with the Anglican Church.<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Conservative\nviews prevailed in those days. Conservatism held that it was the responsibility\nof the churches and individual believers to provide for the care of the\nindigent; and to that end, our Constitution was written so as to leave the\nFederal Government out of the welfare business.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:\nCalibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>The\nbrand of so-called \u201cLiberalism\u201d that prevailed in those days did not argue\nagainst that position, and political conservatives and liberals pretty much\nagreed on limiting the overall scope of government. \u201cLiberalism,\u201d in the days\nof our founding fathers, was applied almost exclusively to differing views of\nthe responsibilities of Christians and their relationship with the Lord.<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Not\nuntil the intrusion of Lenin and Marx with their brand of \u201cCommunism\u201d and its\nintroduction into society as a whole did liberalism begin to take on a whole\nnew character at which our founding fathers would have paled. The terms \u201cLeft\u201d\nand \u201cLiberal\u201d came to be applied to socialism, big and bigger government, and\nthe mentality we\u2019ve come to refer to in recent times as the \u201cRobin Hood\nMentality\u201d in which government took from the more prosperous by force so as to\ngive to the \u201cless fortunate.\u201d<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>This\nkind of governmental intrusion into the lives of people is totally at odds with\nJesus\u2019 commands to His believers. It provided a whole new definition and life\nto what Jesus referred to as \u201cthe goats.\u201d As earlier noted, goats represented a\nself-willed, rebellious people who decided they were going to run their lives \u2013\nand the lives of others \u2013 in opposition to the grace, love and righteousness of\nthose who were obedient to the Lord, His will and His commands.<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Solomon\u2019s\nstatement that wisdom was designated as \u201cthe right,\u201d and foolishness, or the\nfool being on \u201cthe left,\u201d could not better describe the state of affairs in our\nnation (and others as well) in this day and age.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:\nCalibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>The\npicture that follows in the next verses in Ecclesiastes 10 presents a graphic\nportrayal of \u201cright\u201d and \u201cleft.\u201d I won\u2019t take time to address them today\nbecause it would take too much time, but we will take a look at them perhaps\ntomorrow.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>For\nthose \u201con the left\u201d in Jesus\u2019 judgment, the end of their way is&nbsp;<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201c\u2026eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his\nangels.\u201d<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>That\nleaves no wiggle room whatever. One either chooses what Jesus treats as \u201cthe\nright\u201d and enjoys the rewards thereof, or they choose \u201cthe left,\u201d and suffer\nthe ultimate consequences.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>I\nhave a strong conviction about this whole picture. It may not win me any\nfriends or influence people, but I really don\u2019t care! One only has to take a\nlook at what we have come to call the \u201cextreme left\u201d in our society today, and\nyou have a picture of the unrighteous, a picture of wickedness, a picture of\nimmorality, a picture of sin and compromise with sin that is rapidly becoming\nboundless, and without any spiritual or moral anchor whatever.<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\u201cLeft\u201d\nand \u201cRight\u201d are discussions that have a widening gap in our society; and it\ndoesn\u2019t matter whether you apply those definitions in politics, in society, or\nin spiritual affairs. I want to deal at length with what Solomon had to say as\nhe talked about a people who obviously were as much a part of his day and age\nas they are of ours.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>I\u2019ve\nquoted Dwain McKenzie\u2019s famous comment at the close of my Coffee Breaks from\ntime to time, but the discussion of \u201cleft\u201d and \u201cright\u201d couldn\u2019t possibly be\nbetter applied:&nbsp;<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Americana XBdCn BT\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#005426'>Things are not what they seem to be, they\u2019re what God says they\nare!<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Americana XBdCn BT\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#002060'>I remind those of you in need of ministry that our Healing\nPrayer Call takes place on Mondays at 7:00 PM Eastern (4:00 PM Pacific). Once\nagain, the number to call for healing is (805) 399-1000. Then enter the access\ncode: 124763#.<\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Americana XBdCn BT\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#002060'>At the same time, in case you are missing out on real fellowship\nin an environment of <span class=SpellE>Ekklesia<\/span>, our Sunday worship\ngatherings are available by conference call \u2013 usually at about 10:45AM Pacific.\nThat conference number is (559) 726-1300, and the access code is 308640#. We\nhope to make these gatherings available by Skype or Talk Fusion before long.<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>B<b>lessings\non you!<\/b><\/span><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-left in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:left;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\" style=\"margin-right:25px;float:left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"121\" height=\"72\" title=\"Signature\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Signature.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4230\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=Section1>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Regner\n  A. 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