Mollie Hemingway | Political Divide in America
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- Опубликовано: 26 окт 2024
- Mollie Hemingway spoke on October 3, 2019 during the 175th Anniversary Celebration.
Hillsdale College is an independent institution of higher learning founded in 1844 by men and women “grateful to God for the inestimable blessings” resulting from civil and religious liberty and “believing that the diffusion of learning is essential to the perpetuity of these blessings.” It pursues the stated object of the founders: “to furnish all persons who wish, irrespective of nation, color, or sex, a literary, scientific, [and] theological education” outstanding among American colleges “and to combine with this such moral and social instruction as will best develop the minds and improve the hearts of its pupils.” As a nonsectarian Christian institution, Hillsdale College maintains “by precept and example” the immemorial teachings and practices of the Christian faith.
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By training the young in the liberal arts, Hillsdale College prepares students to become leaders worthy of that legacy. By encouraging the scholarship of its faculty, it contributes to the preservation of that legacy for future generations. By publicly defending that legacy, it enlists the aid of other friends of free civilization and thus secures the conditions of its own survival and independence.
It's 04/05.2020, Another great talk from Hillsdale College. Thank you Mollie.
Mollie is an AWESOME Woman and Patriot who knows how to connect the dots !!! ❤🇺🇸
They should make Chernobyl movie be required learning for everyone under 50 years old.Let em see real Socialism true story.
Mollie Hemingway should give inspiration to the millions of Americans who refuse to be bamboozled by the Democratic Party's claptrap.
Anytime I see the term Patriot used to describe a conservative celebrity, I just turn the page.
@@bartbutkis *"I just turn the page." Then you are a foolish person.*
I'm 63 and I have been a Classic Liberal and a Pragmatist my whole life, and today the only people I can call sane and actually agree with are Christians and Conservatives, and POTUS Trump is my Hero.
glad you came to your senses. you still are a pragmatist.
@@rogerking2801 I didn't change my beliefs, the left has lost their minds.
@@reneeoleari I walked away when Al Gore ran, what a pseudo-intellectual Sociopath, except I went Libertarian just to be a Contrarian, and then came Trump, despite the constant media bias, if you look at his actions and not what he says he is a Rational Centrist, just like I am.
We who have been Red Pilled have the clearest view of this split in our country and know the danger we have come from and perhaps have a unique ability to Red Pill others
Whenever I hear classic liberal I immediately think libertarian. Marxists hijacked the word liberal like Hitler hijacked the swastika, and now forever tainted.
I graduated school in 2001 and was fairly leftist. After a few years out of the public education system I noticed a lot of odd things, like why CBS only ever railed on Bush. I don't care for Bush, but id vote for him again before Gore or Kerry. Not once did I ever feel like I was getting the whole arguement, or actual debates. My politics changed and I found myself half conservative half libertarian.
My epiphany happened shortly after high school, makes me wonder if over people ever had one. I never read, "I used to be a conservative, but now I'm a progressive", it's always vica versa
Half the battle is just getting people to understand they are in a battle.
If they don't understand they are in a battle they are not really in a battle.
William Harvey She was depicted in Greek Art with a Helmet on her head. She held the Spear of Knowledge in her right hand, poised to strike at the Serpent of Ignorance writhing under her foot. The large Helmet denoted that she waged invisibly a silent war against Sloth and Ignorance. She was usually placed on the Greek Temples with a Golden Spear in her hand. When the morning rays of the sun glinted on the weapon, causing it apparently to tremble, the common people were in the habit of saying smilingly : "Athena is Shaking her Spear again." She was thus known as "the Spear Shaker" or the "Shaker of the Spear.”
You are either a Globalist or a Nationalist if you don’t know what you are you are a Globalist by default
@@peterhenderson5714 ignorace doesn't mean disengagement.This battle will affects everyone, knowingly or not
@@ultima913 Just like the last book says Good comment.
Mollie is one of the smartest people on earth. She needs to be heard from.
Aw, you're being completely ridiculous...
PF, pls tell us that you are being SARCASTIC! She's not stupid --- the fact that she is able to attract a number of listeners does say something about her abilities --- but, we on the Right, do we not ALREADY HAVE a boatload of PROBLEM FINDERS --- we ALL KNOW what the problems are; the major ones, anyway --- we NEED PROBLEM SOLVERS. Also, PLEASE GET HER an EDITOR ... and inform her of the CORRECT DEFINITION of English words.
@@johnk2452 Somewhere at the start of what she was saying, I had the same thought: she's good at highlighting problems, but what we really need are problem solvers. However, I had to admit to myself (hopefully this internal conversation doesn't mean I'm crazy! :P ) that we can't solve problems without identifying them. We might have a small army of "problem finders", but there are very few individual "problem finders" who are able to pull the topics all together, and she seems quite able at this.
As for the problem solver consideration, remember the cultural war we're in is being fought in the hearts and minds of those in the culture. How does one fight that war? The answer is that we must all fight it at the grass roots. The Progressive Left fights their side of the war, targeting the same hearts and minds, en masse -- using the news and entertainment media, and education. Our job is tougher: we should not fight en masse, else we become them. The best we can do at the macro level is employ wrecking ball types like Trump, and hopefully others to come if necessary.
In effect, *we* are the problem solvers. This requires that each of us become more studious and learned on the topics than the average individual we oppose.
@@TheVenge thanks much for your reading and responding to my comment. In general, I suspect that you and I would agree on the majority of items; however, here's my response coming from the dropping of the other shoe ... most of them coming from my perspective of what I would hope a person of Hemmingway's PROFESSIONAL CALIBRE would do:
[1] at the outset, something like informing her audience, would be in order, that her focus would be going through HER individually-tailored litany of national challenges --- and, not just dive-in, as she did, into her retelling and expounding of same --- and that, in the Q/A she would prioritize discussion of PROBLEM-SOLVING. Or, better yet, make problem-solving the great majority of her presentation.
[2] Next, I will quibble with you and argue that we don't have a small army; rather, that we have a LARGE ARMY of PROBLEM FINDERS --- the majority of people would much prefer to focus on the "bitching" angle of most conversations --- and, that in a nation which SUPPOSEDLY is SELF-GOVERNING, the great majority of us should be PROBLEM SOLVERS. [This is in agreement with one of your closing sentences].
The proof that we are NOT such is the OBVIOUS FACT that we have untold 1000s of SELF-SERVING blowhard JUDAS politicians that, for a small price --- jingle-jingle, there goes our tax dollars --- they will be HAPPY to live like ROYALTY, off of the theft of our tax dollars, and "solve" our problems for us ... and that WAY TOO MANY of us have bought into this flim-flam schtick and we, most ignorantly, time and again, re-elect these JUDASes.
Oh, yeah, they will SOLVE our problems, but, most likely, not the way that We The People want, and BECAUSE during the past several decades, we have surrendered our SELF-GOVERNING responsibilities to such JUDASes, we NOW have the problems that we have. IOW, the PROBLEM is NOT the JUDAS politicians --- they will always be there --- rather, it is We The People, through our systemic and chronic ignorance, who have repeatedly and selfishly made so many bad choices ... where these immoral and corrupt politicians KNOW this, and that, again and again, they CAN dupe us into having us reelect them.
[3] here, I will be the harshest: but here I do also get into the PROBLEM-SOLVING portion of this discussion: your next to last paragraph is ALL WRONG ... at least as our Founders/Framers intended and designed our nation. Yes, we must fight at the grassroots, but, as LEGAL UNITED American Citizens, we MUST fight it en masse. To address this, here is my challenge to you and all:
read [or re-read] our DOI. I mean, really read it ... and take in every crucial notion and American value. This and the reading our Constitution is not the full solution, but, it will lead to a good portion of it.
In total our DOI is less than 1500 words; where, aside from the list of grievances against the King, the meat of this document is just 500 words. EVERY young American graduating from GRADE SCHOOL --- and ALL adults --- should be required to read, understand and appreciate this document ... word for word, notion by notion.
Our NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT --- our NATIONAL SCANDAL --- is that SO FEW --- I will bet less than 10% of LEGAL Americans can explain our crucial FOUNDATIONAL AMERICAN VALUES as found inside this document; you know, this NATIONAL document to which, AS LEGAL CITIZENS, we have ALL agreed. As LEGAL citizens we are the ones, referred to within the DOI, who must be sot some modest degree educated ... in order to provide the CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED.
Further, and, perhaps even more importantly, this document DEFINES us as Americans!
The fact that so few of us, beyond a few phrases and buzz-words, are aware of what has been written within --- the crucial messages which it conveys and to which we have AGREED --- IS an EMBARRASSMENT of NATIONAL proportions. [Thank you NOT govt indoctrination centers, aka, public schools!]
This systemic IGNORANCE is NOT going to change overnight --- in fact, IMO, if we start now, it will take at least a few generations --- however, I believe that if more LEGAL Americans understood this document --- and, I am talking of at least 50% --- then, we would not have HALF the challenges --- cultural, economic, spiritual, etc --- at their degree of seriousness, which we face currently.
Here is the general [national] proposal ... this is the heart of the PROBLEM-SOLVING: [1] all of our taxpayer-supported education systems must be open to free and fair competition; and, [2] NO such institute of education can get a single dime of TAXPAYER MONEY unless, as part of their CORE CURRICULUM --- yes, our REAL COMMON CORE --- they MANDATE comprehensive CIVICS instructions regarding our DOI, Constitution, BOR and etc.
Such should be so easy, I find it most embarrassing that there is even a need to write such things --- in itself, that is a testament to how deeply the DemonRat LEFT has duped and brainwashed our nation --- however, this is because those on the LEFT --- the REAL FASCISTS --- will fight against this tooth and nail.
So, in closing, I will quibble with you on one last item: you wrote that our job is tougher, but, relatively speaking it will be far less so than that of our Founders and Framers ... who believed so much in our nation and a culture of liberty that many were willing to sacrifice all, including their lives.
I suspect that you will agree that way too many Americans believe that they have no need to fight --- yes, really fight --- for our liberties and freedoms ... and that is where we are so disappointing, yet, correctable, and, toward that objective, our problem solving will need to focus on basic education of our TRUE American foundational values ... of which so many Americans are simply so ignorant.
@@johnk2452 Thank you for your clarity. Will you start a petition to the government to mandate your requirements for the education system ?
I’ve watched Mollie on Fox, and Mollie is one smart lady. A breath of fresh air.
Mollie Hemingway is a treasure and a true patriot. Thank you Hillsdale College.
she is amazing...so articulate. Conservatism has a chance.
An incredibly good and important speech. First I've heard of Ms Hemingway but looking her up now. Well done ma'am.
listen to the federalist radio hour podcast, that is where i heard about her. it's a great podcast too
I second the motion, and am very glad to have witnessed this speech. Couldn't have said it better.
CN, pls tell us that you are being sarcastic! IN what ways, specifically, was this an important speech? More than 90% of it was a litany of her identified problems; IOW, she's a problem-finder --- such people are a dime-a-dozen; basically, these are people who bitch a lot --- where, OTOH, what we need are PROBLEM-SOLVERS. So, pls let us know how and why you characterize this as an important speech. I, for one, am baffled by your comment.
Praise God for Mollie, and her perspectives and brilliance!
It is with a certain degree of shame and regret for me to admit that at one time in the past I actually supported the Democratic Party.
Never again.
TheColonelKlink The irony is that your erstwhile colleagues will never forgive you and that the people you so deeply hurt simply say “welcome brother.”
ColonelKlink you are the most important kind of supporter. In a country where so many "dig in" you followed logic and truth. I also would wager that your compassion is still intact. You're a Gem! Merry Christmas! and Happy Holidays!
They are no longer the same Democratic Party of our past.
Mollie Hemingway should give inspiration to the millions of Americans who refuse to be bamboozled by the Democratic Party's claptrap.
I love Mollie!! Real journalism, honesty and integrity, thank you!!
❤️ Mollie! A True Class Act!!
Keep Up the Fight Mollie!!
If you haven't read her book it is required reading about Kavanaugh. Great author.
Mollie is one of our best intellectuals of this era.
@Seven Inches of Throbbing Pink Jesus *What a disgusting name you are using here. What, are you a Commie?*
Outstanding Molly! I learned so much by your speech! I have a 22 yr old daughter who is on the left. I had been a Democrat all my life until I opened my eyes. I walked away under President Trump. My eyes opened to.a new reality. I am terrified for my daughter's future. Most people on the left understand very few facts. My daughter couldn't tell you a thing about the condition and she's incredibly intelligent. I love Hillsdale! I think the school has an incredible history and professors. I also love President Trump and pray for the future of our Constitutional republic. Thank you Hillsdale ❤️
We need a Hillsdale College in the UK. Badly. Get over here!
And also in Canada!
Mollie Hemingway says it so well and with good perspective.
Mollie gives me hope for the future. We need many more like her!! Thanks Molly!♥️
Mollie aways speak the truth that spark creative thinking, she is really an asset to anyone who wants knowledge in America.
This was excellent and you addressed more than politics which I greatly appreciate. I too am 63 as another commentator, and thus have lived through several administrations and their decisions that effected gov'ts around the world. I lived abroad for 35 years and know what it is to watch this nation turn unrecognizable on my return.
Love this lady. Been a fan of her brief appearances on news panels for a long time. How refreshing to hear her speak without interruption from a dullard host.
I never miss her when I know she is going on a panel.
Beautiful and smart. Whoever her partner is, their life is richer with her in it.
@hiram hacklesworth Yes, some guys are still normal.
He is one lucky dude.
Mrs. Hemingway, thank you excellent speech and Q&A.
I adore that woman. A TRUE JOURNALIST in every sense of the word.
This should be required to watch by everyone in America
CM, you must be kidding! You are being sarcastic, yes? If not, you need to get out more.
@@johnk2452 Your comment is completely void of substance. Just like your political philosophy and your political party.
What a fantastic speech by Mollie. I, too, am a big fan of her and a few others that "put themselves out there" speaking truth that keeps me going every day, Thanks so much!
Well done delivery on a complicated topic. Hopefully, enough people have a few minutes to listen and learn here. It's one of the things that matter. Thank you, Mollie H. and Hillsdale.
Thanks for the talk and answering the questions M. Hemingway Thank you Hillsdale College.
Thank God, for Hillsdale College! I so appreciate all of you!
Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪
God bless all you great Americans.
KAG in November!
I've adored Mollie for years for her intellect and spot-on analyses of, well, everything!
This was an incredibly prophetic speech. Thank you Mrs.Hemingway.
Enjoyed the lecture, Mrs. Hemingway. The way you generate an interest in Liberty is to try to break the back of "collective security". You said that we, as a society, are to secure, too comfortable. Spot on. Thr thing you failed to mention, though, is that, no matter the membership in a collective, people always act in self-interest. If you can convince the young people I used to teach that collectively there more at risk than taking the gamble as individuals, then they can allow and appropriate sense of self-interest to guide their thoughts and actions. That self-interest, blended with similar self-interests in one'd neighborhood, starts to make a difference for the Republic. The people of Massachusetts were for independence from England in ways different from the people from Pennsylvania, but they were each focused on Independence.
WOW! The most articulate expression of these issues anyone of us could wish we had the ability to express. WE NEED THIS WOMAN TO REPRESENT US IN SOME CAPACITY WHERE SHE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY.
We can always trust Mollie to understand who and what we are as Americans in America. May each of us study the constitution and fight to overcome the indoctrination by the leaders, professors who are progressive elitists in many of our universities. Their demand for 'political correctness' is designed to stop any debate except their views and design to control and tell us what to do and believe.
Much more than a writer and journalist.
‘Brilliance is not a ‘bright light . . It is Born Again intelligence in Ms Mollie Hemingways Heart, Mind, and BODY !
Revisiting New York Times vs Sullivan would be amazing. I suspect Kauvaugh would agree with that. Thank you, Mollie. A calm, solid voice in our whirlwind. Keep fighting. We stand with you. We are so truly blessed that you are speaking truth. Scary times.
Thank You Hillsdale for having Molly's back.
Mrs Hemingway is so perceptive and in my paradigm, totally right-on. Someone new to me to admire with enthusiasm! Bless you!
That Republicans keep electing people like Paul Ryan, see what he does, and then elect him again.
Wow. Ms. Hemingway, you are always on target, always enlightening. Thank you. ♥
There is always a place for those willing to craft simplistic narratives out of the complexities of the past. She does it well!
Love your whole lecture series on RUclips. I wish I was a young kid again and I knew about Hillsdale but here I am 50 years old and I just found you last year.
This woman is Conservative, Smart, and very Beautiful. Great mix 👍🏻😎
Dear Hillsdale: Thank you for what you are doing. The issues ahead of America are both moral and spiritual in nature, not primarily political. The clock is winding down. As the nation has turned away from God’s moral laws and Truth (with a capital T), we have lost our foundations which were built directly on God and Jesus and the framers intent for Republic built on individual freedom and moral responsibility under God. Our sins of turning away from God in the public square has enabled the barbarians to rise up within us just as our framers warned us. We are one small step away from loosing everything. Please empower your listeners to understand how late it is. it is no longer sufficient to soley teach the US constitution-its only fit for a moral people-a large segment of the nation has lost its moral compass. Its also time to teach survival.
AF, please tell me/us that you are being SARCASTIC. If not, your post tells us that you really do NOT KNOW, nor do you understand and appreciate, the MEANING and PURPOSE of AMERICA and our existence.
Excellent speech! Molly keeps the torch of a free press lit while always supporting our beloved Constitution.
The smaller the bureaucracy the better every one is public and private sector
Jefferson's original idea was to keep the nationS small, and secession was built into the plan of expansion of the country. As the nation grew, states were supposed to secede and become new nations, perhaps keeping some kind of alliance with the other colonies. He, and those founders who were not globalists, understood well the fatality of large government.
The larger it is, the harder it is to change anything, and the easier it is to step over and ignore the people and remove their rights.
But soon the Hamiltonians took over, and Lincoln sealed our fate as a huge and growing government power, and putting us in permanent debt to our masters, the banks. Then history was altered to make it all look like not only the best way, but the intended way of the founders.
Of course, like every evil brought in by big government, it rode in on a white horse [a supposed "good cause"] so that people would accept it. This time the horse was "anti-slavery" even though Lincoln himself admitted that the war had zero to do with slavery.
Mollie is just such a cool-headed rock star, I LOVE it when she calmly refutes Jonah's emotional TDS rants on Fox News. This was a wonderful speech :)
I would like to go to Hillsdale. This school gets it from all I've seen.
Yes, yes, with tears in my eyes I say yes we are most grateful!!!!Thank you.
NICE JOB MOLLIE & HILLSDALE ! ! THANK YOU ! !
she is gorgeous & amazing. Thank you Mollie for being you.
Outstanding presentation of issues and forces influencing our societal riff.
It's quite revealing towards understanding how far we've gone down the rabbit-hole when you realize that an entire audience of a conservative college lecturerer in 2019 are of gereactic-age! I'm pretty sure the Repubplic is all but lost already...
You're an idiot. These people have loads of wisdom who teach younger students what they have learned here.
When they die, so does the white majority.
Mexicans vote Democrat 70% of the time - they're the new DNC.
Look at what the DNC is pushing.
California is America's future.
They say Generation Z is looking to be more conservative than anyone might expect, partly because conservatives have far more children, and some of those values stick.
@@baigandinel7956 thank God!
Layla OBrien In 2024 the presidency will shift not a clue about congress regarding letting in new raw members and the voters seem to want people in place until they die years after their first election.
She's wonderfully informed and a great communicator.
She is a great lady. Thank you for your defense of justice Kavanah. Great job ma'am..
BRAVO! I am not a conservative and do not have any representative label at this time. I do believe that I agree 💯 with Ms. Hemingway. Looking forward to buying her book and reading it❗️ PS...TRUMP/PENCE 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣
I was a tea party person and when Mcain and the Dem's sicked the IRS after us I dropped out and have been disgusted with left and right and all the three letter agencies
Charles Campbell lets not forget Elijah Cummings and Louis Lerner’s involvement
"All men are created equal" does not mean all men are equal.
Yes, but at least the ultimate judge is just.
It just means under the law - we must be equal under the law. The minute you give lawmakers the ability to make laws that do not apply to them, you have tyranny. If we could only enforce that one single policy, it would solve every other political problem we have
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If lawmakers had to live by every law they make, just as we do, they would be very careful which laws they allowed to pass.
But once they can make "rules for thee but not for me" - like one health care plan for you, and a better one for them - there is no end to the burdens they will impose on you and the rights they will infringe.
So pretty,so smart,so honest,so factual virtues in short supply for today’s journalist...
Candice Owens is as voice that am thankful young people can hear
One correction ... the first Tea Party ralley I was at was in Tucson BEFORE the election . We were rallying to stop McCain and Bush from signing TARP . Almost 700 people showed up
down town Tucson ,,, it was amazing. Was not a reaction to Obamacare it was directed at the GOP . That is important.
Whoo Hwoo ! This Woman is My hero I Respect this Great American ~ Mollie Hemingway !
In the introduction to Mrs. Hemingway, the gentleman left out the most important point, she is a solid, confessional Lutheran who has spoken out even on liberalism that had reared its evil face within the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod to which she belongs. As a pastor in that church body, I have listened to her speak on theological topics with the same perspicuity and conviction as in this presentation.
Thanks Molly. You speak so well and tell the truth.
This woman is beautiful .waching her forget everything that she said.💘
ERNIE WERE YOU BEATING YOUR MEAT TO THE VIDEO ?
9o9o
This lady (Molly) is awesome, glad she is at Hillsdale speaking.
The speech by Mollie Hemingway is the greatest speech on America that I have heard in the last 5 years. I believe that speech should be heard by every American student, High School and above.
Excellent speech the problem is she is the youngest in the crowd. God does work mysteriously so pray and hang on.
The Presidential candidates with both parties are gray hairs as well. Why single out her audience this way?
Thank you Mollie for staying true!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍
Well done, Mollie Hemingway. I do so wish the press was held more accountable! Cronkite and Morrow would be ashamed!!!
Thank you, we in Britain have essentially the same problems but perhaps to an even worse degree. I suspect that could we ensure that our representatives if they no longer feel able to honour the views which they were elected for should be made to reface the electorate then democracy would be better served.
The UK has it worse, because you have fascists as the majority, not willing to let the referendum go through. You have eurofascists. AKA nazis., EU is the third reichs next plan, if Hitler failed
@BornIn1973 Good for yout, seeing as you are german and the plan is for german to control europe. I am norwegian. Our nazis aigned the deal before we voted on it, shocking, Out Merkel fled our country after that.
John horn...America is not a democracy... WE ARE A
CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC
Stanley Godlewski sir, yes I know that America is a republic but is it not a democratic republic? Are you objecting to my remark because you think that I am supporting your Democratic Party? I was not trying to support any party in America, merely what I have seen in my visits that is freedom of speech and movement together with people able to choose who is in charge of government.
When Lois Lerner at the IRS slow-walked the approval of Tea Party organizations to fundraise, it wasn't at the behest of Democrats. It was John McCain who asked her to.
JM, so, you have some "insider" connections and you know such "insider secrets", yes? Just curious: how do you know such things and who else might know same?
@@johnk2452 I watch the right channel. I was in military intelligence, but I turned down the CIA job offer. Still have the curiosity of a "super spook.,"
@@johnk2452 www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/06/so_irs_tea_party_persecutor_lois_lerner_had_help_all_along_john_mccain_.html
I've been telling the RNC since 2010 to stop asking me for donations until Mitch McConnell is gone. He and John McCain are (were) "Progressive Establishment RINOs" who think the only way to stay in power is to out-Democrat the Democrats with deficit spending. The RNC bailed out both McConnell and McCain in their last primaries against fiscally conservative Tea Party challengers. That last thing the Establishment wants is financially responsible government.
The Tea Party are mostly libertarian-leaning fiscal conservatives who want to change the Republican Party from with in, and make them walk the walk that the GOP has always talked: smaller government, lower taxes, less regulation, and more economic freedom. The Freedom Caucus is the conscience of the party.
That isn't hard to believe at all. Songbird McCain was a traitor from the get-go. He showed his true colors when he voted last minute to keep obama care. So nothing else he is accused of surprises me in the least. The guy is one of America's worst enemies. An infiltrator from Russia couldn't do a better job of sabotaging our constitution.
@@jameseverett9037 You spoke an unvarnished truth.Kudos!
An important point that Mrs. Hemingway brings out is the growth and battle that political conservatives are having with trying to bring down this bureaucracy. It is my contention that what is true in the political sphere is also true in the religious sphere. As a confessional Lutheran pastor fighting the bureaucracy within the church is even MORE critical that the one within politics. These two bureaucracies, although in different spheres, show many similarities. That is so because both are comprised of sinful people. The thinking and arguments in one often are reflected in the other. To that end, here is an article that I wrote some years back employing a word created by the late brilliant and much loved seminary professor, Kurt Marquart. For it is he, looking at his own church body (L.C.M.S.) that he coined the term, "Bureaucratitis". Note how easily this could be addressing the bureaucracy within the U.S. and how fidelity to God's Word could refer to fidelity to the U.S. Constitution in the political sphere. "Bureaucratitis" within the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
After almost twenty-five years as a pastor in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod I see a condition that is afflicting many among the ranks of both clergy and laity alike. As the A.C.E.L.C. (Association of Confessing Evangelical Lutheran Congregations) continues it’s desire to address where our beloved synod has departed from our Scriptural and Confessional heritage in both doctrine and practice, it is my personal opinion that this condition that plagues so many prevents us from attacking the issue in a united front. The disease of which I speak is that coined by the late Kurt Marquart, "bureaucratitis".
This condition is one where we have become more concerned about form than content. We are more concerned about following constitution, by-laws, convention resolutions, etc. than we are the Word of God. When many of my conservative brethren received the release of our original letter of concern over the state of the synod, we were taken to task for what we had done. However, no one, to my knowledge, has ever offered any evidence against the veracity of our statement. On more than one occasion I have had a confessional brother pastor respond to my objection and discontent with what is publicly occurring within one of our congregations or an event sponsored by a district by advising me to make sure and follow all of the appropriate procedures outlined in our constitution and by-laws.
Though I do not wish to offend anyone with what I am about to say, I can no longer restrain myself from shouting: "I DON’T CARE WHAT THE CONSTITUTION OR BY-LAWS SAY. What I am motivated by is Scripture and The Confessions." Yes, I know, some will understand me to be saying that I feel that those who desire to adhere to the constitution and by-laws are not concerned about Scripture or The Confessions. That, I am not saying. I am simply mirroring what Marquart wrote about in his article a number of years ago. It is not that all those who turn to these documents are in any way intentionally minimizing the centrality of God’s Word or that they somehow are less faithful in such matters than myself.
The point which Marquart made, and I fully agree with, is that sometimes when a bureaucracy grows beyond a certain point it takes on a life of its own. A bureaucracy becomes self-sustaining. The concern within a bureaucracy is that it’s rules and regulations are being followed. And anything that is taken to threaten that bureaucracy is viewed as antagonistic to the whole.
I am also not advocating chaos and disorder by rejecting the need for a rule of order. However, when the organization, mechanism, machinery becomes that which is to be protected, then we have a real problem.
How does this "bureaucratitis" show itself in a practical way within our synod? When we enact so many layers of official requirements in order to deal with a theological issue (such as in the Matthew Becker case), then "bureaucratitis" is in evidence. When district presidents are more concerned about maintaining collegiality among themselves rather than call another d.p. to repentance when he, or his district with his approval and support, have publicly advocated a doctrine or practice that the synod has historically and continuously condemned as unbiblical, then "bureaucratitis" is in evidence. When the synodical president and a district president are found guilty of sinning against the First and Second Commandments according to due process but the pronouncement is overturned due to a reading of a convention bylaw (a false reading at that) and no discipline is ever invoked and the whole matter is simply forgotten by synodical officials, then "bureaucratitis" is in evidence. When a pastor, or layperson, speaks out against the synod and he or she is spoken of as not "loving our mother church" or is labeled as schismatic, then "bureaucratitis" is in evidence. When a professor accuses you of being in jeopardy of losing your eternal salvation on account of your fear of what the synod is becoming and believing that it is necessary to speak out against the departures from our historic insistence on unity in doctrine and practice, "bureaucratitis" is in evidence. When we bring forth resolution after resolution on issues affecting our synod and they do not make it to the floor or even if they do and are voted in, nothing really ever comes of it, the issues remained unresolved, then "bureaucratitis" is in evidence.
In looking back over the past 30 years where I have been active in the synods politics, I have seen a continuous decline in fidelity to our insistence on Scripture being the sole authority in the church and The Confessions as a faithful exposition to that Word. While the right words, the correct mantras continue to be employed with much pomp and circumstance throughout our synod, those twin beacons of truth, the former being the foundation for the latter, recess further and further into the distance and maintaining "good order" and peace within the ranks is the rule of the day. "Bureaucratitis" is in full bloom!
Again, let me make something perfectly clear: I am not advocating anarchy. Neither am I suggesting that we throw out our constitution or by-laws or any such thing. What I am convinced we need to do is recognize that in many ways we, yes I said "we", have allowed man-made rules of order and manner of operations to interfere with, and in some instances supplant, our historic insistence on complete unity among us as Lutherans. This insistence was seen taking place during the last century where, during a convention, a pastor advocated a theological position contrary to Scripture, and therefore our historical position, and the convention came to a halt so that the erring brother could be pastorally and lovingly corrected. And once that had taken place the convention resumed. If we tried to follow that procedure today we could not complete a convention.
Let us, like the Apostle Paul in correcting Peter (Gal. 2:11ff) and as advocated in The Large Catechism, Eighth Commandment (par. 284), have the faithfulness, pastoral love, and strength of conviction, to deal with public departures from Scripture and The Confessions, either in doctrine or practice, openly, publically, that all may be admonished in the truth. Let us cease this fear of "disturbing the peace" within our synod, thereby keeping us from truly dealing with so many issues that have divided our synod for far too long. Let us trust God to preserve the visible organization that is the Missouri Synod believing that it is more important to be faithful than preserve a heritage if it has, in fact, abandoned the very reason it came into existence in the first place. If these words sound rather harsh and radical or are viewed to reflect antagonism toward this synod (a synod for which I intend to fight for with every fiber of my being), let me assure anyone who reads these words, nothing could be further from the truth. I am simply echoing words spoken by the first president of the synod C.F.W. Walther at the first convention. For it was Walther himself who closed his opening sermon with these words,
""Whether our Synod gains friends or makes enemies, wins honor or invites disgrace, grows or declines in numbers, brings peace or incites enmity, all this must be unimportant to us--just so our Synod may keep the jewel of purity of doctrine and knowledge. However, should our Synod ever grow indifferent toward purity of doctrine, through ingratitude forget this prize, or betray or barter it away to the false church, then let our church body perish and the name ‘Missourian’ decay in disgrace."
When the corruption issue WITHIN BOTH PARTIES is more focused upon, this presentation will gain much more depth. The unfathomable evil,that is usually portrayed in movies and books as an entertaining factor, must be fully exsposed and dealt with swiftly in real life post modern political debauchery.
Mollie, you are a wonderful speaker, and you really make time fly with your enjoyable delivery of ideas, observations, and quick witted humor. This was one of the better 15 minute blocks that for some reason they claim was more like 50 minutes. NO WAY! But I guess time does fly when you're having fun, and I surely was. l wonder if the Democrat party knows that there are no peaches (yes, the fruit) involved in the process of impeachment. Maybe you can address this strange possibility in your next enjoyable presentation?
Thank you Molly you always concise and clear
We love you Mollie!! Awesome job!
Mollie you are awesome! I'm trying to get my nieces to consider Hillsdale College, hopefully they will pursue this endeavor as I would love for them to devote their life to what you have! God Bless. Get a clue, Mollie; follow & research Q & Wikileaks history or your in the dark. the talking points come out at 4AM website
Losing confidence in our institutions . . . That started to rot in the Johnson administration. It has progressed to this point with very little regression.
Awesome educator, thanks for your talk!
Thank you Mollie for the truth.
Nice to hear Mollie hemingway!
Thanks for posting!😀
One of the smartest woman anywhere I am so impressed..
She is very astute and I like listening to her talk! I assume this was in 2019.
This is what we need and not like that ignorant poor kids that Universities turning elsewhere. Love Hillsdale.
We all have been in a war since before we came down to this earth to live in our mortal tabernacles. The war in heaven was about standing up against the rebellion of Satan and his disobedience. Our battle is still raging because ultimately the war is for the minds of men and defending what's right. Our bodies were the precious gift given to us for our valiant fight in heaven and our promise to our heavenly Father that we would continue to stand up for what is right and obey Him on our mortal journey; the Devil was cast down without a body and persists in seeking ours so that he can have power over us to do his bidding because he is miserable and wants us all to be as miserable as he is. He hates us and will continue to do everything he can to destroy every last one of us. Choose the right folks and be blessed from on high in all your doings.
Mielie Pip Thank You,so well written!!!
@@charlottemuller2233 Thank you sister! Keep the faith and stay on the right path. All things are possible with the help of the Lord Jesus Christ.
thank you...again what you wrote is true and so well written!!!
@@charlottemuller2233 God bless you sister! I didn't write it alone, I had the help and inspiration of the Holy Ghost who bears witness of the truth of all things.
Excellent presentation.....But in the future make sure the mic is not between your FACE and the camera.
I regularly pass these links on to my kids and have a grandson who will be very well informed. So sad that my entire life has been dominated by progressives. It's like the conservative just surrendered. Glad you are all coming back. It's bad we need reform in probably every Dept . You can think of. Sorry have to add the some Dept. Need to be outright abolished. Start ing with the Dept. Of Education
A wonderful . .WOW . . ‘WOMAN’ . . A ‘leader’ . . Among ‘MANKIND’ !
ANOTHER “HERO” . . Not DEMOCRAP . “ . ZERO”!
God is in charge. Been the knee. Pray, praise, release the Angles
WHO DECIDED TO TALK TO ALL THESE COLLEGES...... WOW!!!! THE BEST.... Keep doing this for the next 6 months... all in for Trump I was a Dem but no more.....
I love her!!! She's a Rock Star of politics.
Gosh Mollie, not only so beautiful, but so highly intelligent.
Lady you should be President of the United States 🇺🇸.
Mollie is a gift from above
Huzzah for liberty and America.