A History of First Landing

In 1607, three ships from England landed in VA Beach on April 26th. This is commonly remembered as the First Landing. The weary travelers fasted for three days while praying over the land that was to be their new home.

On April 29, 1607, Rev. Robert Hunt said a prayer at First Landing in VA Beach. The congregation built a cross that stood 16 feet tall to symbolize the dedication of themselves and the land to God. With this dedication, they vowed to become evangelists to the world.

Welcome to The REALLY Real Deal and our Sunday Message for April 16, 2023.

Today, I’ve chosen to share a program we will broadcast worldwide next Wednesday, April 26th.

It is a re-committal of our wayward nation back to God, just as they fervently did in 1607.

Learn about this project at the First Landing Website.

The First Amendment, Inc. will greatly appreciate each of our faithful followers who choose to support this project. It will assuredly be worth your while.

We will also be producing a documentary about First Landing, but to do so, we need to raise $100K. 

If you want to become one of our donors, you have two ways. 

1. You can donate directly to our website.
2. You can head to my Facebook and contribute to my Birthday Donation Request. 

Please enjoy today’s message, and God Bless you.

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Welcome to The REALLY Real Deal

This is our Sunday Message for April 2, 2023, called “Troubled Souls.”

In John 12:27, Jesus says: “Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause, I came unto this hour.”

Jesus felt troubled knowing the time was near for him to be the final living sacrifice for the world. He said the words in this verse just six short days before Passover. The Pharisees had already decided to kill Jesus after he raised Lazarus from death. Jesus knew this but walked toward it.

Just as there were back then, there are many “Troubled Souls” Today.

A distraught 28-year-old female, confused even over her gender, became the fourth transvestite mass murderer in the last four years. She let her “troubles” erupt into cold-blooded murder of the innocent. Three children, and three teachers, in a Christian School. A school she once attended and a place that opposes her lifestyle.

President Trump is again troubled by demonic demon-crats using law as a weapon, just like the Presidents and Princes, Governors, and Satraps of King Darius in Ancient Persia (Daniel chapter 6).

This is the fourth phony attempt to manipulate the law against Trump. There will be at least two more comings soon. As always, Trump walks toward them because it is aimed at us. Trump is just out in front.  

The j-6ers, the Christian martyrs worldwide, and the Christian sidewalk counselors who get arrested in the middle of the night are all following close behind.

Troubled Politics, Troubled World

We see similar demonic manipulation of the laws in the Bible to destroy those doing God’s work: The Pharisees in the New Testament, those opposed to Daniel; those opposed to Nehemiah; Haman and his sons who opposed Mordechai and Esther. It is the same today. 

Jesus, of course, knew it in advance. The rest of us do not possess God’s knowledge (John 13:7). Trump did so much that everyone loved.  Not one of the demon-crats gave back the extra money in their checks, demanded to pay more than $2.00 a gallon for gas, or complained that the four peace deals were not good – but would instead go to war. Not a single one.  

Similarly, our police and first responders heard “Good job, thank you, and God bless” 22 years ago on 9/11 but are now targeted – just like Trump. 

People who treat those doing God’s work with such evil today would have treated Jesus the same way if they lived during that time.  I don’t care how loud they sing in the church choir or how many mission trips they take.

John 12:37 says, ” But though Jesus had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed on him not.”

The proof of how you would have treated Jesus is how you treat God’s people today.

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Welcome to The REALLY Real Deal

Watch our Sunday Message for March 26, 2023. “What is the Truth?“

Jesus says, “I came into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.” John 18.

As Jesus stood in front of Pontius Pilate, he continued to stand firm in his purpose on earth: “to bear witness unto the truth,” even when faced with death.

As Pilate contemplated who Jesus was, he became confused. He knew this man that stood before him claimed to be the Messiah. He knew the many works and wonders Jesus had done during his ministry. And most of all, he knew he needed to make a tough decision, but did he have the strength to do it? Was his decision based on what is right?

The “Deep State” is similar to ancient Persia in the way that persecution is allowed or done to those they know they “can find no fault.” (Daniel chapter 6).

For instance, J-6 and Trump. Unjust judges continue to make decisions according to the two-tier justice system in America.

Who will be next?

Will it be you or your loved ones?

In this message, we look at unjust judges in the Bible and the meaning of “both ears will tingle.”

We answer the question asked above— what is truth?

Join me as we uncover some of the unpopular truths about who Jesus is and what he meant when he said, “Everyone that is of the truth, heareth my voice.”

This begins the countdown to “Resurrection Day.”

We cannot claim to love Jesus if we do not love the truth. 

Finding the truth is really simple. Follow Jesus.

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” ‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭6.‬ ‭

God Bless you!

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Welcome to The REALLY Real Deal and our Sunday Message for March 19, 2023.

In case you missed it, watch my sermon from last Sunday called “Purim & The Age-Old Agenda Against God’s People.“

Now, let’s focus on today’s sermon.

This message is called “God is Just. Therefore He Hates Wrong.”

In today’s message, we focus on two things.

First, the faithful St. Patrick, whose life we celebrate every year on March 17. Few people know the history of his freedom from slavery and his ministry later in his life.

And the current news on Trump’s potential arrest, which he predicts, will occur this Tuesday. 

Part 1: Former slave does not ask for reparations but redeems the land of his former captors – The Real St Patrick.

There is a vast difference in how society approaches the discussion and correction of injustices amongst different races and ethnicities. 

Specifically slavery.

Europeans and Africans were horrifically enslaved throughout history, as were almost every other tribe, nation, and people—even some today.

This is not true of every slave. However, the most common scenario was for nearby tribes or nations to bring most people into slavery. 

Often, the money earned from the slave would go towards paying off a debt. Some may have been war criminals or children born into it.

This was true of the Irish, the Slavs, the Polish, the Brits, and others in Europe. It was also true of various tribes in Africa and so many more.

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we will learn how a British man was brought into slavery for six years. How he escaped to freedom, and after two decades, he chose to return to Ireland and plant 300 churches. He baptized 120,000 people for the Lord.

Part 2: A Form of Modern-Day Slavery

The arrest of President Trump is imminent—but no arrests have been initiated for Biden’s Family of Criminals.

Look at the treatment of President Trump versus the Biden family.

Times like this just prove that even within the same races, there will always be a divide.

That’s why the content of one’s character matters so much more than the color of one’s skin.

We need to end this version of slavery in today’s America. After all, we are the land of the free.

In closing, I will share a verse on justice and dishonest gain.

“For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and will make an everlasting covenant with them.” – Isaiah 61:8

God Bless you!

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Our Sunday Message is from March 12, 2023. In light of Purim, this sermon focuses on the agenda against the Jewish people. We begin in the book of Esther.

The Gallows of Haman

In the book of Esther, we see how God allows the righteousness of Esther to hold the evil Haman accountable to the law. The gallows he built for God’s people became his demise. 

Haman was a Government employee who manipulated the Law of the Persians and Medes (an unchangeable law) in an attempt to trick the King into a mass genocide of God’s people.

So the question I have for today is, will the righteous use the modern-day gallows to hold accountable those who are the modern version of Haman?

Now let’s look at the book of Daniel.

We see the exact same treatment and agenda of God’s chosen people in this very book.

It begins with King Darius. He loved Daniel so much that he wanted to make him the leader of all the kingdoms of Babylon.

However, King Darius had wise men who quickly became jealous of the favor Daniel held in the eyes of the king.

“Finally, these men said, We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.” Daniel 6:5-9

So out of envy, the wise men set a trap for Daniel. They tricked King Darius into making it illegal to serve the one true God.

But God worked a miracle in the predicament Daniel found himself in. He shut the mouths of all the lions so that Daniel remained unharmed.

When you read further, you will see how King Darius rejoiced that Daniel was alive! He threw the evil wise men into the very same den of lions they threw Daniel into. Then, he changed the law that condemned Daniel and taught every kingdom to revere and fear God.

“For he is the living God

    and he endures forever;

his kingdom will not be destroyed,

    his dominion will never end.

He rescues and he saves;

    he performs signs and wonders

    in the heavens and on the earth.

He has rescued Daniel

    from the power of the lions.”

Daniel 6:23-27

Take a look at another attack that was planned on God’s people.

85 years ago, on March 12, 1938, the German NAZI army took over Austria, without firing a single shot. 

This was a planned extermination of the Jewish people using the same age-old agenda that almost every government has used to carry out this task.

But God prevailed again, as He always does. Today, Israel has a country; the NAZIS do not.

But the agenda is still very much alive and active in the modern day.

We have NAZI leaders all over the world, even in the US. Biden, Obama, Schumer, Fauci, Schwab, Xi, Zuckerberg, Gates, Soros, Fizer, and Fox are just a few of the politicians that continue to push the NAZI agenda against God’s people.

Will You Hold Them Accountable?

Are God’s people going to courageously hold them accountable, as shown in the Bible in the Books of Ester and Daniel? 

Is the US going to hold trials like the Nuremberg Trials after WWII?

Or will weak political leaders, like Rodney King, who want us all to “get along” commit a big sin of omission by not using the modern “gallows of Haman” against those who created them, the way the Word of God tells us? 

Make sure to watch my video sermon. This is the REALLY Real Deal’s sermon on the Jewish Holiday of Purim. 

It’s all about retribution.

God Bless you.

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Happy President’s Day from The REALLY Real Deal!

Yesterday, I spoke about choosing leaders wisely. Check out the Sunday Message on February 19, 2023, titled, “President’s Day: Evil in the Sight of the Lord.”

In this message, we also discuss a great President, John Quincy Adams, who died 175 years ago, as well as several evil Presidents.

As our Bible tells us, Israel had both good and evil Kings. America has experienced the same.

Therefore, it matters who we choose to place in leadership positions. We must remember that Israel could not vote for a King like we do today. They did ask God for a King, and He, in turn, warned them to be careful what they asked for.

Of course, they had great Kings such as David, Solomon, Josiah, and Hezekiah (He did right in the sight of the LORD. 2 Chr 29: 2-6).

But they had their fair share of wicked leaders as well. Think of the evil Herod, Belshazar, Nebuchadnezzar, Manasseh, Ahaziah, Joran, and his father Ahab (who did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him).

Consider the evils put on our children by the politicians in office throughout history, and even today. 

There will always be some level of corruption when placing a human being on a pedestal. 1 Kings 15:26 says: “…and in his sin he made Israel to sin.” However, God’s strength is made perfect in our weakness. Because of this, righteous people will actively work to snuff out corruption, even within themselves because God is always at work in them.

As always, the Bible is my guide, and I don’t care who gets offended by it.

So have a blessed President’s Day, and God Bless ya’ll!

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The Jubilee Year: The 50th March for Life

Welcome to The REALLY Real Deal and our Sunday Message for January 22, 2023. It’s called “Love Them Both: Baby & Mother.”

In light of the March for Life, I wanted to share a simple reminder with you all: we hold the ultimate victory in Jesus. He has given us a very significant win that we celebrated yesterday at the 50th March For Life. Last year, the Supreme Court ruled to overturn the Roe vs. Wade decision. In doing so, they marked the end of forcing this decision upon Americans for the last 50 years.

What joy we feel knowing that God has heard the prayers of all the saints! Think of the mercy He has shown in giving us this piece of victory! 

We Cannot Become Complacent

Even with this victory comes a sobering thought: there are still babies being murdered daily, just on a smaller scale. Because of this, we should not rest on our laurels, yet. The demon-crats have are possessed by the daimons, which is the biblical greek for demons (/ˈdīˌmōn/). 

These people are not only perpetuating demonic teachings like, “mother vs. baby”, but also female vs. male; youth vs. elder; student vs. teacher; citizen vs. cop; job seeker vs. job creator; athlete vs. coach; and as Matthew 24 shows us, ethnos vs. ethnos (greek translation for nation, people, caste, tribe).

They spew hatred with division and teach theft and murder. Think of the following scripture. “The thief cometh not, except to kill, steal, and destroy.” – John 10:10.

We are heirs of a victorious King. Let’s enjoy the victory lap that God so graciously gave to us, but let us not “be weary in doing good for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.” –Galatians 6:9-12

The daimons never rest, and the people who serve them never stop.

We who serve God should likewise never rest and never step away. Let us continue to love both the mother and the child: our future generations depend on us.

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A Lookback at MLK Day 

Hello folks, welcome to The REALLY Real Deal. I’m your Friendly Neighborhood Hatchet Man. As you all know, we celebrated Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. this past week. So I want to share with you all the speaking opportunities that I am blessed to have participated in because of MLK Day. In this post, I highlight the major points I talked about in these videos. It is always a pleasure to join the Madison County Republican Women’s monthly meeting. I am also very appreciative of my good friend, John Reid, for inviting me to speak on his radio show, “Richmond’s Morning News with John Reid” on WRVA. 

Madison County Republican Woman

I spoke for just a few moments at this meeting, and felt so honored to be there. 

You can watch the video here.

Most of you know that MLK Day passed as a national holiday by Former President Ronald Reagan. I often ask myself what Dr. King would think of our current racial situation in America. After all, if it wasn’t for his assassination, he would be 94 years old.

Think about what it might look like in today’s world. There would be no holiday to celebrate the impact that his life’s work left on our society. He we would not consider a martyr for Civil Rights. Imagine if we simply knew of him as just Rev. King.

This portion of history is not very distant from where we are now. It’s easy to forget that Dr. King was only 39 years old when he was gruesomely assassinated. 

I often think of what Dr. King’s thoughts on the racial battle in America today might be. Would he support the BLM movement, including the general lawlessness and disregard for others that came with it?

What about the riots? Would he consider it just that 38 Americans were killed during these chaotic, and dangerous, escapades?

What about the recurring police murders that happen nationwide every year?

Or abortion, and the fact that over 63 million precious, delicate, and valuable lives have been taken so mercilessly since the Roe vs. Wade decision in 1973? The highest percentage of these murders were black babies.

Would he support the efforts of the government to take away every parent’s right to school choice for their children? What about the teaching of CRT? Or, the demonic movement to turn our children into genders that God did not intend for them to be?

Would he begin seeking revenge for his enslaved ancestors and change his mantra to “We want Special Rights” as opposed to what he proclaimed throughout his life “We want equal rights, not special rights.”

No, he would not. See, Dr. King was a man of great character. Even though he had his flaws, he continued to work towards doing what was right in the eyes of God. Sure, he had sin in his life. Who doesn’t? Jesus said, even to those seeking to stone the prostitute, “He who is without sin, cast the first stone.” The only one who was able to justly cast a stone was Jesus. Instead of doing that, He was quick to show her mercy when he told her, “You are forgiven. Now go and sin no more.”

I accuse all of the soft pulpit preachers of casting those “stones.” Please do not make the mistake of sitting yourself at the level of God. He will surely humble you.

Interview with John Reid

In my interview on Richmond’s Morning News with John Reid, I quoted Booker T. Washington.

“There is another class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they can make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.”

I think of all the attempted segregation. Do not forget that our own President, Joe Biden, once said that he “did not want my children growing up in a racial jungle.” Segregation was, at last, coming to a close, and society finally saw African Americans as people again. 

How could our nation, which claims to judge people “by the content of their character” vote for a president that was openly racist during his time as a Senator?

People often say, “Maybe the man has changed?” 

I won’t argue that people can change. 

However, while people are always subject to change, we know that God’s word clearly states that we will know by the “fruit” of his actions, and his life.

Based on what I observe, the Democrat party has been conditioned and taught to hate. 

We know that hate is not reasonable.

This hate has successfully taken the credit for Civil Rights Bills that Republicans put forth.

Hate also allows for false narratives to be spread by the media, while they play the victim and act like they are not the ones who are truly at fault.

Hate will always have room to fight against good legislation.

MLK Passed On His Legacy- What Will We Do With It?

So why do the Democrats fight against helpful and constructive legislation? Well, we went over several reasons that explain why, but let’s focus on three. Number one: they have an agenda to push. They are working overtime to divide us. You know what they say, divide and conquer, right? Reason number two: they want to keep us stuck. They want us to always fight over racial matters because if we are fighting, we won’t be constructive. Finally, number three: They want to spread hate, and hate is not reasonable.

This matters to every single American, no matter what the color of your skin is. It matters because we need to be smart. It is so important to always remember that our rights come from God. Not from man.

So will we live up to the example that Dr. King laid before us so that we can move on to bigger, and brighter futures ahead? 

I sure hope so. Until then, God Bless y’all!

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Do Your Votes Align with Jesus?

Welcome to Wayback Wednesday with The REALLY Real Deal. I want to take a look back at some of America’s more recent history: the Senate vote on the now Supreme Court Judge, Ketanji Brown Jackson. I posted my opinion on this matter on Sunday, March 27, 2022. It is called, “Do Your Votes Align with Jesus?”

Watch it on Rumble here.

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, neither Black nor White, neither male nor female: for all are of one blood through Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28 (Paraphrased).

Even though Galatians 3:28 actually says: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for all are of one blood through Christ Jesus.” I think you get the point I am trying to make. 

The author of this verse was very clearly stating the gospel is not based on the color of your skin, nor is it based on your race or gender. It is instead, saying that we, as believers, and through Christ’s sacrifice, are washed in the blood of the lamb.

Because of this, we are made into new beings. As the bible puts it, we are now “born again”. Jesus now acts as our intercessor. We are now viewed, by God, as white, like snow; without spot or blemish. 

Upon thinking of this particular vote, and how it played out, I was reminded of the vote that occurred approximately 1,995 years ago. A vote that changed history forever. It is the vote that was held in Jerusalem, to determine who, of the two, would be crucified: Jesus, or Barabbas? 

Law & Custom

Pontius Pilate was the “Roman prefect (governor) of Judaea (26–36 CE) under the emperor Tiberius who presided at the trial of Jesus and gave the order for his crucifixion.” –Britannica

Barabbas was considered to be a “notorious prisoner.” According to Luke 23:19, he was “in prison with the rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection” against the Roman government.

Due to the culture at this time, the release of a prisoner was a customary pardon that routinely occured on the feast of Passover. 

Amidst this Roman custom, the crowd was egged on by the religious leadership to prefer Barabbas, over Jesus. 

Both Jesus, and Barabbas, were accused of some the same crimes: sedition, insurrection, and treason. The crowds preference of Barabbas did not come as a shock to Jesus. He foretold that He would be hated by the world because He was God incarnate. After all, He came to conquer sin and death. I imagine that so many felt threatened by the conviction He brought to them.

Most of us would like to think we would have voted for Jesus if we were alive back then. 

But, would we really? 

How we vote in elections today, tells us how we most likely would have voted back then.

Many claim to follow Christ with their lips. But can you obey God and actively support divisions of race, of sex, genders that, in reality, do not exist?

Do not deceive yourself. Jesus would not have stood for any of those things. He would have “turned the tables” on ALL sin. He would have gone against the politics that actively promote such things.

Will you do the same?

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Content Of Character: Embraced By The Righteous, Hated By The Woke.

Welcome to The REALLY Real Deal and our Sunday Message for January 15, 2023. This sermon is titled, “MLK Day: Content of Character.”

Great character was demonstrated by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his followers in the 1960s.

They showed courage by spreading an unpopular belief, boldness to spread the truth, perseverance through opposition, peace in the midst of chaos, forgiveness instead of wrath, and unity among people. 

Even when they were fought by 1960s era demon-crats, they did not stand down.

Today, we see history repeat itself in both good, and bad, ways.

That same great character is being demonstrated again in the 2020s by Christian Patriots who honor Rev. King by their life examples. 

However, with these honorable efforts being put forth comes opposition from the same party that opposed them before, just a different, more modern, era: the demon-crats.

Are there ways to combat this? How would Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. have handled this? I talk a little bit about that in my video. I hope you will tune-in to this message. It is as important today as it was in the 1960’s era.

God Bless ya’ll!

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