ISRAEL UNDER FIRE
I certainly encourage you to pray for Israel. As you know, on October 7, 2023, Israel entered a full-fledged war against the terrorist group Hamas. The war is a direct result of the barbaric attack perpetrated by Hamas that resulted in the death of 1200 Jewish citizens and others living or visiting in Israel at that time.
After enduring constant missile attacks on its homeland for years, the October 7th attack demanded a response to eliminate this enemy sworn to the utter destruction of the state of Israel. My friend, Israel has a right to exist and her citizens should not be under the constant threat of attack from the nations who surround her.
This war between Israel and her various enemies (all proxies of Iran) continues with no real end in sight. May we all pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the nation of Israel in the hope the world can step back from a larger regional war. As we pray, we should also with a fervent heart ask the Lord to fulfill his word to Israel. Such prayer is far reaching as we ask the Lord to keep his prophetic word. Rest assured the Lord will keep his word! Here is a chapter to read that serves to remind us the Lord will never make a full end of Israel—Jeremiah 30:1-24 (note verse seven and eleven).
If you are interested in news directly from Israel with some of the latest information about the war here is a link to a report from TBN Isreal: IDF Penetrates Deep into Rafah; Egyptian Soldier Killed on Gaza Border https://youtu.be/xjEi7FS4pNo?si=8HDAPFDFvhgq1kj9
PASTOR TO PARENT
One of the things every Pastor must do is watch for the souls of children. Of course, parents have the primary responsibility to teach children about the Lord and to keep them from the evil of this world, however, pastors need to equip parents by providing much needed teaching about the will of God in the home. With that in mind, I must address the issue of education.
Gone are the days when any Christian parent should trust the public school culture to assist them with the proper teaching and training of their children. If possible, parents should remove children from that setting and implement home schooling or the use of a private Christian school if one is available. (Here is a very helpful, balanced read on this subject from Brandon Clay of Answers in Genesis: Christian Education vs. Public School | Answers in Genesis )
One issue parents with children in the public system face is the constant disregard for parental authority and the neglect of public school administrators to keep parents informed about what is going on in the classroom.
Here is another recent example of what happens constantly across the nation and our local school districts are not immune to this problem. The headline reads:
‘Parents weren't notified at all. That shows a complete lack of concern for parental rights, alongside an unholy desire to corrupt kids,' says USPIE President Sheri Few
Sheri Few is the President of the organization “US Parents Involved in Education.” Here is the content of their latest news release:
Campus Middle School in the municipality of Greenwood Village in Colorado required teachers to show a video promoting atheism. Staff also encouraged students to engage in LGBTQ+ “solidarity” activities including "Day of Silence" and buy related merchandise. All this without ever telling parents!
In a Day of Silence, created by LGBTQ+ activists and observed in hundreds of schools nationally, kids are encouraged to remain silent all day “in solidarity” with those whom activists claim are “bullied,” “marginalized,” and “harassed” for being gay, bisexual, nonbinary, transgender, or another trendy sexual behavior.
“At Campus Middle School, parents weren't notified at all. That shows a complete lack of concern for parental rights, alongside an unholy desire to corrupt kids,” says USPIE Founder and President Sheri Few.
“The ones being bullied here are kids who know right from wrong and have a traditional view of God, sex and marriage. They’re the ones being harassed in these woke school systems and told to shut up. Nothing here is remotely defensible, from the material itself to the school’s deliberate effort to keep parents in the dark. It was bad enough that they pushed acceptance of any and all sexual behaviors, but they also had students watch a video extolling atheism.
“That’s a First Amendment violation of the rights of religious students. Public institutions have no business establishing atheism as a preferred worldview. Parents need to take their kids out of the government’s Godless school systems that are indoctrinating them to distrust their parents, hate their country, embrace Marxism and identify with the latest LGBTQ+ trend,” Few says.
“The answer is two-fold: 1) Educate children at home or in private schools while 2) working as concerned citizens to shine a spotlight on the evils that schools commit in the name of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and the sugar-coated LGBTQ+ agenda.”
In my mind, this story (and many others like this one) illustrates the urgency for Christian parents to remove their children from the public system and provide an educational setting where God, Christ, and the Bible are honored. I encourage Christian families everywhere to wake up to the spiritual dangers threatening every child exposed to the godless, immoral, secularism that now defines public education.
If you would like to follow the work of USPIE here is a link to their website:
https://uspie.org/
VISIT MY WEBSITE FOR SERMON NOTES AND MORE
I am currently preaching through the book of St. Luke on Sunday mornings. Sermon notes from those messages and links to the latest videos of those sermons are available on my site. Check it out here.
I appreciate your prayers as our team works diligently in the ministry of a local church, a private Christian school, and a far-reaching broadcast ministry touching communities in Ohio, Michigan, and now via streaming potentially across the nation. In closing, please take note of a special event coming up at CBM on July 14th at 6pm. We are pleased to welcome the Lore Family (well known Southern Gospel group) for a wonderful evening of ministry. Make plans to come and be with us!
May the Lord bless you is my prayer.
Pastor Rusty Yost
ISRAEL UNDER FIRE
I certainly encourage you to pray for Israel. As you know, on October 7, 2023, Israel entered a full-fledged war against the terrorist group Hamas. The war is a direct result of the barbaric attack perpetrated by Hamas that resulted in the death of 1200 Jewish citizens and others living or visiting in Israel at that time.
After enduring constant missile attacks on its homeland for years, the October 7th attack demanded a response to eliminate this enemy sworn to the utter destruction of the state of Israel. My friend, Israel has a right to exist and her citizens should not be under the constant threat of attack from the nations who surround her.
This war between Israel and her various enemies (all proxies of Iran) continues with no real end in sight. May we all pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the nation of Israel in the hope the world can step back from a larger regional war. As we pray, we should also with a fervent heart ask the Lord to fulfill his word to Israel. Such prayer is far reaching as we ask the Lord to keep his prophetic word. Rest assured the Lord will keep his word! Here is a chapter to read that serves to remind us the Lord will never make a full end of Israel—Jeremiah 30:1-24 (note verse seven and eleven).
If you are interested in news directly from Israel with some of the latest information about the war here is a link to a report from TBN Isreal: IDF Penetrates Deep into Rafah; Egyptian Soldier Killed on Gaza Border https://youtu.be/xjEi7FS4pNo?si=8HDAPFDFvhgq1kj9
PASTOR TO PARENT
One of the things every Pastor must do is watch for the souls of children. Of course, parents have the primary responsibility to teach children about the Lord and to keep them from the evil of this world, however, pastors need to equip parents by providing much needed teaching about the will of God in the home. With that in mind, I must address the issue of education.
Gone are the days when any Christian parent should trust the public school culture to assist them with the proper teaching and training of their children. If possible, parents should remove children from that setting and implement home schooling or the use of a private Christian school if one is available. (Here is a very helpful, balanced read on this subject from Brandon Clay of Answers in Genesis: Christian Education vs. Public School | Answers in Genesis )
One issue parents with children in the public system face is the constant disregard for parental authority and the neglect of public school administrators to keep parents informed about what is going on in the classroom.
Here is another recent example of what happens constantly across the nation and our local school districts are not immune to this problem. The headline reads:
‘Parents weren't notified at all. That shows a complete lack of concern for parental rights, alongside an unholy desire to corrupt kids,' says USPIE President Sheri Few
Sheri Few is the President of the organization “US Parents Involved in Education.” Here is the content of their latest news release:
Campus Middle School in the municipality of Greenwood Village in Colorado required teachers to show a video promoting atheism. Staff also encouraged students to engage in LGBTQ+ “solidarity” activities including "Day of Silence" and buy related merchandise. All this without ever telling parents!
In a Day of Silence, created by LGBTQ+ activists and observed in hundreds of schools nationally, kids are encouraged to remain silent all day “in solidarity” with those whom activists claim are “bullied,” “marginalized,” and “harassed” for being gay, bisexual, nonbinary, transgender, or another trendy sexual behavior.
“At Campus Middle School, parents weren't notified at all. That shows a complete lack of concern for parental rights, alongside an unholy desire to corrupt kids,” says USPIE Founder and President Sheri Few.
“The ones being bullied here are kids who know right from wrong and have a traditional view of God, sex and marriage. They’re the ones being harassed in these woke school systems and told to shut up. Nothing here is remotely defensible, from the material itself to the school’s deliberate effort to keep parents in the dark. It was bad enough that they pushed acceptance of any and all sexual behaviors, but they also had students watch a video extolling atheism.
“That’s a First Amendment violation of the rights of religious students. Public institutions have no business establishing atheism as a preferred worldview. Parents need to take their kids out of the government’s Godless school systems that are indoctrinating them to distrust their parents, hate their country, embrace Marxism and identify with the latest LGBTQ+ trend,” Few says.
“The answer is two-fold: 1) Educate children at home or in private schools while 2) working as concerned citizens to shine a spotlight on the evils that schools commit in the name of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and the sugar-coated LGBTQ+ agenda.”
In my mind, this story (and many others like this one) illustrates the urgency for Christian parents to remove their children from the public system and provide an educational setting where God, Christ, and the Bible are honored. I encourage Christian families everywhere to wake up to the spiritual dangers threatening every child exposed to the godless, immoral, secularism that now defines public education.
If you would like to follow the work of USPIE here is a link to their website:
https://uspie.org/
VISIT MY WEBSITE FOR SERMON NOTES AND MORE
I am currently preaching through the book of St. Luke on Sunday mornings. Sermon notes from those messages and links to the latest videos of those sermons are available on my site. Check it out here.
I appreciate your prayers as our team works diligently in the ministry of a local church, a private Christian school, and a far-reaching broadcast ministry touching communities in Ohio, Michigan, and now via streaming potentially across the nation. In closing, please take note of a special event coming up at CBM on July 14th at 6pm. We are pleased to welcome the Lore Family (well known Southern Gospel group) for a wonderful evening of ministry. Make plans to come and be with us!
May the Lord bless you is my prayer.
Pastor Rusty Yost