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Seeking Justice

Most Americans know the phrase, “Innocent until proven guilty.” This is one crucial foundation of America’s judicial system and is quoted in the United States Constitution under The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 11, which states: " Everyone   charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence." In article 10, the right for a fair trial is also mentioned. On the surface, these principles give a strong assurance that justice will prevail in almost every court case; however, no matter what laws are passed or principles instilled, mankind is corrupt. In light of such depravity, we often see justice, in this life, become buried under the weight of bribery, deception, connections, fear, and position. Claims of wrongdoing have often been squelched by threats or appeased through payouts. There is also another factor involved ...

Shrouded

Ephesians 6:12 “ For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.” AMPC I am not sure what distinctly sets apart someone who is willfully ignorant and another who is foolishly naive. I am mulling over my years in the ministry, trying to figure out whether I simply didn’t know what was happening behind the scenes of the political network, the entertainment industry, and many other shrouded organizations or whether I was just so caught up with my own interests that, in a way, I didn’t care to know. I wanted to preach God’s truth. I know that. In time, I became so sick of the substandard way the American church, by and large, carried on that I started digging deeper into church history and also began tearing myself away from my long held...