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I am what I am, and I believe what I believe, in spite of them

2/16/2021

Tom Hoefling

I am an abortion abolitionist, in spite of all of those who are compromising the basic principles of abolitionism in the way they do their politics. Why? Because conscience dictates that abortion must be abolished.

I am against socialism, in spite of all of those who also say they're against socialism while supporting every unconstitutional socialist government program under the sun. Why? Because socialism is theft, writ large, and it destroys nations and peoples. I love my children and grandchildren, and I don't want to see them destroyed, economically and politically.

I'm a conservative, in spite of all of those who have made a mockery out of that title. Why? Because the American system of republican, constitutional self-government built on the natural, God-ordained moral law is worth preserving and conserving.

I'm a republican, small "r," in spite of the political party that continues to dishonor that honorable title. Why? Because the American system of republican, constitutional self-government built on the natural, God-ordained moral law is the best form of human government there is in this fallen, sinful world, and it's worth fighting for.

I'm a Christian, in spite of the large percentage of Americans who have taken that label upon themselves while putting the lie to it in the way they act in their civic life.

I'm a Christian, in spite of my own terrible failures to live up to that most honorable of titles. Because, Christianity is all about repentance, and mercy, and grace, and perseverance.

Figure out who you are, and what you stand for, folks. And then stand, without wavering. Otherwise, moral compromise is going to be the death of us all.

Ignore the hypocrites and the liars, and simply resolve to do what is right, no matter what anyone else may or may not do.

Donald Trump is the opposite of George Washington

2/10/2021

Tom Hoefling

At the conclusion of the American Revolution, when King George III of Great Britain heard that General George Washington would resign his commission to a powerless Congress, he reportedly told the American painter Benjamin West: "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."

Years later, Washington willingly gave up power again when he left the presidency after only two terms, even though there was at that time no constitutional barrier to him serving as many terms as he wanted, or, more properly, as many terms as the people would be willing to give him. In his case, of course, that probably would have been as many terms as he wanted.

George Washington set the example for the peaceful transfer of power in the United States of America, an example that has been followed perfectly for more than two centuries.

Until Donald Trump.

Donald Trump is nothing like George Washington. In fact, he is the exact opposite of George Washington.

It's crystal clear that Donald Trump was willing to do literally anything, up to and including the unleashing of a violent insurrectionist mob on the Congress of the United States during the conclusion of the presidential electoral process, to prevent the peaceful transfer of the power of the presidency to the candidate who clearly defeated him in the 2020 election, Joseph Biden.

Donald Trump is not the greatest man in the world. In fact, he is the worst man in the world. He is the worst man, by far, to ever step foot onto the public stage in America. No one else is even close.

The Senate must convict Donald Trump and block him from ever holding any public office ever again. It's absolutely necessary.

If the Republicans refuse once again to uphold their oaths and convict Trump, they will go down in history as feckless, unprincipled, oath-breaking fools - like Trump, utterly unworthy of their high offices.

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Stranger than fiction

1/22/2021

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"Impeach and remove Trump" - Tom Hoefling

1/13/2021

"For the record - just so there is no mistake by anyone - I stand foursquare against Trump and his violent insurrectionist mobs.

I also support his immediate impeachment and removal from the office of the president."

-- Tom Hoefling

Without you they have no voice in this world

1/2/2021

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January 01st, 2021

1/1/2021

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Justice from the magistrate or judgement from heaven

1/1/2021

Equal Protection for Posterity

Figure out what is right and do it

12/29/2020

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The greatest gifts

12/23/2020

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Trust the Lord

12/23/2020

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The only source

12/16/2020

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Socialism is a deadly parasite

12/9/2020

Say NO to Socialism!

Equality is essential

12/9/2020

Equal Protection for Posterity

Where to start to save the country

12/8/2020

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Milton Friedman: A shortage of sand in the Sahara

12/7/2020

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Why our country is full of violence

12/7/2020

Friends of Life and Liberty

Abortion is an act against God

12/7/2020

Equal Protection for Posterity

The heavens declare the glory of God

12/6/2020

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If you won't protect the helpless

12/5/2020

Friends of Life and Liberty

The deepest affairs of the heart

11/23/2020

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No matter how you organize yourselves, don't act like a goat

9/17/2020

Tom Hoefling

Some abolitionists choose to form themselves into groups and/or organizations that are, in their minds, largely exclusive to their theological standpoint. They look at the task of abolishing abortion as if they were building a church or a Christian denomination. And you know what? That's perfectly fine. That's their right. If I was trying to start a church, or run a parachurch organization, I'd do it that way too. I certainly wouldn't want to include people who disagree with my theology, or the theology of my coreligionists. That would be ridiculous.

Many of us, on the other hand, a dozen years ago--thinking that stopping the abortion holocaust is a civic matter, one that is a life-and-death question for the entire country, for the entire body of the people, not just for those with perfect theology--decided that we want the help of any American citizen/Judeo-Christian theist who truly wants abortion ended immediately. So, we decided to start a non-sectarian political party, one that, even though it doesn't divide politically along denominational lines, is absolutely committed, from the get-go, to the core American moral and constitutional principles that without exception argue strongly and conclusively against abortion.

Even if you view Catholics, or Latter-day Saints, or Jews, as Samaritans, (or, as one "five tenet abolitionist" called them yesterday, "pagans") ask yourself the question:

If Samaritans are committed to helping the poor robbery victim lying bleeding in the ditch, or to stopping the mass murder of tens of millions more innocent children, shouldn't you work with them to bind up the wounds and bring healing to those who are being violently attacked? Can you justify to the Lord strutting on by like the priests and the Levites in Luke 10, who were busy going to do God's work, but stuck their noses up at people who were truly serving, and showing mercy, and being a true neighbor to their fellow human beings, even though they didn't have the right religious label attached to them?

I know that most abolitionists understand these concepts, because they are already working with their fellow citizens, without regard to religious designations, to try to pass abolition legislation in the several states.

But, in 2020, we are watching some few "five-tenet abolitionists," folks who have advocated for abolition as being solely a gospel project, inexplicably compromise those tenets for the pro-abortion incumbent Donald Trump. This simply can't pass without comment. Thousands more babies are being slaughtered in America TODAY. We don't have time for any more silly little Utilitarian political games. We have to convince the people to stop supporting wicked candidates, or we're never going to get anywhere.

If you won't even live up to your own standards, who is going to listen to you? Who is going to believe your professions of faith when you keep supporting politicians who think it's okay to murder innocent children? Who is going to demand abolition if you don't demand abolition, in actual practice? Who cares how you've organized yourself if you're being morally compromised?

These are fair questions.

Because, you know what? In the end there are only two labels that are really going to matter: "sheep" and "goats."

Go read Matthew 25:31-46. It's all right there.

Do unto these babies as you would do unto the Lord Himself. No exceptions, for any politician, or for any reason.

Without that kind of steel in the backbone of abolitionism, it is going to come to the same bad end as pro-life-ism. It's inevitable.

Core of the problem with abortion exposed in Texas

4/16/2019

Tom Hoefling

The debacle in the committee hearing room in Austin, Texas last week exposed the core of the problem with abortion. It all comes down to the humanity, and the God-given, unalienable, equal rights of the individual child, and whether or not the perpetrators who seek to slaughter them will be punished in the same way other murderers are dealt with under the law.

In other words, it all came down to the same things it came down to in front of the Supreme Court in 1973. Prior to Roe vs. Wade, Texas had unjust, immoral, unconstitutional laws on the books that deprived the unborn child of their equal rights, and punished their murderers differently, and much more leniently, than the murderers of those fortunate enough to have passed through a birth canal. Which, of course, provided the pretext the wicked Blackmun court needed to dehumanize, to depersonify, the unborn child. Which, of course, then led to the cold-blooded, premeditated murder of more then sixty million innocent, helpless, defenseless children.

And what was the response of Pro-Life, Inc., and their faithful minions in the Texas legislature when presented with a just, constitutional bill that would criminalize all abortions in their state? They were steadfast in their determination to make the exact same moral, constitutional, and legal error that led to Roe in the first place, even though more than 98% of the more than three hundred citizens who testified in front of their committee spent more than eight hours, late into the night, explaining to them in great depth, in exquisite detail, why doing this would be a gross violation of the most sacred obligations of their solemn oaths.

And the innocent blood continues to flow.

Tom Hoefling testifies for abortion abolition in Texas - April 8, 2019

4/10/2019

Tom Hoefling and Scott Mahurin to debate abortion abolition vs. regulation - Sat. March 30, 2019, 2 pm Central time - LIVE STREAM

3/26/2019

Tom Hoefling

Please hold me up in prayer this week as I prepare for Saturday's abolition vs. regulation debate with Scott Mahurin.

If you're near Des Moines, come join us at 2 pm at 315 SW 14th St, Des Moines, IA 50309-4311.

If you're not able to come, the live stream will be on the Des Moines Patriots for Christ page, starting at 2 pm Central time.

You have to go hit like on their page here if you want to see the event live:

https://www.facebook.com/PatriotsForChristDSM/

The event page on Facebook is here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/418818738660911/

The Fear Of God Is The Missing Ingredient

3/24/2019

Tom Hoefling

The fear of God is the missing ingredient in our politics today - on the part of the people themselves, and on the part of those they elect to public office who are required to take the oath.

Our system presupposes a just and perfect judgment on our words and actions in the hereafter, as the mainstay against abuses and usurpations in the civic here and now.

Without that healthy dread in our hearts and minds, and in the hearts and minds of our chosen representatives, the whole edifice of constitutional republicanism falls apart.

"Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths?"

-- George Washington

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding."

-- Proverbs 9:10

'Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.'

Tom Hoefling on Government:

"Just as 'good fences make for good neighbors,' good government is mainly about knowing where the legitimate boundaries are, and having the courage to defend those borders forcefully. This is true in terms of the defense of our territory, our security, and our national sovereignty, but it also applies to the sworn duty of all of those in government to equally protect the God-given, unalienable rights of each individual person, from their creation onward, their sacred obligation to stay well within the enumerated powers of our constitutions, and of the role legitimate government must play in balancing the competing rights and interests of the people, in order to establish justice."