Remembering The Alamo
By Chuck Baldwin
March 3, 2011
Archived column
http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=3204March 6 marks the anniversary of the fall of the Alamo back in 1836.
For more than 13 days, 186 brave and determined patriots withstood
Santa Anna’s seasoned army of over 4,000 troops. To a man, the
defenders of that mission fort knew they would never leave those
ramparts alive. They had several opportunities to leave and live. Yet,
they chose to fight and die. How foolish they must look to this
generation of spoiled Americans.
It is difficult to recall that stouthearted men such as Davy Crockett
(a nationally known frontiersman and former congressman), Will Travis
(only 23 years old with a little baby at home), and Jim Bowie (a
wealthy landowner with properties on both sides of the Rio Grande)
really existed. These were real men with real dreams and real desires.
Real blood flowed through their veins. They loved their families and
enjoyed life as much as any of us do. There was something different
about them, however. They possessed a commitment to liberty that
transcended personal safety and comfort.
Liberty is an easy word to say, but it is a hard word to live up to.
Freedom has little to do with financial gain or personal pleasure.
Accompanying Freedom is her constant and unattractive companion,
Responsibility. Neither is she an only child. Patriotism and Morality
are her sisters. They are inseparable: destroy one and all will die.
Early in the siege, Travis wrote these words to the people of Texas:
“Fellow Citizens & Compatriots: I am besieged by a thousand or more
of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. . . . The enemy has demanded a
surrender at discretion, otherwise the garrison are to be put to the
sword . . . I have answered the demand with a cannon shot & our flag
still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender or
retreat. . . . VICTORY OR DEATH! P.S. The Lord is on our side. . .
.�
As you read those words, remember that Travis and the others did not
have the A.C.L.U., P.E.T.A., People for the un-American Way, and the
National Education Association telling them how intolerant and
narrow-minded their notions of honor and patriotism were. A hostile
media did not constantly castigate them as a bunch of wild-eyed
extremists. As schoolchildren, they were not taught that their
forefathers were nothing more than racist jerks.
The brave men at the Alamo labored under the belief that America (and
Texas) really was “the land of the free and the home of the
brave.� They believed God was on their side and that the freedom of
future generations depended on their courage and resolve. They further
believed their posterity would remember their sacrifice as an act of
love and devotion. It all looks pale now.
By today’s standards, the gallant men of the Alamo appear rather
foolish. After all, they had no chance of winning--none. However, the
call for pragmatism and practicality was never sounded. Instead, they
answered the clarion call, “Victory or death!�
Please try to remember the heroes of the Alamo as you watch our
gutless political and religious leaders surrender to globalism,
corporatism, and political correctness. Try to recall the time in this
country when ordinary men and women had the courage of their
convictions and were willing to sacrifice their lives for freedom and
independence.
One thing is certain: those courageous champions at the Alamo did not
die for a political party or for some “lesser of two evils�
mantra. They fought and died for a principle, and that principle was
liberty and independence. So did the men at Lexington and Concord.
That is our heritage.
Today, however, our national leaders are in the process of turning
America over to the very forces that the Alamo defenders gave their
lives resisting. On second thought, do they look foolish, or do we?
P.S. I have now completed my 4-part message series on “The True
Meaning Of Romans 13.� These messages can be viewed or downloaded
online. Go to:
http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?cat=16Plus, these 4 messages have been recorded on one DVD, and may be
purchased at the incredibly low price of only $15 (price includes
shipping). In essence, you are getting all 4 of my Romans 13 messages
for the price of one!
To order all 4 Romans 13 messages on one DVD, go to:
http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=3146I urge readers to obtain as many of these DVDs as you can and
distribute them to your Christian friends, church leaders, and
pastors. It is no hyperbole to say that the erroneous
“Obey-The-Government-No-Matter-What� interpretation of Romans 13
is destroying America--just as it destroyed Germany when Adolf Hitler
promoted this fallacy to German pastors and churches.
In this message series, I quote scores and scores of Biblical
references to show the “whole counsel of God� relative to the
subject of submission to government. The Biblical and historical
records on this subject are clearly propounded in these messages. This
might be the most relevant and important message series I’ve ever
delivered.
Again, to order copies of this 4 message series on “The True
Meaning Of Romans 13� (get several copies for friends), go to:
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