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Posted on August 13, 2025 by TonyAugust 15, 2025

Proverbs 14:30 says it like this: “A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness (aka: a sin) to the bones.”

Yikes! Rottenness to the bones. Yeah, envy is a sin alright.

But even though they know that’s true, a lot of Christians have a lot of envy in their lives. And you see it all over social media. That’s where too many Christians compare their lives, ministries, or spiritual journeys to others. And that fosters envy or feelings of inadequacy. They see curated and idealized posts and feel like they don’t measure up.

And even though social media is only a faint shadow of real life, too many people put WAY too much emphasis and value on what is shared on those platforms. Especially when it comes to political issues. Take taxes, for example.

Just think how much more efficient and effective our country would be if taxes were used to keep the utilities infrastructure safe from pollutants and poisons. And if our tax dollars were used to keep bridges safe…and roads safe and smooth, and night lights shining, and a military with state-of-the-art equipment to defend us against all aggression. Personally I’d be OK if my taxes were for that. And it could all be done for approximately 5% of each person’s earnings. Amazing huh? But…

•A government who takes my money and gives it to corporate idiots who’ve run their businesses into the ground? No.

•A government who takes my money and gives it to bankers and insurance company owners who’ve squandered their assets? No.

•A government who takes my money and gives it to people who won’t work, or others who spend it on abortions, or others who spend it on athletic shoes, or flat screen TV’s, or satellite radio and mp3 players for their cars…No, No, No, and No.

Those things cause envy, bitterness, and resentment. And you can see it literally all over the world right now. So, that’s why I wrote…

God Over Government

Rights don’t come from government.
They only come from God.
Man’s words might acknowledge this,
But they can be outlawed.
No one here is sovereign.
And no one here is good.
And nations will disintegrate
Until that’s understood.
Truth will not prevail upon
The ones who choose to hate
The One who is the Truth, the Life,
The Way, and narrow Gate.
“Freedom isn’t free,” they say.
And you won’t disagree,
When you find out just what it took
To bring you liberty.
The man-made “constitution,”
Amended to add rights,
Barely reflects the message
From the one Father of lights.
He said perfect life awaits
For “who believes in Me.”
So, choose God over government.
His Truth shall make you free.

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Posted on September 7, 2024 by TonySeptember 7, 2024

Humans sure are stupid things. If you’re not a human, then you’re probably giggling to yourself, “You can say that again.” Ok, I will.

Humans sure are stupid things.

Now, I’m pretty sure you’re a human. Because as far as my software has been able to detect, no aliens (from other worlds, not criminals from other countries) have signed up for my writings.

So, since it’s likely you ARE one of the earthly homo sapiens, do you agree with me? You know what? Don’t answer that. Because you ARE also of the stupidocitus humanicus strain. But if makes you feel any better (and I doubt it will), so am I.

Yeah. The video replay of my life, that projects across the screen of my mind’s eye, shows plenty of, let’s say, an abundance of less than stellar choices and decisions.

And here’s something that’s even more disturbing. There’s almost a 100% chance I’ll add to those sad stats. Because, darn it, I’m still one of those stupid things. At least as long as the air from this broken-down planet, spinning elliptically around the sun, flows through my compromised lungs.

(I should probably wear one of these t-shirts)

But don’t think for even a nano-infinitessimal-quantum second that I’ll give up my breathing habit. Not without a fight. Because as stupid as I’ve been in this life, I’m still saved from it. And knowing that motivates me to tell anyone, who’ll listen to or read my words, how that happened.

Maybe that’s why the most well-known Paul wrote this:

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Yeah, that helps persuade me, too. To look up even as I predict bad stuff. You do, too. Right?

I have seen the tides of freedom
Swept onto the shores of man.
I have seen the storm of greed
Take it all away again.

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Posted on June 27, 2023 by TonyJuly 15, 2023

I don’t know why it is. But fat, old guys seem to be the typical Harley riders. And before you look for the page turn or delete button, I’m not gonna ramble on about fat, old guys on motorcycles. I’m sure you’ve seen your share. And you’d probably like to talk about almost anything else.

So, good. How about fat, old guys walkin’ down the street?

And even worse than that, they’re walkin’ down the street naked. Now, that’s not your typical scene. Except, it IS starting to get a whole lot more typical. And it’s happening with the approval of large crowds of men, women, AND children (although I doubt the kids had any choice in the matter).

This past weekend (6/23-6/25) a Bud Light sponsored, so-called “Pride Parade” in Toronto (that’s in Canada, for the geographically challenged) included nudists. It wasn’t the first parade to include them. And I’m sure it won’t be the last. In fact, I suspect they’ll be included in more and more parades as the tolerance and diversity wing of the so-called “justice system” sees nothing and knows nothing.

I’m deeply saddened for my country and continent. Because America was the last ray of hope for morality and respect for God. But that ray is flickering out. It used to be that morally bankrupt people preferred the dark of night because of their despicable behavior. But now, they proudly parade around in the daylight.

I read a report that said, “Another video emerged showing another act that occurred happened in the parade: participants in drag danced with their breasts exposed to the audience.” And the report continued with, “Other videos show a group of naked men playing and rinsing themselves off alongside a fountain surrounded by kids. Meanwhile, a stage, clearly adorned with Bud Light branding, featured scantily clad dancers wearing fishnets, nipple stickers, and strange sock-like masks.”

But, who am I to judge?

After all, if I don’t wanna watch, I can just not go. Or change the channel. Yeah, I could just move on with a “nothing to see here” attitude. But there’s one catch. Jesus said to “love your neighbor as yourself.” And I love myself enough to take eternal life where I can find it. So, I want my “neighbors” to experience it, too.

Of course, I won’t even try to force anyone to believe in eternal life AND that it can only be found in Jesus. I couldn’t make them do that even if I DID try. But I’ll never give up recommending it to them. And I’ll never give in and simply tolerate their despicable behavior. They certainly don’t tolerate my Christian faith. And that’s the height, width, and depth of their hypocrisy.

Naturally (and I use that word because it fits perfectly) the tolerance that’s “preached” in “pride parades” has no actual boundaries. So, as more and more sin is accepted, it gets more and more depraved.

Fat old guys (and women, and young ones, too), parading around naked in front of children is bad. But, if that behavior is left unchecked and unpunished, to quote BTO, “you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.”

Here’s a slightly humorous side note:

The web page, with the report of this awful news, included some ironically humorous bullet point ads. I copied them and pasted them, verbatim, here:

“Urologist: Enlarged Prostate? Do This Immediately (Genius!)”

“Big Belly? Take This Before Bed And Lose Up To 52 lbs In 10 Days”

So, I guess even naked, fat, old guys (and/or those who cheer them on) have health and vanity issues. One day, if they don’t turn to God for help with their hardened hearts, they’ll wish for the days when they only had belly fat and prostate problems.

I long for the day when I won’t feel compelled to speak out against men and women who prey on, and even murder, little children. And I look forward to an eternal future when none of those people who hate God will ever trouble me, or anyone who loves Him, again.

AND I know that day is coming. Because, even right here in the middle of an overflowing ocean of darkness, the Light of God’s love, shines with inextinguishable power. For anyone who cares to see it.

Worldliness; don’t let your joy turn into heaviness!
Worldliness; don’t let it rob you of your righteousness!
Draw near to God and He’ll draw near to you!
Worldliness will never do what He can do!

Stay tuned,

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Posted on June 24, 2023 by TonyJuly 12, 2023

Alabama is one of those states in the so-called Bible Belt. So, it might surprise you to hear that even in small towns, in Alabama, police have to deal with perverts. Yeah, even in public shopping areas. In broad daylight (is there a such thing as narrow daylight?)

Small towns, in America, are no longer much different from big cities.

For example, check out what police said in this headline from one of those small towns:

“…dozens of people are victims of man who sexually pleasured himself in public stores.”

But, in the very first sentence, under that headline, there’s a clue as to why perverts are doing these things on a huge scale. The news article said…

“Police say dozens of people across our area are victims of 23 -year-old Marcus McKillion. He’s charged with public indecency after they say he performed various sexual acts in public places. He was arrested today and taken to jail. Tonight, police want to jeep him behind bars. So far, 2 victims have come forward. Investigators believe there are more. They say they need more victims to come forward to keep McKillion behind bars.”

Do you see the clue?

Police need “more victims to come forward to keep McKillion behind bars.” Yeesh. I gotta break that down a little bit. Because there are some layers to that irritating onion.

Keeping perverts behind bars does not solve the problem. And they have “2 victims” and plenty of video evidence. And that’s enough to hand down a serious sentence on this perv. You don’t need “more victims” to prove the crime. So, this 23 year old perpetrator/perv should have already faced his charge, heard his sentence, and experienced his punishment.

But we don’t have an actual justice system in America.

We just have a system that pads the pockets of lawyers and judges and other “law system” workers.

So, we not only get perverted perpetrators, but we get repeat perverted perpetrators. Yeah, the headline I shared is from this week. But the scumbag was also “taken into custody” back in May for doing the same thing in a Walmart. AND there’s evidence he did the same thing back in January. Another police department sergeant said “He had exposed himself to a victim. There are multiple videos, and it is despicable and disturbing.”

The article added that there have been “Dozens of victims in 5 months.”

But a police chief said, “So, it’s my intent to prosecute every single case that we can make on him, and we can only do that if the victims come forward.”

Do you see how stupid that sounds? How stupid that IS?

The article also said

“Right now, McKillion has 2 misdemeanor charges for public indecency, which means he’s eligible for bond.” The police chief said, “People who commit these type crimes have a high tendency to do them again.” Uh…ya think?

Then, get this, the authorities admit, “There’s a lot of these videos that depict very explicit things that he was doing in public… the videos were showing that he was more brazen per video there are victims that are victims of more than just indecent exposure.”

And THEN there’s the big “I” word: “IF that’s the case, he says, sexual assault charges could come out of this case.

Police officials said, “If you saw something, don’t stay silent.”

And I say, since you DID see something, punish the perv.

Public flogging to start. And escalate as needed.

Ironically, the vast majority of people in America will say I’m hard-hearted. And they’ll call me a bigot or racist because I’d dare to call for the public punishment of a flagrant pervert. And they’ll say stupid stuff like “Who are you to judge?” Or “You don’t know the whole story.” Or pick your regurgitated sound bites.

But I predict that, if my suggestion doesn’t become the norm (and I’m under no delusion that it will), you can expect small towns to become reduced reflections of big cities. The process started long ago.

Do you think we should just accept that sort of behavior as we shop in local markets?

After all, the man who’s “pleasuring himself” in front of you (and even in front of your kids) is just doing what’s right in his mind. Yeah, come to think of it, who am I to judge? Well, I’m a son of the one, true, living, loving God of creation.

There’s that, for starters.

Stay tuned,

Tony Funderburk

Your Life Has Rhyme And Reason Because God Made You