The small town of Akin, Illinois is the heartbeat of the heartland. It’s a place where the crops are bountiful and so are the patriots.
They don’t even have a post office in Akin – but they do have a church. And around this part of the country, church is what folks do.
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So you can understand the concern among townsfolk when the salutatorian at Akin Grade School was told he could not deliver his graduation speech because it was too religious.
Seth Clark, 13, was mighty proud of that speech. He referenced God and quoted from the Bible and even mentioned his Christian faith.
But just hours before graduation, Seth was told that he would not be permitted to deliver his remarks.
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And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s
Mark 12:17 (KJB)
Shout your hosannas in church. Even if you are only 13.
Rom 13-15
…13for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14How then can they call on the One they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? 15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”…
(440volt); Read the Bible my friend. If we are ashamed of Jesus, He will be ashamed of us. Those in church should know the Truth already. If we are not admonished to share His word everywhere we go, we are serving only for ourselves.
Not too mention the confusion the young man might have after rightfully giving God praise and thanks.
Mark 9:42
42Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.
“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s”
What do you render unto G-d?
How is it, you not knowing G-d, know what is his?
Reminds me of some others
Mat 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Mat 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Patently illegal. Students have the right to speak about … yes, even their religion! It is those in authority (teachers, administrators, etc.) who are limited by law because of their position over students. The boy should sue.
What the heck are we coming to, where a kid is told ‘not to show his faith’? IMO those admins all need to hang their head in shame, RIGHT AFTER they get handed a pink slip!
“The boy should sue”
You place entirely too much faith in a legal system which is chocked full of the very same type of individuals who would bar someone from speaking freely about what they believe because these individuals BELIEVE the state knows what everyone should believe
The state is now the religion
They worship at the altar of the state, in the temple of their own conceit, to subject all mankind to their will.
They are the very same tyrants the Founders warned us about, to be on guard against, but too many, for too long have had their hand out and have sold themselves into slavery and have nearly unchained the beast.
Thank G-d the Patriots are awakening!
Illinois, the state in which I currently reside, is a hell hole of democrat double standard liberalism. If that were a muslim kid it would be … “no problem, go ahead and speak, your special”. No joke here folks, IL makes CA look like a conservative mecca.
Financially, IL is going bankrupt, with already having some of the highest property taxes in the USA property and income taxes are sky rocketing. Toll roads galore and a new state highway (IL-39) has the most costly tolls of any Interstate toll road within the state. Add in Fuel taxes, sales taxes (Cook County at 10%+), and there are taxes on everything U can think of including soda pop. If you can touch it, smell it or dream of it … it is taxed. We are literally taxed into poverty for the sole benefit of the Democratic Peoples Socialist State of Illinois. People and businesses are fleeing IL in droves and I am about to join them.
Lesson learned: Democrats are power hungry people that take advantage of the citizenry and call it “being helpful”. I have come to believe that IL Democrats are born EVIL, just like the Obama Democrats in Washington D.C.
Funny, damn near every other week on shows like house hunters, someone NEW is moving into Chi-raq.. So they can’t be taxing the hell out of everyone there enough to DRIVE people to stop flocking to the state/city..
“If that were a muslim kid it would be … “no problem, go ahead and speak, your special”.
For them one lie is good as the next, it is the truth they fear to hear
What with GOD being pushed from everything and every place, why do I feel it strange now, to find America being pushed out of the churches?
An Open Letter to Mountain Bible Church, Sunday 28 May ’17 Is it my imagination? Has the misinterpretation of the 1st Amendment concerning separation of church and state penetrated Mountain Bible Church and PC crept in? We are approaching 4 years attending MBC, and I remember maybe 3 times where the Flag of the United States of America has been displayed in the church. This symbol or emblem of who we are has draped the caskets of men and women who have given all that they had to give so that the congregation of MBC may practice their faith in relative freedom. There is, within MBC’s congregation, men and women who gave to OUR country, 2, 3, 4 and yes, even 20 plus years of their lives to ensure what was gained in 1787 would not be lost. Today, although not the original Memorial Day, is still Memorial Day, except perhaps inside MBC.
Continued: There was no prayer, silent or otherwise, for those that gave the ultimate that can be given, nor for those stationed all over world, still ready for America to cash that blank check they deposited with the United States of America when they joined the military. I have offered several times to purchase both the Flag of the USA and an appropriate Christian Flag, with no reply. I have asked several times in the donation envelope about the displaying our Flag, no reply forth coming, why? Is MBC afraid that members of LaRocca will take offense at the emblem that symbolizes the freedoms that they also enjoy? Failure to receive a reply with a logical explanation may well lead to our looking for another Bible based church, or perhaps no church at all. Sincerely, Jim Gier, SMSgt, USAF retired. Note that I did not ask for recognition of the veterans in attendance, which is not necessary, but am asking for the display of our Flag and prayers for those who gave the ultimate . Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy, forget in time, that men have died to win them. FDR, Bill of Rights Day 15 Dec, 1941
I’d definitely be in the mindset of looking for another church after sending in info requests and never getting any reply..
It certainly sounds like it is the home of the Evil Democrats, Eagle525.
I wonder if they would have had the same reaction, if the student was of the Muslim faith .
With how schools seem to bend over backwards for muslims, they would probably CELEBRATE him for his speech..
This isn’t the school pushing religion. It’s an individual giving his opinions & beliefs.
I’m sure a Muslim could advocate beheadings!