What is article 42.7 of the Lisbon Treaty?

For the first time in history, France has invoked Article 42.7 of the Lisbon Treaty to demand that all EU member nations support and join them in fighting ISIS in the wake of last Friday’s deadly Islamic terror attack in Paris.

Article 42.7 is the solidarity clause that states that if a member of the European Union is the victim of “armed aggression on its territory” other states have an “obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power.”

This article was first invoked at the request of the French government following multiple terrorist attacks on Paris. EU countries voted unanimously in favor.

The Lisbon Treaty also includes a “solidarity clause,” Article 222 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). This article mentions the European Union specifically whereas Article 42.7 just mentions member states. By choosing to invoke Article 42.7, France has chosen a more inter-governmental approach.

Article 42.7 is similar to NATO’s Article 5, which states that an attack against any member of NATO is considered to be an attack on all members. This was first invoked after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

Donald Trump has nearly a double-digit lead over Ben Carson in the race for the GOP’s presidential nomination, a new poll says.

Here we are, many months into the race for nomination, and Donald J. Trump remains the far-and-away Republican favorite. Trump is ahead of Ben Carson by nearly 10 points, with Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio after that, and John Kasich and Carly Fiorina tied for last place. Is America ready for President Trump?

Speaking in Knoxville, Tennessee, the Donald Trump steamroller continued unabated. The lady at the beginning of this video is the 92 year old woman who registered to vote for the first time in order to cast her ballot for Trump. Her name is Beada Corum. As you listen to her talk, and see how excited she is, you come to understand how deep the well of anti-liberal sentiment is that Trump has tapped into.

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Donald Trump is winning not because he is a good politician, and not because he panders to the Christian Right. Not at all, Trump is winning because he is speaking the words that the majority of Americans have been saying for nearly 7 years now. He has the audacity the talk about unfettered illegal immigration, something that heretofore was the 800lb elephant in the room, and forced all candidates from both parties to talk about it as well. He speaks in glowing terms of the massive wall he will build to keep illegals out, but the American people will be thrilled if the wall that we already started finally gets finished. We need a president who loves America, and will do what’s necessary to make us great again.

With every ISIS bomb that goes off, anywhere around the world between now and November, Trump’s poll numbers will rise. Every time that Obama gives a speech on Islamic terrorism and refuses to use the term Islamic terrorism, Trump’s poll numbers rise. When Obama’s phony Iranian Nuclear Deal gets finalized, Trump’s poll numbers will rise. For every day that the 5 American prisoners remain in an Iranian prison, Trump’s poll numbers rise.

Donald Trump is not a politician, nor does he desire to be one. America doesn’t need another career politician. America needs someone who will repeal Obamacare, stop illegal immigration, stop importing fake Syrian refugees who are really terrorists, build up our military, keep us safe, continue supporting Israel, and rebuild the economy. It’s not complicated.

Is America ready for a President Trump? Yep. Long overdue.

Mere moments away from slaughter, Paris fans at Eagles Of Death Metal concert sang song glorifying the Devil

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” 1 Peter 5:8 (KJV)

With their hands raised high in the air, as you see in this photo taken moments before the attacks began, Paris fans at the Eagles Of Death Metal concert made the Satanic “devil horns” salute without seemingly a care in the world. Amazingly, the song that was playing the moment the shooting started was called ‘Kiss The Devil‘, and here are some of the lyrics from that tune:

“Kiss The Devil” – by Eagles Of Death Metal

Who’ll love the Devil?
Who’ll song his song?
Who will love the Devil and his song?

I’ll love the Devil
I’ll sing his song
I will love the Devil and his song

Who’ll love the Devil?
Who’ll kiss his tongue?
Who will kiss the Devil on his tongue?

I’ll love the Devil
I’ll kiss his tongue
I will kiss the Devil on his tongue

As the French death metal fans were singing along with those lyrics, offering their love to Satan, the Devil responded as the Devil always does. With death and destruction. Now, you go ahead and spin that any way you like, any way that makes you feel comfortable. But as a Bible believer, I know exactly what happened Friday night at 9:40PM GMT in Paris, France. People asked for a manifestation of the Satan, and guess what? They got one.

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It is safe to say that there were just about no Christians at the concert that night, that the vast majority of those people were lost, unsaved people. I wonder how many of them were offered the life-saving gospel of Jesus Christ and turned their nose up at it? Probably more than a few of them. We see it all the time as we street preach in St. Augustine. To most lost people, the Devil is a joke and Hell will be a beer and sex infused party. Nothing could be further from the truth.

“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;” Hebrews 2:14 (KJV)

As those people bled and died on the dance floor of the Death Metal concert, they went from singing about the Devil to meeting the Devil face to face. Hell is no joke, it is absolutely not a party, and you do not have to end up there. Click here to read all about a place called Hell that you can avoid by trusting in the finished work of Jesus Christ.

Friday night they “kissed the Devil”, and the Devil kissed them right back. Don’t let it happen to you.

“And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” Acts 16:30.31 (KJV)