This day and age there seems to be a false sense of love called “TOLERANCE.” The word “tolerance” means this: “to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain.” We see the fruit of this so-called love in the youth. Instead of magnifying the law of the land and of God by punishing crime, we allow lawlessness to run rampant and then counsel people for their problems.
Let’s put our feet back upon the rock, “…for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness” (Isaiah 26:9).
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The meaning of Easter is Jesus Christ’s victory over death. His resurrection symbolizes and confirms the eternal life that is given to all who believe in Him. The meaning of Easter also symbolizes the complete verification of all that Jesus preached and taught. If He had not risen from the dead, He would have been just another teacher or prophet. However, His resurrection gave the final and irrefutable proof that He was really the Son of God. 


The feast day of Easter was originally a pagan celebration of renewal and rebirth. Celebrated in the early spring, it honored the pagan Saxon goddess Eastre. When the early missionaries converted the Saxons to Christianity, the holiday, since it fell around the same time as the traditional memorial of Christ’s resurrection from the dead, was merged with the pagan celebration, and became know as Easter. The meaning of Easter was also changed to reflect its new Christian orientation. 

That being the case, why are Christians still celebrating Easter with a pagan twist? What does the Easter Bunny and eggs have to do with Christ’s suffering, death and resurrection? It’s time to quit following the world, but rather stick to the pure and true meaning of Easter, without sending a mixed message of confusion to our children.
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Recently, I blogged about the word Tolerance, and that it is false love. This week we will answer the question: What is true love? Does it warn someone of danger before it happens, or does it wait for them to destroy their lives with wrong choices (drinking, fornication – i.e. sex before marriage, stealing, lying, etc.) and then send them to programs like “Alcoholics Anonymous”? The same goes with what the youth are being taught in school. Benjamin Rush warned what would happen if the Bible were ever removed from schools:
In contemplating the political institution of the United States, I lament that if we remove the Bible from schools, we waste so much time and money in punishing crimes and take so little pains to prevent them. For this divine book above all others, favors that equality among mankind, that respect for just laws, and those sober and fragile virtues which constitute the soul of our government.
I read this analogy a while back and thought it was important to put out there. Please read below…
Satan stood amidst all his cohorts, demons, imps and the such, asking the question, “What can I do to deceive the people further?” Just then, Satan had the idea to reward the one that could come up with a new deception by giving him all that he would desire.
Soon a demon glided up to satan and said, “I know what I could do to deceive the people further!” “What?” said Satan with a loud, growling anticipation. “I can tell the people that there is no God!” “No,” said Satan, with a loud voice. “You fool, man knows within himself that there is a Creator, for creation itself testifies this very truth!”
Soon another approached Satan and said, “I can deceive the people by telling them that they evolved from monkeys.” Satan with a loud voice reprimanded this one by saying, “There is none so foolish amongst God’s creation to believe such foolishness. Are there none here that are better at deceiving the people than those who have approached me? I had thought to myself that I had taught you better than that.”
One more glided from the back with a smile on his face, confidently approaching his father of lies, saying, “I will tell these created beings of the Most High that there is more time!” And this is the rewarded demon that went forth to deceive mankind by telling them, “You still have tomorrow.”
Today is the day of salvation. You are not promised tomorrow.
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Upon the request from Newsweek reporter Michelle Goldberg for an interview, I had one of our staff do research on Michelle’s writings. After seeing her ignorance of who we are as a people and after I saw what she was going for, I knew that this was not an interview. This was a story already written before she asked me a single question. I also knew that I was not dealing with a reporter, but rather one who was pushing her ideology. Many of her articles are spent attacking Christians for their stance against abortion (the preservation of life, read Article 5 of your Bill of Rights), homosexuality (which were “Crimes Against Nature” in all 50 states until 1961), and the fact that they preach about the true Biblical foundation of this country. I already knew where she was coming from, so what was the sense in meeting with her?
Read a portion her biography below.
…Goldberg traveled through the heartland of a country in the grips of a fevered religious radicalism: the America of our time. From the classroom to the mega-church to the federal court, she saw how the growing influence of dominionism—the doctrine that Christians have the right to rule nonbelievers—is threatening the foundations of democracy.
Maybe Michelle should learn the Pledge of Allegiance to understand that we are not a democracy, but rather a “REPUBLIC… One nation under God.” The God part is what she and others like her have a problem with. They don’t want to be ruled by anyone. Yet maybe she should take a good look at the Supreme Court building where that guy Moses and the Ten Commandments are engraved. And underneath him holding the Book of the Law it states, “JUSTICE THE GUARDIAN OF LIBERTY.” She apparently forgot to read her un-revised history books where our forefathers warned, “Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by Tyrants” (William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson). p;nbsp;
However, people who hold Michelle’s i deals want freedom, folks, from restraint. Freedom to these is to do what you want to do rather than do what you ought to do. They want freedom from honoring the sacrifice of our veterans who have redeemed us through their blood to ratify the Constitution of these United States. Their hopes are that people accept their opinion above God’s commands.
It has been rightly stated that if you do not listen to God’s Ten Commandments, you will listen to man’s ten thousand. So they would have it…and then we wonder why America is digressing. As the Lord promised in Psalm 9:17, “The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.”
Maybe she should, if I am not being too religiously radical, go to Philadelphia where the Liberty bell is and read what it states. Leviticus 25:10; “And proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.” Or might I suggest that she digs into her purse and finds “In God We Trust” printed on her money? I can go on and on, folks.
LET ME EXPLAIN…
There are those who suggest that if you are a Christian, you have no right to influence public policy or even express your views in the public arena. The “Politically Correct” movement, which favors abortion on demand, special privileges for homosexuals, and removing all references to the God of the Bible from public life, has greatly stifled any discourse that disagrees with the “correct” way of thinking. They have gained great ground and have intimidated professed Christians from influencing their communities, states, and national policies by telling them that because of their faith, they have no right to speak. Ironically, they base these opinions on documents that, in fact, say just the opposite.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT
The religion clause of the First Amendment states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Not only is there no reference to the phrase “separation of church and state,” there is also no reference to what the Church shall not do. The Amendment refers only to restrictions on Congress. It doesn’t tell Johnny he can’t pray in school or that a nativity scene can’t be displayed in a public park; it restrains the power of the federal government from infringing on the religious freedoms of the people!
George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention and said:
If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution framed in the Convention, where I had the honor to preside, might possibly endanger the religious rights of any ecclesiastical society, certainly I would never have placed my signature to it.
— Reply to Virginia United Baptist Churches, May 10, 1789
James Madison, who was the chief architect of the Constitution, said: “There is not a shadow of right in the general government to intermeddle with religion” (June 12, 1788 to the Virginia Convention).
THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
yle=”white-space: pre;”> This phrase does not appear in our Constitution or any of our country’s official documents. It does, however, appear in another prominent document, the Constitution of the former Soviet Union: “The church in the U.S.S.R. is separated from the state and the school from the church” (Article 52).
The phrase was also penned in a private letter written by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Association in Connecticut, who had written to President Jefferson because they were concerned about the government getting involved in matters of religion. Jefferson wrote:
I contemplate with solemn reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should “make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” thus building a wall of separation between Church and State.
It is clear that Jefferson’s “wall of separation” referred to a one-directional wall to protect the Church from the state. He is the same one who said, “…no power over the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, or freedom of the press being delegated to the United States by the Constitution…” in the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798.
THE ACTS OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS
One of the first acts of the first Congress of the United States was to establish chaplains for the U.S. House and the Senate. It was clear there was no “impregnable wall” as proclaimed by the ACLU in attempts to reverse these measures. It stands to reason that the founding fathers knew a little better what they meant when they ratified the Constitution than those in the twentieth century who seek to undo it. They did not mean for Christians to stay out of influencing public policy…if it had been so, the vast majority of our founding fathers would have had to step down from office! To remove Christians from politics is to allow only the ungodly to rule.
Today I gave a prayer at the opening of the MN House session. Little did I know that I was going to be giving the prayer on the same day that they were going to have a vote on the marriage amendment. After 20 minutes, I left the capitol, only to get a phone call to tell me that something unprecedented just took place. Apparently someone was angry about my prayer because I invoked the name of Jesus. Before I knew it, instead of the media reporting on it as me standing up for our future generations, all of the sudden I became an anti-gay divisive pastor, when all I did was simply say a prayer encouraging all of us to honor our veterans, uphold the Constitution, and not forget the principles of our forefathers, upon which this nation is established.
After the media reported their fabricated story, Majority Speaker Kurt Zellers released a statement denouncing me for my actions and my words. He said, “He does not represent my values or the values of this state.” Since when, I ask, does the Constitution of the United States not represent his values or the values of the state of Minnesota? Since when, I ask, do those veterans who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom not represent Mr. Zellers’ values or the values of this state? Since when do the values of our country established in 1776 not reflect Speaker Zellers’ values, or the values of the people of this state? If Speaker Zellers does not stand for the Constitution, our veterans, the Founding Forefathers, and the Christian God to whom he swears by an oath to uphold these very things, then I would say Mr. Zellers is not fit to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Minnesota.
Today Speaker Zellers exemplified a point I have made many times over in past years. When a little heat comes for taking a stand, diplomatic people immediately bend to the opposition. They fall all over themselves to apologize for something that they claim to stand for when speaking to their constituents. But when it comes to actually putting what they said into practice, they denounce the Constitution’s laws and the people’s principles who voted them in. How hypocritical.
I wonder how they would have responded to the First Prayer of the Continental Congress in 1774.
It goes as follows…
O Lord our Heavenly Father, high and mighty King of kings, and Lord of lords, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers on earth and reignest with power supreme and uncontrolled over all the Kingdoms, Empires and Governments; look down in mercy, we beseech Thee, on these our American States, who have fled to Thee from the rod of the oppressor and thrown themselves on Thy gracious protection, desiring to be henceforth dependent only on Thee. To Thee have they appealed for the righteousness of their cause; to Thee do they now look up for that countenance and support, which Thou alone canst give. Take them, therefore, Heavenly Father, under Thy nurturing care; give them wisdom in Council and valor in the field; defeat the malicious designs of our cruel adversaries; convince them of the unrighteousness of their Cause and if they persist in their sanguinary purposes, of own unerring justice, sounding in their hearts, constrain them to drop the weapons of war from their unnerved hands in the day of battle!
Be Thou present, O God of wisdom, and direct the councils of this honorable assembly; enable them to settle things on the best and surest foundation. That the scene of blood may be speedily closed; that order, harmony and peace may be effectually restored, and truth and justice, religion and piety, prevail and flourish amongst the people. Preserve the health of their bodies and vigor of their minds; shower down on them and the millions they here represent, such temporal blessings as Thou seest expedient for them in this world and crown them with everlasting glory in the world to come. All this we ask in the name and through the merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son and our Savior.
Amen.
Reverend Jacob Duché
Rector of Christ Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 7, 1774, 9 o’clock a.m.
As you can clearly see from this prayer, when we stray from the paths our Forefathers laid out for us, where the name of Jesus was once praised and glorified, now judgment is turned backwards and those who represent the Biblical truths of Scripture and Jesus Christ Himself are ostracized and condemned for doing that which is right before God. I see not much has changed in 2,000 years!
Take a good look around, America. The reason why our nation has gone headlong into the moral decline we see in our country today is because, as I said in my prayer, we have turned our back on our Founder, His laws, and His principles.
We want to thank all of you who took the time to write us and show your support. We posted some of the many comments below. Enjoy!
They struck your prayer from the record, restarted the session and had the House chaplain give a different nondenominational (and extremely wishy-washy) prayer? All because you mentioned Jesus and stated a cold, hard fact about Obama? Unbelievable.
This came to mind: “Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.” (Matthew 10:32-33)
I think the Minnesota House just disowned Jesus.
-Jason
I loved your prayer at the state capital, it was great it’s so good to see a man of God stand up and say the truth, and all the congressmen that trashed your prayer should be removed from office, Praise God!
-Larry
Dear Brad, thank you for being the uncompromising warrior for the true; Savior of the human race.. The wimps on the MN house floor heard the truth.. God honors the stand up truth of His Son You spoke the Truth, and I pray all Christians in MN rise up with the straight to the guts Truth you presented, and vote these WIMPS OUT, the first chance they get.. God Bless you my brother
-Chuck
Thank you and God bless you, Bradley Dean, for taking a stand for our Constitution, all the Americans who died defending it and for our Lord and Savior Jesus. I listened to your prayer and it was excellent and as patriotic as any one of our Funding Fathers would have prayed when the US of America was founded. The article on the front page of the Star/Tribune (aka “red star”) was a complete pack of lies and distortions and evil spewed out between the lines (truly disgusting bias and attempted smearing of you). It is a fact you never wanted homosexuals executed, that is a complete lie and fabrication. When the speaker of the house showed his true colors taking a stand against the Constitution and our war dead as well as Jesus Christ, he showed himself to be truly biased and unqualified to serve in state government or any government at all. His attack on you was truly disgusting just like the red star. This country is on its last breath and only a miracle from the Lord can save it. The diversity, political correctness and perversion recruitment programs in the school systems have just about destroyed any Godly morality left. And I am fed up with all the dual citizens who serve another state as their first loyalty not the USA. This should be illegal. These folks should have to make a choice and sign a loyalty oath and not ever be allowed to be in any government post. Anyhow, you did the right thing and I am not ashamed of anything you prayed or said. I for one am proud to have you in Minnesota working hard for all of us. You did a great job representing our Republic and God our Father. I can't thank you enough for all the good you do.
-Jim
“Sweet!!!!!!!! I love it thanks for the awesome message!!”
-Lynette
Thank you for standing strong in a place many would back down from. Jesus is a dividing line for many, there is so much power and authority in His name. Continue to walk in His way.
-Mike
Thanks for speaking the truth Minister Dean!!!
-Patrick
Thank you! Bradlee Dean and Brothers and Sisters in Christ for this website.
I am very thankful for the courageous stand that Bradlee Dean took as he prayed publically from his heart the other day and incurred the anger of many of those politicians that were present. I am glad you shook up things by praying earnestly in the Name of Jesus. Never worry if your words were appropriate because they were.
God filled your mouth with what to say and the prayer was powerful. Our country is blind to it’s sin and needs to be jolted awake to the only way to be saved and that is Jesus, whom you proclaimed. You weren’t ashamed of Jesus and He is not ashamed of you! I know that God is pleased Bradlee. Our nation must repent! I am praying for all of you to stand strong and firm in the liberty of Christ Jesus. I love the Lord and I love my country and I know that your prayer will serve to encourage and mobilize some believers to take a strong stand and to step up and speak the truth of God’s Word in and out of season. The Church has been silent too often, when it should be bold. Thank you for impacting this godless culture. One day I hope you will find out the true value of your prayer that day, Bradlee. I believe in my heart that: Somebody was listening with an open mind. Somebody was affected in a good way, even if they didn’t speak up. Somebody went home to look at their bible. Somebody examined their own heart to see if they were in the faith or not. God Bless you! May God continue to lead, guide and direct, and protect you as you fulfill His will and your purpose, on earth as ordained in heaven.
-Peggy
Dan Kant
Speaker Zellers got punked by the political left on Friday. Obviously he cannot think for himself and reacted in way that threw gasoline on a fire that did not even have a spark. I see no controversy in the speech and prayer and I am very confused over the whole thing. Speaker Zellers owes you an apology. He had a rhinoceros tone. I am calling my rep Tara Mack about this. I am also calling Salem Communications because I noticed they did not have the Sons of Liberty show on today. There is a beautiful thing called “Freedom of Religion” in this country. When we start dictating to Pastors what they are supposed to preach and what they are not allowed to preach. We are all in trouble. Hang in there, Pastor Dean. I will be giving my two cents on this issue. Thanks.
-Dan
Hurray for Bradlee Dean! Speaking the truth in love.
-Bill
This was an absolutely beautiful prayer. God bless you Bradlee!
-Lani
This is what I wrote… I’m sending it along because the comments are exploding and it is hard to find. The MN legislature should just be glad you guys didn’t send Jake over; they’d still be praying right now!!!! Keep it up.
-Chris
 
Fox has shown it’s bias by stating in the title “Anti-Gay” pastor. The controversy is, as should have been reported and titled; “Pastor dares to act on conviction & beliefs and prays in the name of Jesus Christ; as our founding fathers did in years past”. The founding documents of our country clearly demonstrate that this government was established as a Christian government/country based not on humanistic natural law, but upon the natural laws created by Jesus Christ, for by whom all things were created and all things are sustained. Jesus Christ is one of the three “who’s” in the one “what” Christians describe as the Triune God, Father, Son, & Holy Spirit. All equal, but with distinguishable roles. Dean was right to pray in the name of Jesus Christ; as our first president rightly declared that the two pillars of a just society are religion & morality; but Washington wasn’t referencing any religion or any moral code – no, to understand him the context of history, the only right interpretation of Washington is to understand that he meant the Christian religion, whose Author, Perfector, and only rightful leader is Jesus Christ. These facts, not about Christianity, but about the government’s recognition there of Christianity are true — and there’s the rub. Fox missed the chance to highlight the real problem in both our Federal & State institutions — the lack of a correct understanding of history — now there’s a real story.

Kudo’s to Dean; for he knows that truth is truth whether it is accepted, acknowledged, or not. From my point of view, Dean & his association Sons of Liberty Radio and./or You can Run but Cannot Hide International are only one of few Christian based organizations that love our politicians and/or the Homosexual/LGBT communities enough to tell them what his religion believes, what God has established because he cares for the soul. 

The “Anti-Gay” label in the subtitle couldn’t be any more wrongly placed nor factually inaccurate. Dean says what he thinks & believes not out of self promotion nor attention seeking, but because he believes & wants others to think, debate, discern, and decide based on the truth, not based on the lies of a wayward culture that has distorted the thinking of the latest generations.
I do not see anything wrong with this, this prayer actually made me happy to hear but the politicians involved didn’t like it why? Whatever happened to In God We Trust- and nobody goes to the Father except through me-Jesus- Our nation is in dire need of an awakening by the Holy Spirit-Lord have mercy on us.
-Matt
Our CHRISTIAN founding fathers would have said sincerely “AMEN.”
-Eric
“Another non-issue made into an issue by the ever-vigilant, non-partisan media.”
-George
Those who have the courage to speak will be blessed by God with opportunity to do so. But how was this the slightest bit controversial?
-Tom
You have my full support!
Bravo! Right on. Keep on lifting up Jesus. Frankly, I’m outraged that others were outraged…
-Paul
You fight the good fight. You are iron sharpening iron. You speak the Word, and humbly take on the sin that surrounds us. For this they call you radical. An on fire man of God in a culture of Godless, cold and lukewarm Christians…maybe you are radical.
–David
Some Ministries are like lightning rods separating themself from the worldly and ungodly by standing on Gods Word. Other ministries are like a weather vane on a roof that change direction when the winds public opinion blow. People which one are you?
-Ed
I’m outraged!!! That our leaders or lack there don’t want to pray in the name of Jesus every time! Thanks Bradlee!
-Les.
I loved the prayer and if the speaker of the house in the state of MN Kurt Zellers can’t stand behind this he does not stand behind America! He needs to be VOTED OUT. Thank you for doing this it exposed who the spineless in MN are!
-Nicole
Love it when people tell the truth. Especially this guy! Heard absolutely nothing he said that I disagree with.
I see nothing here to apologize for. Is there something wrong with speaking the truth? Leidiger is the one who should apologize to his constituents and to preacher Bradlee Dean.
Thank you Mr. Dean. Truth needs no apology.
Amen! I stand with you, Pastor Dean.
Why was an apology necessary? He only pointed out the truth. President Obama is an enemy of Christianity and Judaism, and that took tremendous courage. Preach it, brother!
Absolutely nothing wrong HERE!!!! God Bless You, Preacher!!
Liberals can be offended, but Christians are not allowed.
Trust Me, The majority of my Liberal friends offend me deeply!!
Thank God they are few someone has to take a stand against these petty whiners, Americans are fed up !! Semper Fi.
Recently, it was said in the papers that I apologized to Kurt Zellers, the Speaker of the House, for my prayer – that is absolutely untrue. The only apology I made to Kurt Zellers, is that I’m sorry he is in the position that he is if he did not hear me. For the record, Kurt Zellers did not denounce or expunge my name from the record, he denounced and expunged the principles of the American people, the people from the great state of MN, and he denounced the principles that America is founded upon.
Minnesotans put Kurt Zellers into a position to lead the people and to stand upon the Constitution and values of our forefathers. This exemplifies a point which I have made many times: instead of standing up for the Minnesotans who voted him in, he got a little weak-kneed and bowed to a small wind of opposition. So today it is made clear that he denounced the content of my prayer.
Another lie the media promulgated was that Kurt Zellers was going to put a stop to a press conference with me (which I didn’t call for) at the state capitol with multiple reporters in attendance. In fact, that is the furthest thing from the truth. I conceded to the wishes of those who did not want me to stir things up again by my appearance at the capitol. I cancelled it, and put aside the personal attacks on myself for the gre ater good of the marriage amendment vote.
Since the media nationwide has picked up the story, we have received thousands of responses with angry American citizens who were disappointed in elected officials such as Zellers for his wavering apology. I am sure he has received their responses as well. Maybe Mr. Zellers should take the time to read the Constitution which hundreds of thousands of men and women fought, bled and died to uphold before he denounces their values.
In conclusion, I am not angry with the left. The left does what they do because the right doesn’t do what they should do, and this was very clear to see on Friday.
Recently the great men and women of the Minnesota House of Representatives bestowed on me the honor to open session with a prayer. I am a citizen of Minnesota and as our State Constitution declares, I am “Grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings and secure the same to ourselves and our posterity.”
In that prayer, I admired and honored the great sayings and depictions displayed on the walls – from Moses to Washington to Jefferson and so many more that have honored our Lord and given Him proper recognition. Further, I acknowledged the soldiers throughout history who have sacrificed everything to ratify the Constitution we live under. And twice I acknowledged Christ in closing.
Those gestures provided great offense to some legislators and spurred apologies from other legislators to those offended. As such, it has been suggested I apologize, retract, or clarify – I will attempt the last.
As the media developed their story around my prayer, it turned out the real controversy had to do with the coincidental timing of the invitation with the Marriage Amendment schedule – of which I can say with absolute honesty there was no political intent, from me or the Representative that we worked with to set the actual day (which had changed multiple times during the weeks prior).
As it went, the reporting ended up focusing more on statements I supposedly made in the past regarding homosexuality. While I have been vocal at times about homosexuality, virtually none of my actual perspectives about the issue were presented in context or totality. As such, the story went the way of tabloid shock news and had me labeled as a hateful preacher who advocates and endorses the Muslim penalties of death and stoning for homosexuality – I don’t! While I’ve made that clear many times in the past, it was never reported this time around. That type of journalism doesn’t require my apology. The media’s divisive nature doesn’t require my apology.
One of the points I’m making today and through interviews, is that there is now enough information in the public domain that people should be able to figure out the truth or ask me if you don’t know for sure. For all the terrible things that were reported, nobody bothered to validate the worst claims of it – people just acted as if it were true and some responded as such – those folks don’t need my apology. Beyond that, there were many other falsities put forward regarding statements I never made for which I will be seeking retractions.
For the record, I am a preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. My focus and mission has been, “To reshape America by redirecting the current and future generations both morally and spiritually through education, media and the Judeo-Christian values found in our U.S. Constitution.” To that point, my radio program and film documentary cover a broad spectrum of political, social and family issues from a Christian perspective.
If my hope as a Minister, my prayer, my person, or even this letter now, prevent anyone from hearing my sincerest attempts to magnify the Constitution of our great state and nation “under God”, I request you please forgive me. If I have said anything that conflicted with truth, and compromised my Lord and Redeemer, I beg God to forgive me.
We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about.” — Woodrow Wilson
How are we to know who we are if we do not know where we came from? As I look back to the 60’s (when I was a child), I see the very things that have been withheld from us. And what is that? What some have continuously waged war against – our Godly heritage and the Constitution. And please do not forget we are, of course, liberated as we magnify our laws. He who magnifies our Godly heritage and the Constitution the most, loves the most, and is most grateful to the One who gave it.
This is why I honor God’s Son Jesus Christ, because He died for my sins to set me free from sin (Matthew 1:21) to ratify God’s covenant. In like manner, the veterans died for my natural liberation (freedom) to ratify the Constitution of these United States. Not because I have to, but because I cannot help myself not to. Look what they have done for us, look at the price that they have paid. The awful price of redemption came through their sacrifice, so we can walk in freedom.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. And look at the love these have demonstrated unto us through their sacrifice. How I could I possibly be an enemy to those who gave us so much? Now John 3:16 has meaning.
President Chester Alan Arthur (1881-1885) said, “If it were not for the reporters, I would tell you the truth.”
The Game
When I was a little kid in elementary school there was a game called Telephone. The first person would say a sentence and then go around a circle with other kids reciting what was originally said. The last kid would then say what he heard out loud. Oftentimes it would come back so misconstrued that it had nothing to do with the intent or context in which it was originally stated. How much more the “kids” that call themselves reporters through the state run media?
What Reporters Believe
Robert Lichter and Stanley Rothman, two media scholars, interviewed 240 news anchors, editors, and news writers, and here’s what they found out:
1)47% of those that report the news in this country believe that adultery is okay. That’s cheating on your spouse – Dad and Mom cheating on each other. Now, I am from a broken family, and I am sure that a lot of you listening to this are from broken families. Did you know that the laws are not being enforced in this land? In 28 states to this day, it is still illegal for folks to commit adultery on each other, but the laws have not been enforced since 1944.
2)76% of those that report the news see nothing wrong with homosexuality. All the way up until 2002, the laws on acts of sodomy were in tact. They have now been overturned in this country. Before 1961 this was illegal in every single state in this country. They were rightly called “Crimes against nature.” Until 1973, it was also considered to be a mental illness. Now what is the media pushing on you? That it’s normal, when in truth it is not! (Romans 1:26-28) If you were busted in Rhode Isl and before 1961, you would go to prison for 15 years – the laws were very harsh. Click here to see our forefathers’ position regarding sodomy.
3)90% of those that write your papers in this country believe there is nothing wrong with aborting a baby. For those that didn’t know, until 1973 it was against the law to have an abortion. Now we think it’s no big deal because that’s what you’re being taught.
4)86% of those that write your paper in this country seldom or never attend church.
A few years ago, we had the opportunity to interview Don Shelby, a news anchor with WCCO in Minneapolis, and we asked him how he could tell right from wrong. This was his reply, “If you are asking journalists to be an arbiter to decide differences of morality, you are asking the wrong people. My job is to determine where fairness and justice is failing.” Well, Don, how can you tell what’s fair or unfair, just or unjust, if you have no knowledge between what’s right and wrong?
Let me show you what the media’s meaning of fairness and justice is.
Richard Salant, former president of CBS news, said: “Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have.” That’s pretty arrogant, isn’t it?
Walter Cronkite, former CBS news anchor said, “News reporters are certainly liberal and left of center.”
Herman Dismore, foreign editor of the New York Times, said, “The New York Times is deliberately pitched to the liberal point of view.”
Richard Cohen, senior producer for CBS, said, “We are going to impose our agenda on the coverage by dealing with issues and subjects that we choose to deal with.”
This Last Week
This past week I sent letters to media outlets who reported on my prayer at the MN House session. The following outlets (and many more unnamed) reported on me just like the Telephone game: Minneapolis Star Tribune, MSNBC, St. Cloud Times, City Pages, KARE 11, WCCO, KSTP 5, ABC News, etc.
What is interesting, and it should be of concern for every citizen in this country, is that not one, I said not one, of these media outlets called me and asked me any questions before reporting. This is not reporting; this is creating the story out of thin air because they “heard or read somewhere.” Once respected media outlets have again proven that they cannot be respected or trusted. Respect was once earned, however, this new breed of reporters think it’s given. These outsources have no credibility whatsoever. And people should take note of their intended “propaganda.”
It Was Posted
On my website, we posted on June 3, 2010 a complete list of debunked lies by certain anti-American, George Soros funded, homosexual outlets such as “The Independent.” Many of these outlets even referenced my website, and things that were on my website, but just happened to overlook what was written in the debunking of the lies that they themselves have again propagated. Some of these outlets were so twisted, fabricated, misconstrued, and so foul that I cannot even repeat what was written or what was said.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow even went so far as to reverse her story from last year to this year, knowingly undoing what she quoted on my disclaimer. See Disclaimer
My Point
My point in writing this letter to you today is that the media must be held accountable for the misinformation given to the people. These reporters report as if God does not see or respond to their lies. (Galatians 6:7-8).
Now I can understand why so many media outlets are disrespected and are losing business by the droves. That is what happens when the lack of truth is in their articles. If these reporters do not know how to tell the truth, then they need to find another job. People are tired of the half-truths and blatant lies being promulgated on a daily basis throughout this country.
The Irony
The irony of the story with the elementary students is that at least the truth comes out after the other children ask the first kid what was originally said, which was lost going through all of the heads and mouths in the room. Apparently reporters have to go back and relearn how the game is played.
“Truth crushed to the earth will rise again.” – William Cullen Bryant
Firstly, I would like to state that when President Obama came into office with all the promises put forth with the motto “change” into his agenda, I have to admit that I was hopeful and happy for a righteous future under a black American President. I was very hopeful to see all of his promises fulfilled to restore “We the People.” I have always had a great respect for authority when I knew it was lawful and right.
However, shortly after his inauguration it seemed everything did change, but not the change that was promised. With all clarity, America seems to be under attack, as a vast majority of Americans agree. I have noticed that almost every circle of life in America has a deep concern as to where this administration is attempting to take this country. What we have all noticed is that this it is a pretty “radical” and “extreme” administration, to say the least. No president has the authority to tear down the Constitution and rebuild it in his own image. While I do agree that things must change, it must change not to the new, but rather to the old (Jeremiah 6:16); and not to what some want us to become, but rather what our forefathers intended. As I have said in many radio interviews, the problems did not start in this country in 1776; they started when we departed from the principles that have been given unto us. America has the longest standing constitution in the history of mankind, and I propose that we stay on course so our posterity has a future of freedom as well.
Respecting the Office
During a radio interview last week I was asked, “Are you anti-establishment?” I cleared the air immediately by stating, “Holding government’s feet to the Constitution is not anti-establishment, but rather pro-establishment. And it is the responsibility of the people to hold them accountable to their oath.” If I did not love my government, my country, and my people, I wouldn’t say a thing about the errors that are so apparent. Those who leave off duty are anti-establishment (these people do not seem to care what happens), not those who take the pains to correct the errors we see today.
Let me ask you a question. What would you think of me if I were to burn the American flag? What would you do? Or what would you do if I were to desecrate the graves of our veterans who have fought, bled and died to establish or ratify our constitution by tearing it (the Constitution) down. You would not let me go too far before correcting me, would you? I hope you said no.
Likewise, I am not going to dishonor the veterans and their sacrifice by honoring those in office that are disrespecting their appointed position. The veterans honored their oath, and so should those who serve “We the People.” I respect government so much that I want them honoring those who died to give it. This is real honor (Romans 13:4). And every righteous individual in government will stand behind these statements.
Putting Things into Perspective
What is “extreme and radical” is the fact that that the very foundations of our nation are being assaulted by this administration. New policy is being put forth on a daily basis (America, policy follows Law, Law does not follow policy. It has been rightly stated, “If you will not listen to God’s Ten Commandments, you will listen to man’s ten thousand.”) Our borders are wide open, and this administration sues Arizona’s governor for doing what they themselves should have done; 3,700 babies a day are being aborted and this administration wants more money to do more abortions (see Proverbs 6:17); the family institution is under attack and this administration puts forth more efforts to support gay marriage and pulls the Justice Department from defending the Defense of Marriage Act. This administration has also overthrown Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (notice the name – the name reflects the intents of the author).
These call our Constitution “propaganda”; Obama omits “by their Creator” from the Declaration of Independence by his actions, and “One Nation Under God” is no longer in their vernacular. Even the Christian crosses of our veterans are under attack. Then on top of all of this, President Obama states that we are no longer a “Christian Nation”, and in a speech in Egypt he said, “You might say that America is a Muslim nation.” Pretty extreme folks, yea?!
It is also interesting that this administration and its minions have even gone so far to call their constituents (“We the People”) Nazis, bigots, racists, radicals, haters and extremists for doing what they swore that they themselves would uphold – namely the Constitution. That is like getting mad at a good cop and labeling him as a “pig” for simply enforcing the laws of the land.
Yet, it was reported recently that people such as myself are “radical” and “extreme” who speak strongly against these violations of who we are as a people. That is the definition of a patriot – to stand against tyranny. President Thomas Jefferson said, “Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.”
Now which one is extreme? It has been said that desperate times call for desperate measures. And those times are here.
So putting it into perspective, the actions of our representatives and their unconstitutionalities are “extreme”. They swear to uphold the Constitution with their hands placed upon the BIBLE, and they are the very ones who stand in contradiction of what they promised to uphold. Again, let’s put things into perspective.
Appeal to Heaven
We will continue to “Appeal to Heaven” and ask Almighty God in Jesus’ name to grant us the victory while we continue to “seek peace and pursue it,” and return to the path our forefathers laid out for us to walk in (Jeremiah 6:16.) The motto during the revolutionary war was “No king but KING JESUS.”
Extreme as a Positive
Were the patriarchs extreme for saying, “We ought to obey God rather than man” when they were told not to preach in the name of Jesus Christ? Were our forefathers extreme for confronting a tyrannical king and refusing to obey his unjust decrees? Are the American people extreme for decrying the abuses of what is taking place in our country today? No, just the opposite is true. America is simply responding to the abuses.
Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.
– Daniel Webster
The Conclusion
No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor.
– Theodore Roosevelt
The Bible tells us plainly what is expected of a king; in our situation, our president. Deuteronomy 17:14-20 says:
When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
It was my understanding that Keith Ellison has been making comments about me (The Daily Beast), saying to the American people that they “may not know quite how extreme this guy (Bradlee Dean) is.” Interesting. Can you say Keith is straining at a gnat while he swallows the BIG camel?
Due to the fact that I am not qualified to attack the issues of Isalm, I will let Brigette Gabriel expose Keith Ellison to say what I could never say.
Think Again
Let me say this, until America gets out of the political rhetoric and the games that are being played out in front of our faces, nothing is going to change. If you think the incumbent leadership both politically and religiously are going to bring you forward, you better think again. Though there is good leadership in both camps, there needs to be much more.
If we had a coach for the NFL football team that lost game after game after game for the last 50 years, wouldn’t you agree that things need to change, namely the coach?
Until you call things for what they are and bring the firm correction needed, things are going to remain the same. America needs to change that. Justice the guardian of Liberty, was put as an inscription on the Supreme Court buildi ng for a reason.
According to Keith Ellison
According to Keith Ellison’s accusations, it is extreme to stand up for our posterity (future generations), to protect the family, and to enforce the laws of our land. If this is extreme then it is extreme. I rest my case. Keith Ellison is right. But let me reassure you that it is the “extreme” that America is calling for, and it is rightly called leadership.
The right time to do the right thing is right now and America is waiting for the now. It is time for the re-establishing of who we are as a “Republic”, “One nation under God” (the Christian religion) “indivisible” (undividable, unbreakable) with “Liberty” (freedom to do the things that we ought to do) and “Justice” (according to the Mosaic Institution – who is on the top of our Supreme Court Building) for “All” (even people of other faiths such as Keith Ellison so long as they abide by the laws of OUR land).
To make myself clear, the extremities that I have advocated (according to Keith Ellison) are not lawless but rather lawful; they are not unconstitutional but rather Constitutional; they are not un-American but rather American. Keith Ellison seems to forget in his folly that I am not the one trying to overthrow our Constitution or the laws of our land, he is. I may be extreme, but I am extreme in preserving this country. Too many of our veterans have paid the ultimate price by giving the ultimate sacrifice and I am not going to roll over and let anyone desecrate their memories.
The Radicals
The problem with the radicals is that they don’t know how to deal with those who do not roll over every time they want another law overthrown. Those days are over. People are tired of being rolled over upon. America has been screaming from the housetops for 3 years now, enough is enough! Where have you been, Keith Ellison? Do you not hear the voice of your constitutients? Or do you forget that you work for “We the People”?
I would ask Keith Ellison, what is extreme about our laws? What is it that you do not like about who we are? Our laws say NO to Sharia law in this country! Is this your problem, Keith? According to your mindset that is extreme. So be it! Extreme it is. The people all over the country are rising up against the gay agenda that you, Keith, are attempting to put forth. 31 of 50 states have voted gay marriage down. Is this your problem, Keith? According to your mindset that is extreme. Extreme it is! So be it! Apparently Keith Ellison does not know that sodomy is illegal in this country. That is pretty extreme Keith! But then again Keith Ellison is also the first politician that has blatantly disrespected everything about who we are as a CHRISTIAN nation. Keith Ellison broke tradition in our country by swearing in on the Koran (rather then the Holy Bible). That’s pretty extreme Keith.
Keith reminds me of those who hate good cops. The good cop loves his country so much that he honors everything about his established government by enforcing the laws of his land towards anyone that would attempt to overthrow it.
America, who would call a good cop “extreme”? You fill in the blank ________.
Keith, Do Your Homework Next Time
Keith might want to do his homework on those who he attacks, and maybe even give them a call before he tells the press things that he knows nothing of. It’s best for Keith to stick with the people that do not know the difference (as to who he is) like he has been, because they are the only ones foolish enough to ignore the writings on the wall.
How Extreme Am I?
Martin Luther King Jr. said, “I must admit that I was initially disappointed in being so categorized (as an extremist). But as I continued to think about the matter, I gradually gained a bit of satisfaction from being considered an extremist… [Was not] Abraham Lincoln [an extremist]: “This nation cannot survive half slave half free.” [Was not] Thomas Jefferson [an extremist]: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists will we be… Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice or [will we be extremists] for the extension of justice?”
Homosexual Marriage: My position, you win, I rest my case
By Bradlee Dean
When doing high schools across the country we noticed that when the media began to push an illegal agenda called the gay agenda (sodomy is illegal in this country) we started getting attacked from the media.
During my assemblies, I would do a piece on what those who report the news believe in. 76% of those who write your papers in this country believe that there is nothing wrong with homosexuality. All the way up until 1961 it was illegal in every state to commit the crime of sodomy. Homosexuality was considered a mental illness up until 1973. There has also never been any such thing as gay marriage in the history of mankind.
So, for simply inciting the laws of the land in which the radical homosexuals hate so much, I became a target. The radical homosexuals want to re-educate America by teaching people of all ages to hate the laws that expose their crimes. So the next time you hear “hate crimes,” remember that is the criminal who hates the law.
It is like a bunch of criminals standing around a good cop trying to threaten him that if he enforces the laws of the land towards crime, he is guilty of “hate.”
Gay Marriage
As stated in the first piece, never in the history of mankind has there ever been anything called “gay marriage.” Never.
This is not about homosexuals getting married; this is about a government-backed agenda. Radical leaders are using the homosexual communities as a political battering ram to overthrow all sense of right and wrong. Not a good place to put yourself.
Time and time again, I have loved sinners (including homosexuals) so much that I have warned them of their sins before a just and a holy God; I have warned them of the consequences of their lifestyles; and have even warned them of their impendin g dangers (contracted diseases from their sins). Unfortunately, my love has been misconstrued to mean hate (read John 7:7 and Psalm 109).
My Position
My position as a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ has always been to protect the family, to fight for our posterity (so they have a Godly inheritance), and to enforce the laws of our land towards crime (so we can enjoy peace).
I Rest My Case
My objective has always been to seek and save that which was lost – homosexual or not. That is my duty. All sinners are my objective. The homosexual agenda got in front of me and I simply dealt with it in a Biblical, historical, and legal perspective. And I will continue to do so if circumstance calls for it.
You Have Won the Vote in Minnesota
I believe that I have done my duty. The people of the great state of Minnesota now have the power to vote. It is now up to you to decide for your posterity what kind of future that you want to have for them. The power is in your hands. I rest my case.
Galatians 6:7 says, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”
It has been said, “Where there is darkness, crimes will be committed. The guilty one is not merely he who commits the crime, but he who caused (or allowed) the darkness.”
We need to understand that the only light the youth have is the truth that has been given to them. And in America we can see clearly what happens when they are robbed of that light and truth.
In this comic book, My War, I have shown you how light exposes the darkness, truth exposes the lie, education exposes indoctrination, and how love exposes hate.
Choice vs. Sickness
Have you ever noticed that in America the youth have been taught to equate immorality (lawlessness) with sickness, rather than with making bad choices? Lawlessness (sin) is moral, not physical. In other words, I can choose to obey and do the good, or I can choose to disobey and do the bad. I cannot choose to overlook the right choice, make the wrong choice, and then excuse myself from the consequence of that choice by saying that I am sick for making it. You have the power to choose from the heart to do either the good or the bad, the right or the wrong, to obey or to disobey.
Choice – The act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; or the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another (Webster’s 1828).
For example: If I am hungry, I make the choice to eat. If I am thirsty, I make the choice to walk to the cupboard, get a glass, fill it up with the drink of my choice, and then swallow it down. This is choice. I can equate it with the choices that the youth make today, such as rebelliousness, sex, drinking, drugs, lying, stealing, dishonoring their parents, and even killing.
These are not sicknesses, they are simply violations of the Law by the making of bad choices.
Sickness – State of being diseased (Webster’s 1828).
Disease is involuntary. It is not by choice that one gets a disease.
Let’s differentiate between the two: Choice vs. Sickness.
About 15 years ago, I was watching a program on TV where a man who was grossly overweight had a supposed eating disorder. They said that he was sick, and that he “just could not help himself.” He was so big that he could no longer get out of bed, poor guy. As time went on during the show, I noticed that the camera crew started to play the emotions of the guest audience. They would show a camera angle of the man lying helplessly on the bed, and then immediately swing back to the guest audience who began crying for this man, who, as they said, “just could not help himself.” Again, they said that he was sick.
The guest audience was playing right into the hands of the camera crew’s work. The emotions were high while the guest audience was being played like a ping pong game for all to see and feel.
However, the camera crew made a mistake. They pulled the camera back to the man lying on the bed, and right there in front of the whole world was the problem for all to see. The man that “just could not help himself” had a plate of food right under his face. I noticed that it was his hand grabbing the food and putting it into his own mouth. I did not see anyone around him shoving the food into his face, nor did I see anyone put a gun to his head to make him eat. No, this man was making a choice and a bad one at that. He was making a choice to kill himself by indulging in his pleasures and voluntarily overfeeding his body. And to the ignorance of the guest audience, they were falling for the fact that he was sick hook, line and sinker. Was this man not responsible for his own choices? Yes, he was! Yet, not according to the guest audience who said that he was sick and “just could not help himself.” To date, this man is deceased. And the consequence in this case: death by overeating.
If this man was sick, then where, I ask, was the love to warn him? According to the guest audience, to overlook warning this man was their version of love? No, it was a lack thereof! That which was there to warn him was out of sight, out of mind, and especially out of heart. The standard to give this man the distinction, knowledge and forewarning of choosing that which is good from bad, or right from wrong, was nowhere to be found. What is that standard? It is the Law that said, “Thou shalt not kill”! In other words, “Stop eating so much, man. You are killing yourself!” It is called lasciviousness (irregular indulgences – Webster’s 1828).
My War was very similar to this man’s. I kept eating what the world had to offer, and while people were feeling sorry for me, I continued indulging myself in iniquity (sin) and could no longer get up out of the bed that I myself had made. I was partying, drinking, doing drugs, having sex before marriage, and serving myself in every way. I knew that things were not right in my life, and I was convicted at every turn, but I could not put my finger on what was wrong. I felt condemned at every step that I took, and at times, I would even try to ignore my own conscience because it was so overwhelming. I was simply enjoying the pleasures of sin for a season, not knowing its end: death!
It Gives You a Knowledge
Listen to this analogy: You are speeding down the highway. You are driving 70 m.p.h. in a 55 m.p.h. zone, and are breaking the law by 15 m.p.h. When you get pulled over by the police officer, the first thing he does is point his finger at the law to show you your violation. He then hands you a ticket for your violation of that law, which is a form of judgment. In response you say, “Officer, Iím sick and there is something wrong with my foot,” take the ticket, rip it up and then throw it on the ground and say, “Officer, I’m sick, (not responsible) and you need to help me!” How’s that going to go over? Iíll tell you. He will pull you out of your car, hand cuff you, make an immediate arrest, and then throw you in the back of the car, laughing the whole time, of course, while he calls his buddies up, telling them, “Can you believe that this guy thought I was going to fall for the fact that he was sick?”
You don’t need a day with the counselor; you need a day in front of the judge to pay for your violations, which are the consequences of the laws that were broken!!! This is how you establish righteousness – through judgment.
What would have been the situation if there had been no law posted? There would have been no violation, because there was no Law posted to give you a knowledge of your violation. This is where sickness makes its entrance. If you are sick, then you do not need to be responsible. What does the Law do? It gives you a knowledge of your violation and brings you to your responsibility to choose liberty rather than jail, right over wrong, and life over death (Romans 6).
What rule is man to go by when God’s Law (the Ten Commandments) is lowered and man begins to establish law according to his fallen state? Lower the Law and you dim the light by which man perceives his own guilt. With this mentality, criminals who commit crimes are being overlooked and excused or written off as being sick, when they are simply choosing to break the law!
Taken The Time
Had someone taken the time to show me that I was the one offending God and that I was the one breaking His Law into a thousand pieces, things would have been completely different in my life, but I was the one destroying my own soul. I was the one unknowingly trampling under foot the blood of God’s covenant through the sacrifice of His Son Jesus. I was the one overeating the fruit of my own ways, and I was the one simply reaping in life what I had sown. I did not know that the end of sin is death! I was not sick; I was simply making bad choices. I was unknowingly choosing “death” over “life.”
I was disobedient in every way, and it seemed that the choices given unto me were always on the wrong side of morality. In other words, I only had “bad lessons” through the examples that were set before me.
I started seeing that life is much like that of sports. If I do not know the rules of the game because a coach did not take the time to teach me, my performance will be unruly and I’ll end up losing the game.
They Are Proud
Communities around the country are proudly building their 50 million dollar detention centers. Where they are proud, they should be ashamed! Instead of giving youth the knowledge (rules to the game) that they need to magnify right choices in their lives, they give them treatment, counseling, medications, or even jail. Had the older generations (the coaches) taken the time to educate the youth by magnifying righteousness, teaching them right from wrong, and living by example, they would not have to spend money on the detention centers that we now have in our country. They could have gloried in the righteousness (the victories) that they had established; but instead, they are gloating in their shame because of their defeat.
A little love and knowledge would have shown them that prevention is better than cure.
I Was At War
My War was just that, until I saw through the Word of God that “by the Law is the knowledge of sin” (Romans 3:20). I was the one who was guilty before God. God gave us His knowledge for our instruction. It keeps us safe and on the right path. I did not know that His Word (the Bible) is the key that locks the door to him who came “to steal, and to kill and to destroy.” His Word also gives a knowledge of the truth, which makes men free! You see, God through the Bible “instructs the foolish”; it is “a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the Law.”
There were even times through this process that I felt as if I was at war with an unseen force, and little did I know, I really was!
Many young people today are on the same road that I was. It is a road filled with lawlessness that will only end in destruction. They are fighting the same battle that I had to fight because of their lack of knowledge, and while they are caught in the middle, they are simply looking for someone to show them the way that sets them free. As paradox as it might seem, obedience to the Law liberates you, while disobedience enslaves and confines you.
The Lord shows us His way in Deuteronomy 30:19-20; “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto Him: for He is thy life, and the length of thy days”.
It’s Like Burning The Flag
Look at what is being promoted to the youth 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through the media, government, education, home, and bad examples everywhere. Is it any wonder why there is so much lawlessness? Look at how un-American and immoral things have become. We know that our veterans did not leave this as their legacy. Think about it. Did the men and women who served our country in foreign wars fight, bleed and die to uphold what the immoral media pushes on the youth daily? No, they did not! Did they sacrifice themselves so that the youth could go to school 5 days a week to become indoctrinated by misinformation and propaganda? No, they did not! Did they sacrifice themselves in hopes that the family would be targeted and destroyed by outside forces through immorality by promoting adultery, divorce and domestic violence? No, they did not!
This kind of moral fallout is in truth dishonoring and desecrating the graves of those that died for us! In reality itís like burning the American flag!
My War is the story of just that. It was as if I was the one burning the American flag without knowing that I was doing it. I should have been honoring and magnifying the laws of the Constitution in which they died for – the laws that keep men free – but I wasn’t. I should have been the one holding forth that beautiful red, white, and blue for all to see in its glory, but instead, I was doing the contrary. I was living my own lawless, unruly self-serving and un-thoughtful life. I was fraternizing with the enemy of my country and my God. I am ashamed for spending my earlier years trampling their blood under my feet. It should have been my highest duty to honor that for which they died, and to my shame, I did not!
I claimed to be an American, yet in action I was a traitor to its very cause.
Show Them the Price
I needed the knowledge to make the right choices for which men sacrificed, to sustain the life and liberty that was given to me.
Freedom was not given to men to do what they want to do, it was given to men to do what they ought to do.
Clearly, there is no honor in destroying the laws in which men died to uphold.
The answers came when I was brought to the foot of Arlington cemetery in Washington, D.C. and shown the price and sacrifice, which was purchased through the life and blood of millions of men and women. I saw for myself what they did for my freedom. They sacrificed “their lives for mine.”
When I received that knowledge as to why the veterans paid the ultimate price, I sought to magnify and uphold the laws of our Constitution. I was so grateful for their sacrifice. This is why they died – to give me liberty. Then and only then did I obey from the heart and make the right choices.
Similarly, in spiritual matters, when I was driven to the foot of the cross of Jesus Christ by that Holy Law, His Ten Commandments (Exodus 20, Galatians 3:24), I then understood the price paid to cover my sins: His blood. This is called redemption. Then and only then was I grateful for His sacrifice. I then sought the knowledge to magnify God’s Laws and to bring men unto Christ, which establishes His righteousness. Then I wanted to obey from the heart, for this is where men find the life that is in Christ Jesus, the Life Giver, and the Great Liberator.
The Correlation
In this country our freedoms are blood bought. We as a nation are redeemed through the blood of our veterans to ratify (make valid) our Constitution, the American covenant. This makes us Americans, and in a Christian nation we are redeemed through the blood of Christ to receive salvation (liberation from bondage, or sin), and to establish God’s covenant in our hearts (a work of the Holy Spirit). This makes us, when received, Christians. Truly God has shed His Grace upon us, America.
The Youth Will Rise
It has been said that the youth will always rise to the level of expectation. This is true, but it can only be done by the grace that God bestows upon us in Jesus Christ. Give them the knowledge, show them the price, and they will catch the heart.
My War
My War is the story of my life. My War is not a story of playing the blame game. This is not a story to show you how bad I was, but to show you how good God is in Jesus Christ. He is merciful. It is my testimony of a slow awakening, a realization of my own need to respond to the Holy Spirit’s conviction of my sin and to the reception of God’s sure mercies.
My War is not about losing the war, but winning the war through the blood, grace and knowledge of Christ Jesus, the true “Man of War.” It’s about how the Lord brought me through, by knowledge, to overcome my obstacles and to be made more than a conqueror through Him that loved me by His grace. He gave me the heart to reach for that level of expectation in which He died for. He did the dying so I could, by His Holy Spirit, do the living unto His honor.
My War is your victory! To my generation of youth, I serve you with my heart. My loss is your gain. Here are my wounds, which can prevent yours. I’ll meet you at the cross.
Judge Allows Violent Video Games to be Sold to Children
Teaching kids to commit the crimes
Victor Hugo said, “Where there is darkness crimes will be committed. The guilty one is not merely he who commits the crime but he who caused the darkness.”
The Supreme Court recently struck down a California law that would have banned selling “violent” video games to children, stating the games are protected under “free speech.”
The Court’s new version of freedom of speech would “cause the darkness” by allowing children to play current games out there which teach kids to kill cops, shoot up schools, and to kill other students while being rewarded in hell for their crimes committed. There are also games that teach kids to steal cars, rape women, and even shoot John F. Kennedy dead for a chance to win a $10,000.00 prize. Then America wonders why we have such a high crime rate.
Charles Montsquieu was right when he said, “Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.” Yet in America today, the Supreme Court calls it freedom of speech to allow the kids to be taught how to commit the crimes that the Court should be preventing.
It is my clear understanding that government’s purpose is to “restrain men from sin” (transgression of God’s Law; 1 John 3:4), not to encourage it. Crime should be deterred, not encouraged or allowed.
Isaiah 51:4 declares, “Hearken unto Me, My people; and give ear unto Me, O My nation: for a law shall proceed from Me, and I will make My judgment to rest for a light of the people.”
For example, in 1946 a juvenile delinquent appeared before Judge Ruegemer from St. Cloud, MN because the youth had struck and seriously injured another man while driving an automobile. After ordering a background check, he found out that the youth came from a troubled home.
The judge opted to suspend the juvenile’s sentence, provided that he learned and lived by the Ten Commandments and reported regularly to his probation officer. When the youth explained he didn’t know what the Ten Commandments were, the judge then made arrangements for a pastor to teach him about them. From this experience Judge Ruegemer realized that American youth needed the moral guidance provided by the Ten Commandments. He then began a movement to place monuments displaying the commandments in thousands of courtrooms, schools and parks across the nation.
However, in 1980 the Supreme Court made the following statement in Stone v. Graham, “If the posted copies of the Ten Commandments are to have any effect at all, … it will be to meditate upon, perhaps to venerate and obey, the Commandments. This is not a permissible state objective.” What?! The Court doesn’t want children to obey the Ten Commandments, which teaches them not to kill, steal, dishonor their parents, lie, etc? The Courts are telling on themselves what they are really attempting to do when ruling backwards like this. Is this about justice, or about feeding the monster of lawlessness?
Does not the Supreme Court have a legal obligation to execute judgment upon crime, therefore putting fear into others not to do the same? This government agency has failed to do so.
Don’t get me wrong, parents have a moral and natural obligation to be the first line of defense. I would not allow my children to play those kinds of games no matter who said it was okay. If more parents across America would do the same, the Courts wouldn’t even be considering such a ridiculous notion!
You see, we can teach what we know, but we can only reproduce what we are. What we have taught the youth is really what the last four generations have acted out in their lifestyles. Sadly, the youth are eating the pill on account of the lawlessness of their elders. Jesus said, “…wisdom is justified of all her children” (Luke 7:35). This is a truth no man can deny.
Interestingly enough, over the head of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. there is a huge engraving of Moses with the Ten Commandments in his hands. The inscription under Moses states, “Justice the guardian of liberty.” Our founders have laid in stone a truth that reproves those who sit in the Supreme Court chambers this day. The judges’ sole purpose was to rule according to Law, which is a fixed principle laid out for all of mankind by Almighty God, the Judge of all the earth (Exodus 18:21). America, we can no longer allow these judges to usurp their authority and legislate their opinions from the bench.
A strong word of advice to the judges who are an extension of “We the People” can be found in Psalm 2:10-12; “Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and ye perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him.”
It would do us all well to submit to the One who holds all power in His hands.
Bradlee Dean’s Statement to the Press about Lawsuit
Statement of Bradlee Dean/Press Conference: July 27th, 2011
Good Morning. My name is Bradlee Dean and I am the founder of You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International, a Christian ministry whose mission it is to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to promote and further family values, particularly among current and future generations.
In recent years, ethics and morality in our society have seriously declined. This has resulted in the break up of families, increased crime, and other serious societal problems.
As a young boy, I experienced what it was like to grow up without a father to teach me these values, as my father was in prison for crimes he had committed. My mother was mostly absent from my brother and me, as she was more concerned with her boyfriends than she was with us. As a result, from the lack of familial supervision, I fell into a life of sin.
Fortunately by the grace of God I survived my youth and turned to Jesus Christ for guidance, redemption and salvation. While my profession as a preacher, and a heavy metal drummer, earned me a living, I have learned that my true reward in life is with the Lord. I found my life, where I gave it away for His cause.
For this reason, in 1999 I founded You Can Run But You Cannot Hide international, a non-profit ministry dedicated to spreading the Word of God and awakening the nation. In the course of my work at YCR, where I am joined by many, I have been fortunate to be invited to perform and speak in hundreds of schools around the country; 331 to be exact in over 22 states. I also have been fortunate to have a radio show called Sons of Liberty, which I also use to spread the Biblical and an American Constitutional message.
In the course of doing high school assemblies, I was shocked to learn that there were those that were offended at my message to teach our nation’s youth that homosexuality is not a preferred lifestyle. I do not dislike homosexuals, I seek their redemption, not their condemnation. But I have come to the position that I am not, and I cannot allow the gay lifestyle to be forced upon the nation’s youth through indoctrination. My objective, as it always has been, is to protect our nation’s values.
In teaching the nation’s youth about the risks of homosexuality, I would make reference to how the left wing media often furthers this regrettable lifestyle through its propaganda. As a result, I was frequently attacked by the left wing media for this.
In trying to further this mission, I once made reference to how even Muslims oppose homosexuality under Shariah law. I did not suggest that I condoned the methods that radical Muslims use to enforce Shariah law, but made this analogy to prod Christians to become more concerned about what was going on in our schools with the nation’s youth. In response, gay activist reporters and television political commentators, like Andy Birkey of the Minnesota Independent and Rachel Maddow of MSNBC, attacked me by making false accusations that I had called for the execution of homosexuals, “radical Muslim style.”
These attacks were not just intended to maliciously destroy my ministry and me for challenging so called “gay rights” activists, but also were intended to harm and destroy the presidential campaign of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who like myself share pro–family values.
Congresswoman Bachmann is also my representative from the 6th District of Minnesota, where I reside and where my ministry is based: that is Annandale, Minnesota. It is not coincidental that Congresswoman Bachmann previously praised and prayed for the work of my ministry. This was not lost on Rachel Maddow and MSNBC and other leftist and gay activists in the media.
The worst example to date of the slander of the left wing media towards my ministry and me has come from Rachael Maddow of MSNBC.On air she accused me, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, and others of being “blood thirsty” and “calling for the upping of the bloodshed of America’s culture war” since Christians weren’t doing enough to kill gays and lesbians. She also disparaged my name, my profession, and my religious beliefs, in an outrageous and shocking display of malicious intent to destroy me and Michele Bachmann. Maddow’s and MSNBC’s broadcast comments have been repeated throughout the media world and have done great damage to my reputation, my ministry, and my mission to reach out among the nation’s youth.
Regrettably, it should come as no surprise to anyone that MSNBC, which is owned by NBC Universal, should seek to denigrate my mission and belief in God. Just this year, NBC was rebuked by the American public for removing the name “God” from the Pledge of Allegiance, which it sponsored at the US Open Golf Tournament. The President of MSNBC, Phil Griffin, also admitted earlier this year that the network caters to “progressives”, meaning a generally secular, frequently atheist, pro “gay rights”, socialist and big government market among it’s viewers
It is clear that Rachael Maddow, Phil Griffin, NBC, and its subsidiary MSNBC intended to use my ministry and me to destroy the presidential campaign of Michele Bachmann who they despise for her conservative Christian beliefs and her opposition to the “gay rights” political agenda.
Today I had my attorney Larry Klayman file a lawsuit against Rachael Maddow, MSNBC and Andy Birkey of the Minnesota Independent. It is regrettable that I had to take this action, but I felt that it was necessary to protect not only my rights but also countless others who believe in family values for our nation’s youth.
I was interviewed on the Alex Jones Show regarding the lawsuit we have decided to bring against MSNBC, NBC, Rachel Maddow and other media outlets who need to be held accountable to the truth. Please feel free to check it out and place your comments on youtube. Watch the video below:
Bradlee Dean Interviews Bryan Fisher with American Family Association (AFA)
Bradlee Dean was highlighted on American Family Association’s One News Now regarding Bradlee’s prayer at the MN House Session as well as the lawsuit with MSNBC and Rachel Maddow.
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