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Billy Graham Team Reaches Out to Las Vegas

October 3, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/10-3-naber-blog.mp3

As countless families and friends grieve the deaths of loved ones, pray for the recovery of the wounded, or search frantically for news about their loved ones, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is deploying chaplains from the area and around the nation to minister to those impacted by the horrific shooting.

The Rapid Response Team was created in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and has ministered to people following more than 300 acts of violence and natural disasters since that time.  Just this year, chaplains responded to the Berlin truck attack, terrorism in Barcelona and Manchester, and in the wake of deadly hurricanes in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico.

It’s mission is simple.

“We do it to share the love and compassion that we know comes from the only God that we serve and comes through His Son, Jesus Christ,” said Jeff Nader, manager of chaplain development and chaplain relations at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

Monday morning, the group immediately made plans to help in Las Vegas.

“We stopped everything else we were doing in the office and dedicated every minute to moving chaplains in this direction,” said Nader.  “Today we have 18 chaplains here on the ground, many of them just landed.  We had chaplains out near the site of the shooting last night and around Mandalay Bay until midnight.”

Nader says the Rapid Response Team ministers in multiple ways, but he says the biggest focus is on the ministry of presence, literally just being there for hurting people.

“Most people can probably look back on a time when they were sitting in an emergency room waiting area or someplace else, wishing someone else was there with them during their lonely time.  Having a chaplain walk up just to be there with them is over half the work that we do,” said Naber.

“That’s going on right now and I ask you to pray at this very moment for people who are talking with and for people who are standing next to one of our chaplains, that they would feel the love and they would feel the compassion that flows from our chaplains to them from Christ,” said Naber.

The next focal point is praying with the people impacted by the massacre.

“Since I’ve been here, I’ve prayed with people at the airport.  I’ve prayed with people who were serving me food.  I prayed with the person at the (hotel) front desk.  We ask people if they would like to pray, not to pray for them but to pray with them,” said Naber.

“In this town, with what happened, everyone just stops what they’re doing and openly says yes when we ask that question about prayer,” said Naber.

The third element of the Rapid Response Team is to share the gospel.

“We pray that the Holy Spirit will open the hearts of people.  Its not everyone we come in contact with but specific people, that their hearts are open and that they would be accepting of not only hearing the message of salvation, but of accepting Jesus as their savior,” said Naber.

As the days march on, the team will look to connect people they minister to with local churches.

The Rapid Response Team is accustomed to getting some blowback to its presence in these places.  Naber says some don’t want them there, but that doesn’t change the mission.

“We know there are people and groups that oppose us.  But we’re to love on them the same as anyone else.  We will probably have opportunities here to meet people who are opposed to what out mission is and may be opposed to God,” said Naber.

He says the ministry is to the entire Las Vegas community because virtually everyone has some sort of personal connection with people impacted by the attack.

“An event like this can have such a devastating impact on the emotional and spiritual parts of us.  It can effect the whole community and that’s what we’re here for is to help people through that time and to show them the love and the comfort that only comes from our Savior, Jesus Christ,” said Naber.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: Bill Graham, Las Vegas, news, prayer, presence, Rapid Response, shooting

Late Night Activism, Trump Resists Gun Control, GOP Embraces Deficits

October 3, 2017 by GregC


Jim Geraghty of Natonal Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America sigh as liberal late night comedians demand new gun control legislation while getting their facts wildly wrong.  They also react to reports that President Trump does not appear likely to embrace gun control efforts in the wake of the horrific attack in Las Vegas that killed dozens and wounded hundreds.  And they shake their heads as White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney  – a deficit hawk while in Congress – says he is embracing deficits as part of the emerging tax reform legislation.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: Conan O. Brien, deficits, gun control, James Corden, Jimmy Kimmel, Las Vegas, Martini, Mick Mulvaney, National Review, President Trump, Seth Meyers, shooting, Stephen Colbert, tax reform

‘We Are Hurting and Only God Can Heal America’

October 2, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/10-2-brown-blog.mp3

As Americans stand horrified by the atrocities in Las Vegas, a leading Christian author says turning to God is the only way to heal this nation from wounds of division, violence, and even natural disasters.

Dr. Michael Brown is a national radio host and a contributing editor at thestream.org.  His latest book is “Saving A Sick America.”

“America is hurting, be it from the hurricanes ravaging our nation, be it from the murders that take place in our inner cities every single day, be it from the racial strife and division that’s in our nation to the mass murders.  We are hurting and only God can heal America,” said Brown.

He says with the onslaught of horrible news in recent weeks and recent years, it’s easy to lose sight of just how devastating events like the concert shooting in Las Vegas is, with at least 58 people dead and more than 500 injured.

“We become so desensitized that I don;t even know if we understand how evil evil really is, how dark dark really is.  What’s going to make it apparent?  The light shining.  Martin Luther Kind said, ‘The church has to be reminded it’s not the master of the state or the servant of the state but the conscience of the state,'” said Brown.

“My greatest concern is not so much with the presence of darkness but with the absence of light,” added Brown.

Brown says a reliance on God is vital to America thriving again.

“America can only be great if America is good.  America cannot be good without God.  The founding of our nation attached our freedoms to morality and morality to God,” said Brown.

However, Brown is very quick to clarify that the carnage inflicted in Las Vegas is the responsibility of one depraved gunman with massive firepower and should not be interpreted as dive judgment.

“This [isn’t] because of gays or abortion.  No.  There’s a madman who’s a murderer.  He and anyone who’s complicit with him, he or they alone are responsible.  I am not saying, oh this is because they’re in Las Vegas and it’s in Sin City.  Come on.  These are people attending a country music concert.  They’re just like anybody else, any other family,” said Brown.

“To make it as if they’re the worst of sinners or this because of is Las Vegas or this is God’s wrath.  No, this is human evil,” said Brown.

So what does a nation turning to God look like?  Brown begins by explaining what it doesn’t include.

“I’m not talking about a theocracy.  I’m not talking about imposing the Bible on the culture and hitting people over the head with it.  I’m saying that our very liberties, our very foundation are based on scriptural principles, on human beings being created in the image of God and our need for him as a creator.  If we turn back to Him, I believe He’ll help us,” said Brown.

“The problems are too big.  This is not a gun control issue.  This is a political issue.  There’s no social band-aid.  We need to say, ‘God, right now we need you.’  I don’t think there’s any other solution,” said Brown.

Brown says it’s clear to him that’s there’s only one smart direction for America to turn.

“Where are we going to go?  Who can help us?  Who’s big enough?  You going to look to the president?  You going to look to the Republican Party, the Democrat Party, the media?  Even the church itself is often so compromised.  Many times our pulpits sound like they’re entertaining people than challenging people.

“We need a fresh awakening.  The bad news is I think America’s in critical condition.  The good news is we’ve had really dark times before in our nation and those were followed by Great Awakenings,” said Brown.

He says such an awakening is possible because God rescued him from being “a heroin-shooting, LSD-using hippy rock drummer” in 1971.

Brown says Christians need to be the light that Jesus called them to be.

“I don’t believe people are really turning away from God.  They’re turning away from religion as they know it.  I believe if we could come – not with just a pep talk message but with a real message of truth.  If those who claim to follow Jesus  and believe the Bible can demonstrate there’s a better way, I believe our families will be healthier, our kids would be healthier, our country would be healthier,” said Brown.

 

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Horror in Vegas, Attack Quickly Turns Political, Honoring the Heroes

October 2, 2017 by GregC


Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America react to the horrific attack in Las Vegas that left at least 58 people dead and more than 500 wounded.  They also slam the endless politics as so many activists  – and politicians themselves – immediately declare the Las Vegas shooting to reinforce their political cause long before the facts are in.  And they join President Trump in applauding the heroism of the first responders, saved countless live with their rapid response.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: first responders, Hillary Clinton, Las Vegas, Martini, National Review, President Trump, shooting, Terrorism

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