Sermon by Matt Trewhella on 10/6/2002 [Note: wherever George Bush is mentioned, just substitute with Barack Obama or Jeb, or Rubio, or Christie]. Though preached fifteen years ago, still stunningly appropriate for our present hour. This sermon repudiates the military draft, and spends a lengthy time taking to task the idea of women also being drafted, as the last legislation proposed to re-instate the draft would have set into law. Governments should have to convince their citizenry that the war they want to fight is just. We should fight voluntarily, not through the coercive arm of the State via the draft. A tyrant State forces their citizenry to fight through the coercive arm of the State, rather than convince them of the justness of the cause so that their citizenry fights voluntarily. Great quotes from John Knox and Herbert Schlossberg in the sermon, as well as an exhortation to young men to use their lives in service to Christ, rather than fighting for the humanistic, Christ-hating empire the American government is propagating around the earth. Malachi 4:6; Romans 13 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KXn_-WsAYU

Sadly we had technical difficulty. We will post the whole sermon - which is preserved on audio - here soon. Here is the audio only link with the whole sermon, and the links to the studies and statistics below: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=61620174548624 The statistics and studies repudiate the narrative created by the media, Black Lives Matter, and certain government officials that white officers are killing black men just because they are black. This sermon looks at statistics and studies, and also addresses the leftist agenda, false media narratives, and police reform. 52 min. MercySeat.net Here is a link to Pastor Matt's first sermon on racism preached on October 1st, 2017 entitled Racism, Leftist Thought, and the Christian Response: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=64202249364098 Links to statistics and studies: 5-minute Prager University video: https://www.prageru.com/video/are-the-police-racist/?fbclid=IwAR2SNvl0A0WUmgwrz9qEmKZeha7oXnb5UvZie8eYypeH5pQZ0xAn9ILfNjI PNAS study: https://www.pnas.org/content/116/32/15877 https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/white-cops-dont-commit-more-shootings/ Study by Harvard University Professor Roland Fryer: https://www.nber.org/papers/w22399.pdf https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/police-brutality-race-numbers/ Black America before LBJ: https://ammo.com/articles/lbj-great-society-war-on-poverty-welfare-state-helped-ruin-black-communities?utm_source=sumome&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=sumome_share&fbclid=IwAR2vkxa9ByXZchmCa-zTQuXMmJboG1cuPvyvf953Hc08xbk-1pDczHZBU84 DeepFakes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robtoews/2020/05/25/deepfakes-are-going-to-wreak-havoc-on-society-we-are-not-prepared/?fbclid=IwAR21Oej7hcL4lePmFKi4p_QhkXbUQ7YkYpUBJYEId0g0IhaCHTVhMnGAIYw#48b456df7494 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px7JmjUyXIE