The CRAWFORD STAND podcast

HE IS RISEN! Haven’t forgotten that, have you? Just because we celebrated Easter and the Easter message of resurrection even though virtual Sunday, April 4, I just can’t let you and me ever forget that. It’s not just April 4, it’s every day of 12 MONTHS.  HE is the only man who ever triumphed over death and the grave, none before Him and none since. THE ONLY ONE! That resurrection, that bodily res...

Do you believe that the Resurrection happened?  That a man, Jesus of Nazareth, actually rose from the dead, do you? We celebrate this unnatural, God – motivated event, the greatest in human history next week. But again, do you actually believe that this Resurrection, physically, bodily actually happened. The Apostle Paul says that if you do not believe, then your faith is in vain. That is, if this...

Are you a racist? Are you? Think about it.  Does any form of racism exist in your life, anywhere? Have you experienced this disease, this hatred at work, in your personal or professional lives, have you? And, has racism of any kind been experienced by your children, or young children you know especially in school, in education, any kind, anywhere?  Sadly, for America, for we the people, and for we...

Are you a racist?  I ask a serious question, are you? If you are white, however you define the color of the skin white, you are according to BLACK LIVES MATTER and millions of others, black and white.  Most people, most white people would answer that question with a resounding NO – I AM NOT A RACIST. The vast majority of people, and Americans right thinking, fair minded and honest cannot judge any...

Do you believe in prayer? That is, do you believe that prayer works, and works wonders, do you?  If you pray, and make your requests known to God the Father, do you believe that HE will answer, do you? If you pray that President Biden will see the light and turn from his non–scriptural, non–Christian ways as he champions abortion, the gay agenda, euthanasia and more, if you pray that Biden will be...

IT IS THE FIRST FREEDOM! The first freedom of the First Amendment to the greatest document ever created by mankind, the American Constitution! So many think that RELIGION in the First Amendment is all about the FREEDOM of religion. Actually, there are two parts, very significant parts to this most important, constitutionally prioritized freedom of religion. The first is the matter of:          EST...

Ready for the fight, of faith that is? Are you? You better be ready for THE FIGHT IS ON. It is here, now, HAPPENING! The soldiers of the CROSS are now called upon to do battle with the soldiers of SATAN. You have no choice, my fellow Christians, and in fact all people of faith but to become an active participant in:          THE FIGHT OF FAITH. This fight is different. It is spiritual. The weapons...

The greatest of all things is LOVE. The greatest, confirmed by the Apostle Paul of old, and agreed upon by the world’s greatest thinkers, artists and poets is: LOVE Love is the best, even says Paul better than faith or hope. The Bible book 1 Corinthians 13 is Apostle Paul’s finest expressions of love by far, perhaps the finest writings in all of his letters.  But even Paul acknowledges that there...

Are you a Republican? If you are conservative and Christian, you probably are. Or, at least you vote that way, Republican that is.  Why? Because that is really your only choice. The Democrats have turned anti–American, ultra–progressive, radical in so many ways and moving inexorably WE THE PEOPLE and our good country socialistic. Democrats now control House, Senate and Presidency and if they follo...

Do you love him, that is politically love him? Or, do you hate him? There seems to be no in–between. One or the other. Extreme positions but then again, Trump is a man of extremes. All or nothing with this business man. You are with me or you are against me is the mindset, the position, the psyche of:          THE DONALD.  His personality is engaging, energizing and exceptional. Perhaps that is wh...

It was the shot heard round the world. Martin Luther King, Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4 in 1968 by James Earl Ray, a crazed racist.  Dr. King had begun to emerge as the face, and more importantly the voice for America and even the world over for racial equality.  King was an eloquent spokesman, learned academically, Christian in belief and determined to make a difference.  He...

They won! The Democrats won and now control Presidency, House and Senate. Sounds like 2008 all over again, does it not my fellow Americans? Remember those times some 12 years ago when Obama, Schumer and Pelosi controlled all three branches of government and how CHANGE, fundamental and substantial change to the America we love began. Get ready, my fellow Americans, for progressive, radical America...

Here it comes my fellow Americans, perhaps the most cataclysmic political – cultural – social year in the history of our great country. Progressives are on the prowl and conservatives beware. Change, radical change, can occur overnight or step by step. If our new rulers cannot get what they want by revolution, they will settle for a progressive evolution, but only for now. Some think that Joe Bide...

We made it my fellow Americans.  We made it through one year and to the next if we were alive at 12:01 am Friday, January 1, the great year 2021.  And what a year 2020 has been, has it not? Unbelievable, many think the world turned upside down. Corona, Covid–19. A worldwide medical disaster. And the end of the Trump era and the beginning of a new political era which may usher in radical changes to...

With God, all things are possible. ALL THINGS! Even an event like THE VIRGIN BIRTH.  Some 2,000 years ago, an angel was sent by God to the tiny town of Nazareth in the Galilee area. The area was small, the inhabitants few and a popular saying of the day was:             CAN ANY GOOD THING COME OUT OF NAZARETH? Perhaps not before, but after the visit by the angel Gabriel to an unknown Mary, from Na...

He was born of a virgin, so we are told.  The angel of the Lord visited Mary and divine conception occurred, so we are told.  The virgin birth is difficult for many to believe. It defies nature, biology.  It is simply not the way things happen. Conception and birth are as a result of the very best of female and male.  So, you either believe in the virgin birth or you don’t.  Christians, real Chris...

I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU AND I WILL CURSE THOSE WHO CURSE YOU. Thus saith the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And He means it, he really does.  There is no timetable for either the blessing promised, or the cursing. My ways, says the Lord God are not your ways, and my thoughts are not your thoughts. No man knows the divine timetable for anything. What happens and when it does is the...

“RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IS IN DANGER OF BECOMING A SECOND–CLASS RIGHT.” Those are the words of United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, virtually made at a gathering of the FEDERALIST SOCIETY, a group of conservatives and libertarians dedicated to reforming the legal system.  No matter, said Alito, that freedom of religion is the first freedom in the First Amendment, and no matter that the pro...

We the people so privileged to live in America have so much to be thankful for. God has allowed us to live in the greatest nation in human history, in my opinion. How grateful we should be. Thanks be unto God for His incredible gifts to mankind. There are so many things to be thankful for. And we should approach this wonderful time of year with gratitude and Thanksgiving Day, and Thanksgiving week...

OH, BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES, this beloved land of the United States of America is.  But this land, our land is so divided in so many ways by we the people that it becomes daily far from beautiful. Our recent elections show how divided we are even though, amazingly so, elections for the most part were peaceful. With minor exceptions, riots and violence did not occur. At least for now. But as w...

A HOUSE DIVIDED CANNOT STAND! So says the scripture. That would be, would it not my fellow Americans, our beloved America. We really are not diversified (true diversity is a myth) but we are divided, deeply and it seems irreparably. Citizen against citizen. Conflicting ideas. Seemingly radically different moral values. And, WE THE PEOPLE in a constant battle over our beloved rule of law and Consti...

IT IS HERE! Tuesday, November 3, 2020 is here. It calls us to action; it calls us to:          THE VOTE. The most important vote in all of America’s 240–year history. It is your last opportunity, my fellow Americans to vote, whether Monday, November 2 or in person Tuesday, November 3. And, you will vote, citizens of the greatest country in the world, will you not? You must! The future of this grea...

Are you ready to vote in the most important election in the history of human kind? Are you? There has never been elections like this in all of history, never. Tuesday, November 3, 2020 is not a mere vote for parties, platforms or politicians. Rather, it is a vote:          EXISTENTIAL Fundamental, one which could change the lives, the EXISTENCE of every American. The way of life, the freedoms, the...

NO RELIGIOUS TEST SHALL EVER BE REQUIRED AS A QUALIFICATION TO ANY OFFICE OR PUBLIC TRUST UNDER THE UNITED STATES. Such is the unconditional standard of the Constitution of the United States Article VI – Oaths.  So that, when any individual runs as candidate for any federal office, or as otherwise appointed to or hired for any federal position or trust, no religious test of any kind can be given t...

Patrick Henry, a great American revolutionary, loved freedom, loved freedom more than anything. He penned these everlasting words:          GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH. There was no life without freedom, liberty and for him, there was no living alternative. In revolutionary times, doubtful today, the great state of New Hampshire told all other United States that all who lived within its borde...