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Volume 26, Issue 9
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The Salt & Light Brigade
Where Are the Christian Men?
By Coach Dave Daubenmire February 2026
foreign land and we are to OCCUPY ‘TIL HE COMES. How is that occupa- tion thingy working out for us, Church? So, in 1947, the SCOTUS ruled in the Everson case that there was a “separa- tion between the church and the state” and that prayer in our schools was illegal. They officially “de- Christianized” Amer- ica and placed atheism as the official religion of our nation.
“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6. I don’t know if you have noticed or not, but there is a devil loose in America. Unfortunately, even most churchgoers have very little understanding of the war that is breaking out in front of us. It is spiritual, not political. It is not about Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, or which wing of the bird happens to be flapping the hardest. The war is as old as civilization itself. We used to understand this... Chris- tians at least... but that was before the invention of televi- sion and the capture of Christianity by the name-it-and-claim-it-blame-it-and-grab-it prosperity Gospel. You remember those days don’t you? When schools opened the day with the pledge and a prayer? There were no “school” activities on Wednesday nights because that was church night, when every child knew the Lord’s prayer, the Ten Commandments were posted on the wall as you entered the school building, and none of your classmates had parents who were divorced... You remember those days... don’t you? That’s a trip back through the time ma- chine. Do you remember in the 1970s when Flip Wilson made a career out of saying “the devil made me do it?” We all got a good chuckle out of his cross-dressing pre-tranny act. But hidden behind the act was the truth that the devil... and the supernatural... were hard at work trying to mess up the lives of Christians. But the joke is on us. Flip made the devil funny... palat- able if you will... and from that day forward the American Church has not taken the supernatural seriously. There IS a devil... but the Church no longer takes him seriously. When is the last time you heard a heart rattling honest ser- mon from YOUR pastor about “the wiles of the devil?” Webster defines “wile” as “A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice.” Sadly, the average run-of-the-mill Christian has very little under- standing of the spirit realm. The only time most people think about Lucifer is when they dress their 10-year-old son up for Halloween. Friends, the devil is real and he is eating the lunch of the American Church. I’m sorry if your pastor, with his dime- store ordination papers, has not done more to help you un- derstand the spiritual war raging in this nation. Want proof? A group of demons stormed a local church in Minneapolis recently and all of the wicked interlopers left with their teeth still intact. Let’s face it. Christianity has become wimpy. Is it any wonder the devil is brazen enough to storm the House of the King of Kings? Those in the pews don’t fear the Lord... so Satan’s minions don’t fear the Church. It is no more com- plicated than that. The feminization of the Christian male is on full display for all of America to see. We are least like our Savior when we behave in a cow- ardly manner. In fact, in the Book of Revelation it is the cowardly who are the first thrown into the lake of fire. Permit me to cut to the chase. If you still remember the Lord’s Prayer, (the one that used to be taught in our schools) you might find it a bit surprising that we are not taught to pray about “going to Heaven,” but rather, that the Kingdom of God would come to us. Let me see.... “Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. THY KINGDOM COME... ON EARTH... AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.” You see, Heaven is not simply a place you go when you die, but rather a Spiritual realm that enters into the heart of a believer. We are His AMBASSADORS to this
From that day forward, American Christianity bowed the knee of Jesus Christ to the author- ity of human government. We have been in a downward spiral ever since. Christians must ask themselves a very im- portant question. Is Jesus Christ King over America and the government or is the Gov- ernment above Christ’s authority and subor- dinate to Washington DC? Does Jesus Christ bow HIS knee to the authority of the US Supreme Court? Has Christianity become just one of many religions that are “under government?” My friends, the battle in America is not over politics... it is over who is King. That has been the battle from the very beginning. The So- malians, and their ilk that are flooding Amer- ica DO NOT recognize JESUS CHRIST as KING of kings. How can they possibly under- stand America’s once-Christian values? Jesus Christ declared to all of the world “I AM thee WAY, thee TRUTH, and the LIFE... NO ONE comes to the FATHER but by Me!” Is America a melting pot of pagan religions... a nation that is one nation under MANY gods? Our battle today is not over politics... it is over religion. Multi-culturalism is the Trojan Horse by which the devil is destroying the na- tion. From the very beginning all Satan wanted was to rule GOD’s KINGDOM here on earth! Diversity of gods is our greatest weakness not our greatest strength. Paul told us, “For I reckon that the suffer-
ings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the man- ifestation of the sons of God.” The world is waiting for Christian men to show up and advance a Kingdom... not cower privately in our churches. The devil is com- ing to church because the church hasn’t gone to the world. It looks like the ball is in our court. What will the Christian men do? Take out your ear plugs and put down your phone. The whole creation is wait- ing on us to show up!
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