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What Is An American?
Politics By Faith, August 15, 2025
August 15, 2025

This might be the most important secular question of our time: what is an American? I'm frustrated that I love this country in my bones, but am unable to articulate a proper answer to that question. But we should be prepared to make a defense of anyone who asks.

Welcome to Politics by Faith. Thank you for being here. I want to bring over a very important question that we asked on the SiriusXM Breitbart show. And I want to bring it here to you because I think you will have the best answer for it. I think if you're listening to this podcast, I think you have the key. I'm going to skip over some of the backstory and cut right to the chase here. The question is, what is an American? Matt Walsh wrote,

this is why what is an American is the new, what is a woman? Or Matt Walsh had that wonderful documentary entitled, What is a Woman? And really gave a platform for the people who are pushing this transgender stuff to just

beclown themselves. And it was great. But now we have a more important question or not more important. It's like next level. We're ready to move on to the next question, which is what is an American? He said these people want to be embraced as Americans and even become political leaders

in America. But to them being an American means absolutely nothing at all. He's referring to this interview with Democratic representative congressperson Delia Ramirez. She's a congresswoman from Guatemala. She represents the people of Illinois, one of the most gerrymandered

districts in the state and the country. Third District of Illinois outside Chicago. We I don't think we played it here, but there was a clip of her about a week or so ago in some foreign country talking about how she's more proud of being Guatemalan than she is an American.

And she's a congressperson. Her mom came across the border illegally while pregnant, plopped her out and she's an anchor baby. And now she's a congresswoman. Here is what she said the other day.

I wanna ask, it seems like a really broad question,

but what does it mean to you to be an American? What is it for me to be an American? For me being an American is the ability to dream, to love, to have dissent.

Okay, so already, so dream and love that's like nothing, it's like pablum, and then immediately into negativity.

To be able to organize and build a kind of solidarity that recognizes the good and the bad of the formation of this country.

Yeah, so I shouldn't say negativity, right into bad mouthing America. It's even worse. Dream, love, America's awful. That's what it means to be an American. Dream, love, and we're the worst.

That is willing to reckon with how we have used colonialism to harm others, especially in the Western Hemisphere, and begin to think about and imagine creatively what reparations look like, what building solidarity looks like, what bringing all of us together means. To be an American, for me, is the ability to love and also

push back, the ability to be able to fight back and also build community. And to me, this precise moment is a time for us to ask ourselves, who are we as Americans? And let's be frank, we haven't always been great. And let's be frank, our history says a lot about what we've done and who we've done. This country has never been great for poor people, for black people, for indigenous people.

And so to be American for me is to be able to live into what we should be, not what we have been.

So we all know that's a terrible answer, but if we can sit at a rock bottom moment, okay, let's use it for good. But I'm thinking, geez, if that woman asks me, what is an American? I don't know if I would give a satisfactory answer. I'd do better than that. But I don't know if I'd give

a very satisfactory answer, actually. So Matt Walsh said, if someone, I could tell here, I know, like I know it in my bones, like I know it deep down, but I'm not able to articulate it. Matt Walsh said, if someone answers what is an American without any mention of tradition, culture, ancestry, language, borders, or even legal documentation, at least, then that is a person who thinks America doesn't exist.

And being an American means precisely nothing. So I grew up in the very beginning of woke very be so where there was an era where, for example, we were taught that Christopher Columbus was amazing and now kids are taught that Christopher Columbus is a murderer and the worst person ever to have lived. I was in the middle where we just didn't learn about Christopher Columbus.

I said, so it's there was an era where it's America's amazing and now we're in the era of America invented slavery and I was in the era of just don't learn anything about this country and because of that because I was never given the tools to think properly about America I can't think clearly enough about it and I can't articulate therefore what is an? Not like I want to be able to. So I want to ask you, what is an American?

How do you define it? What is an American? How do you answer that question? What is an American? Now here's where I want to push back. And this is what we did on the radio.

We did this for two hours a day, and we're going to do it for many more hours because we got to get this right. You can't, if you can't define it, you can't defend it. That's gotta be true. That we're just coming out of 20 plus years of fighting terrorism. We couldn't, we didn't define the enemy.

Terrorism is a tactic. It's not an enemy. It's like you're fighting a war against like people attacking the right flank or something. It doesn't, it doesn't make any sense. Because we wouldn't say Islamic extremism. We wouldn't define what the enemy was. And same thing here, if you don't define it,

you can't defend it. If you can't define America, what is an American, then you're gonna lose it, and we are, in the process of losing it. But here's what I wanna push back on, because all these phone calls came in,

and everyone, and we she did in the beginning. She said, oh, it's love and dreaming. What? And we had a lot of people calling that was like a little bit of that, but it was like, oh, it's the freedom to do whatever you want. Is it?

Because then the Somali comes over here and says, I'm a Muslim and I'm going to kill my daughter because she wants to wear a skirt and you can't do anything about it because I'm free to do whatever I want like, oh, that's not what we mean. What then do you what do we mean? What do we mean? It's a real example and they rubbed it in your face.

There's a bunch of Muslims who are building this Muslim community in Texas and they're naming it's like it's a like a housing development, but just for muslims and they're keeping christians out by building this huge mosque and all the hoas go to the mosque. So that's all i keep and all the streets are named after muslim conquerors before the crusades and the guy was on the podcast the muslim guy behind this and he said yeah and if anyone criticizes us we just use their freedom of religion against them. They knew what they were doing.

So it's got to be more than just freedom to do whatever. And I'm not satisfied anymore with any answer, and again I mean this nicely, with any answer that also applies to other countries. Like oh it's the freedom to go where you want to go. Well like in France you could do that. Or it's the freedom to love who you want. It. Well, like in France, you could do that. Or it's the freedom to love who you want.

It's like, okay, you can do that in Spain. I don't like, I need something, I don't know, deeper, more unique, more specific. Maybe that's a better word for it. I just need something more specific than that. Now, okay, so we kept digging.

People were adding these great elements of it. We're like, okay, let's go a little more. Let's go a little more. Okay, well, the freedom to live in the vision of our founders. I got an email on that. Great. Love that. What's their vision?

All right, it's free to live up to our founding values. Okay, awesome. What are they? We need to be able to define those found those founding values. Finally, someone called in and brought up Christianity. It was about an hour and ten minutes before someone did, so it's interesting and I don't know if it was people who are

unable to bring that to the table or they were afraid to so instead they couch it as founding values, but I got any more than that or or they'll couch it as something even Judeo-Christian values. It's like no. Pilgrims didn't come over to spread Judeo-Christian values. That's not what they came here.

They came here to create a new promised land, a new, leaving, and that was a second Exodus from tyranny to a promised land, to spread Christianity or to live their Christian lives. So we need to be as specific as we can. Slater at brightbar.com, I got a ton of emails on this.

So if you can send an email with your answer, Slater at Breitbart.com, I would really appreciate it as we try to figure this out. And I want as precise, and as we keep doing this, I want to get to something that is precise and as specific as possible.

Because I don't know what an American is, but I do know and I'm certain that Christianity is a defining aspect of it. And again, not just do Judeo-Christian values, Christian. The biggest lie that the devil has pushed on the American people in the sense of our history and specifically to our history is that we were not founded as a Christian nation. It is so it is as absurd as saying the earth is flat.

That is how that statement should be treated. The more you read about our founders and our and from our founders and our founding grandfathers all the way back to the pilgrims, these men and women were profoundly devout Christians beyond anything we see today.

Beyond anything we would believe today. And for 250 plus years later, 400 years later for the pilgrims to say that they weren't Christian is so ludicrous. I provided three proofs on today's show that I just want to present to you here. This is kind of a fun one. So we talked about Trump taking over DC, renaming it Washington DJT. He hasn't actually done that, but I don't know why that hasn't taken off more Washington DJT. Come

on. So CNN did a report from Union Station, the train station in DC. It's this beautiful building and we went over the whole history of the building in on today's show. I'm not going to do it here, but in front of the train station is a giant statue called the Columbus fountain. And that statue was dedicated on in 1912 by president William Howard Taft. And he gave this wonderful speech about Christopher Columbus. I highly recommend it. Just search for William Howard Taft,

a Columbus memorial or Columbus fountain dedication, or it'll pop up. Beautiful speech about Christopher Columbus. Again, we used to celebrate Christopher Columbus. Now we rip down his statues, but just I wanna share one quote from it

that's relevant here, the opening. He said, we are gathered here today to dedicate this beautiful memorial to the greatest mariner of history, who for centuries and two decades ago, opened to the possibilities of Christian civilization, nearly one half of the geographical world. Uh-oh. Christian civilization. Muslim civilization? Chinese civilization? Middle Eastern civilization? Judeo-Christian civilization? Nope. Christian

civilization. That's the first point. Second, before the revolution, I know I made this point before, I'm doing it again. Before the revolution, every colony had their own religious tests in order to hold office. And they were as blatant as you could possibly believe. This is Delaware. This was the oath of office you needed to take before you got into an elected or an appointed position.

The oath was, I do profess faith in God the Father and Jesus Christ, his only son. And in the Holy Ghost, one God blessed forevermore. And I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.

There are some churches that barely require an oath like that anymore to join the church. And this was just to be like the state treasurer or anything in the state. That's what you had to talk about. Jesus, the Holy Spirit, God, and and you you say that the old and New Testament were divine inspiration just to hold office

Someone called in today It's maybe the first maybe the second person to talk about Christianity on the show And he talked about the freedom to worship. I think he just said the freedom to worship. That's right It's the freedom worship and I said, okay, okay freedom to worship. I think it just said the freedom to worship. That's right, it's the freedom to worship. And I said, okay, okay, freedom to worship what? Right, because now you get all the people that are like,

oh, you're free to worship whatever you want. And it's like, a bail? Right, well, you're free to worship bail? And yeah, I guess in America you are, but that's not what it means. That's not what American culture is. That's not what we should be striving for to get back to bail worship.

So I asked him, I said, what free to worship what? And he said, God, I said, what God? He said the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Bingo.

Last proof. John Adams wrote in his diary, 1756. It's before, before the revolution. He said, suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only law book. And every member should regulate his conduct

by the precepts there exhibited. Every member would be obliged in conscience to temperance and frugality and industry. You just got some virtues here. So now we're talking like, we're getting closer to some real things.

Like you are freedom to do whatever you want. No, freedom to be frugal and industrious and temperate. Right, it's like, oh, well, that's not freedom. Freedom should be, right? No, no, that's not our founders perception of freedom was it to do whatever you want.

This is why it's a life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. Pursuit back then meant practice of and happiness our founders knew could only be accomplished through virtue. So it's life, liberty, and the practice of virtue. That's what you're free to do.

What virtues? Temperance, frugality, industry, to justice and kindness and charity towards fellow man, and to piety and love and reverence towards almighty God. So it's not as the, go back to the Congresswoman, what does it mean to be American?

To dream in love. Well here's Thomas, excuse me, John Adams talking about love, but it's not just love. It's piety, love, and reverence to Almighty God. In this commonwealth, no man would impair his health by gluttony, drunkenness, or lust. So now we're against vices. No man would sacrifice his most precious time to cards or any other trifling and mean amusement. No man would steal or lie or in any way defraud his neighbor, but would live in peace and goodwill with all men.

No man would blaspheme his maker or profane his worship, but a rational and manly, a sincere and unaffected piety and devotion would reign in all hearts. What a utopia, what a paradise would this region be?" It's John Adams. Our founders weren't Christian. What an absolute joke. As I was reading that quote, it popped in my head, the fear of the Lord, the fear of the Lord the fear of the Lord our Founding grandfathers, I think of like the pilgrims they had a fear of the Lord. That should be part of the definition I don't want to put anything in your minds. Let me let me write that down

I don't want to put anything in your head yet. I'll write that down for Monday show as we continue on this Okay, I'm gonna do more study on that in the Bible and of our founders saying that, okay. I'm not saying Christianity is the only aspect of what it means to be an American,

but it's gotta be part of it, has to be, right? So I'm gonna throw it to you now. I've said enough. Fundamental question of our time right now. Our ability to define this, our ability to answer this question.

It's like our American version of being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you. What is an American? Please send me your answers at slater at breitbart.com. Put these together and we'll get closer to the truth here.

Slater at breitbart.com. My website is my, the website where we put these is mikeslater.locals.com. There's a transcript there and a commercial free on the website. Mike Slater. There's a transcript there and a commercial for you on the website. There's a transcript there and a commercial for you on the website. Mike Slater.locals.com

 

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Her big break as an adult was Heroes, some TV show, and in Nashville. A lot of headlines said she was from the Scream franchise. I'm old enough to think that Courtney Cox is the face of the Scream franchise, but I guess there was some reboot. She was found dead at Judson Mill Lofts in Greenville, South Carolina. Authorities don't think there was any foul play, no sign of trauma that could have contributed to her death. TMZ says that in the 911 dispatch, there was something said about an overdose. 

But as I'm recording this now, we're not sure yet. I read this in USA Today. They said in the years leading up to her death, Panettiere had been candid about her health and struggles with substance abuse. The actress previously revealed that she struggled with alcohol and opioid addiction and sought treatment. And she also spoke openly about experiencing postpartum depression after welcoming her daughter Kayla in 2014. Her younger brother, also an actor, Jensen Panettiere, died in 2023 at the age of 28 from a heart condition. 

Her daughter is with her ex -fiancé, so lives with her dad in Europe. So I don't know what that situation is about. what's broken about this horrible story is it's a reminder that celebrities don't live a great life. I saw that she had a net worth of $15 million. I don't know what her actual net worth was, right, but a lot. And she was famous and glamorous, and she went to all the red carpets and the big special events, and people were like, ooh, Hayden's here. 

And I was like, she could afford anything in the world. She could go anywhere in the world. Anywhere she wanted right now, she could go and stay at the nicest place in the world, nicest hotel in New York City or wherever, and do whatever she wanted. And just wasn't happy. How are you doing? And if your excuse is, well, you know, I'm all right, but I don't have $15 million. 

If I had $15 million, then I'd be, I'd be real happy. If I were famous, then I would be, I'd be, then I'd be grateful. So obviously not the answer. Happiness can't be about your circumstances. If you're not happy now, then you won't be happy with the change of circumstance. You really won't. 

You won't. It depends where you find your happiness. And you can never go about thinking that your life would be, if you were a celebrity, then life would be good. Like it's not it. And most celebrities will admit it. It's just not a good life. 

I think one of the reasons it's not a good life is because you're never sure about your relationships. Are people there for the money? Are people there for the fame? People there for the perks? How loyal are your friends? And you can be rich and famous, big celebrity, but your 11 year old daughter lives in Europe with your ex. 

Like what good is all that money? Who cares? Who wants this money? And then it makes life seem even more shallow and meaningless. It's relationships that matter the most. Your relationship with Jesus, first and foremost, which is what we're going to get to. 

But then secondly, your relationships here on earth. And if those relationships are questionable at best or broken, then no matter what your relationships are here on earth, you need to have that relationship with Jesus. I was convicted this morning with a scripture that I've read a thousand times. Matthew 7, 21, Jesus is not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, we'll enter the kingdom of heaven. but the one who does the will of my father who is in heaven. " And his followers, they're like, what are you talking about? 

We prophesied in your name. We casted out demons. We did all these mighty works. We did stuff. What do you mean? Not everyone who says, Lord, Lord, we'll go to heaven. 

Like we're doing the stuff. Like if we went back and we saw this happening, we would say that these people who are questioning this, we would say they're Christians. And then Jesus said, and then I will declare to them, I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness. That line never stood out to me. All the times I've read this, that last part, you who practice lawlessness. 

The Greek word here for to know me is the intimate knowing of someone or an intimate relationship with someone. He's saying, you people, you're doing stuff, quote unquote in my name, but you don't know me. I don't know you. We don't have a relationship and you're practicing lawlessness actually. 1 John 2, 3 says, and by this, we know that they have come to know him. If we keep his commandments. Whoever says, I know him, but does not keep his commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him. 

There's a keeping of the commandments. They're not practicing lawlessness. And Jesus ends the sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7, 24. Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And then it says, everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be the foolish man who built his house on the sand. So there's, there's a, it's not just hearing the words, you got to go do them and not just do anything, but follow his commands. 

Now, of course, there's no working our way to Jesus, no working our way to heaven. These things, the doing stuff, it's the fruit that comes out of the intimate relationship with Jesus. It comes out of the knowing Jesus. And Jesus is the only person that brings peace. No matter what rough times, difficult times, mental health, addiction, whatever, come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. So many people who need relationship, they need intimacy, and they need rest. 

All of that comes through Jesus. Jesus said, take my yoke upon you and learn from me. Learn from me. I am gentle and humble at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. How many people today need rest in their souls? For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Isn't that incredible? 

Find rest for your souls in Jesus. Nothing else will give it to you. Nothing else on this earth will make you content. We need that reminder because if we walk around disgruntled and discontent, There's a chance that Jesus says, I never knew you. You're not looking to me. You're not looking to me for your refuge. 

You're not looking to me for a relationship. Nothing else. Fame, money, celebrity, nothing else will fill that void. Nothing else will give you rest. That is all and only in Jesus. Don't miss these reminders. 

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Trump: "Who Are These Animals?" Destroying The WWII Memorial
Politics By Faith, August 17, 2026

In this country, there are people "of the Devil," and there are people "of Christ." We are called to build. The rest are dead set on destruction. Whether it's institutions, organizations, or statues and memorials, those of the Devil can't stop destroying everything that is good, beautiful, and true.

Welcome to Politics by Faith. This is where we take the news of the day, we bring it to the Bible, so we can walk away with peace and perspective. New headlines every day. They never stop. They keep coming. I'm going to bombard you. 

But Ecclesiastes says it's not the new under the sun. So thanks for being here to get the true story, the story of the day today. Vandalizing the World War II Memorial. So what happened here? The president tweeted out the other day, our beautiful World War II Memorial was just hit by spray painting vandals. There could be no greater insult to those Americans, American heroes who died in World War II. 

First, the reflecting pool. Now this, we are on their trail. Where do these animals come from? So someone wrote with spray paint on the World War II Memorial. They wrote clean hands, dirty money. I don't know what that means, but then they just made this big mess. 

all around. And then someone or someone else, I don't know that same person, I don't know, poured bubble soap in the fountains of the memorial. So it made this big foam bubble mess. The good news of this story is that the U . S. attorney for Washington, D . 

C. is also the DA for D . C. The weird quirk of how, like what Washington, D . C. even is. I mean, thank goodness that Jeanine Pirro is the D . 

A. of D . C. because she is able to arrest murderers and drug dealers. There's no other city in the country where the D . A. 

is going to be someone like Jeanine Pirro. D . C. is the only place. So she's in charge of this, and she already charged someone. Two felony charges, vandalism against property and destruction of Veterans Memorial. 

That's a specific charge. Melissa Ferris. Facing up to 10 years in prison, now in custody, of course, it's a degenerate. looking person as they almost always are. Her outside is a reflection of her heart, a heart that is consumed with destruction. And that's what I want to talk about here. 

That's what I want to talk about what's broken in this story. I cannot stress enough how dead set these people are on destruction. We don't, it's hard for us to understand this because you're not, you're not dead set on destruction. You're trying to build things. You're trying to make things better. These people are, they're different. 

They set on destruction at the risk of getting off topic. Let me, let me weave for just a second here. This is on my mind. Cause we've been talking a lot about this on the, on the radio show lately, the importance of a high trust society. And we've taken it for granted our whole life. We've lived in a high trust society and we didn't recognize it. 

And now we're losing it. And it's going to be gone fast. A basic example we can all understand is. You grew up in a world, in a country, in a culture where you walk into a store and it's all there. And then you take a thing off the shelf and you put it in a basket or a cart and then you go over there to the checkout person and you pay and then you walk out the door. Well enough people just stopped doing that. 

Like they would just steal stuff. So then the stores had to lock everything up. We all know about that example. It's mostly foreigners who do this. because they come from low -trust societies, or it's just degenerate people. Maybe they grew up here, but they're not American at their core because that's not our culture. 

But there's other examples of high -trust society that we're losing. McDonald's said they're getting rid of self -serve soda stations. Have you ever thought about that? Have you ever thought about the fact that you can buy one soda, and you just walk over there, or you just get a water. You could ask for a water, and you just go over there, and you grab a drink. And if you want another one, you gotta go back and pay, but that's okay because you can just fill it up yourself. 

Like that's a high trust society, but they're getting rid of that. Why are they doing it? McDonald's said they're getting rid of it because of quote, changing consumer habits. No, it's because disgusting people keep stealing soda. We talked about a story the other day on the radio of how people are not only attacking and robbing the mailman, mail carriers, Now gangs are infiltrating the post office to become mail carriers so they can systematically steal from you and I, from everyone. They can steal important documents, credit cards, whatever they want. 

So how about taking mail delivery for granted? I never thought twice about that one. I never thought that people would just steal the mail because we've always lived in a high trust society, but people now steal the mail. It's crazy. Someone called in the other day because I have an open call for anyone who ever has a high trust story. that they wanna celebrate. 

This guy called in and said they were in a convenience store in their town, and the person forgot their wallet, and the cashier person said, ah, don't worry about it, I owe you. Next time you're here, pay it off. And the guy was the second person in line, said, what? What was that? Oh, that's how it used to be. All these old -timey movies, the Wild West, where people put stuff on their tab. 

Tab? You have a tab? What do you mean you have a tab? If you ever, if you have an example of a high -trust society, thing, element, example, story, something in your town that's high trust. Please let me know. I love these stories so much. 

Let me know in the comments of our YouTube page, your high trust society example, whether it's something you had growing up or let's pray something you still have today. Just one that popped in my head is in my town I used to live in, we went back a couple of years ago for a vacation and just like a mile or so down the lake where we stayed, there was like a farm stand. Like a farm stand is a classic example, right? You put your money in the little Folgers cup, make your own change. This guy did that though, but for maple syrup. 

This guy had this little shed of maple syrup. There had to be like $10 ,000 worth of maple syrup. That's an expensive item. And it was all just, you know, grab it, whatever. Grab what you want and leave your money right there. Like, oh man. 

So please let me know in the comments your high trust society story. And I love to hear these stories because when, every time they happen, it, it tells people that this is how we do it, right? Like, so, so if you, if someone does a high trust society thing to you, you're more likely to then do another high trust society thing to someone else. And then it snowballs because people are like, oh, wow, we were doing that. We're, we're honest. Oh, that's awesome. 

I want to be honest like that too, to people and it snowballs for the better, but it could spiral down fast as well. It's one of the things we lose when the whole third world comes here because they view your trust as weakness. It's a weakness to be taken advantage of. The vice president had an anti -fraud round table like a week or so ago. And the second person in command there, someone at the treasury department, said these welfare programs were designed for a high trust society. And they worked without having to do a lot of paperwork and checking in on people and all the rest. 

When more foreigners come in than ever before and it's just game on. People taking advantage of this thinking, wow, these Americans are just a bunch of suckers. Can you believe it? They're just giving all this money away. I can't believe they're so stupid. Third worlders, they come here and they see our high trust as weakness. 

Can you believe people are just given free food away at the food pantry? They're just giving food away. It's like, yeah, that's not what that's for. Can you believe we just got to fill this form and we'll make millions of dollars a year with our fake daycare? It's free money. They just give it to you. 

They see our trust as weakness. Similarly, back at the end of my weave, I think this ties in here because these are people who walk around and they just see, they see weakness. And there's other people who walk around and they're dead set on destruction. It's in their heart. They see things that are good, beautiful, and true. and their wicked heart says, I have to destroy that. 

And it could be a thing like a statue or like a war memorial. It could be an organization like the Boy Scouts. It could be a company like Bud Light or Cracker Barrel. It could be an industry like Hollywood, or you can even think like Star Wars specifically. Like it's good, I'm gonna destroy it. That woke feminist woman who came in there, Kathleen Kennedy or whatever her name is, comes in and just destroys the whole thing. 

I saw a video the other day of the Vanderbilt Divinity School. It's hollowed out and woke trans in every way. It could be any other part of our culture, like professional sports. It could be an institution like marriage, whatever, whatever it is. I just list off a pretty broad range of things. The left, they're very good at knowing what the most important things are to take down. We talked a lot about last week. 

We're going to keep talking about it too. The left, about 50 years or so, their focus on taking down marriage. I know what I'm saying is true. it's in the Bible. Satan and his demons are destroyers. Check out this line in the Bible, Revelation 9 11. 

It says they have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, A -B -A -D -D -O -N, and in Greek he's called Apollon. The word Abaddon in Hebrew, it says that's what his name is. His name Abaddon in Hebrew, it means destruction. That's literally what the word means. This is the fallen angel who's in charge of this bottomless pit. 

His name is Destruction. Other translations of that Hebrew word are Ruin. I looked at the Blue Letter Bible and described it as the name of the angel prince of the infernal regions, the minister of death and the author of havoc on the earth. Also a destroying angel. The fallen angel, the demon's name is Destruction. I know I'm hitting on something I think is right on. 

Jesus calls Satan a murderer from the very beginning. A murderer destroys life. The devil is like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour. Satan destroys. Demons destroy. That's their goal. 

John 10, Jesus says the thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. This is what ungodly people do, their intent on destruction. We see what Satan is capable of in Job. Now Satan's permitted to do all this here, right? But we see what he's capable of when he strikes Job and how he strikes Job. He takes away Job's livelihood, kills his animals, his servants, kills all 10 of his children. 

They were eating together, having a wonderful time as a family. Satan then attacks Job's health and then Satan tries to turn Job against God. These are the strategies of Satan. They're all destruction. They're destroying health, life, relationships. So what Satan does, he destroys. 

And people today, they act in Satan's name. 1 John 3 .12 says, we should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. Cain was of the evil one. There's a lot of people who are, even today. We shouldn't be though. We are of Christ. 

There are some people who are of the evil one. We are of Christ. Christ. We are called to hire. We are called to godliness. We are called to righteousness. 

We are called to build. Whether it's building monuments to World War II veterans, to maintain their memory, or for building a family or a school, or you're serving your town, or you're doing amazing work at your job, we build. Colossians 3 .23 says, whatever you do, work heartily as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord, you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. I will be fair though. The Bible does say that we destroy too. 

In general, we're builders, but there is one thing we destroy. 1 John 3 says, the reason the son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. Maybe we don't do that then. Jesus already did. Jesus destroyed the works of the devil. It's now our job to build. 

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