<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651981583383172367</id><updated>2011-07-30T23:07:06.155-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Faithful Soldier School of Evangelism and Discipleship</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Faithful Soldier School of Evangelism</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15850386158838135734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651981583383172367.post-8404866225985086258</id><published>2011-02-02T18:10:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-03T16:11:35.452-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Faithful Soldier WINTER YOUTH CAMP!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OcKzfXJ7D4c/TUoQD3nNA1I/AAAAAAAAABY/3BYBd6KNv_g/s1600/a%2Bwalk%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bwoods%2B002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OcKzfXJ7D4c/TUoQD3nNA1I/AAAAAAAAABY/3BYBd6KNv_g/s320/a%2Bwalk%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bwoods%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569281547851072338" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;table class="uiInfoTable mvm profileInfoTable mvm mvm" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; width: 493px; "&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="data" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: top; line-height: 15px; "&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sunday February 27th - Tuesday March 1st&lt;/b&gt;. Three days and two nights - A time &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;full of excitement! Challenging teaching, fun and fellowship, and most important &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;the presence of God!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cost $65 per person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Age: 13-21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Location: Random Lake, WI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bring bedding, pillow, towel, Bible, notebook, a snack to share, a mind to learn and a&lt;br /&gt;heart to serve!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Departing from Zoofari Conference Center (9715 W. Bluemound Rd.) in Wauwatosa&lt;br /&gt;on Sunday the 27th at 1:30pm. Tentatively returning to the Storm's home on Tuesday&lt;br /&gt;March 1st at 7:00 pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Limited space available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11px; "&gt;For questions or comments emails us:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;acalltorepentance@yahoo.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you plan on coming please copy and paste the following into a word&lt;br /&gt;doc, print out, (under 18 have your parent(s) sign) and bring to camp,&lt;br /&gt;along with a check made out to Faithful Soldier School or cash.&lt;br /&gt;Thanks!! Please be in prayer that many hearts would be touched by&lt;br /&gt;God's magnificent power!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NAME: _______________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AGE: ______________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ADDRESS: ____________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;____________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PHONE NUMBER: __________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EMAIL: __________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PARENT'S NAME: ___________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PARENT'S NUMBER: _________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY CONTACT NAME and NUMBER:&lt;br /&gt;______________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IF under 18:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I, the parent / guardian of _________________ give permission to&lt;br /&gt;my son / daughter to attend the Faithful Soldier Winter&lt;br /&gt;Youth Camp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;______________________________________ x&lt;br /&gt;Parent Signature&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;______________________________________x&lt;br /&gt;Print (Parent Name)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8651981583383172367-8404866225985086258?l=acalltorepentance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/feeds/8404866225985086258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2011/02/faithful-soldier-winter-youth-camp.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/8404866225985086258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/8404866225985086258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2011/02/faithful-soldier-winter-youth-camp.html' title='Faithful Soldier WINTER YOUTH CAMP!!'/><author><name>Faithful Soldier School of Evangelism</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15850386158838135734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OcKzfXJ7D4c/TUoQD3nNA1I/AAAAAAAAABY/3BYBd6KNv_g/s72-c/a%2Bwalk%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bwoods%2B002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651981583383172367.post-7641775271323097049</id><published>2010-07-21T17:42:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-21T18:33:14.898-07:00</updated><title type='text'>FAITHFUL SOLDIER SUMMER YOUTH CAMP!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OcKzfXJ7D4c/TEeaqQ3glJI/AAAAAAAAAA8/N_IzQKm75jU/s1600/lionsden1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OcKzfXJ7D4c/TEeaqQ3glJI/AAAAAAAAAA8/N_IzQKm75jU/s320/lionsden1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496531921101952146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are gearing up for our first.........&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FAITHFUL SOLDIER SUMMER YOUTH CAMP!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 4th - 7th&lt;br /&gt;Ages 13-22&lt;br /&gt;Cost: $60 per person (this covers transportation, housing and food)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Near Shawano Lake, WI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Join us&lt;/span&gt; for four exciting days of life-changing - Christ-centered activities:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Powerful Preaching and Teaching!&lt;br /&gt;Discussions on relevant issues facing young  people&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="text_exposed_show"&gt;Games and Activities (because young people  must have games!)&lt;br /&gt;One day of outreach ministry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Not your ordinary  summer camp!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OcKzfXJ7D4c/TEed3RqxqbI/AAAAAAAAABE/RvKjK7ZRk1w/s1600/TGS+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 125px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OcKzfXJ7D4c/TEed3RqxqbI/AAAAAAAAABE/RvKjK7ZRk1w/s320/TGS+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496535443190163890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For questions or comments emails us:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;acalltorepentance@yahoo.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you plan on coming please copy and paste the following into a word doc, print out, (under 18 have your parent(s) sign) and bring to camp, along with a check made out to Faithful Soldier School or cash. Thanks!! Please be in prayer that many hearts would be touched by God's magnificent power!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NAME: _______________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AGE: ______________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;____________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PHONE NUMBER: __________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EMAIL: __________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PARENT'S NAME: ___________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PARENT'S NUMBER: _________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY CONTACT NAME and NUMBER:&lt;br /&gt;____________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IF under 18:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I, the parent / guardian of   _________________ give permission to my son / daughter to attend the Faithful Soldier Summer Youth Camp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;______________________________________ x&lt;br /&gt;Parent Signature&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;______________________________________x&lt;br /&gt;Print (Parent Name)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8651981583383172367-7641775271323097049?l=acalltorepentance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/feeds/7641775271323097049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2010/07/faithful-soldier-summer-youth-camp.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/7641775271323097049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/7641775271323097049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2010/07/faithful-soldier-summer-youth-camp.html' title='FAITHFUL SOLDIER SUMMER YOUTH CAMP!!'/><author><name>Faithful Soldier School of Evangelism</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15850386158838135734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OcKzfXJ7D4c/TEeaqQ3glJI/AAAAAAAAAA8/N_IzQKm75jU/s72-c/lionsden1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651981583383172367.post-1106265593527130423</id><published>2009-02-11T11:42:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T11:54:14.354-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pictures from the Domincan Republic!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2009/02/report-from-domincan-republic.html"&gt;click here to read the report from the DR! &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-right: 2px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 160px;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-right: 2px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-right: 1px;"&gt;&lt;div style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 5px 10px 10px; margin-right: 1px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Photobucket Album&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://s677.photobucket.com/albums/vv131/dominicanprolife/jasoncam/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv131/dominicanprolife/jasoncam/th_P1190001.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8651981583383172367-1106265593527130423?l=acalltorepentance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/feeds/1106265593527130423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2009/02/pictures-from-domincan-republic.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/1106265593527130423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/1106265593527130423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2009/02/pictures-from-domincan-republic.html' title='Pictures from the Domincan Republic!'/><author><name>Faithful Soldier School of Evangelism</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15850386158838135734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv131/dominicanprolife/jasoncam/th_P1190001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651981583383172367.post-5466974357209171307</id><published>2009-02-11T11:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T19:20:01.891-08:00</updated><title type='text'>REPORT FROM THE DOMINCAN REPUBLIC!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OcKzfXJ7D4c/SZSUjQpQg7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/JM6x2Na4n1s/s1600-h/P1190006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302025994806264754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OcKzfXJ7D4c/SZSUjQpQg7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/JM6x2Na4n1s/s320/P1190006.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2009/02/pictures-from-domincan-republic.html"&gt;click here to see&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt; more pictures&lt;/span&gt; from the trip!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WE had a team of 13 from various parts of the country travel with us to the Dominican Republic for a short term mission trip in January. We went to proclaim the gospel as well as to educate the population regarding two proposed reforms to the nations constitution soon up for vote before the legislature. The two primary reforms state that, "&lt;em&gt;all human life shall be provided equal protection under law from &lt;strong&gt;conception until natural death." &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;and that, "&lt;em&gt;marriage is exclusively defined as between &lt;strong&gt;one man&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;one woman&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;."&lt;br /&gt;Most of our team were fluent in Spanish, a great asset while ministering in the DR. Our first day we staged a large press conference hailing ourselves as the Alliance for Life, a multi-national pro-life association. Members of our group were born in Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, as well as the US, so we represented each of those nations in our press conference - &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;over twenty media outlets from around the Nation showed up and gave us top coverage! &lt;/span&gt;We made the statement that abortion is murder, it is a violation of the Law of God and is an extreme form of violence against women that MUST remain illegal in the DR!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;The media was cordial and for the most part on our side. Everywhere we went we were received warmly. The general population is extremely pro-life. The Constitutional reforms up for vote look like they are going to pass despite the large sums of money left-wing, feminist, pro-abortion organizations (including the UN) have been throwing into the political machinery of the country. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Praise God!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;We spoke at 3 high schools, two of which were public. We were able to preach the gospel, show graphic abortion videos, talk about abstinence, purity until marriage, biblical manhood, and hammer against sin, while principals, teachers, administrators looked on applauding!!! The hearts of the youth were extremely tender and had a humility rarely seen in the United States. No one got angry, no one got offended, no one threw a temper tantrum because we mentioned God in school or showed "horrific" images of what goes on inside the closed doors of abortion clinics. Most Dominicans, young and old, expressed vocal disgust with abortion and expressed gratitude for our coming to their country to help keep it illegal. Most were very open to our message and expressed sincere desire to learn more about the deep things of God and pursuing a holy life. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As you can imagine, it was difficult to come back home, and had I not had four precious children and a beautiful wife waiting for my return, I may not have!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;We also had the opportunity to preach at a major prison to several hundred inmates as well as preaching at three local churches. If you have never been in a third world prison it is quite an experience. I had to use a bathroom and so one of the inmates, who was also the Pastor of the in-house church brought me back to his cell, it was a long trip to &lt;em&gt;el bano&lt;/em&gt; that I will never forget! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;      All this was in addition to the street work that we did, distributing almost 60,000 hard-hitting tracts,&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt; plus daily media activity, newspapers, tv shows, radio, and meetings with government officials!&lt;/span&gt; Our team saturated the media for a full week! Each day we split the group between churches, schools, media outlets, and meetings in Congress with Senators and Representatives. We were blessed to have such a gifted team with us, most of whom did not need interpretors but were able to speak forth the truth boldly and powerfully in the native language.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OcKzfXJ7D4c/SZSV1hW4lRI/AAAAAAAAAA0/j8W4mXItmmQ/s1600-h/P1030703.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302027408041874706" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 207px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 276px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OcKzfXJ7D4c/SZSV1hW4lRI/AAAAAAAAAA0/j8W4mXItmmQ/s320/P1030703.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PRAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Please pray for all the seeds that were sown and the labor that was done, may it yield an eternal harvest for His Kingdom! Pray that the spark of revival would be kindled in the hearts of the thousands of youth we encountered! Pray for the local Christians working in a third world country foregoing so many of the privileges and comforts that we take for granted, and especially for the Antonio family, whose family of ten have been faithfully ministering in the DR for eight years, single-handedly starting a home-school movement, in addition to countless other works they have their hands set to. May they be blessed strengthened and encouraged!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2009/02/pictures-from-domincan-republic.html"&gt;click here to see more pictures from the trip!&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8651981583383172367-5466974357209171307?l=acalltorepentance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/feeds/5466974357209171307/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2009/02/report-from-domincan-republic.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/5466974357209171307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/5466974357209171307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2009/02/report-from-domincan-republic.html' title='REPORT FROM THE DOMINCAN REPUBLIC!!'/><author><name>Faithful Soldier School of Evangelism</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15850386158838135734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OcKzfXJ7D4c/SZSUjQpQg7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/JM6x2Na4n1s/s72-c/P1190006.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651981583383172367.post-8505595043366910634</id><published>2007-06-28T21:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-28T21:33:49.015-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What is Christianity and how do I become a Christian?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;Christianity is a belief system. It    first says that there is a God, a Creator, who is self-evident. (Meaning that    His existence is obvious to anyone who stops to think about it.) The design,    order, and beauty of the world around us testifies to God’s existence. This    God created the world and therefore owns it and has rightful authority over    it. Christianity also says that this God made mankind in His image. That is to    say, we have minds; we can think, and that we have wills; we can make choices.    It goes on to say that God had a purpose for humans and He gave us a choice to    obey him or to disobey Him. It’s His house and He can make up the rules. Man    chose not to obey God and most men today still choose not to obey God; as is    evidenced by the history of war, oppression, violence and corruption that    marks mans’ “civilized” existence on the planet. The result of this is that    God, who is Just (He is where we get our sense of Justice from) must do    something to correct mans’ bad behavior. He had two options; one, to wipe    everybody out and start all over again. Or, two, the peculiar thing we as    Christians believe that he did. He came to earth, in the body of a human, grew    up, lived as a human for 33 years, yet HE did it perfectly, he didn’t make the    bad choices that we so often make. He then gave His life up, as a ransom,    taking our punishment. He did this so that if we would be willing to lay down    our lives, put them back into His hands, He could then forgive us of our    wrongs and give us Spiritual Life, that is to say our spirit becomes connected    to God’s Spirit.&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The life of this person, God as a human, was foretold by prophets of God for centuries. His name in the\n English language is Jesus Christ. We date our calendar in Western Civilization by His life, He is no fairytale. His life was well documented historically. The men that followed after him changed the whole world. Despite those who have misused His teachings for their own gain, Christianity has been the single greatest movement for good in the history of mankind; helping men and women to find this new life, to find their place as His children. To be one with Him and to walk with Him, to keep His commandments, this is to be a Christian. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;To find out more read the bible with an open heart and mind. Read the writings of great Christian men and women who have lived down through the ages. If you want someone to talk to, write us or call anytime.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; \n &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Check out &lt;strong&gt;Faithful Soldier School of Evangelism &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.FaithfulSoldier.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;The life of this    person, God as a human, was foretold by prophets of God for centuries. His    name in the English language is Jesus Christ. We date our calendar in Western    Civilization by His life, He is no fairytale. His life was well documented    historically. The men that followed after him changed the whole world. Despite    those who have misused His teachings for their own gain, Christianity has been    the single greatest movement for good in the history of mankind; helping men    and women to find this new life, to find their place as His children. To be    one with Him and to walk with Him, to keep His commandments, this is to be a    Christian. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;   &lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;   &lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;To find out more read the Bible with an    open heart and mind. Read the writings of great Christian men and women who    have lived down through the ages. If you want someone to talk to, write us or    call anytime.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8651981583383172367-8505595043366910634?l=acalltorepentance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/feeds/8505595043366910634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2007/06/what-is-christianity-and-how-do-i.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/8505595043366910634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/8505595043366910634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2007/06/what-is-christianity-and-how-do-i.html' title='What is Christianity and how do I become a Christian?'/><author><name>Faithful Soldier School of Evangelism</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15850386158838135734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651981583383172367.post-7373187946764692581</id><published>2007-06-28T21:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-28T21:30:51.118-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stop Offending</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:130%;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Our      evangelistic methods often bring a variety of criticisms. We frequently      hear, "I just think that you are offending people, can't you just emphasize      more love? I mean, don’t you think that it's counter-productive in bringing      people to Christ by saying such controversial things?" The following story      is our response to such thinking:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;          &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/O:P&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;     &lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;      There was      a man who developed a cure for a disease that was ravaging his community.      The antidote was pretty rotten smelling and even worse tasting, but it      brought about a complete cure, so long as the individuals stayed in a      separated area, and continued taking the recommended dosage.  Unfortunately      there was a lot of complaining going on amongst those who were beginning to      take the formula with regard to its repugnance to the senses.  Caving into      pressure, the good doctor decided to lessen a few of the harsher      ingredients.  The result was good.  The antidote was clearly much easier to      digest, more pleasant to the senses and still seemed to be effectual in      curing the horrific disease that was still destroying his little village.       Unfortunately there were those who would still complain a bit of the      residual odors and faint hint of the lessened ingredients.  Especially      newcomers who were trying to get some of their old infected acquaintances to      come into the doctors clinic and receive the antidote. Under pressure to      make it more appetizing for these hesitant hopefuls the good doctor again      made a few modifications to his recipe, which amidst much debate and      controversy led to a series of modifications over a period of time. As the      doctors facilities grew larger and larger with more and more patients he      began to sit back and assess the state of his affairs.  As he walked about      the village and saw the continued effects of this terrible, cursed disease      he was amazed to see that there was very little difference in these victims      than there was in his own patients!  To his shock, his patients, while still      being isolated from the general infected population and still taking his      cure regularly were now in the same condition, with little exception, as      those who had no treatment! “What could be the cause of this?” He thought to      himself.  Hurrying into his laboratory and taking out a sample of his      precious antidote he began conducting a rigorous set of tests, discovering      to his chagrin that the antidote had lost its potency! &lt;strong&gt; Being      diluted and modified so much to people’s personal liking it had lost all its      strength.&lt;/strong&gt;  It was no longer the same cure.  Although his      patients continued to come to his facilities and enjoyed being under his      care, receiving the prescribed remedy daily, they were unaffected.       Remaining still visibly in a full state of disease, closing in on death.      ‘How horrible’, he thought to himself! How horrible indeed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8651981583383172367-7373187946764692581?l=acalltorepentance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/feeds/7373187946764692581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2007/06/stop-offending.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/7373187946764692581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/7373187946764692581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2007/06/stop-offending.html' title='Stop Offending'/><author><name>Faithful Soldier School of Evangelism</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15850386158838135734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651981583383172367.post-5555117159542358534</id><published>2007-06-28T21:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T12:37:23.097-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A quote for the critics</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"  &gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; Many critics of the Gospel of Christ, including the recent Da Vinci Code      phenomenon attack the historical Jesus as recorded in the New Testament. The      following quote was written in the 1800's by a Christian apologist in      response to those who would say that the Apostles had deceptively fabricated      the entire resurrection account for their own selfish ends (As is the      contention in the Da Vinci Code!).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"  &gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:85%;"  &gt;    &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; “Now, in conclusion, let us see      what an unbeliever must believe in consistency with his profession. He must      believe that the apostles were either such weak-minded men as to imagine      that their crucified Master had been with them, from time to time, during      forty days after his burial, had conversed with them, and eaten with them,      and that they had every sensible evidence of his resurrection, while in      truth he had not been near them, but was still in his sepulchre; or else      that they were so wicked and deceitful as to go all over the world preaching      that he was risen from the dead, when they knew it was a gross fabrication.      Suppose the unbeliever to choose the latter of these alternatives. Then he      believes, not only that those men were so singularly attached to this      untruth as to give themselves up to all manner of disgrace, and persecutions      and labour, for the sake of making all the world believe it, knowing that      their own destruction could be the only consequence; but also, what is still      more singular, that when they plunged, immediately at the outset of their      ministry, into an immense multitude of those who, having lately crucified      the Saviour, were full of enmity to his disciples; they succeeded, without      learning, eloquence, power, or a single conceivable motive, in making three      thousand of them believe that he, whom they had seen on the cross, was      indeed alive again; and believe it so fully, as to renounce every thing, and      be willing to suffer any thing, for the sake of it, and this on the very      spot where the guards that had kept the sepulcher were at hand to tell what      was become of the body of Jesus.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:130%;"  &gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:130%;"  &gt;     &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;" &gt;He must believe, moreover, that    although in attempting to propagate a new religion to the exclusion of every    other, they were undertaking what was entirely new, and opposed to the views    of all nations; although the doctrines they preached were resisted by all the    influence of the several priesthoods; all the power of the several    governments; all the passions, habits, and prejudices of the people; and all    the wit and pride of the philosophers of all nations… so that they encountered    everywhere the most tremendous persecutions, till torture and death were    almost synonymous with the name of Christian; although they had nothing to    propose, to Jew or Gentile, as a matter of faith, but what the wisdom of the    world ridiculed, and the vice of the world hated, and all men were united in    despising; although they had nothing earthly with which to tempt any one to    receive their fabrication, except the necessity of an entire change in all his    habits and dispositions, and an assurance that tribulations and persecutions    must be his portion:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:130%;"  &gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;" &gt; Yet when philosophers, with all    their learning, and rank, and subtlety, and veneration, could produce no    effect on the public mind, these obscure Galileans obtained such influence,    throughout the whole extent of the Roman empire, and especially in the most    enlightened cities, that, in thirty years, what they themselves (by the    supposition) did not believe, they made hundreds of thousands of all classes,    philosophers, senators, governors, priests, soldiers, as well as plebeians,    believe, and maintain unto death; yea, they planted this doctrine of their own    invention so deeply that all the persecutions of three hundred years could not    root it up; they established the gospel so permanently that in three hundred    years it was the established religion of an empire co-extensive with the known    world, and continues still the religion of all civilized nations... Such is    the belief of the unbeliever. To escape acknowledging that the apostles were    aided by miraculous assistance, he makes them to have possessed in themselves    miraculous ability. To get rid of one miracle in the work, he has to make    twelve miracles out of the twelve agents of the work.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:arial,geneva;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;u&gt;- McIlvane in his lecture on &lt;i&gt;The Evidences of Christianity&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8651981583383172367-5555117159542358534?l=acalltorepentance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/feeds/5555117159542358534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2007/06/quote-for-critics.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/5555117159542358534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/5555117159542358534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2007/06/quote-for-critics.html' title='A quote for the critics'/><author><name>Faithful Soldier School of Evangelism</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15850386158838135734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651981583383172367.post-9108020807329484663</id><published>2007-06-28T21:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T12:41:22.296-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Preambles of all 50 State Constitutions of the USA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma;"&gt; For those who support the modern notion of "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;separation of church and state&lt;/span&gt;" that is being foisted upon the American people as a means of religious oppression and tyranny:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,geneva;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Alabama 1901, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We the people of                          the State of Alabama, invoking the favor and guidance of                          Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following                          Constitution.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Alaska 1956, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people of                          Alaska, grateful to God and to those who founded our                          nation and pioneered this great land.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Arizona 1911, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people of                          the State of Arizona, grateful to Almighty God for our                          liberties, do ordain this Constitution...&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;Arkansas 1874,&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Preamble&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/u&gt;  We, the                          people of the State of Arkansas, grateful to Almighty                          God for the privilege of choosing our own form of                          government...&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;California 1879, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the People                          of the State of California, grateful to Almighty God for                          our freedom.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Colorado 1876, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people of                          Colorado, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler                          of Universe.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Connecticut 1818, Preamble.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt; The People of                          Connecticut, acknowledging with gratitude the good                          Providence of God in permitting them to enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Delaware 1897, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Through Divine                          Goodness all men have, by nature, the rights of                          worshipping and serving their Creatoraccording to the                          dictates of their consciences.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Florida 1885, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.  We, the people of                          the Stateof Florida, grateful to Almighty God for our                          constitutional liberty,establish this Constitution...                      &lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Georgia 1777, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people of                          Georgia, relying upon protection and guidance of                          Almighty God, do ordain and establish this                          Constitution...&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Hawaii 1959, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people of                          Hawaii, Grateful for Divine Guidance . Establish this                          Constitution.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Idaho 1889, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people of                          the State of Idaho, grateful to Almighty God for our                          freedom, to secure its blessings.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Illinois 1870, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.  We, the people                          of the State of Illinois, grateful to Almighty God for                          the civil, political and religious liberty which He hath                          so long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a                          blessing on our endeavors.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Indiana 1851, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the People of                          the State of Indiana, grateful to Almighty God for the                          free exercise of the right to choose our form of                          government.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Iowa 1857, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the People of the                          State of Iowa, grateful to the Supreme Being for the                          blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence                          on Him for a continuation of these blessings establish                          this Constitution.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Kansas 1859, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people of                          Kansas, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and                          religious privileges establish this Constitution.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;Kentucky 1891, Preamble. &lt;/b&gt;We, the people of the                          Commonwealth are grateful to Almighty God for the civil,                          political and religious liberties...&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Louisiana 1921, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;. &lt;/b&gt;We, the people                          of the State of Louisiana, grateful to Almighty God for                          the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy.&lt;b&gt;                      &lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;u&gt;Maine 1820, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;. &lt;/b&gt;We the People of Maine                          acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the                          Sovereign Ruler of the Universein affording us an                          opportunity . And imploring His aid and direction.&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;u&gt;Maryland 1776, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;.   &lt;/b&gt;We, the people of                          the state of Maryland, grateful to Almighty God for our                          civil and religious liberty...&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Massachusetts 1780, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We...the                          people ofMassachusetts, acknowledging with grateful                          hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the                          Universe ... In the course of His Providence, an                          opportunity and devoutly imploring His direction ..&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Michigan 1908, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people of                          the State of Michigan, grateful to Almighty God for the                          blessings of freedom establish this Constitution.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Minnesota, 1857, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people                          of the State of Minnesota, grateful to God for our civil                          and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its                          blessings:&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Mississippi 1890, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people                          of Mississippi in convention assembled, grateful to                          Almighty God, and invoking His blessing on our work.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Missouri 1845, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people of                          Missouri, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler                          of the Universe, and gratefulfor His goodness ..                          Establish this Constitution&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Montana 1889, Preamble.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt; We, the people of                          Montana, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of                          liberty establish this Constitution...&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Nebraska 1875, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people,                          grateful to Almighty God for our freedom .. Establish                          this Constitution.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Nevada 1864, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We the people of                          the State of Nevada, grateful to Almighty God for our                          freedom establish this Constitution ...&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;New Hampshire 1792, Part I. Art. I. Sec. V&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.                          Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to                          worship God accordingto the dictates of his own                          conscience.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;New Jersey 1844, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people                          of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for                          civil and religious liberty which He hath so long                          permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing                          on our endeavors.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;New Mexico 1911, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the People                          of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the                          blessings of liberty&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;New York 1846, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people of                          the State of NewYork,  &lt;u&gt;grateful to Almighty God&lt;/u&gt;                          for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;North Carolina 1868, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We the                          people of the Stateof North Carolina, grateful to                          Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations,   for our                          civil, political, and religious liberties, and                          acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the                          continuance of those&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;North Dakota 1889, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the                          people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the                          blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain...                      &lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Ohio 1852, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We the people of the                          state of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom,                          to secure its blessings and to promote our common&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Oklahoma 1907, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Invoking the                          guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and                          perpetuate the blessings of liberty .establish this ..                      &lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Oregon 1857, Bill of Rights, Article I. Section 2.                         &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to                          worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their                          consciences..&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Pennsylvania 1776, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the                          people of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the                          blessings of civil andreligious liberty, and humbly                          invoking His guidance&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Rhode Island 1842, Preamble. &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;We the People                          of the State of Rhode Island grateful to Almighty God                          for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so                          long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a                          blessing&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;South Carolina, 1778, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the                          people of he Stateof South Carolina grateful to God for                          our liberties, do ordain and establish this                          Constitution.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;South Dakota 1889, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the                          people of South Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for our                          civil and religious liberties .&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Tennessee 1796, Art. XI.III.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  That all men                          have a natural and indefeasible right to worship                          Almighty God according to the dictates of their                          conscience...&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Texas 1845, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We the People of the                          Republic of Texas, acknowledging, with gratitude, the                          grace and beneficence of God.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Utah 1896, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Grateful to  Almighty                          God for life and liberty, we establish this                          Constitution.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Vermont 1777, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Whereas all                          government ought to...enable the individuals who compose                          it to enjoy their natural rights, and other blessings                          which the Author of Existence has bestowed on man ..&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Virginia 1776, Bill of Rights, XVI&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;                          Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator can be                          directed only by Reason and that it isthe mutual duty of                          all to practice Christian Forbearance, Love and Charity                          towards each other .&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Washington 1889, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We the People                          of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme                          Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this                          Constitution&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;West Virginia 1872, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Since                          through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of                          civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people                          of West Virginia a reaffirm our faith in and constant                          reliance upon God ...&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Wisconsin 1848, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people                          of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom,                          domestic tranquility&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Wyoming 1890, Preamble&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. We, the people of                          the State of Wyoming, grateful to God for our civil,                          political, and religious liberties .. establish this                          Constitution. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                         &lt;div align="center"&gt;                           &lt;span style="font-family:tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-family:tahoma;" &gt;                           &lt;b&gt;"Those people who will not be governed by God will                            be ruled by tyrants."&lt;br /&gt;                        - William Penn&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8651981583383172367-9108020807329484663?l=acalltorepentance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/feeds/9108020807329484663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2007/06/preambles-of-all-50-states-of-united.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/9108020807329484663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8651981583383172367/posts/default/9108020807329484663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://acalltorepentance.blogspot.com/2007/06/preambles-of-all-50-states-of-united.html' title='The Preambles of all 50 State Constitutions of the USA'/><author><name>Faithful Soldier School of Evangelism</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15850386158838135734</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651981583383172367.post-7368989245697110121</id><published>2006-09-29T12:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T12:14:03.965-08:00</updated><title type='text'>In the News in South Dakota!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.sdsucollegian.com/media/storage/paper484/news/2006/09/27/News/Gay-Rights.Sparks.OpenAir.Fight-2311132.shtml?norewrite200610042359&amp;amp;sourcedomain=www.sdsucollegian.com"&gt;[read original article here]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;noscript&gt;&lt;/noscript&gt; 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      &lt;/tr&gt;      &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;A Wisconsin religious group and students used the green and sidewalks near The Union to debate one of the most heated issues in the nation on Wednesday, Sept. 20.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More than 100 people debated homosexuality, a discussion prompted by a religious group known as the Faithful Soldier School of Evangelism. Students came to debate and protest the different views, and some brought homemade signs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Milwaukee-based school is doing a two-week tour of college campuses in the northern states.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jason Storms, director of the school, said college campuses were chosen because they are where learning happens and the exchange of ideas is encouraged. He said it is students who are impressionable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Members of the school were seen holding signs that read "Homosexuality is a Sin" and "Christ Can Set You Free."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We love them as people, but we believe the behavior is unacceptable," said Storms. "This is not a message of hate. We just want to say there is hope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can find salvation through  Christ; he will save you."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Storms also said the group was open to criticism. They understand disagreement and encourage debate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, like Hanna Rice, most students who saw the protest were critical of the School of Evangelism. Rice, who was holding a sign that said "Keep Hate off the SDSU Campus," was not alone. Many students were holding posters that said similar messages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"They're making (homosexuals) out to be second-class people; and they are discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation," said Catherine Grandorff, an English and Spanish freshman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philosophy professor Dennis Bielfeldt said the students' reaction to make the protest into a debate did not surprise him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The country has made homosexuality into a civil rights issue and students want to defend that; but we don't realize there is a deeper issue," he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"In general, we must have discussion and conversation, and debate should be encouraged. Even on a sensitive subject such as this, we must err on the side of open debate."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The protest on campus comes with the November election looming in the near future. Amendment C is in question to Article XXI of the Constitution of the state of South Dakota relating to the definition of marriage. 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