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Video posted on social media Sunday documented Muslims in large numbers stopping their luxury cars on a busy New York City highway, and getting out of their vehicles to chant, "Globalize the intifada!"
"Intifada" is a term meaning an uprising against an oppressor, and is thought by many to be "an open call for violence against Jews – recently in Congress, Rep. Elise Stefanik framed it as a call for Jewish genocide."
The roadway shutdown took place on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn, a borough of the Big Apple some call the most Jewish spot on Earth, as it's home to some 462,000 Jews in 195,000 households, according to the UJA Federation of New York.
"Not Somalia. Not Iran," noted Eric Daugherty of Florida's Voice. "Brooklyn, New York. Muslims jump out of their cars and block the road, saying: 'Globalize the intifada.' We were invaded. They want to conquer."
Liberacrat opined: "This is who the left supports and let into the country for 4 years under Joe Biden, people who hate us."
Another commenter stated: "There are thousands of Jews living in Brooklyn. And remember, Zohran Mamdani sees nothing wrong with that chant. Good luck New York City."
Paul A. Syzpula indicated: "This is what Democrats have brought to the US, sadly. NYC needs mass deportations immediately."
There have also been reports in the past year of possible Sharia law in New York, with Muslims purportedly masquerading as New York City police officers throughout Brooklyn.
Last month, Culture War Report on X stated: "New York is at a crossroads… Is it the end of the Big Apple as we know it… will it turn into London and Paris… two unrecognizable cities?
"The city now has around 275-300 mosques, mostly in Brooklyn and Queens.
'[A] 2018 study estimated over 750,000 Muslims live in the city, making up about 9% of its population and roughly 22% of all Muslims in the United States. The greater New York metropolitan area has around 1.5 million Muslims, the largest such population in the Americas. The rise of Islam is reshaping NYC's cultural landscape in ways that are both subtle and overt."
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirms it has launched a "major initiative" to reform America's organ-transplant system after it stunningly revealed that dozens of organ donors may not have been dead when the process to procure their organs was started, and dozens more exhibited "neurological signs incompatible with donation."
"Our findings show that hospitals allowed the organ procurement process to begin when patients showed signs of life, and this is horrifying," explained HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
"The organ procurement organizations that coordinate access to transplants will be held accountable. The entire system must be fixed to ensure that every potential donor's life is treated with the sanctity it deserves," he said.
A commentary posted at the Washington Stand on the situation highlighted one case:
"According to a partially redacted, eight-page report dated May 28, 2025, HHS received 'an allegation of potentially preventable harm to a neurologically injured patient.' This prompted the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the subdepartment of HHS that oversees the organ donation system, to launch an investigation after HRSA Administrator Thomas Engels assumed his post in February. The New York Times identified that victim as Anthony Thomas Hoover II, then 33 years old, who was hospitalized with a drug overdose in 2021. Hours after a doctor had declared him brain-dead, Hoover awakened to find medical staff preparing to remove his organs. 'Even though the man cried, pulled his legs to his chest and shook his head, officials still tried to move forward.' Hospital staff ultimately became 'uncomfortable with the amount of reflexes' Hoover showed, and a doctor ultimately refused to remove him from life-support. The man ultimately survived."
HRSA reported that it reviewed 351 cases where organ donation was authorized but ultimately not completed. It found 103 cases "showed concerning features, including 73 patients with neurological signs incompatible with organ donation," "at least 28 patients may not have been deceased at the time organ procurement was initiated – raising serious ethical and legal questions," and "evidence pointed to poor neurologic assessments, lack of coordination with medical teams, questionable consent practices, and misclassification of causes of death, particularly in overdose cases."
Under the plan the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network has been told to reopen an investigation into one unidentified case, which had been closed under the Joe Biden administration.
The newest review suggested "clear negligence."
Now being imposed are new corrective actions and system-level changes that are intended to safeguard potential donors.
The Organ Procurement Organization must "conduct a full root cause analysis of its failure to follow internal protocols—including noncompliance with the five-minute observation rule after the patient's death—and develop clear, enforceable policies to define donor eligibility criteria. Additionally, it must adopt a formal procedure allowing any staff member to halt a donation process if patient safety concerns arise," the government said.
Safeguards and monitoring also are being ratcheted up.
"These findings from HHS confirm what the Trump administration has long warned: entrenched bureaucracies, outdated systems, and reckless disregard for human life have failed to protect our most vulnerable citizens. Under Secretary Kennedy's leadership, HHS is restoring integrity and transparency to organ procurement and transplant policy by putting patients' lives first," the report said.
The commentary from the Stand, by Joshua Arnold, noted Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., worried that the story about the attempt to remove Hoover's organs, "seems to be a story more fitting for a horror movie than a congressional hearing."
Barry Mass, chief of Network for Hope, a federally funded OPO which works in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia, appeared during a hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee recently.
He "could only respond with assent" to Dunn's comments.
The commentary noted, "Such improvement in America's organ transplant system was not forthcoming before the Trump administration exerted serious pressure. Despite the shocking details of Hoover's case, the Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) 'closed the case without further action,' even after Network for Hope's reply 'did not include the patient-level materials or administrative documents requested by the MPSC,' according to the HRSA report."
The federal study found many organ "donors" "had no cardiac time of death noted."
"Such was the case with Hoover, who left the hospital four years ago and is still alive," the commentary said.
The horror story details just continued, the commentary said, pointing out "multiple patients" were found to be evincing pain or discomfort while the staff was preparing to take their organs.
It explained, "In other words, like Hoover, overdose patients might seem dead because of the lingering effects of drugs, then gradually recover. If organ harvesters fail to recognize or record the effect of drugs on the patient, they may prematurely harvest organs from a patient set to fully recover."
The commentary noted, "According to The New York Times, two former employees of Network of Hope said 'higher-ups' tried to pressure hospital staff to proceed with harvesting Hoover's organs. 'If it had not been for that physician [who refused to end life support], we absolutely, 1,000% would have moved forward,' said Natasha Miller, an employee in the room. Three more former employees confirmed seeing similar cases."
Stunningly, when eight members of the OPTN board resigned their positions, complaining about the Trump administration's oversight plans, several industry groups, like the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, protested.
"These responses constitute angry warnings that the Trump administration will likely encounter serious opposition from the organ procurement and transplant industry. But the Trump administration is right to press such reform through, over the objections of industry participants, who as likely as not are part of the problem. As the HHS noted, an industry that shows 'systemic disregard for sanctity of life" needs urgent reform," the commentary said.
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With all the evidence, from documents from his own presidency and advisers, coming out now against Barack Obama over the grand conspiracy that was launched during his presidency against then-President-elect Donald Trump, trying to undermine his agenda, the Democrat still is likely to skate.
That's according to constitutional expert Jonathan Turley, who has not only advised Congress on the Constitution but represented members in court on those issues.
He's a widely respected professor at George Washington University, as well as a popular commentator for several outlets on legal and constitutional questions.
The evidence available so far shows that it is likely Obama and his henchmen, James Clapper, James Comey and John Brennan, as well as others, suppressed information that Russia didn't impact the 2016 American elections, then rewrote some of the intel community's evaluations to suggest a link between Trump and Russia.
Of course the American media obsessed over those unsubstantiated claims for years then.
Turley wrote, "I disagree with the use of the charge of treason being thrown around with this release. Based on this evidence, it would be hard to make a criminal case against Obama, let alone the specific charge of treason.
"However, there are good-faith allegations raised about prior congressional testimony of key players in the Obama administration. There may be viable criminal allegations ranging from perjury to obstruction to making false statements to federal investigators," he warned.
"It is too early to gauge the basis for possible criminal charges. However, the release of this new evidence is both historically and legally significant. There is now a legitimate concern over a conspiracy to create this false narrative to undermine the incoming administration. It proved successful in derailing the first Trump administration. By the time the allegations were debunked, much of the first term had been exhausted. That is worthy of investigation and the public has a right to expect transparency on these long withheld documents."
He pointed to those who may be considered co-conspirators.
"The silence of the legacy media is hardly surprising, given the key role the media played in spreading these false claims. Most media outlets find themselves in an uncomfortable position, having fostered an alleged conspiracy for years. Most reporters are not keen on making a case against themselves in spreading of these false claims."
He explained what happened:
Consider this story: An outgoing president and his top officials are told that there is no evidence of Russian collusion or influence in the national election. The White House then moved to suppress the intelligence assessment and reverse the conclusions, while false claims were leaked to the press.
That is not just a major but a Pulitzer-level story, right?
Apparently not. The legacy media has largely ignored the declassified evidence and possible criminal referral on the Obama administration seeding the Russian collusion narrative just before the first Trump Administration.
It supports allegations in the real Russian conspiracy: the conspiracy to create a false Russian collusion scandal to undermine the election and administration of Donald Trump in 2016.
He noted, "Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggested last week that intelligence was 'manufactured and politicized' despite countervailing conclusions from American intelligence that there was no collusion or influence on the election."
It follows other scandalous confirmations:
"We previously learned that the Clinton campaign spent millions to create the infamous Steele dossier and then hid their role from the public. Attorney Marc Elias, the general counsel to the Clinton presidential campaign, pushed the false Alfa Bank conspiracy. (His fellow Perkins Coie partner, Michael Sussmann, was indicted but acquitted in a criminal trial.) During the campaign, reporters asked about the possible connection to the campaign, but Clinton campaign officials denied any involvement in the Steele Dossier. When journalists discovered after the election that the Clinton campaign hid payments for the Steele dossier as 'legal fees' among the $5.6 million paid to Perkins Coie, they met with nothing but shrugs from the Clinton staff," he charged.
Further, "Not only did Clinton reportedly spent over $10 million on the report, but Obama was briefed that she was going to create a Russian collusion narrative as part of her campaign," he said.
"Aware of that Clinton effort, these new documents suggest that Obama and his aides actively sought to affirm the allegations just before Trump's inauguration. The FBI then ramped up its own efforts despite also being told that the Steele dossier was unreliable and contradicted."
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The kiss cam video that snagged a couple in an apparent extramarital embrace has social media users cranking out a flurry of spoofs, as the company CEO has resigned in disgrace.
On Wednesday, Astronomer CEO Andy Byron was caught at Coldplay concert in Boston embracing Kristin Cabot, his company's chief people officer.
"Oh, look at these two," the band's lead singer Chris Martin joked to the crowd. "All right, c'mon, you're OK. Oh, what? Either they're having an affair or they're just very shy."
Byron resigned Saturday after diving down to duck behind a stadium seat in the video, while Cabot, who is married with children, simply turned her back to the camera.
"Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted," Astronomer announced online.
"The Board will begin a search for our next Chief Executive as Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy continues to serve as interim CEO."
"Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met."
Newsweek reported: "Byron's wife changed her last name on Facebook before deactivating her account.
"Megan Kerrigan Byron removed her last name and then swiftly deleted her Facebook account following the viral cheating allegations."
Meanwhile, social media is capitalizing on the scandal with countless comedic posts, including:
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President Donald Trump has ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to work on unsealing and releasing grand jury testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Epstein was a convicted sex offender billionaire who died in a New York jail in 2019 awaiting more charges against him. With his privately owned island and "Lolita Express" jet he's long been suspected of trafficking underage girls to celebrities and others.
Bill Clinton and Bill Gates are known to have associated with him, and President Trump appears in photographs with him, images that mostly date to before Epstein's first conviction in Florida.
Fox News confirmed the order, but said it wasn't certain when any testimony may be public.
Democrats who now are demanding the release of all of the Epstein information, suspecting it include references to Trump, were silent on the issue for years while Joe Biden was in the Oval Office.
A report in the Hill pointed out that such testimony is confidential by law and could take months of legal work to release.
"Trump's announcement about the grand jury testimony came hours after the publication of a Wall Street Journal report about a birthday card he apparently wrote the disgraced financier," the report claimed. Trump has described that report as completely false.
The Hill said grand jury testimony could include details from the legal work against Epstein in the early 2000s, for which he was given a slap on the hand, meaning he served time in jail but was freed many days of his sentence.
His 2019 case just was developing when his death was reported in that New York jail.
Leftists, including Rep. Dan Goldman, said it would be other evidence that more likely would mention Trump.
A memo released by the FBI and the Department of Justice that has provoked "the latest firestorm over Epstein said it uncovered a 'significant amount of material,' including more than 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence," the Hill said.
"That included large volumes of child pornography and images of Epstein and people who appear to be minors, the memo said. Most of it has been ordered sealed," the report said.
The report noted there's also evidence from a defamation case filed by the late Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein's accusers, as well as documents about how Epstein amassed his wealth.
"There's also the question of whether Epstein kept a 'client list,' which the DOJ and FBI memo said he did not," the Hill said.
Investigative reporter Julie Brown for the Miami Herald said that probably didn't exist, and is used now as a "red herring."
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U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., is deliciously hitting back at the head of National Public Radio for claiming on national TV that NPR is not biased against Republicans and conservative Americans.
Network CEO Katherine Maher said Wednesday on CNN: "As far as the accusations that we're biased, I'd stand up and say, 'Please show me a story that concerns you,' because we want to know, and we want to bring that conversation to our newsroom."
Kennedy replied, "I've got a few," and then enumerated four prime examples of bias in a series of video clips on X.
"NPR reported that country music and birds are racist, told American people to stop eating beef, and promoted the Russia-gate conspiracy," wrote Kennedy.
"No person with a brain above a single-celled organism would call these articles fair and balanced."
He continued: "NPR claimed President Biden's presidential debate performance didn't change the election, days before he dropped out of the race.
"If you believe that headline, you believe in the tooth fairy. But that's what NPR reported with your tax dollars."
"NPR reported that there is no evidence that biological men have an unfair advantage over biological women in sports.
"NPR also called America's interstate highways racist.
"I did not know our highways were racist. I thought they were concrete, but not according to NPR."
"NPR referred to rural Americans as 'Christian nationalists' and heaped praise on Biden administration official Rachel Levine.
"I could go all day," Kennedy concluded.
"American taxpayers shouldn't have to fund this opinion journalism."
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A scientist for Johnson & Johnson, one of the corporations that assembled a COVID shot during the China virus pandemic, has confirmed in an undercover video that proper testing wasn't done, the effectiveness was unknown and somebody eventually will get sued over the catastrophe that developed for Americans.
The comments were reported by O'Keefe Media Group, which released undercover video, and a subsequent video in which the scientist, identified as Joshua Rys, a lead regulatory scientist for Johnson & Johnson, tried to avoid questions about his comments.
The OMG report noted the scientist confessed that the J&J COVID shots were "not safe and effective" and there was lack of basic research done.
"People wanted it, we gave it to 'em," he said.
At one point, the explained, there was a move to just "throw the vaccine" to the wind and "see what happens."
In fact, vaccines made by under companies, using the mRNA technology, have been found to give people a higher risk of multiple side effects, including heart failure.
"Do you have any idea the lack of research that was done on those products [vaccines]?" Rys asked.
"I mean we basically just had a race to figure out who could solve it best … At one point, we just canned it," he added.
The Food and Drug Administration in 2022 announced it would limit who can take the J&J shots because of a serious risk of blood clots.
A report from the Gateway Pundit explained two years ago, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., called for Congress to investigate vaccine manufacturers and the COVID vax approval process in response to Project Veritas' explosive undercover video exposing Pfizer's alleged plans to "mutate" the virus.
That video showed Jordon Trishton Walker, Pfizer director of research and development, admitting the pharma giant is exploring "mutating" COVID-19 via "directed evolution" so the company can continue to profit off of vaccines.
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Was the first lady of France actually born a man?
Brigitte Macron is now going to the highest court in France after being "devastated" by a lower court ruling last week that let off two women who claim she's actually male.
The pair had originally been convicted for spreading false information before the Paris appeals court on Thursday overturned the verdict. The initial ruling ordered the two women to pay $9,300 in damages to Brigitte Macron, and $5,800 to her brother.
France24 reports: "Brigitte Macron filed a libel complaint against the two women after they posted a YouTube video in December 2021, alleging she had once been a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux – who is actually Brigitte Macron's brother.
"In the video, defendant Amandine Roy, a self-proclaimed spiritual medium, interviewed Natacha Rey, a self-described independent journalist, for four hours on her YouTube channel.
"Rey spoke about the 'state lie' and 'scam' she claimed to have uncovered that Jean-Michel Trogneux had changed gender to become Brigitte, and then married the future president."
Jean Ennochi, the first lady's attorney, told Agence France-Presse on Sunday that her brother was also taking his case to the highest appeals court, the Court de Cassation.
The case has been followed closely by American political commentator Candace Owens, who is among those promoting the notion that Brigitte, 72, is a man.
Owens says she was personally phoned by U.S. President Donald Trump in February when French President Emmanuel Macron was visiting Washington, D.C., and says the commander in chief urged her to stop discussing Brigitte because it was interfering with talks on ending Russia's war against Ukraine.
In a video she released on June 30, Owens said of Trump's call: "It is hard to catch my breath to comprehend that four days ago I'm ending a series about Brigitte Macron, and now I'm speaking to the president of the United States and the topic of conversation no matter which way you wanna slice it is about Macron's wife's penis. I mean there's no other way to say it."
She continued: "I explained to him that she has had this amazing doctor who specializes in transgenderism surgeries or feminization procedures. I'm talking to the president of the United States about this, guys. This is crazy this wacky. … But I'm just trying to get him to understand the truth.
"And then I explained to him why I don't feel so great about this request, because that's the more important part."
"Like you are requesting that I really, and despite your reasoning, which is very sound, that I stop telling the truth. And I said to Trump, and I will be honest, that at that moment I realized that one day this is gonna go into my autobiography and so I got to say something funny, and I just said, I said to him, 'You know, respectfully, Mr. President, it's not my fault that he married someone with a penis.'"
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Laura Loomer, the investigative journalist and ally of President Donald Trump, is making a bold prediction for the 2028 presidential contest, saying she's "convinced" media titan Tucker Carlson will run for the Oval Office.
"I'm convinced that @TuckerCarlson is going to run for US President in 2028 as the extreme libertarian Bernie Sanders," Loomer posted Sunday on X. "Bookmark this!"
Ten minutes later, she expounded on the reasons for her prediction.
"He sure isn't doing all of this for nothing," Loomer began.
"He is trying to fracture MAGA and make inroads with Muslims and the radical left so he can undermine @JDVance."
"Mark my word, in 2028 @TuckerCarlson will try to run against @JDVance and he will attack JD for standing with Trump over Iran, he will attack JD over Blondi not releasing the Epstein files, and he will accuse JD of having dual loyalty because JD speaks out about jew hatred."
She continued: "I wouldn't even be surprised if Tucker tries to accuse JD of dual loyalty because his kids are half Indian. Tucker is working overtime (and is possibly even being funded) to fracture the MAGA base ahead of 2028 for Islamist and anti-Trump interests.
"Tucker hates MAGA. He blames MAGA for him losing his show on Fox News over the stolen election.
"Fracturing MAGA and encouraging a Pogrom in the US is the revenge he has always wanted. Hopefully @JDVance and his advisors see what @TuckerCarlson is trying to do.
"Never trust someone who says 'Hunter Biden is my good friend.' The signs have always been there."
Carlson has not voiced any desire to run for president in 2028, at least not publicly.
But last month he was critical of the Trump administration's involvement in Israel's unilateral military strikes on Iran, even before the U.S. on June 22 carried out its own strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.
On June 13, the Independent of Britain reported: "Tucker Carlson has turned on President Donald Trump by accusing him of being 'complicit' in Israel's attacks on Iran.
"The former Fox News host and MAGA figurehead rebuked Trump and the administration in his newsletter titled: 'This Could Be the Final Newsletter Before All-Out War.'
"'Despite being complicit in the act of war, the president hopes last night's events will help his ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran,' Carlson wrote.
"'While the American military may not have physically perpetrated the assault, years of funding and sending weapons to Israel, which Donald Trump just bragged about on Truth Social, undeniably place the U.S. at the center of last night's events,' the right-wing pundit added."
On April 7, as WorldNetDaily reported, Carlson issued a stark warning against any U.S. military strike on Iran, calling it "suicidal" and claiming "we'd lose the war that follows."
"Whatever you think of tariffs, it's clear that now is the worst possible time for the United States to participate in a military strike on Iran," Carlson posted on X.
"Thousands of Americans would die. We'd lose the war that follows.
"Nothing would be more destructive to our country. And yet we're closer than ever, thanks to unrelenting pressure from neocons.
"This is suicidal. Anyone advocating for conflict with Iran is not an ally of the United States, but an enemy."
Loomer made headlines last week, as WorldNetDaily reported, when she urged President Trump to fire U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, whom she calls "Blondi," for reneging on her pledge to release more information about convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
"Please join me in calling for Blondi to RESIGN!" Loomer said on X. "How many more times is this woman going to get away with Fing everything up before she is FIRED?"
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There is a banquet table in heaven with a special place reserved for those who know Jesus and love Him. We know this to be true because Jesus told us so.
Many of the good guys from the Golden Age of Hollywood have gone ahead of us to join the festivities. We know that there is rejoicing and probably a lot of wonderful conversations with their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who has wiped away all their tears.
Some of the good guys are very well-known: Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Jimmy Stewart, and a host of others.
Among that host of well-known was my father, Bob "Tex" Allen, the original Texas Ranger. He ranks among them, having won a Box Office award for his lead in "Love Me Forever" and was rated next to Tim McCoy with his Western series that still airs on Turner Network Television.
Regrettably, we live in a cynical age, which has drifted away from good and evil, as Nietzsche told us it would – an age in which we have forgotten God.
So we look back at that Golden Era and sometimes don't realize that these men not only manifested virtue on the screen, but also in their lives off the screen.
My father, a great rider and roper, was born in 1906, when the cowboys still existed, and before the last U.S. Cavalry battles with the Comanches and Apaches in 1910-1912.
Unlike the portrait painted in today's movies, I remember the stories from those old-timers who said that in the Old West – when one was in a world where death was so close and danger was just around the corner – you lived in awe of God.
Therefore, these real cowboys were good guys who wore high white hats, who didn't curse, who kept their word, and who manifested love and compassion.
In his personal life, my father manifested so much integrity, virtue, and compassion that his example helped me to know God the Father, and the truth of Jesus Christ.
Among other wonderful virtues, he was a mentor and a friend, giving and decent, full of kindness and grace. Rudeness and crudeness so shocked him that I am relieved he has gone on to glory before today's degradation of our government and the officials who act like rude barbarians and hooligans.
It is hard for us to remember, but there was a Golden Age.
There were those who tried to live by standards that are today being torn apart by evil. If we truly love those heroes of the silver screen, we can, perhaps, tell the truth of their stories instead of dragging those stories into the filth of our Freudian decadence.
If we love them, we can try to emulate the virtue that so easily and so well suited them. It is a legacy worth considering.
The Bible tells us that we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses, who are none other than those wonderful saints that went on to glory before us.
A saint is a person set apart by God when that person is born again through faith by the power of the Holy Spirit. I remember quite well the very moment that my father said the sinner's prayer and was born again in my home in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1982.
At the Glen Cove Hospital in the final days of his life, he reaffirmed his faith in Jesus Christ while all my family was gathered around his bed weeks before he died.
However, despite the secure knowledge I have that my father has gone on to glory to a mansion prepared just for him in heaven, I wept when my father died.
Jesus gave His precious life to purchase eternal life for each and every man, woman, and child who would accept His gift.
Although Jesus lived at an extremely pagan time – where life was cheap and disposable, where pleasure took precedence over life, where people were murdered in the Roman Colosseum to entertain the populace, where babies were left to die outside the city gates, where bodies were thrown into stew pots to feed the outcasts – Jesus knew how unique each one of us is, and so He alone redeemed us. He, of course, knew the mission and ministry to which He appointed each of us.
God designed my father to be a gentleman in every way. He possessed great talent, a wonderful mind, and was extremely handsome. He was open, decent, and humble in ways that caused most of those who knew him to love him. Throughout his life, he got better. In spite of all his gifts and talents, my father dedicated himself to his children, often at great cost to himself.
He would often come and visit me in Atlanta and then Hollywood, although it cost him interviews for movies, plays, and TV programs. He would then hasten back home to his beloved Oyster Bay because he loved my sister so much. He wanted to spend as many months a year with her and then with me.
An actor's life is extremely difficult. Getting a part is dependent on having the right look and being at the right place at the right time. When you have a major part, things are great, but when you don't, there is nothing.
I remember many days when we had nothing, but my father always had faith that God would provide. God always did. He provided in miraculous ways.
In spite of the financial highs and lows, my father never complained. He trusted God so much that he sent Kathy to Westover and Vassar and me to St. Paul's and Dartmouth. Thus, my father prepared me for faith in God and for the vagaries of ministry.
Furthermore, when I came to know God after years of rebellion, I saw how much of Him was reflected in my father, who gave himself so selflessly for his family.
Although I wept at his passing, I also rejoiced that Dad had gone ahead of me.
Today, we are confused about what is right and what is wrong, and about what makes us happy and what makes us sad. Many have forgotten that life is tenuous and can be cut short in an instant. Many who ponder the afterlife want it their way without thinking about the consequences.
They are in a sense like the inhabitants of the TV program "The Twilight Zone," who get what they want only to find out that it is not what they really want.
My father was not confused. He lived his values and was certain about the meaning of life. He listened to his family and blessed those who knew him. He saw his whole family come to know the Truth that set them free from the confusions, delusions, and demons of our age. He came to know and understand that Jesus Christ is the only Way.
God gave him faith, which is a gift.
I miss Dad. I love him and thank him for what he did for me. And I look forward to joining him in heaven.