The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ “One More Move”

Posted on August 16, 2026 by Chip Murray

Are you in the game?

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. ~ Malachi 4:5-6

After Brian “Joshua” Youmans opened us in prayer, brother Marshall introduced Rev. John Valley from Kissimmee, Florida to bring his “The Weapon Fatherless” message to the Repent, Fight, Build Men’s Conference in Brooklyn yesterday. I would like to thank the men in my circle who showed up yesterday. “Rebellion happens,” said Pastor Brian, speaking from painful experience, “when the heart of the father turns away from the child.” America, the greatest nation, is also the greatest fatherless nation, home to 18.2 fatherless children! “Fatherless society produces emasculation,” Pastor Brian continued, “men get saved but don’t know the Father. We need to renew our minds to turn our hearts. Instead, we get saved and turn passive (like the two young couples we met last weekend who ‘don’t do politics’). We need to confront what is not of God.” The father who turns his heart restores identity, provision, protection, guidance, consolation, and affirmation to the role of fatherhood. Imagine what that will look like on a grand scale!

Pastor Matt Trewhella, last to speak, added facts, figures and a sobering warning to Pastor Brian’s message. He referenced the book Family & Civilization by Carle C. Zimmerman. “The average family child rate in America is 1.69 per couple. We are on course to familial suicide…while Muslims are producing children in America in God’s order (let that sink in). We have legalized evil, no-fault divorce, homo-sex, etc. True Christians are on your own. We’ve created an Atomistic Society where the individual is paramount, and Statism where nothing is beyond the state’s reach. Every statist knows; to strengthen the state you need to weaken the family. The more sexually licentious are the more easily controlled. There is no interest in liberty and freedom other than that of perversion. Rather than confront the idols and evils, a society that suffers a silent church confirms the idols and evils. No society can survive without following patriarchal order. On the other hand, when men (Malachi 4:5-6) want to become husbands and fathers there is virtue! It is important to teach our children Biblical love. Biblical love does not negate resistance to evil.” I urge you all to read Matt’s book, The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates. I am honored to call this man my friend.  

Attorney Tom Renz, who spoke sandwiched in between Pastors Brian and Matt, described himself as vacillating between Saul and Paul. Every man who spoke yesterday has paid a very high price for standing in the gap against evil run amuck in America, but none so much as Tom. He has fought “the industrial killing machine” since 2020…alone! He made a promise to God to do all he could to save as many as he can, and he has not stopped fighting.

This brings us to the Devil’s Chess Match painting which hangs in the Louvre in Paris, and how it ties into Malachi 4:5-6 and where we are today. As narrated in the following clip, most of us are the tourists in the guided tour who move on to the next exhibit missing the most important detail the chess master has discovered. They are the men who failed to show up yesterday. The Remnant, as Frocine pointed out to me, are still in the match opposite the devil, bedraggled as we may be, we are still in the fight…even though we have yet to figure out that the King has One More Move!

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ “Dissolution of the Absolute”

Posted on August 9, 2026 by Chip Murray

The Matt. 5:13-16 Salt & Light…Our Joshua!

Through wisdom is a house builded; and by understanding it is established. And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. ~ Proverbs 24:3,4

I love the Word of God. He uses Luke 10:19 serpents and scorpions to describe our enemies in this very hour, as he uses the Proverbs 24:3,4 house to help us see our American Society that has been the greatest beneficiary of wisdom, understanding, and knowledge our world has ever known.

My partner in faith shared this amazing John Paul Jackson message, The Coming Storm, with me last week. His phrase, “Dissolution of the Absolute” hit me like a freight train! This morning I came across a classic AI Spin:

The “Dissolution of the Absolute” by John Paul Jackson explores the concept of deconstructing absolute truths and beliefs, emphasizing the importance of personal interpretation and experience in understanding faith and spirituality. This work encourages readers to question established norms and seek deeper personal revelations in their spiritual journeys. ~ AI Spin!

As my regular readers know, we, Orange Strong, have been showing up at our County Legislature meetings since April as God calls ALL his children to be the salt and light (Matt. 5:13-16). It’s our Nehemiah 2:18 arise and build moment. What we have observed in EVERY meeting is the tragic consequence of Jackson’s dire warning to a society that has allowed dissolution of the absolute. Without the Light of Absolute Truth, LGBTQ Pride becomes virtue, Autism Awareness becomes Autism ACCEPTANCE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement become “Concentration Camps,” and bioweapons are heralded as life-savers.

Last night, my same faith partner and I attended a local barbecue where we met two lovely young Christian couples who “don’t do politics.” They were married weeks apart just last year and do not have children yet. Frocine and I tried to make the argument for the very reasons given in the previous paragraph, that God did not make us His children to not do politics. There is absolutely no Biblical basis for political abstinence, and Proverb upon Proverb of evidence to the contrary! To no avail. Their response? God’s got this!

Here’s a great glimpse of our society suffering CPA (Christian Political Abstinence): High School Christian v Jamie Raskin

And CPA induced TDS…Trump Administration finds 148,000 missing children. ~  The Epoch Times Only CPA can turn child rescuers into villains! Amen?

I encourage each and every one of you to watch this amazing Topher Field interview beginning at the 51min mark, because it is exactly where we are ALL headed if we don’t pull our Christian heads out of the devil’s sand!

The only thing that limits government power is the limit of our obedience…The future is written by people who show up…Good people break bad laws…The COVID Silver Lining: People don’t pay attention to politics until it hurts them. America has too much 1984 and not enough 1776 ~ Topher Field, Australian Freedom Fighter ~ The Highwire

Here’s what happens when His Light shows up at the 36min mark! Our Joshua! If you could see and hear in the Spirit, you would see and hear every demonic spirit in that chamber shriek in agony and flee for the exits. #WakeUpChurch!

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CALLING ALL MEN ~ Repent, Fight, Build!

Posted on August 2, 2026 by Chip Murray

Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; and also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. ~ Nehemiah 2:18

“Men, we are at war for the soul of our nation, for these United States of America, for the souls of our children, and its time to rise up.” ~ Pastor Brian Valley  Pastor Valley will join my friend Pastor Matt Trewhella (The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates) who will speak on the City of God, Atty. Tom Renz, a veritable hero in the fight against the medical tyranny that has destroyed so many lives, and good friend Keion Marshall of Justice in America to lead this Men’s conference in this, our most critical and dire hour. Pastor Valley is absolutely correct; we are at war. And the enemy isn’t at the gates, the enemy is in our cities, towns, and villages.

Our legislators are free to lie about Autism in public. Our state senators are free to lie about the vaccines in public. Our mayors are free to lie about Flock cameras in public. Why? Because the men of the City of God, the men of His church, the men of the Body of Christ have, thus far, refused His call to be the salt and the light (Matt. 5:13-16)! WE know the truth about the villain Anthony “Plead the 5th” Fauci! ~ Dr. David Martin But, if we’re not there to hold it up against the lie, then the lie claims the headline and wins the day.

The threat of Islam is REAL. The innocence and, in many cases, the lives of our children are being taken right in front of us because WE have given the enemy no reason to fear! Therefor, I am urging every man in the tri-state area and beyond to drop whatever you may have had planned to join myself, Pastors Steve Offringa, Earl Wallace, and Bill Banuchi and others to show up in Brooklyn on Saturday, August 15th for God and country!

Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. ~ Luke 10:19

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ “If It Be Possible”

Posted on July 26, 2026 by Chip Murray

With God all things are possible. ~ Matthew 19:26 (Photo Credit, Whitney Nicoles) https://rememberthisdayforever.com/

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. ~ Romans 12:18

I had one of the most prophetic dreams I have ever had last night. I dreamed I was high above a body of water trying to connect some kind of cable or wire across some distance to the other side. Before I could get there, I lost altitude descending on to some kind of dock/platform that seemed to be giving way beneath me. There were workers and divers ordering in an underwater dredging team…two characters in particular, one mean, and a younger, and very belligerent “wise guy”. They, whoever they were, cut the air to the wise guy. The mean guy said to me, “They pinched his hose.” He died. Just as I was coming out of the dream, He connected Ya Ya, to Whitney, the wonderful photographer who captured the Day to Remember (June 17, 2026), to our friend Pam’s response to Whitney’s eye on the day: Frocine❤️❤️❤️ Congratulations!! We just saw your engagement pictures!!! We are soooooo happy for you and Chip! You look absolutely beautiful!!! Isn’t it amazing what our GOD will do!!! GOD IS GOOD!!!🙌🏻🙌🏻❤️✝️🙏🏻…and then the song Mad World.

Frocine discovered this wonderfully unique little restaurant in Wappingers Falls where we met this lovely woman by the name of Ya Ya yesterday morning. We shared our story of how God had brought us together, after three years of heartache and despair into the miraculous light of our Day to Remember. Ya Ya shared her life as a Rikai/Yoga practitioner and singer who simply wanted us all to be connected in peace, love, and joy.

“What He told me about my thought life.” ~ WE have always had the Power!

A society where manipulators, narcissists, and ideological fanatics rise to power while sane, moral people are punished for resisting. ~ Liam Out Loud

Brandon last night… Final Warning to Sleeping Church

Jesus said, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand”(Matthew 12:25).  How critical, therefore, in this hour, is the need for spiritual unity within the true body of Christ!  This is the unity for which our Savior prayed as recorded in John 17,  His prayer for His own!  In this intercessory prayer to the Father, He said, “I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given me, for they are thine” (17:9).  So let it be clear!  He was not praying for believers to be “unequally yoked together with unbelievers…” (see 2 Corinthians 6:14-18).  As we look at the Scripture, we as those who are saved are commanded and expected to walk in truth and in love, “endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace”  (Ephesians 4:3), And, “how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity” (Psalm 133:1)  The prerequisite is that of “all lowliness and meekness, forbearing one another in love…(Ephesians 4:2), and of being “likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind” (Philippians 2:2).  We are in fact, to have the mind of Christ (see Philippians 2:5-8)!  Yet, this is where the body of Christ is under great attack by the enemy, too often through members of the body itself. Satan has always used various tactics to sow “discord among brethren” (Proverbs 6:19), to frustrate ministry, and to negate effective witness for Christ.  As Paul said to the Philippians, we must stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel…(1:27)!  And, this we do in humble surrender to Christ!

Always in His love, your Pastor Steve Offringa (1 Peter 4:7-11).

And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad. The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had. I find it hard to tell you ’cause I find it hard to take, When people run in circles, it’s a very, very mad world, mad world…Halargian world…Mad world. ~ Tears for Fears, 1982

Summary: I believe God was showing me the attempt of trying to connect the cable between God and his church in the final hours. The dredging crew are those who are trying to both keep the church from going under, and, at the same time, extinguish the fires of persecution. He showed me two men He loves as sons; one good shepherd of a struggling flock infected with the Jezebel spirit, and another man I am honored to call my friend and brother. A man who embodies John 15:13 more than any man I ever known…with an amazing heart and a heavenly vision, who has had his faith poisoned by the Church of Rome. I believe the “wise guy” was trying to sabotage the dredging crew. And that the heavenly vision will be realized when WE come together and take the leap from our foreboding into the River of Life! …as much as lieth in US!

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ The “Long Train” Is Here!

Posted on July 19, 2026 by Chip Murray

“Not a Molecule of Manhood in the Bunch!”

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. ~ The Declaration of Independence

“If these treasonous sons-o-bitches ain’t locked up in 90 days, then we (law-abiding & God-fearing) ride!” Chris Britton on the heels of President Trump’s blacked-out address to the nation exposing the CCP-Deep State role in stealing the 2020 election. When I responded to this video with the double exclamation emoji, my friend Henry who sent it asked why…and then followed with the standard Q EBS will tell all the American people the truth and it’s coming soon.

Last night was the second time in the past 30 days I found myself scolding the men in front of me. The first time was July 5th before Frocine and I offered Independence Day as the offertory song at Howells Church. I simply said, “We don’t show up, and when we don’t show up the enemy does with his lies which then become the public truth.” Last night He had me put the men gathered for the Circleville Coffeehouse on notice before we sang Open the Eyes of my Heart. “God sees the heart.” I shared the deal I made with God in 2021 when He called me to defy the illegal facemask mandate at the Minisink BOE meeting. I told Him I would if He would give me the spirit of David. I knew He would because I know whom I believe in! Last night I felt the cringe when I reminded them that the Bible is the only book that reads us while we are reading it. He knows when we read Psalm 91:1-16 and Ephesians 6:10-20 whether we believe His Word!

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. ~ Ephesians (6:11) Modern Christianity has become so sissified, with its emphasis on positive thinking, amateur psychology, and “family-values” counselling, that it has completely lost its military element and has become totally ineffectual. ~ Dr. Peter Ruckman

There is A LOT in play right now…

Trump takes the gloves off! Marco Rubio & Stephen Miller on NSPM-7

Time to throw the book at the devil!! Pastor Jerry Savelle, How to Recover EVERYTHING the Enemy Stole”!

The only thing not in play are the men who’ve lost their way…

Logic and reason are always on the hunt for definition, and anything that cannot be defined is apt to be defied. Rationalism usually defies God and defies life; It will not have anything that cannot be defined on a rational basis, forgetting that the things that make up elemental human life cannot be defined. ~ Oswald Chambers, The Pose of Platitude

It’s a peculiar time for the peculiar man who thinks with his heart over the rational mind!

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Who’s the Boss?

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Chip Murray

Mighty Men?

Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your prunninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. ~ Joel 3:9-10

We are living through the most extraordinary moment in all of human time. At the virtual apex of creation with all of human history at our fingertips we live in the shadow of the great unknown: What comes next? Before you try to answer, tell me who saw this human malaise we find ourselves living in today, twenty years ago? Your own government created a health crisis in order to kill you with the solution, orchestrated the invasion of your country, and led your children away from God to worship the Pride flag. How can anything but a living hell be next on this trajectory? How many summer barbecues with old friends carrying on as if none of this just happened or is continuing to happen by degree based on the color of the state you live in?

The answer to what comes next is YOU. Who are YOU, and why are YOU here? What is YOUR purpose in this NOW? Did God create YOU…or are YOU simply the present state of a past primordial ooze here to regurgitate the latest social media byte? #Asking4aFriend!

In many ways we remain as unexplored as we were 272 years ago when “Young Washington” set out to map the Ohio Valley. As it turns out, this one man ended up mapping the course of human history…by faith…not unlike another famous explorer a few thousand years before him. God hitched Abraham’s wagon to the stars He had created, by His word. In our personal lives the great solution is always found in the words of our Lord when we have His Spirit. ~ Oswald Chambers, The Great Solution

We are living in the middle of The Great Problem that grows greater by our own refusal to finally come to terms with it…this is blatantly obvious in the vast majority of our churches. They are, by in large, filled with nothing but the ghost of the Holy Ghost…shadows of men living lives of quiet desperation hoping for revival, cleaving to hollow faith without works on life support.

The answer to what comes next is simply this; Who’s the boss? Who’s the boss of YOUR life? Who’s the boss of YOUR family, home, and community? Be honest, no head-fakes allowed. Because if it ain’t YOU, I can guarantee YOU that YOU will not like what comes next. In fact, I can pretty much assure YOU that it will terrify and eventually destroy YOU along with everything and everyone YOU love. Try justifying that!

The justification of every sinner is by faith, and by faith alone. But it is our just walk that proves Him just in saving us. If we do not walk in the life of faith, we are a slander to God. ~ Oswald Chambers, The Great Solution

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ “Prayerfully and Bravely Stand”

Posted on July 5, 2026 by Chip Murray

And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be ye not afraid iof them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. ~ Nehemiah 4:14

THIS SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2026, (INDEPENDENCE DAY SUNDAY) 10:30 AM WORSHIP AND PRAISE!  The sanctuary is reserved for prayer before worship begins. Following the service, please join us for some continued fellowship and food together!  We especially welcome you if you are with us for your first time!  May you truly experience our Lord’s presence and love!

TUESDAYS, 7:00 PM, BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER!  Please call for additional opportunities for fellowship and service.  We also have an extensive prayer chain upon request for needed intercession!  Hebrews 4:14-16!

‘BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD; AND THE PEOPLE WHOM HE HATH CHOSEN FOR HIS OWN INTERITANCE” (PSALM 33:12)!

On the very special occasion of the 250th Anniversary of our Nation’s Independence, we acknowledge, without apology, that she was clearly established upon a recognition of Almighty God, and upon the objective Biblical principles and truths of His Word!  While America is not a theocracy as such, or run by some corrupt state church, her very essence as a  Constitutional Republic cannot be separated from God and His Holy Word.  For that reason, our Declaration of Independence says, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness”.  Such rights, including our religious liberty, are not derived from man or from human society, but from the God Who created us!  Therefore, no government can take them from us!  Our Bill of Rights is actually derived from the Ten Commandments, and our system of justice and moral foundation of our society are based upon the Bible as God’s inspired and foundational truth.  America has certainly failed to live up to her established creed, as was the case with slavery, but her Declaration of Independence, our Bill of Rights, and the Judaeo-Christian foundation of our Nation cannot and must not be abrogated!  Yet, America, on her 250th Anniversary, is facing an unprecedented challenge to her very survival, from within and without, by godless, atheistic, immoral, and anti-Constitutional forces, which for over a century have planned for her demise!  Our great religious institutions were deliberately targeted, as a primary means of undermining the spiritual and moral fabric of our Country.  Many of these institutions, founded by Christians, are now hotbeds of anti-God Marxism, and of others who blatantly advocate for America’s destruction!  The true body of Christ and every God-fearing American must prayerfully and bravely stand for our Nation’s spiritual and Constitutional preservation, united across all lines of denomination and ethnicity, as those who truly love America and the liberty she alone provides.  The greatest liberty, of course, is the freedom that Christ alone provides from sin, by His shed blood and redeeming grace!  May our churches truly return to Him and His transforming Gospel, and may revival by His Holy Spirit sweep our Land!

Always in His failing love,

your Pastor Steve Offringa

(Psalm 11:3)

“IF THE SON THEREFORE SHALL MAKE YOU FREE, YE SHALL BE FREE INDEED” (JOHN 8:36)!  HAVE YOU TRULY COME TO JESUS FOR YOUR ETERNAL SALVATION?  HE SAVES, HEALS, DELIVERS, AND RESTORES!  GOD BLESS YOU, AND WE PRAY THAT AMERICA WILL INDEED BLESS THE GOD WHO HAS PRESERVED HER OVER 250 YEARS!  AMEN!

It is possible to cast down a principality through prayer, but it is impossible for a principality to remain in a culture that has made no room for it…The words we speak in the physical realm move mountains and bend destinies in the spirit realm. ~ Blake K. Healy, The Veil, An invitation to the Unseen Realm

“My brothers and sisters, you don’t need a gun to fight for your country and honor the ones who gave up their days”

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me “Nones”

Posted on June 28, 2026 by Chip Murray

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. ~ Matthew 28:18

The one great Truth to keep steadfastly before us is the Lord Jesus Christ; He is the Truth. Only the whole truth is the Truth, any part of the truth may become an error. If you have a ray of light on the Truth never call it the whole truth; follow it up and it will lead you to the central Truth, the Lord Jesus Christ. ~ Oswald Chambers, Abundant in Truth

The fundamental basis of this Nation’s law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings we get from Exodus and Saint Matthew, from Isaiah and Saint Paul…If we don’t have a proper fundamental moral background, we will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not believe in rights for anybody except the state. ~ Harry S. Truman, 33rd President from God’s Promises for the Faithful American

I will be speaking at 1:30 P.M. to The Faith and Freedom Coalition, and one of the Statements I will be making, perhaps the most important of them all, concerns the recent Election of Communists in our Country. Communism is very easy to sell. I’d be the Greatest Communist in History. I’d give free rent, free houses, free food, everything is free. Unfortunately, after two or three years, the Country where this is taking place would fail. It always does, and then you’ll start living in squalor. ~ President Donald J. Trump, Excerpt from speech to Faith & Freedom Conference on June 27, 2026 ~ Coffee & Covid, “Red Dawn”

The highlight (For Me) of the Faith & Freedom Conference in DC: 9/11 hero Darin “Bury Me In A Dirty Suit” Kinder…the difference between civilians and citizens…even Trumped Trump! And Trump was GREAT! ~ Darin Kinder

Good morning America! I am sorry for the scattered regurgitation of all that I have taken in for the past several days at the Faith & Freedom gathering in the Corporation’s Capitol June 26-27, but it’s a stunning aggregation of facts that I pray with all my heart will finally awaken our country from its deadly sleep-walk into the dark nightmare of totalitarianism…as the church plays church.

If you’re not shaken to your core by the 2008 to 2022 “Nones” growth, then go back to sleep for you are absolutely useless to both God and your fellow man! On the other hand, if you were as inspired as I was by Darin Kinder’s story, then welcome to the Remnant Light that will lead our nation from the jaws of death!

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Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Godly Fatherhood

Posted on June 21, 2026 by Chip Murray

…Deeper Than Our Dreams…

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. ~ Proverbs 20:7

The Just Man was my father so many years ago. Proud was I to call him father, and he to call me son…so many years ago, before the days became undone. His place was high and certain, protector of the realm, our ship was secure and steady with my father at the helm.

But storms foretold swept the Just Man away, as timeless seasons of sailing blind became our way…chasing life’s riches and building castles on righteous dunes, we had it all…lost at sea. The night closed in upon us all around, as our innocence disappeared without a sound.

Death of beauty, death of grace, death of honor in the doldrums of despair. And then there came a gentle wind, the hint of life and a cleaner air. Leviathan lurched in the ocean air sensing His presence there, as the one who had but grains of sand, anointed by the One, returned to make His final stand, the Just Man in the Son. The Father of every single one! ~ Sailor’s Point of View

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Judgment/Justice + Love/Mercy

Posted on June 14, 2026 by Chip Murray

The American Church…GROUNDED!

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. ~ Proverbs 20:13

I’ve read this Proverb a thousand times or more, but I read it from a Wide Awake perspective this week and understood that God applies this scripture physically, and most importantly, spiritually! And we Wonder Why!!

As I was reading about where we were once upon a time with the help of Pastor Matt Trewhella:

It is now all the more needful that we should prove by our Defense whether a Christian magistrate can or ought to preserve his State and the Christian teachers and hearers in it against his own superior magistrate, and drive off by force one who is using force to compel people to reject the true doctrine and true worship of God, and to accept idolatry…

By the same sort of reasoning, twice 4 shall cease to be 8. Magistrates and subjects shall be bound by sure chains and mutual oaths, but it shall be permitted to magistrates , when they want to be loosed and free from all obligation, while subjects shall always be bound in all circumstances and never be free. It shall be permitted to magistrates to exercise the utmost tyranny contrary to the laws and their oaths, but it shall not be permitted to the subjects to restrain the ravings of tyrants in accordance with the laws. Thus the truth of our common sense and the logic of consequences will always depend on the whims and weapons of those who have power. ~ Matt Trewhella, The Magdeburg Confession 1550 AD

…and Pastor Earl Wallace:

Claude-Frédéric Bastiat said, “The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.”  ~ (Claude-Frédéric Bastiat: June 30, 1801 –  Dec, 24, 1850 — French economist & leading advocate of free markets and free trade in the mid-19th century.) 

…and where we are today:

Satan’s 4-step plan to crush Christianity. ~ Pastor Mark Driscoll

Pastor Austin Kreutz’s wake-up-call to the WISP/CLOTH/Orange Strong Gathering in Newburgh last night…the enemy within…the Red/Green Alliance: Communism/Islam. Trevor Loudon spoke to the former at our last quarterly meeting in February, and Dr. Kreutz focused on the latter last night…while the American Church is sound asleep!

And finally, my Pastor Steve Offringa’s Devotional from yesterday:

Any sincere follower of the Lord Jesus Christ who is biblically grounded, Spirit-led, and accurately informed, should know that we are in the “last days” and “perilous times” which the Scripture described would come (see 2 Timothy 3)!  These days have been in process for a long time, days that have been characterized, caused, and clouded by unprecedented deception, a deception that is essentially spiritual in nature!  Our Savior specifically spoke of this, as the first sign of these final days before His promised return (see Matthew 24).  And, due to a departure from the Word of God and its foundational truths, first in the church, and then across the board worldwide, the lies of the enemy have been allowed to take root in every area of human concern, “to steal, and to kill, and to destroy…” (John 10:10)! in countless places, the unadulterated Gospel of Christ has been replaced by numerous false gospels and apostate religion!  Who denominations and other formerly Christian institutions have forsaken the truth of the Bible! Our educational system has been captured by atheistic evolutionism, secular humanism, and moral relativism, all creating moral, social, and judicial conflict in a world of greatly increased lawlessness!  The family is in disarray, many churches have become entertainment centers, and schools are dangerous “turfs” of violent confrontation!  Our Constitutional Republic is under orchestrated attack by enemies from within and from without its borders!  And, as the late Dr. Stephen Olford preached from Romans 13:11-14, the true church of redeemed ones must “wake up, get up, and dress up”, and all in the oneness and power of the Holy Spirit!  Let “stand against the wiles of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11ff), “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17), uphold the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15) and share Jesus with everyone we possibly can!  Our message is not one of mere religious and political reform!  Ours is one of salvation in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ!”  “Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy…”(Psalm 107:2).

And it dawned on me, God created His church to fly with two wings; Love & Mercy the left wing, Judgement & Justice the right wing. While everything Pastor Steve describes took place in America, the enemy sawed off the right wing. The fully anesthetized church, and I dare say 97% of you in it, never felt a thing! Pastor Matt Trewhella goes straight to the heart of it in his sermon from last Sunday: Faultfinding, Evil Desires, and Divisions ~ Jude:14-19

I’ll leave you with this. The Bible is the ONLY book that reads us while we are reading it. When you read Psalm 91, He knows whether or not you actually believe His Word. Please consider carefully…

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