{"id":2210,"date":"2017-12-14T03:26:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T03:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/2017\/12\/14\/mainstream-2\/"},"modified":"2017-12-14T03:26:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T03:26:47","slug":"mainstream-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/mainstream-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainstream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Dan Jones<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\">One of the lessons of November 8, 2016, is that the mainstream media is not infallible.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\">I actually heard a member of the media say during the midst of things not turning out at all like they thought they were going to turn out (and I quote) &#8220;The smarty-smart people were wrong.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Indeed, they were.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\">And it&#8217;s certainly tempting to go off on a long lecture about the pride and arrogance of people who think they are very, very smart and the resulting humility that comes from being very, very wrong.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\">But that&#8217;s not my purpose.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\">No, where I am going with this is the difference between the mainstream and the river of life.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><i>There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. Psalm 46:4 NIV<\/i><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">There has been much talk over the past decades of <i>secular<\/i> society, as if God can be separated and apart from certain aspects of our lives.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">But if God did indeed create the earth and everything in it, the universe all around us, and every human being on this earth, how can anything be &#8220;secular&#8221; at all?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">And, if we believe Jesus is real, if He really did step down from His throne and die to take away all our sins so the we would have eternal life, how could we possibly consider the eighty or so years that we spend in this <i>temporary<\/i> life anywhere nearly as important as our <i>eternal <\/i>life?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">Which is why I am so very grateful that there is an alternative to the mainstream media which provides news and information, teaching, worship, and praise 24 hours per day every day of the year.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">Yes, I am horribly biased in this regard, but unlike the &#8220;smarty-smart people&#8221; I will freely admit to that bias.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">I think Kinship Christian Radio is an absolutely wonderful thing, and I praise the LORD God not only that it exists, but that we still live in a country where it can exist.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">As you read this, Kinship Christian Radio is holding its annual Shareathon where funds are raised from people like you so that it can continue to broadcast that river of life to thousands and thousands of people.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">All it takes is a phone call to 800-810-5559 or a click on the home page https:\/\/www.kinshipradio.org\/\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\">to show your financial support.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\">And while even one dollar is helpful and greatly appreciated, even more important to the ministry of Kinship Christian Radio are your continued prayers for blessing, protection, and guidance throughout the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">AMEN and HALLELUJAH!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">Today&#8217;s Praise<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #001320; font-family: 'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdfeff; 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