When Fidel Castro died last week, the various reactions were no surprise.
Critics spoke of his bloodthirsty, totalitarian regime that continues to systematically oppress the Cuban people. It once brought the world to the brink of nuclear holocaust during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Admirers cited his "charisma," and spoke of how he and his fellow romanticized revolutionaries had "liberated" the Cubans from the corrupt Batista regime.
Oh, and they never forget to mention Cuba's universal healthcare, as if that somehow justifies the firing squads, the imprisonment of dissidents, the confiscation of private property and wealth, the export of communism to other Latin American nations, and the blanket of fear that has shrouded Cuba the last six decades.
Castro's admirers, mostly on the Left and throughout the media, seem to overlook the fact that he sold Cuba to the highest bidder -- at the time, the Soviet Union -- then spent the next 30 years as the USSR's puppet. When Cuba's benefactor and sustainer collapsed in 1991, Cuba's economy was unmasked as puny, withered, and unsustainable.
After a few years, Venezuela stepped in and began subsidizing Cuba with its oil money. But with the death of Hugo Chavez and the collapse of Venezuela, Cuba once again was exposed and once again began to feel the sting of U.S. sanctions.
Finally, the Castros were ready to negotiate. And the United States came to the rescue. But the Obama administration chose to rescue the corrupt Cuban government, not the Cuban people. This allowed Communism to remain ultimately in control.
Florida Congressman Carlos Curbelo described the Obama policy this way: "...a string of concessions, many of us would call rewards, for the Cuban government that has represented literally billions of dollars in new revenues for that government and very little reciprocity from the dictatorship. ... The Cuban government continues to oppress, to beat people, to imprison them for their political beliefs...."
And the much vaunted "universal" healthcare? It's true, common Cubans can get free healthcare, but only if they are willing to use rundown, often unsanitary facilities that were already antiquated decades ago. And they must be willing to wait and wait and wait.
When the American and international media visit the island nation, under the watchful eye of Cuban authorities, they are shown good quality clinics and hospitals. That's because Cuba has two healthcare systems. High government officials and well-heeled foreigners able to pay exorbitant costs get one level of care. Ordinary Cubans get something else.
Perhaps in Fidel Castro's rise and rule, all nations should see a warning.
Before the revolution, Cuba was a nation of terrible debauchery. All kinds of unthinkable sexual activity was on display and for sale. It was known as the "brothel of the Caribbean."
The debauchery led to Castro's dictatorship.
It's an old story found throughout history. Righteousness leads to freedom. Sin leads to bondage.
In Israel, wildfires have been roaring throughout the land. According to the New York Times, "Fires... erupted throughout the country, blazing through parched forests, incinerating scores of homes and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee. Two prisons were also evacuated."
After several years of drought, the entire nation is a tinderbox.
New evidence indicates that many of the fires have been started by terrorist arson attacks. So far, there have been more than 20 arrests.
Critics of the Israeli government argue that they can't be terrorist attacks because they can't be proven to be "coordinated by... one source...."
We all know that terrorists don't need to work in cells to be effective. And the terror cells don't have to be "coordinated by... one source" to cause tremendous destruction. Radical jihadists respond to general instructions announced by their Islamic leaders or jihadist authority figures. Then they do as their "leaders" say -- at a time and place of their own choosing.
That's one of the reasons that Israel finds it impossible to make a peace treaty with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. He regularly encourages violent actions against Israelis by praising terrorists and rewarding them.
And the Palestinians are taught from their earliest days in school that it is their duty before Allah to destroy the nation of Israel.
So when terrorists strike -- particularly in copycat actions like driving cars onto crowded sidewalks and in the most recent "knifing Intifada" -- Israel must tighten its security.
When it does, all Palestinians suffer. The world sees this and blames Israel. And the self-appointed global "referees" choose to penalize the Jewish State, not the terrorist leaders who provoked the clampdown.
Meanwhile, as fire roars across Israel, most Muslims in the region are cheering it on.
Here in America, we are on the verge of seeing fire of another sort about to erupt.
It now appears that the Democratic National Committee is poised to choose another chairman. Most recently, it was Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, then Donna Brazile. Both of those women were disgraced and forced out when it was revealed (by leaked emails) that they had intervened to assure the presidential nomination went to Hillary Clinton (Wasserman-Schultz) and deviously supplied Ms. Clinton with the questions she would be asked in the presidential debates (Brazile).
So after the scandals, the Democrats appear ready to go in a new direction. They are about to name a Muslim to be the new leader of the Democrat party.
But Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota -- the first Muslim to be elected to Congress -- is not an ordinary Muslim. He is an anti-Semite with a long history of involvement with Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. He also has a long association with CAIR, which was named as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the notorious Holy Land Foundation trial and conviction. The FBI called CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations), "...a front group for Hamas."
Ellison was also involved with the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). The ISNA has called the United States "a terrorist nation" and called for the destruction of Israel.
Before Ellison decided to run for public office, he attempted to distance himself from Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. He claimed to have never realized that the organization was anti-Semitic.
Either he is breathtakingly uninformed, disturbingly dense, or he lied. He was associated with the Nation of Islam for ten years, publicly defended Farrakhan numerous times, and even functioned as their spokesman on occasion.
He obviously considered himself a genuine member of the cult. At one point, he renamed himself "Keith X. Ellison," in homage to Malcolm X. He also went by the name "Keith Ellison Mohammed."
Folks, this is not a man who just happens to be a Muslim. And in today's politically correct society, it's not surprising that he could get himself elected to Congress. But Keith Ellison has been closely associated with the radical elements within Islam, which ties him to terrorist organizations. And he's on the verge of becoming the next leader of one of the two major U.S. political parties! It's a position of enormous influence that can shape the American political landscape immeasurably for years to come.
If this is not a wake-up call for Americans, we are past napping. We are comatose!
Finally, I want to discuss a question this week that grows more relevant daily: "What is the Church?" It may not be what you think it is. Tune in this week to find out more!
Don't miss this week's Report on TBN, Daystar, CPM Network, The Word Network, various local stations, www.hallindsey.com or www.hischannel.com. Check your local listings.
Watch this week's Report before it airs! An HD quality MP4 download of each week's show will now be available for purchase from the website. Visit the store at www.hallindsey.com to get your report.
God Bless,
Hal Lindsey
Critics spoke of his bloodthirsty, totalitarian regime that continues to systematically oppress the Cuban people. It once brought the world to the brink of nuclear holocaust during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Admirers cited his "charisma," and spoke of how he and his fellow romanticized revolutionaries had "liberated" the Cubans from the corrupt Batista regime.
Oh, and they never forget to mention Cuba's universal healthcare, as if that somehow justifies the firing squads, the imprisonment of dissidents, the confiscation of private property and wealth, the export of communism to other Latin American nations, and the blanket of fear that has shrouded Cuba the last six decades.
Castro's admirers, mostly on the Left and throughout the media, seem to overlook the fact that he sold Cuba to the highest bidder -- at the time, the Soviet Union -- then spent the next 30 years as the USSR's puppet. When Cuba's benefactor and sustainer collapsed in 1991, Cuba's economy was unmasked as puny, withered, and unsustainable.
After a few years, Venezuela stepped in and began subsidizing Cuba with its oil money. But with the death of Hugo Chavez and the collapse of Venezuela, Cuba once again was exposed and once again began to feel the sting of U.S. sanctions.
Finally, the Castros were ready to negotiate. And the United States came to the rescue. But the Obama administration chose to rescue the corrupt Cuban government, not the Cuban people. This allowed Communism to remain ultimately in control.
Florida Congressman Carlos Curbelo described the Obama policy this way: "...a string of concessions, many of us would call rewards, for the Cuban government that has represented literally billions of dollars in new revenues for that government and very little reciprocity from the dictatorship. ... The Cuban government continues to oppress, to beat people, to imprison them for their political beliefs...."
And the much vaunted "universal" healthcare? It's true, common Cubans can get free healthcare, but only if they are willing to use rundown, often unsanitary facilities that were already antiquated decades ago. And they must be willing to wait and wait and wait.
When the American and international media visit the island nation, under the watchful eye of Cuban authorities, they are shown good quality clinics and hospitals. That's because Cuba has two healthcare systems. High government officials and well-heeled foreigners able to pay exorbitant costs get one level of care. Ordinary Cubans get something else.
Perhaps in Fidel Castro's rise and rule, all nations should see a warning.
Before the revolution, Cuba was a nation of terrible debauchery. All kinds of unthinkable sexual activity was on display and for sale. It was known as the "brothel of the Caribbean."
The debauchery led to Castro's dictatorship.
It's an old story found throughout history. Righteousness leads to freedom. Sin leads to bondage.
In Israel, wildfires have been roaring throughout the land. According to the New York Times, "Fires... erupted throughout the country, blazing through parched forests, incinerating scores of homes and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee. Two prisons were also evacuated."
After several years of drought, the entire nation is a tinderbox.
New evidence indicates that many of the fires have been started by terrorist arson attacks. So far, there have been more than 20 arrests.
Critics of the Israeli government argue that they can't be terrorist attacks because they can't be proven to be "coordinated by... one source...."
We all know that terrorists don't need to work in cells to be effective. And the terror cells don't have to be "coordinated by... one source" to cause tremendous destruction. Radical jihadists respond to general instructions announced by their Islamic leaders or jihadist authority figures. Then they do as their "leaders" say -- at a time and place of their own choosing.
That's one of the reasons that Israel finds it impossible to make a peace treaty with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. He regularly encourages violent actions against Israelis by praising terrorists and rewarding them.
And the Palestinians are taught from their earliest days in school that it is their duty before Allah to destroy the nation of Israel.
So when terrorists strike -- particularly in copycat actions like driving cars onto crowded sidewalks and in the most recent "knifing Intifada" -- Israel must tighten its security.
When it does, all Palestinians suffer. The world sees this and blames Israel. And the self-appointed global "referees" choose to penalize the Jewish State, not the terrorist leaders who provoked the clampdown.
Meanwhile, as fire roars across Israel, most Muslims in the region are cheering it on.
Here in America, we are on the verge of seeing fire of another sort about to erupt.
It now appears that the Democratic National Committee is poised to choose another chairman. Most recently, it was Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, then Donna Brazile. Both of those women were disgraced and forced out when it was revealed (by leaked emails) that they had intervened to assure the presidential nomination went to Hillary Clinton (Wasserman-Schultz) and deviously supplied Ms. Clinton with the questions she would be asked in the presidential debates (Brazile).
So after the scandals, the Democrats appear ready to go in a new direction. They are about to name a Muslim to be the new leader of the Democrat party.
But Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota -- the first Muslim to be elected to Congress -- is not an ordinary Muslim. He is an anti-Semite with a long history of involvement with Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. He also has a long association with CAIR, which was named as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the notorious Holy Land Foundation trial and conviction. The FBI called CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations), "...a front group for Hamas."
Ellison was also involved with the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). The ISNA has called the United States "a terrorist nation" and called for the destruction of Israel.
Before Ellison decided to run for public office, he attempted to distance himself from Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. He claimed to have never realized that the organization was anti-Semitic.
Either he is breathtakingly uninformed, disturbingly dense, or he lied. He was associated with the Nation of Islam for ten years, publicly defended Farrakhan numerous times, and even functioned as their spokesman on occasion.
He obviously considered himself a genuine member of the cult. At one point, he renamed himself "Keith X. Ellison," in homage to Malcolm X. He also went by the name "Keith Ellison Mohammed."
Folks, this is not a man who just happens to be a Muslim. And in today's politically correct society, it's not surprising that he could get himself elected to Congress. But Keith Ellison has been closely associated with the radical elements within Islam, which ties him to terrorist organizations. And he's on the verge of becoming the next leader of one of the two major U.S. political parties! It's a position of enormous influence that can shape the American political landscape immeasurably for years to come.
If this is not a wake-up call for Americans, we are past napping. We are comatose!
Finally, I want to discuss a question this week that grows more relevant daily: "What is the Church?" It may not be what you think it is. Tune in this week to find out more!
Don't miss this week's Report on TBN, Daystar, CPM Network, The Word Network, various local stations, www.hallindsey.com or www.hischannel.com. Check your local listings.
Watch this week's Report before it airs! An HD quality MP4 download of each week's show will now be available for purchase from the website. Visit the store at www.hallindsey.com to get your report.
God Bless,
Hal Lindsey
Hal Lindsey Media Ministries - Hal Lindsey - www.hallindsey.com
When Fidel Castro died last week, the various reactions were no surprise.
Critics spoke of his bloodthirsty, totalitarian regime that continues to systematically oppress the Cuban people. It once brought the world to the brink of nuclear holocaust during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Admirers cited his "charisma," and spoke of how he and his fellow romanticized revolutionaries had "liberated" the Cubans from the corrupt Batista regime.
Oh, and they never forget to mention Cuba's universal healthcare, as if that somehow justifies the firing squads, the imprisonment of dissidents, the confiscation of private property and wealth, the export of communism to other Latin American nations, and the blanket of fear that has shrouded Cuba the last six decades.
Castro's admirers, mostly on the Left and throughout the media, seem to overlook the fact that he sold Cuba to the highest bidder -- at the time, the Soviet Union -- then spent the next 30 years as the USSR's puppet. When Cuba's benefactor and sustainer collapsed in 1991, Cuba's economy was unmasked as puny, withered, and unsustainable.
After a few years, Venezuela stepped in and began subsidizing Cuba with its oil money. But with the death of Hugo Chavez and the collapse of Venezuela, Cuba once again was exposed and once again began to feel the sting of U.S. sanctions.
Finally, the Castros were ready to negotiate. And the United States came to the rescue. But the Obama administration chose to rescue the corrupt Cuban government, not the Cuban people. This allowed Communism to remain ultimately in control.
Florida Congressman Carlos Curbelo described the Obama policy this way: "...a string of concessions, many of us would call rewards, for the Cuban government that has represented literally billions of dollars in new revenues for that government and very little reciprocity from the dictatorship. ... The Cuban government continues to oppress, to beat people, to imprison them for their political beliefs...."
And the much vaunted "universal" healthcare? It's true, common Cubans can get free healthcare, but only if they are willing to use rundown, often unsanitary facilities that were already antiquated decades ago. And they must be willing to wait and wait and wait.
When the American and international media visit the island nation, under the watchful eye of Cuban authorities, they are shown good quality clinics and hospitals. That's because Cuba has two healthcare systems. High government officials and well-heeled foreigners able to pay exorbitant costs get one level of care. Ordinary Cubans get something else.
Perhaps in Fidel Castro's rise and rule, all nations should see a warning.
Before the revolution, Cuba was a nation of terrible debauchery. All kinds of unthinkable sexual activity was on display and for sale. It was known as the "brothel of the Caribbean."
The debauchery led to Castro's dictatorship.
It's an old story found throughout history. Righteousness leads to freedom. Sin leads to bondage.
In Israel, wildfires have been roaring throughout the land. According to the New York Times, "Fires... erupted throughout the country, blazing through parched forests, incinerating scores of homes and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee. Two prisons were also evacuated."
After several years of drought, the entire nation is a tinderbox.
New evidence indicates that many of the fires have been started by terrorist arson attacks. So far, there have been more than 20 arrests.
Critics of the Israeli government argue that they can't be terrorist attacks because they can't be proven to be "coordinated by... one source...."
We all know that terrorists don't need to work in cells to be effective. And the terror cells don't have to be "coordinated by... one source" to cause tremendous destruction. Radical jihadists respond to general instructions announced by their Islamic leaders or jihadist authority figures. Then they do as their "leaders" say -- at a time and place of their own choosing.
That's one of the reasons that Israel finds it impossible to make a peace treaty with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. He regularly encourages violent actions against Israelis by praising terrorists and rewarding them.
And the Palestinians are taught from their earliest days in school that it is their duty before Allah to destroy the nation of Israel.
So when terrorists strike -- particularly in copycat actions like driving cars onto crowded sidewalks and in the most recent "knifing Intifada" -- Israel must tighten its security.
When it does, all Palestinians suffer. The world sees this and blames Israel. And the self-appointed global "referees" choose to penalize the Jewish State, not the terrorist leaders who provoked the clampdown.
Meanwhile, as fire roars across Israel, most Muslims in the region are cheering it on.
Here in America, we are on the verge of seeing fire of another sort about to erupt.
It now appears that the Democratic National Committee is poised to choose another chairman. Most recently, it was Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, then Donna Brazile. Both of those women were disgraced and forced out when it was revealed (by leaked emails) that they had intervened to assure the presidential nomination went to Hillary Clinton (Wasserman-Schultz) and deviously supplied Ms. Clinton with the questions she would be asked in the presidential debates (Brazile).
So after the scandals, the Democrats appear ready to go in a new direction. They are about to name a Muslim to be the new leader of the Democrat party.
But Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota -- the first Muslim to be elected to Congress -- is not an ordinary Muslim. He is an anti-Semite with a long history of involvement with Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. He also has a long association with CAIR, which was named as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the notorious Holy Land Foundation trial and conviction. The FBI called CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations), "...a front group for Hamas."
Ellison was also involved with the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). The ISNA has called the United States "a terrorist nation" and called for the destruction of Israel.
Before Ellison decided to run for public office, he attempted to distance himself from Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. He claimed to have never realized that the organization was anti-Semitic.
Either he is breathtakingly uninformed, disturbingly dense, or he lied. He was associated with the Nation of Islam for ten years, publicly defended Farrakhan numerous times, and even functioned as their spokesman on occasion.
He obviously considered himself a genuine member of the cult. At one point, he renamed himself "Keith X. Ellison," in homage to Malcolm X. He also went by the name "Keith Ellison Mohammed."
Folks, this is not a man who just happens to be a Muslim. And in today's politically correct society, it's not surprising that he could get himself elected to Congress. But Keith Ellison has been closely associated with the radical elements within Islam, which ties him to terrorist organizations. And he's on the verge of becoming the next leader of one of the two major U.S. political parties! It's a position of enormous influence that can shape the American political landscape immeasurably for years to come.
If this is not a wake-up call for Americans, we are past napping. We are comatose!
Finally, I want to discuss a question this week that grows more relevant daily: "What is the Church?" It may not be what you think it is. Tune in this week to find out more!
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