The CRAWFORD STAND podcast

“Nothing can do men of good will more harm than apparent compromises with parties (political) that subscribe to anti–moral and anti–Democratic and anti-God forces. We must have the courage to detach our support from men (and women) who are doing evil. We must bear them no hatred, but we must break with them.” The straightforward, uncompromising words of former Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, no longer...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Perhaps, my fellow Americans, the most important political words ever written, EVER! These are the promises, the rights, unal...

Work is good.  Work is necessary for the fulfillment of every human being.  Work is required of every person according to his or her capabilities and talents, so sayeth the Scripture.  All of us must work to survive, live, grow and profit and be all that we can be and as God intended us to be. Our very own America was built on hard work, and is in fact itself a work in progress. The progress depen...

One Allan Bloom wrote a book entitled:          CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND. Prophetic, realistic, and tragically happening today in America and to some extent around the world.  The ability to think and to express thinking freely, thoughts and ideas, whether creative or noxious is the basic pillar of democracy. Its that freedom to think, to express, to engage at all times in free speech, or pres...

IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID! The famous words of then democratic candidate for President Bill Clinton in 1992. It was the economy then, the #1 priority and it is the economy now – today, the #1 priority in the great and critical American election 2020. NUMBER 1! A little virus, not seen with the naked eye which came from Wuhan, China, whether deliberate or not, has sabotaged the economy of America and...

STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED!  Unto God, first and then to humankind. Work men and work women, as the scriptures say, who are not ashamed, but proud of what they know and use that knowledge for the good of faith and humanity. The more knowledge the better.  In fact, what the world needs now are right thinking people who can RIGHTLY DIVIDE not only the word of truth, the scriptures, but all thing...

WE THE PEOPLE, citizens of America privileged to be so, have been a free people in a free country for 244 years. Our freedom journey began in the great year 1776. Our Four Fathers fought for that freedom and so many died in the attempt. In the process, there came about incredible documents, the one our very precious DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. The other, our beloved one–of–a–kind CONSTITUTION OF...

You will vote, won’t you?  I refer of course to the critical elections which require your vote:          TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020.  The most critical, important vote EVER in America. No vote for 244 years will be more important, NONE. And you will be a voter, you will participate, YOU WILL VOTE, won’t you? BUT, in order to be eligible to vote, you must:          REGISTER TO VOTE. Have you registe...

Are you planning to vote November 3, 2020, are you? If you love America, you better vote.  Did you vote in 2018? Did you vote in the critical elections 2016 which pale in comparison to elections 2020? Did you? America needs you and YOUR VOTE now more than ever.  There are people of faith, perhaps by the millions, who do not vote. Some think it is not their duty and there is no obligation to do so....

WE THE PEOPLE so often forget that, in our presumed American democracy, our democratic way of life that we actually live in a republic rather than a true democracy. There are controls everywhere. We presumably live by the wonderful tenets of our beloved Constitution and its 27 amendments. But in reality, our Constitution has been interpreted, reinterpreted, expanded and this original American docu...

THOU SHALT NOT KILL! So say the scriptures and so say I, don’t you? The thou means you, my fellow American. And the thou means me, everybody! Nobody should kill, NOBODY! No matter, violence, including killing or the ever-present possibility thereof, runs rampant in America. The George Floyd era has unleashed a license in behavior, allowing if not condoning violence and that violence can well inclu...

FREEDOM! We are, America is, the home, the land of the: BRAVE AND THE FREE. We are lovers of freedom.  It is, you could say, in our genes. We inherited that love of freedom from those who founded our great country, fought against the oppressors more than two centuries ago and built the foundation for the FREEDOMS we now enjoy today. Give us, we say with that great statesman and our forefather Patr...

There is a silent enemy of the grace of the Gospel that is creeping through the American church. Pulpits are filled with those who in the name of “love” and out of fear, stay silent about, or even endorse, socialist ideology under the guise of “social justice.”  The enemy is sneaky, full of slight twists and deception. Christians everywhere are taking the bait and virtue signaling their Christian...

Two kinds of fathers are there.  The one Heavenly, the other earthly.  The Lord of Glory, the Carpenter of Nazareth said: “I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE.” What a claim. Blasphemy by a human being if it were not true.  But they were ONE, and the carpenter from Nazareth told us in unequivocal terms that the CREATOR OF THIS UNIVERSE AND OUR EARTH was indeed among so many other things a: FATHER To Him and...

When we think of nuns, there comes to mind the vision of good ladies in habits, easily identified as special members of the Roman Catholic Church, and of course doing good deeds of mercy and kindness to others, and especially to the poor.  Perhaps we also think in stereotypic terms that nuns are passive, always ready to turn the other cheek, even nonconfrontational and certainly not political. Per...

Closed because of Corona. Covid–19 shut our doors, say the Pastors of our land.  Governors of all 50 states ordered that there be no gatherings of the believers, the worshipers. Stay home, said the Governors, and get the religious things you need from the digital world. You never know, said the Governors, whether or not the person sitting in the pew next to you has the virus, no matter the symptom...

In 1971, Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday to be celebrated on the last Monday in May, echoing the words and sentiments of the proclamation of General John A. Logan of the grand Army of the Republic in 1868 who stated: “Memorial Day is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the...

I HATE DONALD TRUMP! We the people heard that over and again in 2016, did we not? I may disagree with them, sometimes passionately so, but I never hated any politician, did you?  To be sure, President Trump has a most unique personality. He is straightforward to a fault, confrontational, argumentative, interruptive, always on the ready for a verbal fight. He sometimes has that turn–off look on his...

CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF; OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR OF THE PRESS; OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACABLY TO ASSEMBLE, AND TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES. These are perhaps the most important freedom words ever authored by any government. They were crafted December 15, 1791, some 22...

In our world, love rules.  It is the highest attribute, with fundamental characteristic of all humankind.  Perhaps the finest expression of love is: MOTHER LOVE The definition of mother, a real mother is simply put: LOVE A mother’s love is the ultimate human love. It is said that THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE RULES THE WORLD.  Perhaps so because so much of a child is formed in the early years by...

Things in our beloved USA will never be the same, so say the pundits.  The Coronavirus, the so called Covid-19 will, when it is finally over and done with, usher in a new age, a new technological era. This change was already happening, step by step, slowly, manageable, understandable and beneficial. Corona however has made this new technology king of the road.  There will be a NEW NORMAL. We who h...

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 12, just can’t let you and me ever forget that. It’s not just April 12, 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 resu...

That is a polite way of saying that far few go to church these days. FAR FEW! Thousands of churches close across the United States. Most of them are large, old, traditional, historic: DENOMINATIONS. Like Methodist. Like Baptist. Like Presbyterian. There has even been a steady and regular decline in the Roman Catholic Church. It’s not a good time for the old folk, and that term is used by any numbe...

Up the carpenter went to Jerusalem, knowing full well why.  It was time, HIS time, the time, the eternal time as appointed when a world changing event would happen. It was to be the end of his earthly journey, a time for the transition between the Jesus of history and the Christ of Glory. There came that time in the Garden of Gethsemane where he went to pray.  He asked his disciples to participate...

It has been my privilege my fellow Americans and my fellow Christians to have done THE STAND now for some 28 years. The purpose of the Stand has been to honor: GOD AND COUNTRY The Stand represents, of course, my personal beliefs, values and convictions and as well, my company the Crawford Broadcasting Company and its employees. Although we may differ politically and culturally to some extent, we a...