D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES PRESENTS
TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
AT D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES, WE STRIVE
EVERY DAY TO FOLLOW OUR LORD'S COMMAND TO SHARE
THE GOSPEL AND LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES,
SO WHY ARE WE BEING CALLED AN ACTUAL HATE GROUP?
TODAY WE ARE CONFRONTING HATE AND LIES ON TRUTHS
THAT TRANSFORM.
THIS IS TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
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WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM, A PRODUCTION OF
D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES, WHERE WE ARE STANDING FOR
TRUTH AND DEFENDING YOUR FREEDOM.
RECENTLY ON THIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE BEEN UPDATING YOU
ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW
CENTER.
THIS ORGANIZATION, WHICH ONCE DID GOOD WORK DURING
THE LATE PORTION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA, HAS NOW
JOINED THE CULTURE WAR ON THE SIDE OF THE FAR LEFT.
THEY HAVE TAKEN TO DESIGNATING CHRISTIAN
MINISTRIES THAT UPHOLD A BIBLICAL VIEW OF MARRIAGE
AND SEXUALITY AS "HATE GROUPS"- INCLUDING D. JAMES
KENNEDY MINISTRIES.
AND WE HAVE JUST FILED SUIT IN FEDERAL DISTRICT
COURT AGAINST THE SPLC FOR THIS DEFAMATORY LABELING,
AND ON TODAY'S PROGRAM, WE'LL TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN
GET INVOLVED ON BEHALF OF ALL BIBLE-BELIEVING
CHRISTIANS, SINCE YOU TOO WILL SOON ENOUGH FALL
UNDER THE SPLC HATE DESIGNATION.
AS WE BEGIN, I'M JOINED BY OUR OWN JOHN RABE, THE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF OUR RECENT DOCUMENTARY ON THE
SPLC CALLED "PROFITS OF HATE."
JOHN THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
FRANK, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS.
I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME ON AND I WANTED TO TAKE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO, AS WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF
TIMES DURING THE HISTORY OF THIS PROGRAM, TURN THE
TABLES ON YOU A LITTLE BIT AND ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS
BECAUSE YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THIS
MINISTRY, IN ADDITION TO HOSTING THE PROGRAM, YEAH
THAT'S RIGHT, I SAW IT ON YOUR BUSINESS CARDS,
I KNOW IT'S TRUE.
FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT LET'S
ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, ARE WE A HATE GROUP?
IS D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES A HATE GROUP
AS THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER CLAIMS?
WELL THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER HAS THIS
SO-CALLED HATE MAP, IN WHICH ON IT ARE SOME
LEGITIMATE HATE GROUPS ABOUT WHICH WE SHOULD BE
CONCERNED.
BUT, THEY'VE ALSO LOADED ONTO THEIR HATE MAP BIBLE
BELIEVING CHRISTIANS AND CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES THAT
DO NOTHING MORE THAN SUBSCRIBE TO HISTORIC
CHRISTIAN TEACHING.
AND SO, OF COURSE NOT, WE'RE NOT A HATE GROUP, WE
TRY EVERY DAY TO FOLLOW THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST,
TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES.
OF ALL PEOPLE, CHRISTIANS RECOGNIZE THEIR OWN
SINFULNESS, MAKES THEM NO DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS WHO
ARE STRUGGLING EXCEPT THAT WE'VE TRUSTED IN CHRIST.
AND IRONICALLY, IT'S FOR HOLDING A VIEW SAY ON
MARRIAGE THAT WAS HELD BY NO LESS THAN BARACK OBAMA
AND HILLARY CLINTON AS RECENTLY AS 2012.
5 YEARS LATER, NOW SOMEONE THAT HOLDS TO THAT VIEW IS
A HATE GROUP, THAT'S PRETTY HARD TO BELIEVE.
WELL EVEN MORE ASTONISHING IS THAT WE'VE BEEN ON THE
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTERS HATE MAP FOR
10 YEARS.
BUT THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER NEVER BOTHERED
TO CALL OUT HATERS FROM THE LEFT WING BECAUSE IN
THE END JOHN, THEIR REAL WORK IS NOTHING MORE THAN
A THINLY DISGUISED EFFORT BY THE LEFT WING OF THE
DEMOCRAT PARTY, REALLY THE EXTREME LEFT WING TO
DEMONIZE, MARGINALIZE AND SILENCE POLITICAL AND
RELIGIOUS VIEWPOINTS WITH WHICH THEY DISAGREE.
AND SO WE HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT,
D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES HAS FILED A LAWSUIT
AGAINST THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER IN
FEDERAL COURT IN ALABAMA, WHAT'S THE BASIS OF THAT
LAWSUIT, WHY ARE WE NOW SUING THE SOUTHERN POVERTY
LAW CENTER?
WE'RE ACTUALLY SUING THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW
CENTER AND 2 OTHER DEFENDANTS.
THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER AND GUIDESTAR,
WE'RE SUING FOR DEFAMATION.
THEY ARE TRAFFICKING IN FALSEHOODS THAT HAVE
DAMAGED OUR MINISTRY.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, GUIDESTAR IS A CHARITY
EVALUATING ORGANIZATION THAT, IT'S THE LARGEST ONE
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WHERE IF PEOPLE WANT TO FIGURE
OUT, DO I GIVE MY MONEY HERE, DO I GIVE MY MONEY
THERE, THEY GO TO GUIDESTAR AND GUIDESTAR IS
SUPPOSED TO BE A NEUTRAL EVALUATOR OF CHARITIES.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW
CENTER IS THE ORIGINATOR OF THE HATE MAP, GUIDESTAR
IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS RELIED ON THAT FALSE
INFORMATION AND ALSO PUBLISHED THAT AND
DISTRIBUTED THAT TO OUR DETRIMENT.
SO WE'RE SUING THE BOTH OF THEM FOR DEFAMATION, AND
THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY SUING OUR FRIENDS AT AMAZON.COM.
AMAZON HAS A PROGRAM WHICH THEY CALL AMAZON SMILE
WHICH ALLOWS PURCHASERS OF AMAZON PRODUCTS TO
DESIGNATE A SMALL PORTION OF THEIR PURCHASES TO GO
TO ANY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT'S
RECOGNIZED BY THE IRS UNDER WHAT'S CALLED
SECTION 501C3, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
WE APPLIED FOR THAT, TO BE PART OF THAT PROGRAM, AND
AMAZON NOTIFIED US THAT WE WERE BEING TURNED DOWN
BECAUSE THEY RELY UPON THE WORK OF GUESS WHO,
THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY SUING AMAZON FOR DISCRIMINATION.
AND THAT REALLY BRINGS US TO THE CULMINATION OF ALL
THIS WHICH IS THERE ARE LOTS OF WRONGS THAT
HAPPEN, THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF WRONGS THAT
HAPPEN TO CHRISTIANS OUT IN AMERICA.
WHY IS THIS ISSUE SO IMPORTANT, WHY IS THIS THE
ONE THAT WE'VE DUG OUR HEELS IN AND DECIDED TO
FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW
CENTER AND SEVERAL OTHER ENTITIES?
IT'S BECAUSE IF YOU CAN SUCCESSFULLY LABEL IDEAS
AS HATE YOU CAN REDEFINE THE WORLD.
THE IDEA OF LABELING PEOPLE AS HATERS IS REALLY
NOTHING MORE THAN A CHEAP RHETORICAL DEVICE,
SOMETHING THAT A SOPHOMORE DEBATE TEAM WOULD TRY TO DO.
TO TRY TO GET YOU AWAY FROM THE THINGS THAT YOU
BELIEVE AND JUST LABEL YOU IN SUCH A MANNER THAT YOU
CAN BE DISMISSED.
THEIR PURPOSE IS TO SILENCE THE TRUTH AND
CHRISTIAN TRUTH IS OBJECTIONABLE IN THEIR
WORLDVIEW.
FRANK, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SIT IN AND FIND
OUT FROM YOU EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS
VERY IMPORTANT LAWSUIT.
AND JOHN LET ME THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM OF PRODUCERS
AND OUR PRODUCTION TEAM HERE BECAUSE THE DVD THAT
YOU PRODUCED, PROFITS OF HATE, IS ONE OF THE MOST
POWERFUL TOOLS FOR GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT SO THAT
OTHERS CAN FIND OUT WHO THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW
CENTER REALLY IS.
UP UNTIL NOW THEY'VE BEEN WEARING A COSTUME AT A
MASQUERADE PARTY, AND BASED ON THE GREAT WORK
THAT YOUR TEAM DID, WE'VE PULLED THE MASK OFF AND
PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM FOR WHAT THEY REALLY ARE.
THANK YOU JOHN.
WELL THANK YOU FRANK, IT REALLY WAS OUR PRIVILEGE.
IN REALITY, WE ARE THE FARTHEST THING IMAGINABLE
FROM A HATE GROUP.
WE KNOW WE'RE SINNERS, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
AND HAVING EXPERIENCED THE LOVE OF GOD THROUGH THE
GRACE OF GOD, WE WANT TO OFFER THAT LOVE AND
FORGIVENESS TO EVERYONE ELSE ALSO.
GOD CALLS US TO CALL SIN WHAT IT IS, AND TO REPENT
OF IT.
BUT THAT'S NOT A MESSAGE OF HATE- THAT'S A MESSAGE
OF LOVE, IN WHICH WE WANT ALL PEOPLE TO COME TO A
SAVING KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST.
D. JAMES KENNEDY POWERFULLY EXPLAINS THIS IN THIS
PORTION OF HIS MESSAGE, "BONDS OF LOVE."
OCCASIONALLY IT HAPPENS THAT ONE IS READING SOME
FAMILIAR WORDS, SUCH AS FOUND IN THE BIBLE, AND
COMES ACROSS A PASSAGE WHICH THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE
READ IT MANY TIMES BEFORE, IT SOMEHOW REACHES OUT AND
GRABS THEM WITH SOMETHING OF AN ELECTRIC SHOCK.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME YEARS AGO AS I WAS
READING A CERTAIN PASSAGE.
THOUGH I KNEW IT WELL, IT REACHED OUT AND STARTLED
ME WITH NEW MEANING.
JESUS IS SPEAKING, AND HE SAYS THIS: "AS THE FATHER
HATH LOVED ME, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU."
ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THAT?
IT SUDDENLY HIT ME, THE FULL MEANING HIT ME.
JESUS CHRIST SAYS, "AS THE FATHER, THE HEAVENLY FATHER
HAS LOVED ME, HIS ETERNAL SON, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU."
THERE IS A WORLD OF MEANING IN THAT TINY WORD
"AS."
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HOW YOU ARE LOVED BY GOD?
FIRST OF ALL, WE NOTICE THAT THAT LOVE WAS WITHOUT
BEGINNING.
THERE NEVER WAS A TIME WHEN THE FATHER DID NOT
LOVE THE SON.
YOU CAN GO BACK THROUGH EONS OF TIME, BACK BEFORE
THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE, AND THE FATHER
LOVED THE SON.
HE HAS LOVED HIM ETERNALLY- EVERLASTINGLY
HE HAS LOVED HIS SON.
HERE HE IS TELLING US THAT IN THAT SAME WAY THAT GOD
THE FATHER HAS LOVED HIM, SO HE LOVES US AND THE
FATHER LOVES US AS WELL.
THAT IS A TREMENDOUS THING TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE
THUS EVERLASTINGLY LOVED BY CHRIST.
"FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING, THOU ART GOD"
AND THOU NEVER CHANGES.
HE ALSO LOVES US NOT ONLY WITH A LOVE THAT HAS NEVER
HAD A BEGINNING, BUT HE LOVES US WITH A LOVE THAT
WILL HAVE NO END.
GOD'S LOVE ALSO IS CONSTANT.
OUR LOVE MAY BE LIKE A FLICKERING CANDLE, BUT THE
LOVE OF GOD FOR CHRIST, AND THUS FOR US, IS LIKE
THE BLAZING SUN.
IT NEVER WANES OR FLICKERS; IT GOES ON AND
ON CONSTANTLY.
SO WE ARE LOVED WITH SUCH A LOVE AS THAT BY GOD, AND
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO KEEP THAT
LOVE GOING.
THAT IS JUST THE WAY THAT GOD'S LOVE IS.
ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD AND I THINK
IT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT IT IS TOTALLY
UNDESERVED.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS: THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT US
THAT CAUSES GOD TO LOVE US.
THE THING THAT CAUSES GOD TO LOVE US IS THAT WHICH
IS IN HIM.
THAT GOD IS LOVE.
THAT UNEARNED, UNMERITED, UNDESERVED LOVE IS WHAT WE
CALL "GRACE"- TOTALLY UNMERITED FAVOR GIVEN TO
THOSE WHO DESERVE POSITIVE DISFAVOR.
MARTIN LUTHER SAID "THE MOST DAMNABLE AND
PERNICIOUS HERESY WHICH HAS EVER PLAGUED THE MIND
OF MAN IS THE FALSE IDEA THAT WE SINFUL, DEPRAVED,
VILE CREATURES COULD EVER MAKE OURSELVES ACCEPTABLE
TO LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ALL-HOLY AND SIN-HATING
GOD."
AWAY ONCE AND FOR ALL OF ALL SUCH NONSENSE AND SUCH
DELUSIONS AND LET US GRASP FIRMLY THE TRUTH THAT GOD
LOVES US NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE ARE BUT IN SPITE
OF EVERYTHING WE ARE.
NOW THAT'S REALLY THEOLOGY.
AS THE CATECHISM SAYS MY ONLY HOPE IN THIS LIFE AND
THAT WHICH IS TO COME IS THAT I AM NOT MY OWN, THAT
I BELONG TO MY FAITHFUL SAVIOR WHO HAS BOUGHT ME
WITH HIS OWN BLOOD, HE HAS SATISFIED FOR ALL OF MY
SINS AND PROMISED NEVER TO LEAVE ME OR FORSAKE ME.
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE LOVED AND THAT YOU ARE
HELD BY CHRIST WITH A LOVE THAT WILL NEVER LET YOU GO.
LASTLY, I MIGHT MENTION THAT THE LOVE OF GOD IS
INFINITE.
IT IS NOT SIMPLY GREAT OR WONDERFUL OR MARVELOUS OR
SUPER.
IT IS INFINITE IN ITS GREATNESS, ITS EXTENT,
ITS MEASURE.
THERE IS, INDEED, NO MEASURE OF THAT LOVE.
DEAR ONE, HAVE YOU PONDERED THE LOVE THAT
GOD HAS FOR YOU?
IF YOU WANT TO LOVE HIM MORE, DON'T THINK ABOUT
YOUR LOVE.
THINK ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR YOU AND YOUR LOVE WILL
INEVITABLY GROW.
AS DR. KENNEDY SHARED TODAY, GOD IS LOVE- BUT
THERE'S NOTHING WITHIN US THAT CAUSES HIM TO LOVE US.
IT'S A MATTER OF GRACE, WHICH WE RECEIVE THROUGH
FAITH ALONE.
AS THE PROTESTANT REFORMERS POINTED OUT,
SUCH SAVING FAITH IS A GIFT OF GOD'S GRACE AND IS
ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY SORROW FOR SIN AND BY
REPENTANCE.
FOR DECLARING THAT MESSAGE- INCLUDING THE
TRUTH THAT HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR IS A SIN AND
NEEDS TO BE REPENTED OF, AND THAT GOD CAN HEAL
SAME-SEX ATTRACTION AS HE HEALS SO MANY OTHER SINS-
THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER HAS DESIGNATED US
A "HATE GROUP."
BUT IN DOING SO, THEY'VE REALLY DESIGNATED ALL OF
HISTORIC, BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY AS HATEFUL.
AND BECAUSE CORPORATIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THE
MEDIA ARE TAKING THEM SERIOUSLY, WE'VE FILED A
LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM FOR THEIR FALSEHOOD.
OUR OWN DR. JERRY NEWCOMBE HAS MORE.
THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER HAS A WONDERFUL
PUBLIC RELATIONS OPERATION WHERE THEY HAD BEEN ABLE
TO SELL THEMSELVES TO THE MEDIA TO THE DECISION
MAKERS.
THEY ARE USING THE HUGE WEALTH THAT THEY ARE
RECEIVING THROUGH THEIR MAIL FUNDRAISING OPERATION
TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES SO THEY THEN CAN SELL THIS
MESSAGE THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO IMPLANT IN THE
MINDS OF AMERICANS TO TURN AMERICANS AGAINST
TRADITIONAL VALUES AGAINST OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE.
FOUNDED IN 1971, THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW
CENTER IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA IS A HUGE
ORGANIZATION THAT LABELS ITSELF AS A CHAMPION OF
THE ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICA.
MANY PEOPLE, EVEN CRITICS, WOULD AGREE THAT THEY DID
GOOD WORK IN THEIR EARLY YEARS.
BUT THEN RECENTLY, DURING THE 2000'S THEY KIND OF
MORPHED INTO A HATE GROUP WATCH AND THAT'S
ESSENTIALLY WHERE ALL THE ACTION IS NOW.
THE MEDIA WILL CITE WHATEVER THE SOUTHERN
POVERTY LAW CENTER SAYS AS GOSPEL TRUTH.
THE ALT-RIGHT ARE RIDING THE COATTAILS OF BIGOTRY
THAT IS COMING TO THE MAINSTREAM.
ONCE YOU CAN SAY THAT SOMEBODY'S ON THE SPLC
HATE LIST AND IF YOU'RE A JOURNALIST FOR THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA, THEN YOU POINT OUT, "YES, THIS
GROUP IS ON THE HATE LIST FOR THE SPLC AND THIS IS
AUTOMATICALLY BAD.
IT SHOWS YOU WHAT HATERS THE GROUP IS.
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER PORTRAYS ITSELF AS
FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
JR. BUT ARE THEY CORRECT TO INVOKE KING'S LEGACY AS
THEY STRIDENTLY ADVOCATE POSITIONS WHICH ARE
AGAINST THE BIBLE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN FAVOR OF
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE?
DR. KING BELIEVED IN MORAL ABSOLUTES.
HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THE ADVANCE OF MORAL
RELATIVISM BECAUSE HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE'S
ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE MORAL ABSOLUTES THAT YOU HAD A
BASIS TO PURSUE JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR ALL.
AND WHAT THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER IS
DOING IS THE DIRECT OPPOSITE OF THAT.
THEY ARE IN FACT CREATING THE VISION BY THE USE OF
MORAL RELATIVISM THAT IS A DIRECT AFFRONT TO WHAT
DR. KING BELIEVED.
THEY ARE DOING A PROFOUND DISSERVICE BOTH TO THE
PUBLIC AT LARGE AND SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE IN
THE CHARITABLE WORLD OR IN THE PRESS OR IN GOVERNMENT
WHO NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE KIND OF INFORMATION
THAT, I BELIEVE, PEOPLE LIKE US PROVIDE.
THAT IS THE CRUX OF THE MATTER.
CRITICS OF THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER ARGUE
THAT THEY PAINT WITH TOO BROAD A BRUSH IN THEIR
LABELING OF VARIOUS GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS AS HATERS.
THEREFORE, LEGITIMATE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES THAT
SIMPLY HOLD TO TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE ON
ISSUES OF SEX AND GENDER, FOR EXAMPLE, END UP WITH
THE SAME HATE-LABEL AS THE KKK, NEO-NAZIS, AND ARMED
MILITIAS.
THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER HAS HAD BEN CARSON
ON THEIR HATE LIST.
THEY'VE HAD TONY PERKINS AND HIS ORGANIZATION ON
THEIR HATE LIST.
THE TRUTH IS: THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HATE.
THEY HATE GOD AND THEY HATE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF GOD AND THEY CALL OTHER PEOPLE HATERS.
AND D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES HAS ALSO BEEN
FALSELY PLACED ON THE SPLC'S SO-CALLED "HATE MAP."
BUT THE MINISTRY IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE
SLANDER.
ON BEHALF OF D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES,
WE HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT IN FEDERAL COURT IN THE STATE
OF ALABAMA, PROTECTING, NOT JUST THE RIGHTS OF
THIS MINISTRY.
BUT THE RIGHTS OF ALL MINISTRIES AND CONCERNED
CITIZENS THAT WANT TO BE ABLE TO FREELY SPEAK THEIR
FAITH.
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER HAS THE RIGHT TO
SPEAK, THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIBEL, SLANDER,
OR DEFAME.
AND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPEAKING OPENLY
AND HONESTLY IN THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS AND
DESTROYING, WRONGFULLY, THE REPUTATION OF AN
INNOCENT PARTY.
OTHER DEFENDANTS IN THE LAWSUIT ARE AMAZON.COM,
WHOSE AMAZON SMILE CHARITY PROGRAM EXCLUDED D. JAMES
KENNEDY MINISTRIES BECAUSE OF THE SPLC'S
FALSE "HATE" DESIGNATION AS WELL AS THE CHARITY
EVALUATOR GUIDESTAR, WHICH HAS APPLIED THE SPLC'S
HATE LABEL TO CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS.
IT'S OUR OPINION THAT AMAZON AND GUIDESTAR AND
ANY OTHER ENTITY THAT RELIES ON THE SOUTHERN
POVERTY LAW CENTER'S HATE MAP IS ACTING
IRRESPONSIBLY.
WE BELIEVE THAT WHILE THEY MAY HAVE STOOD FOR SOME
GOOD THINGS IN THE PAST, WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH
THEIR HATE MAP TOWARDS MINISTRIES LIKE D. JAMES
KENNEDY MINISTRIES IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG AND
THEY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND THAT'S
WHAT WE HOPE TO HAVE BEFORE A JURY IN ALABAMA.
MAT STAVER'S LIBERTY COUNSEL HAS ALSO FALSELY
BEEN PLACED ON THE SPLC'S HATE MAP.
IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND RECKLESS TO LABEL SOMEONE
WITH WHOM YOU DISAGREE AS A HATER OR A HATE GROUP,
PUT THEM IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS THE KKK
OR THE ARYAN NATION.
WE CAN HAVE DISAGREEMENT ALL DAY LONG.
DO IT RESPECTFULLY, DO IT POLITELY.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY SEE ON THE
SAME PAGE- THAT'S FINE, BUT DON'T PUT PEOPLE IN
HARM'S WAY INTENTIONALLY.
WE BELIEVE THAT ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD
BE FREE IN THIS COUNTRY, JUST LIKE OUR FOUNDERS DID
TO TALK ABOUT MARRIAGE, THE DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE,
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES TO SHARE THEIR FAITH WITHOUT
BEING LAMBASTED AND EVEN SUBJECTED TO INCREDIBLE
ECONOMIC AND PERSONAL RIDICULE IN THIS COUNTRY
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE THAT ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT MANY THAT ARE TAKING, WHAT WE CALL,
SILICON VALLEY VALUES OR EVEN HOLLYWOOD VALUES AND
FORCING THEM ON THE COUNTRY.
AS YOU'VE JUST SEEN, THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
HAS TRADED ON ITS EARLY DAYS FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
BUT THEY HAVE GOTTEN FAR AWAY FROM THEIR ORIGINAL
MISSION.
LUMPING TOGETHER TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS WITH GROUPS LIKE THE KKK
AND NEO-NAZIS IS INTELLECTUALLY AND MORALLY
DISHONEST.
FOR THE SAKE OF ALL CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES AND
CHURCHES IN AMERICA, WE HAVE TAKEN A STAND AGAINST
IT AND FILED SUIT IN FEDERAL COURT.
AND NOW WE NEED YOU TO STAND WITH US IN THAT
SUIT.
MY GOOD FRIEND JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY WILL TELL
US MORE.
JENNIFER WELCOME.
THANK YOU, FRANK.
THE FAR LEFT IN AMERICA HAS DISCOVERED THAT THE
BEST WAY TO REMOVE CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE IN
THIS NATION IS TO SILENCE US.
AND THE BEST WAY TO SILENCE US IS TO
MARGINALIZE US, AND BRAND US AS "HATERS."
IN OUR CULTURE, THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO STEAMROLL
OVER THOSE WHO DISAGREE.
AND IN OUR CASE, IT IS UTTERLY AND COMPLETELY
FALSE.
WE OFFER THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST TO ALL PEOPLE,
WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION, AND WE ABSOLUTELY
REPUDIATE VIOLENCE IN THE NAME OF CHRIST.
BUT BECAUSE THE SPLC PERSISTS IN PROPAGATING
THIS "HATE GROUP" FALSEHOOD ABOUT US, WE'VE
TAKEN THE STEP OF FILING SUIT AGAINST THEM, AND WE
NEED YOU TO HELP US.
THE SPLC IS, MORE THAN ANYTHING, A FUNDRAISING
ORGANIZATION.
ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN FINANCIAL REPORT, THEY
HAVE MORE THAN A $300 MILLION ENDOWMENT.
EVEN THE CEO OF APPLE RECENTLY GAVE THEM A
ONE MILLION DOLLAR GIFT.
IT'S NOT EASY TO TAKE ON SUCH A GOLIATH, BUT BY
GOD'S GRACE AND WITH YOUR HELP, THAT'S JUST WHAT
WE'RE DOING.
I WANT TO ASK YOU RIGHT NOW TO PLEASE, PRAYERFULLY
CONSIDER GIVING US A GENEROUS DONATION TO HELP
US IN THIS LEGAL BATTLE.
IT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FREEDOM OF SPEECH
AND HAVING A VIRTUAL GAG PUT ON CHRISTIAN BELIEFS.
WE CAN NO LONGER LET THE SPLC AND ASSOCIATED GROUPS
LIE ABOUT CHRISTIAN BELIEFS TO THE GOVERNMENT,
TO THE PRESS, AND TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
PLEASE STAND BY US IN THIS LANDMARK BATTLE WITH A
GENEROUS DONATION.
SIMPLY WRITE TO US AT:
OR CALL TOLL FREE:
OR GO ONLINE TO:
WE HAVE ALSO PUT TOGETHER A PETITION TO
REPRESENTATIVE TREY GOWDY, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT
REFORM, ASKING HIM TO HOLD HEARINGS ON THE SOUTHERN
POVERTY LAW CENTER.
IN THE WAKE OF RECENT VIOLENT PROTESTS, THE SPLC
HAS AGAIN BEEN WORKING OVERTIME TO DEMONIZE
TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANS BY PLACING THEM ALONGSIDE
TRUE HATE GROUPS- AND IT INFLUENCES THE MEDIA AND
CORPORATIONS.
HELP US WITH THIS GENEROUS DONATION TO PRESS THIS
LAWSUIT AGAINST THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW
CENTER, AND GET YOUR PETITION TO CONGRESSMAN
GOWDY ASKING FOR HEARINGS.
YOU'LL ALSO BE HELPING US TO CONTINUE THE VITAL,
ONGOING WORK OF THIS MINISTRY.
SIMPLY WRITE TO US AT:
OR CALL TOLL FREE:
OR GO ONLINE TO:
THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO OUR CONSTITUTION GUARANTEES,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
FOR MANY DECADES, THOSE ON THE AMERICAN LEFT WERE
FREE SPEECH ABSOLUTISTS, STRENUOUSLY ARGUING THAT
EVEN BURNING THE AMERICAN FLAG IS A FORM OF SPEECH
THAT DESERVES PROTECTION.
BUT THESE DAYS, THE LEFT IS SUDDENLY MUCH LESS
ENAMORED WITH FREE SPEECH.
IN AN AGE OF POSTMODERN POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
WHERE WORDS FROM "MARRIAGE" TO "LOVE" ARE
BEING REDEFINED SO AS TO LOSE ALL MEANING, THE LEFT
NOW SEEMS TO EXERCISE ITS AGENDA BY TIGHTLY
CONTROLLING SPEECH.
ONE NEED LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE AVERAGE COLLEGE
CAMPUS, WHERE THE CATALOGUE OF GRIEVANCES
AND SO-CALLED MICROAGRESSIONS GROWS BY
THE DAY, AND SAYING THE WRONG THING CAN GET YOU
ASSAULTED OR KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL.
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, ONE-TIME DEFENDERS OF FREE
SPEECH HAVE FOUND THEY CAN WIN ARGUMENTS BY MERELY
SILENCING THE OTHER SIDE- AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO.
NO MORE NEED FOR THE MESSY TO-AND-FRO OF POLITICAL
DEBATE.
THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, WHICH HAS
DEFENDED PORNOGRAPHY AND FLAG BURNING IN COURT NOW
SAYS IN THE WAKE OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE PROTESTS
THAT IT NEEDS TO RETHINK ITS APPROACH TO FREE SPEECH.
THE FORMER HEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAYS THAT
SO-CALLED HATE SPEECH IS NOT PROTECTED UNDER THE
FIRST AMENDMENT.
AND THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER NOW WORKS
OVERTIME TO MAKE SURE ITS OWN BIASED, LEFT-WING
OPINION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES "HATE SPEECH"
IS THE ONE ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT, PARROTED BY
THE MEDIA, AND SILENCED UNDER THE NEW SPEECH
PROTOCOLS.
YOU DON'T NEED TO WAKE UP EINSTEIN TO SEE WHERE THIS
IS GOING.
RADICAL LEFTISM LOSES AT THE BALLOT BOX IN AMERICA.
SO THE FAR LEFT HAS DECIDED TO TAKE THEIR PET
ISSUES OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE PUBLIC BY
MARGINALIZING AND SILENCING DISSENT-
ESPECIALLY THAT OF BIBLE-BELIEVING
CHRISTIANS- AND ATTEMPTING TO BRAINWASH A NEW
GENERATION THAT THEIRS IS THE ONLY REASONABLE
POSITION.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO GOD, AMERICA'S
FOUNDERS, AND OUR KIDS NOT TO LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT.
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"HOW I KNOW THAT CHRIST ROSE FROM THE DEAD" AND
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE
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IF YOU CAN FALSIFY THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY SHOWING
THE RESURRECTION DIDN'T HAPPEN, YOU'RE FULLY
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