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A<\/strong>\u00a0rather unexpected invitation to build a soup kitchen,\u00a0followed by several remarkable confirmations, came rolling my way earlier this week. And so, with that, my daughter and I have abruptly left for Mexico to help complete a little “diner for Christ.” As such, I won’t be in communication with my readers\u00a0until I get back.<\/p>\n

The thought came to me to repost the following writing from April 6th, 2008… God bless you, pray for our safety, and know that you are always in my prayers. You are loved.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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DOES HE HEAR THE CRY OF THE POOR?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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“YES<\/strong>, we should love our enemies and pray for their conversions,” she agreed. “But I am angry over those who destroy innocence and goodness. This world has lost its appeal to me! Wouldn’t Christ come running to His Bride who is increasingly abused and crying out?”<\/p>\n

These were the sentiments of a friend of mine whom I spoke with after one of my ministry events. I pondered her thoughts, emotional, yet reasonable. “What you’re asking,” I said, “is if God hears the cry of the poor?”<\/p>\n

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DO THE UNJUST PREVAIL?<\/p>\n

Even with the brutal upheaval of the French Revolution, generations since then have essentially held at least a modicum of respect for human life, even in warfare. After all, it was during the French Revolution that the concept of a “charter of human rights” was born. However, as I’ve explained in my book<\/a> and numerous writings here, the philosophies that helped bring about the French Revolution were, in fact, paving the way, not for a progression of human dignity, but for its degeneration<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Revolution marked the beginning of a separation between Church and State. While proper on one level\u2014for the Church is not a political kingdom<\/a>\u2014the separation became dysfunctional on another, such that the State was no longer to be guided by divine and natural law, but by the ruling elite or acting majority. [1]<\/sup><\/a>watch Church and State?<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span>