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Blue In the Face
By Rob Pue September 2025
pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” The trouble is, most professing Christians don’t think this applies to them. But it specifically ap- plies to them! Our Heavenly Father is specifically saying, “If My people...” That means us — those who claim the name of Christ. I believe if we call ourselves “Chris- tians,” we’d better be sure we’re not tak- ing that sacred Name in vain. What does this verse call God’s people to do? 1) Humble themselves. That’s a hard pill to swallow for so many church-goers. After all, they’re doing their duty. They attend church every week — some are there every time the doors are open. They’re involved, active in their local church. They give their money to the church, and believe they have it all to- gether. They’re saved by grace. But are they humble? Are they teachable? Or do they think they already know all there is to know about Our Creator and His commands? Do they survive on as- sumed “grace,” telling themselves that “no one is perfect and God will certainly forgive all my past and future sins; and my continued hidden sins are under the grace of the blood of the Lamb?” Try to dig deeper into the Word of God, or push to take Scripture literally, and urge faithful church-goers to even make an attempt to follow the commands of God, and you’ll quickly find out how UN- humble they really are.
Well, I guess it’s official: I’m now “blue in the face.” The kind of blue that frus- trated people get when they’ve said something so many times, they say they’ve done it ‘til they’re “blue in the face.” Recently, I received an email from someone who reads my commentaries on one of the many online platforms that republishes my messages from Wiscon- sin Christian News and our radio broad- casts. This is someone who contacts me frequently, always starting out telling me how they enjoyed my message and agreed with most of it, but then spends another fifteen minutes telling me how I missed the mark. Don’t get me wrong; I can certainly take criticism, and believe me, I get more than my fair share. I don’t claim to be infallible, and the mes- sages I write are not always inclusive, because space only allows me to cover so many aspects of any particular topic. Most recently, my critic accused me of “never” telling people the vital solution to America’s problems. I was told that I’m correct about identifying and calling out the critical issues our society suffers from, but that I “never” offer the solu- tion. This is a common correspondence I receive from this person. They correct me weekly — no matter what I’m writing or talking about — and even when I do address the specific solutions this per- son is so insistent about, I never seem to do it to their satisfaction. So, this past week, I wrote back that I do, in fact, address exactly their con- cerns, frequently. I have , in fact, written
and spoken extensively about the partic- ular areas of Scripture they feel are most vitally important. And I agree with them. What they brought up is the so- lution we’re all searching for. But I’ve covered these things so often, I feel I’ve done it “‘til I’m blue in the face,” yet, somehow, they’ve missed all those arti- cles. Maybe because they never bother to visit our website: WisconsinChristian- News.com, subscribe to our newspaper or get to know what our mission here is all about. They only read other websites — the ones that republish my articles, but some of which only publish the ones dealing with secular matters, and not spiritual ones. But again, this person is correct about the solution. And although I’ve done it so often, I feel I’ve written and spoken on these things “‘til I’m blue in the face,” I’m going to do it again here, because many of you have also, somehow, missed the importance of the solution to all our problems. I know many have missed it,
based on the responses I receive after radio broadcasts. I get a lot more re- sponse from people requesting tran- scripts or audio CDs to read or listen to again — or share with others — when I discuss things related to politics, gov- ernment, Globalism, or frightening things now manifesting on the earth. But when I speak on spiritual matters, it seems like no one’s listening. Perhaps because my readers and lis- teners believe they already know all this. But it’s one thing to have head knowl- edge and another thing to actually do something about it. Case in point: I’ve heard 2 Chronicles 7:14 recited so many times, by well-meaning Christians, who understand this is the answer we’re so desperately seeking as a nation — but I don’t think I’ve ever heard about anyone actually trying to implement what this verse calls us to do. Let’s read it:
“If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and
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