Salty and Bold- A Christian's Duty to Fight America's Sins

By Ray Eichenberger

As opposed to some Christians and non-Christians alike who claim otherwise, God's Word has plenty to say about the sins of abortion and homosexuality and gay marriage.

The author issues a call to arms for Christians to stop being wimpy in all of those areas and to speak out against our nation's sins in regard to abortion, homosexuality and gay marriage.

The book examines the sinful attitudes of our federal government and national leaders concerning the topics of abortion and gay marriage.

The author then discusses whether God's laws have any relevancy and should be duly considered when deciding how America is governed in our day to day lives.

The work focuses on practical ways to bring the truth of God's word as to the topics to both Christians and non-believers, while still serving others in a loving and empathetic manner.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ray Eichenberger
• Release date: Oct 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005171711

Ray Eichenberger

Ray is a life-long Christian, having been raised in the Lutheran Church and then attending a Grace Brethren Church. Ray is a long time member of New Life Community Church in Gahanna, Ohio.A graduate of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio witha B. S. in Education and a B. A. in History, Ray also holds a Juris Doctor degree from Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio.Ray is a self-employed attorney, with a general civil practice, including trial work and probate and estate planning.An avid golfer, Ray has officiated high school football, basketball, baseball and fast pitch softball for over twenty (20) years. Ray also enjoys coaching youth sports and travel.

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SALTY AND BOLD-

A CHRISTIAN’S DUTY TO FIGHT AMERICA’S SINS

Published by Ray Eichenberger at Smashwords

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Any Bible verses quoted herein are from the King James Version

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To: Connie- my muse

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Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told, Saying The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors, but when we had opened, we found no man within. Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow. Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. And when they had brought them, they set them before the council, and the high priest asked them, Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. Acts 5: 17-29.

PROLOGUE

This book is very much a continuation of my previous and recent work, American Trojan Horse. That work discusses the lunacy of the fact that many citizens of the United States now prefer to be identified with their particular special interest group rather than just be Americans concerned about the prosperity of all of us. That work also derides the nonsensical nature of political correctness which has engulfed our country.

This book will discuss several of the same issues, but is directed towards those of us in the Christian faith as followers of God and Jesus- if you’re not a Christian, you still might find the current event topics to be interesting and applicable to you.

The topics of this work will be the Christian responses to abortion and homosexuality, and our duty as Christ followers to correct the recent and trending sinful behaviors of America coming from our culture and from our government and our elected leaders.

This work has as its impetus my growing realization and concern that too many Christians are wimps. We can sit in church and say loud Amens time and time again when the pastor or preacher decry abortion, homosexuality/lesbianism and gay marriage, but we then leave the walls of the church and do nothing about the topics.

Several recent incidents involving my family members and people I know brought this to light and spurred a realization that something has to be done. I was also called to action by thinking about and considering the fact that exactly what to do in response to these topics for a Christian can be very, very difficult.

For example, a close friend posted on a social media website last June a joyful statement of something along the lines of Roe v. Wade overturned- life wins! That post, exercising her right of free speech and her right to religious freedom, elicited a very hateful and vitriolic series of responses from various people. One of these people turned out to be my friend’s young adult grandson, who opined a long response touting the popular defenses of abortion- a woman’s right to choose, the unfeeling nature of opposition, the failure of the public to support women who can’t financially afford their babies or sustain nine months of pregnancy either, etc. Oh yes, the grandson professes to be a Christian and sits in a fundamentalist church on most Sundays and hears the Bible preached at that church.

The grandson’s social media post and diatribe were quickly followed by vile responses from other people, who rather rudely denounced the glee of my friend over the death of Roe v. Wade. One such poster, a cousin of the grandson, voiced the opinion that the grandson should be ashamed to have such a woman as his grandmother. Really? Does exercising one’s right to free speech in America suddenly lead to all of this hate? All of this viciousness was on the social website pages of my poor friend, who commonly uses that medium for family and friend news, to share family photos, and for other, certainly less innocuous things. Maybe it was to be expected- I’m a firm believer that people will post mean and hateful things online that they would never have the nerve to utter in a one on one, face to face conversation. We have quickly become a nation of rude, written hatefulness.

Then, several other responding posters created similar posts, certainly not as mean-spirited, rude and vitriolic, but voicing the same, rote, over and over arguments to stand up for and support the killing of babies through abortion. The startling thing to my mind was that several of these certainly more polite, but still strong advocates for abortion, once again profess to be Christians and said that they were Christ followers. One of these pro abortion supporters at least attends the same church that I do, and weekly has the Bible preached to her, including an occasional excellent sermon about the fact that abortion and gay marriage are sins, and what our responses should be as Christians to people contemplating abortion and people living in the homosexual and lesbian lifestyles, and in gay marriages.

This work will discuss in great detail the Christian response to abortion and whether a Christian can indeed be pro choice and pro abortion. We will also dive into the subjects of homosexuality/lesbianism, LGBTQ and gay marriage issues, and their various social ramifications for all of us.

Then, in a somewhat more awkward and revealing occurrence, my wife and I visited the apartment of a fellow church member, after being invited to do so when a nearby music concert concluded. While touring the apartment, my wife picked up a family photo which showed two brides dressed in their wedding gowns. My wife innocently and innocuously asked something like, Oh, did members of your family have a double wedding? The person who was giving us the tour of the apartment quickly responded that No, my daughter recently married another woman.

Perhaps such socially awkward moments can be avoided by thinking about twenty-first century American values, but my wife and I often now call ourselves dinosaurs about many such things (still clinging to quickly becoming extinct values), and we were very much taken aback by the response. The lady is fairly new to our church, and we haven’t known her much longer than a year. But, she seems to be a Bible-believing Jesus follower, and once again, sits in a church service where the Bible is taught and the Christian responses to homosexuality, lesbianism,