America: FEAR NOT!

Baby Barack & Mum.

For decades, Americans have been told to be afraid of one thing after another.

We were told to be afraid of Communists.

We were told to be afraid of racial desegregation.

We were told to be afraid of angry black men.

We were told to be afraid of North Vietnam.

We were told to be afraid of hippies.

We were told to be afraid of feminists.

We were told to be afraid of Communists again. [...]

The Bible tells us over and over again: Fear Not. Over and over again, scripture instructs us not to fear war, disease, death, oppression, you name it. Just to cite the most famous example, Psalm 23 tells us: "Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil."

It is time to put away fear and the abuses it enables. It is time to actively resist fear.

It is time to stand up in our churches, synagogues, mosques; in our social groups, in our political meetings, in the coffeehouses, schools, and sidewalks; in the barbershops and grocery stores; in the highways and the byways: I will not be afraid. Read full article here...>