What Do I Stand For? Here I Stand - I Can Do No Other God Help Me

Too often I find myself projecting a negative message because of taking a stand against unrighteousness, foolishness, social evils, immorality, godlessness, etc. I'd like to counter this by declaring a very positive message of what I am "for" and what I'm willing to take a stand "for."

In today's world, I believe it is of utmost importance for Christians, for the true disciples and followers of Jesus, to take a stand for righteousness, to take a stand for godliness, to take a stand for truth and holiness. Yes, we will be attacked and persecuted for taking a stand for righteousness, but that has always been true, all the way back to the days of Abel, Enoch, and Noah. God encourages us that all who desire to live godly lives in this world will be persecuted. Jesus said that we are blessed when we are persecuted for the sake of righteousness. We must all take a stand for truth and righteousness, regardless of the cost.

On the other hand, there are millions of Christians (even pastors) who take no stand at all on many issues related to righteousness. The reason for this is either they are fearful of the backlash and persecution they will suffer for standing up and speaking the truth in love, or they are self-deceived and have already compromised with the world and they really do not stand for righteousness in their hearts or lives.

Let me also warn you that there are certain hot topics which will quickly bring on a fiery attack and persecution if you dare to speak out against them or for the righteousness that they seek to overthrow. These moral "hot buttons" include: 

standing for the sanctity of marriage and against homosexuality, standing for homeschooling and educating your children God's way versus the godless public school system of humanistic indoctrination and the all-powerful socialist teachers unions that have destroyed education in America, standing for moral absolutes such as are revealed in the Ten Commandments versus the moral relativism of today, standing for the right to life for the unborn versus the murder of the unborn known as abortion, standing for sexual purity in a world obsessed with sexual immorality, standing for the freedom of religious expression and exercise in the public sector, standing for Constitutionally limited government versus a government out of control spending us into terrible debt and encroaching on every aspect of our lives and on the sovereignty of each state to govern its own affairs without interference from the feds, taking a stand for personal property that is not subject to being taxed by the government and for personal income that is not subject to being forcibly redistributed to those who refuse to work & live off of socialist entitlements, standing for the preservation, protection, and priority of our providential history and purpose that is based on our Judeo-Christian values, worldview, principles, and beliefs versus being overrun by Muslim fundamentalism and Sharia law, etc.

Therefore, I declare here and now, publically, what I stand for:

I am for God, for His glory, for His Kingdom, for His Son, and for His righteousness.

I am for God’s Law, higher law, natural law, the rule of law.
I am for the Ten Commandments and the commandments of Jesus Christ.

I am for the Bible and Judeo-Christian beliefs, values, and kingdom principles.

I am for personal responsibility and accountability to God.

I am for homeschooling and Biblical Christ-centered education and discipleship.

I am for the separation of school and state (for government to get out of education).

I am for parents taking responsibility to educate their children God’s way for Him.

I am for parental freedom to educate our children as we choose.

I am for self-government and moral virtue in private and in public.

I am for the sanctity of marriage as God designed it between a man and a woman.

I am for the sanctity of life, including the right to life for the unborn and for the elderly.

I am for honoring our fathers and mothers and I am for honoring the elderly.

I am for constitutionally limited small government as set up by the Founding Fathers.

I am for freedom and the protecting of our God-given rights and liberties.

I am for self-reliance, independence, initiative, industry, and free enterprise.

I am for the right for citizens to keep and bear arms according to the 2nd amendment.

I am for the right to life, liberty, and personal property.

I am for voluntary charity (not socialist redistribution of wealth & state welfare).

I am for a republican form of true representative government (not a democracy).

I am for re-affirming and re-establishing America’s godly Christian heritage.

I am for the free exercise of religion in private and public sectors.

I am for accountability in all levels of government; accountability to the people.

I am for eliminating all income taxes on citizens and for eliminating property taxes.

I am for requiring all government to balance the budget, avoid debt, & limit spending.

A word of warning: of all the hot button issues I've mentioned above, the three that will react with the most hostility and viciously attack you with everything in their arsenal (media, politicians, unions, ACLU lawsuits, political laws, slander) are these:

1. The Gay & Lesbian Homosexual Agenda
2. Islam, Sharia Law, Muslim Fundamentalism, and Islamic Terrorism
3. The Public School system in America & the Socialist Teachers Unions that Control It

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American Family Association Doesn't Go Far Enough on Calling Christian Parents to Remove Their Children from Public School Indoctrination

Dear American Family Association,

Thank you for this suggestion to pull our children out of public schools on April 15 because of the Gay and Lesbian "Day of Silence" propaganda. However, I don't believe you are going far enough or taking enough of a stand for righteousness.

Given that the public schools are the platform in this country for government indoctrination in homosexuality, immorality, moral relativism, secular humanism, new age mysticism, the lie of evolution and atheistic Darwinism, socialism, etc...why aren't you encouraging Christian parents to remove their children from public schools completely and altogether, once and for all? Why won't you stand up for righteousness, for truth, for the Christian family, for Christian morality, and advise and encourage your followers to do the same and to take the necessary steps to remove their children from government schools?

The evidence is clear and abundant:  public schools are killing our children morally, spiritually, and intellectually. Read Dr. Bruce Shortt's book on the subject. Watch the IndoctriNation movie by Colin Gunn & Juaquin Fernandez. Look at the statistics of the SBC.

The facts are: we are losing 88% of our evangelical Christian kids to the world within two years of graduating from public school. The truth is that we are losing them a lot earlier than that, and the reason we're losing them and the place we're losing them, is in education, is in the public schools that are leading them astray. They are being indoctrinated in creeds that are anti-Christian and in behaviors that are immoral and destructive. The schools are converting our Christian kids into pagans, while most of the Christian kids in these schools are not converting the pagans into Christians.

Please, please stand up for our kids, stand up for the Christian family, stand up for Christian education, stand up for righteousness, stand up for God's absolute truth.

Sincerely standing with God's children and for their deliverance from government school indoctrination,
Josiah Friberg

My letter above was in response to the following email that I received from Tim Wildmon of the American Family Association. I appreciate the work that AFA is doing in many areas, but I am very disappointed and saddened by the fact that they don't go far enough on this issue by not calling Christian parents to withdraw their children completely from such an ungodly and anti-Christian institution. 


Email letter from the American Family Association begins here:

April 7, 2011      If your child's school allows 'Day of Silence' propaganda, keep your child at home April 15. Let your school officials know that if they are going to allow social and political action in class, your child will not be there.

The Day of Silence, which is sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), fast approaches. This year it will take place in most public schools on April 15. On this day, thousands of public high schools and increasing numbers of middle schools will allow students to remain silent throughout an entire day-even during instructional time-to promote GLSEN's socio-political goals and its controversial, unproven, and destructive theories on the nature and morality of homosexuality.

Parents must actively oppose this hijacking of the classroom for political purposes. Please join the national effort to restore to public education a proper understanding of the role of government-subsidized schools. You can help de-politicize the learning environment by calling your child out of school if your child's school allows students to remain silent during instructional time on the Day of Silence.

Parents should no longer passively countenance the political usurpation of public school classrooms through student silence. If students will be permitted to remain silent, parents can express their opposition most effectively by calling their children out of school on the Day of Silence and sending letters of explanation to their administrators, their children's teachers, and all school board members. One reason this is effective is that most school districts lose money for each student absence.

School administrators err when they allow the classroom to be disrupted and politicized by granting students permission to remain silent throughout an entire day.
Visit this website for complete information on opposing the Day of Silence.  TAKE ACTION

1. Call your local schools and ask whether they permit students or teachers to remain silent in the classroom on "Day of Silence." IMPORTANT: Do not ask any administrator, school board member, or teacher if the school sponsors, endorses, or supports DOS. Schools do not technically sponsor the Day of Silence. Technically, it is students, often students in the gay-straight alliance, who sponsor it. Many administrators will tell you that they do not sponsor the DOS when, in fact, they do permit students and sometimes even teachers to remain silent during instructional time. Also ask administrators whether they permit teachers to create lesson plans to accommodate student silence.
2. Find out what date the event is planned for your school. (The national date in 2011 is April 15, but some schools observe DOS on a different date).
3. Inform the school of your intention to keep your children home on that date and explain why. (A sample letter is available.)
For more information or questions, visit Day of Silence Walkout.

Thank you for visiting my blog on Christian parents educating children God's way. This is Josiah Friberg asking you to check back often for my most recent Christian education postings on Christian schools, homeschooling, public school indoctrination, and the dangers of public schools. Consider adding my RSS FEED so you can keep up to date on godly alternatives to public schools. This article was posted by Josiah Friberg on his Christian Education blog: www.alleducationisreligious.blogspot.com. For assistance, contact Exodus Mandate at: www.ExodusMandate.org