Our good friends at Jeremiah’s Call came to be with us at the court house for my bond revocation hearing. They took some video of the media interviewing me. Here is a little two minute excerpt from that interview. We could not give you the Channel 14 video because the abortionist’s name and picture appeared on the news clip at several different points. We are not allowed to post the name of the abortionist on our website.
Enjoy! ~ Flip
This short article was written by David Redding, our excellent attorney, who represented me during this latest illegal attempt by the city of Charlotte and the abortion industry to censor the Gospel of Christ from the streets of Charlotte. God raised David up for such a time as this. You will be amazed, as was I, at his Spiritual insight into what was happening in the courtroom this past Friday, August 10, 2012.
This is loaded with Truth. Enjoy! ~ Flip
Aye Brother, thank you for the encouragement.
I was explaining (or trying to) to Marjorie what happened in court yesterday and I showed her the governing statute. She said, “well, it’s obvious.” Of course it was. Your rights were not preserved. The judge and the prosecutor did not follow the law, which requires specific conditions and written warnings of the consequences of their violation to be given to you. None of that happened. Truly, you did not know the rules you were accused of breaking. That is why that statute was drawn up. And yet, that judge sat there for five minutes trying to find a way around it before he begrudgingly conceded that he was bound by the law. His pronouncement of same was mean-spirited and churlish, implying that you had skated by on a technicality. Even when I was an atheist (or a theist or whatever demonic thing cold hearted thing I was before I knew Christ) I didn’t like injustice and unequal scales, but here was a judge, prosecutor, two cops and some seemingly Nice Lady from the Peninsula who wanted you in jail despite the fact that you were treated unequally under the law. Their coldness was difficult for me to fathom. It felt dark in that courtroom to me.
The Truth is a powerful and scary thing Brother. It cuts to the quick. The opposition I encounter to it rarely, almost never, comes in the form of a counter-argument–which is what you would expect from those who think the Truth as I see it is not so. In other words, if those things that comprise our worldview are not Truth, than one would expect a substantive argument from those in opposition. But rarely if ever is that so. What I encounter in opposition to Truth is generally a demand for silence. That is the best that the opposition can garner when faced with the Truth. Shut up. Be silent. And that is what these cold-hearted people wanted of you in court yesterday. They do not care about your right to speak (and by implication their own right to speak), they just want you to stop speaking because, having no counter-argument to the Truth they risk conviction by it–and then what?
It saddens me to say so, but I believe that this charade will never stop as long as there are hearts of stone that seek to resist the Truth by silencing it. Like the Wizards of Babylon they will search for any transgression upon which to hoist you and, finding none, they will fabricate one–if need be. For now, they have the power of the state at their disposal. For now. But we have the Truth. Which do you believe more powerful?
By: McKinsey Harris, Charlotte News 14
CHARLOTTE – Pro-life activist Flip Benham remains a free man after a judge ruled to not revoke his bond on Friday.
In 2010, Benham was charged and later convicted of stalking a Charlotte-area doctor. He’s currently awaiting the results of his appeals hearing and is out on post-conviction release. On Friday, he arrived at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse ready to be locked up.
“That’s fine with me. The venue of the ministry just changes and I’m in jail, but it’s the same ministry and I’m just thankful for that,” said Benham.
The prosecution claimed he violated the conditions of that post-conviction release.
“I never violated the court order. I have obeyed the court orders all the way through. They are saying there were people in Dr. _____ neighborhood, that Cornelius neighborhood, that went out and passed out brochures. I never went there. I had nothing to do with that, however, they were there,” said Benham.
Dr. _____ admits he saw an “Adopt an Abortionist” poster, with his picture on it. He also testified he heard Benham tell a group of people following the appeals hearing, “Let’s try to bring Dr. _____ back to God and stop killing babies.”
The judge, however, ruled for Benham after it was determined he never received a written order.
“He didn’t have that in the order. In fact, he didn’t have the order at all telling him what he could and couldn’t do. But the restriction of distributing posters, that wasn’t in the order anyway, so had he had the order, he still wouldn’t have known not to do it because it didn’t say that,” said defense attorney David Redding.
Benham left the courthouse a free man. He says instead of from jail, he’ll continue spreading God’s words in the streets of Charlotte, for now.
“Sometimes when you keep the law of God, you’re going to end up in jail. It’s just the way it is, and for us not to go out to abortion mills and not to do certain things would be a crime on my part, knowing what I know, to not continue to do it, no matter the cost,” said Benham.
Assistant District Attorney Kristen Northrup responded to this outcome by saying, “While we understand the judge’s decision, we are disappointed with the outcome.”
Bless the Lord! Brother Flip was prepared to become the Lord’s prisoner, but in God’s mercy, he remains the Lord’s freeman. Though the judge, the abortionists, security, police, and pro-aborts were lined up to press hard to lower the gavel and send Flip to jail, the Supreme Judge demanded they let him go.
As God would have it, Flip has been able to use this case as a platform to continue to hammer the injustice of the abortion industry, the DNC, and racist rant of Charlotte abortionist, Ron Virmani.
Clearly, what the enemy meant for harm, God has turned to the good. Praise his Holy Name! Thanks for all who prayed. We are seeing strange things happening in these days. Thank you Lord!
Rev. Rusty Lee Thomas
Charlotte, North Carolina: Operation Save America (OSA) has been lifting up the banner of Christ at abortion mills in the city of Charlotte for years. On July 21-28, 2012, OSA brought pro-life leaders from across the country to Charlotte to shine the light and draw battle lines between the culture of death and the culture of life by confronting the Democratic National Convention (DNC) with the claims of Christ.
“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.” Ephesians 5:11.
A video taken during a visit to the home of abortionist Ron Virmani where he called the children he murdered, “those ugly black babies,” went viral on the web. It exposed the hatred and racism that exists at the root of the hideous lie of abortion.
The DNC does not want the black community to see the racist roots of its “death agenda.” Nor does it want it known that abortionist Virmani is a staunch Democrat.
Mere days after the OSA event, Rev Flip Benham, director of Operation Save America, was summoned to appear before the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County for the revoking of his bond. Benham was on bond while his case was being appealed for “stalking.” The spurious charge of “stalking” is the new way the city of Charlotte and the abortion industry have found to remove the Gospel of Christ from the streets.
The city of Charlotte continues its attempt to cleanse its streets of vile Christianity and put on its prettiest face for the arrival of the (DNC) this September 3-6, 2012. To do this it must remove some of the Christian riff-raff that stand in contra-distinction to all that the DNC holds dear – like abortion, euthanasia, homosexual sodomy, and any religion but Christianity.
What: Revocation of Bond Hearing For Rev. Benham
Where: Mecklenburg Superior Court #5170, Charlotte, North Carolina
When: 11:00 AM, August 10, 2012
Contact: Dr. Pat McEwen (321) 431 3962
Ten months after a Kansas pastors trial, conviction, and sentencing for “loitering and disrupting a business,” Justice Phil Journey has recused himself from the case. Of course the business the pastor was convicted of disrupting was a local Mosque, where he and several others were passing out Gospel tracts written in Arabic. Why would a judge do this? ~ Flip
In the case of City of Wichita v. Pastor
Some may recall that in September of 2011, I was tried and convicted of “loitering and disrupting a business” for passing out free bibles at a mosque in Wichita, Kansas. Though the police testified that I did not trespass or block any cars, I was nonetheless guilty because I did not move quick enough when police told me to though I was standing on a public sidewalk – that I committed the crime of “shy distance.” Yup, fo-real!
This week I received and email from my attorney that Judge Journey was recusing himself from my case.
WOW!
Why?
First – Journey is in a hotly contested election with Linda Kirby. KRA recently gave Journey an endorsement. I then sent out an email explaining my case and what happened. That Journey could of easily dismissed my case in pretrial motion, that the government had no evidence that I had trespassed or block cars. That he had the opportunity to uphold his oath to defend the Constitution and the first amendment but he chose not to. That his actions were anathema to that which is Christian and to the Constitution.
Second – Two weeks ago I did a radio interview with Pastor Joe Wright. Unbeknownst to me, and only by the Providence of the Lord, Judge Journey was scheduled right after me. I told Pastor Joe that Journey was the Judge who allowed the trial and sentenced me to the maximum sentence (suspended). He said that he would ask him about it in the interview, which he did.
Journey publicly spoke about my case – a case that is ongoing as my attorney and I are discussing filing another motion in the case and I am still on probation for including that I can not go within 1000 ft of the mosque. (I guess I can’t become a muslim?) This is a HUGE breach of judicial ethics.
Journey spewed the governments version of events that day. He said things that were completely false to justify himself. He said that I blocked cars and that he “thought about giving me a jail ministry.” Yep, du judge, said that on the public radio.
So get this, 10 months after trial, conviction, and sentencing, a Judge (Journey) recuses himself over a “loitering” case. Wow!!!
So let me shout it from the roof tops –
Psalm 37:6 – He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.
All glory to our Lord Jesus!!!
“The gates of hell can not prevail against His church.” MT. 16:18
Oh if only the church would leave the padded pews for the poignant persecution.
– Pastor
Attend your favorite, non-seeker friendly, 100% pro-life church this Sunday. America will not survive if you don’t. – Pastor
Here are our friendly (let’s dialogue) neighborhood Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan, demonstrating what really motivates them in their false book – the Qur’an! It is called hate. Hate is the Muslim drug of choice. It keeps them from any type of introspection. They don’t have a problem. It’s just everybody else that has a problem. Stoning and Killing those who don’t agree is very satisfying, especially when you do it the name of the false god, allah. This kind of Jihad can get you 72 virgins in the next life.
The Holy Bible puts it correctly: “…all who hate me love death.” Proverbs 8:36. This behavior is exactly what we experienced at the abortion mills when we were doing rescues. The feminists, homosexuals, anarchists, liberals, ad nauseam would throw at us everything they could including plastic bags filled with urine, food, spittoons, cans. You name it they threw it. Which brings me to this incredibly simple conclusion. Jesus does unite his enemies.
That’s right!
Have you ever wondered why the National Education Association, the homosexual community, the abortion industry, the Democratic party, all hold Islam up to be a very tolerant, peaceful, and kind religion? They have nothing in common. Each of these groups would hate the other and destroy themselves if it weren’t for something supernatural. One thing unites these folks. It is their hatred of the One True God – most perfectly manifested in the person of Jesus.
Yep!
There would be no problem with abortion, if it weren’t for Jesus.
There would be no problem with homosexuality, if it weren’t for Jesus
There would be no problem with Islam, if it weren’t for Jesus.
There would be no problem with doing whatever I want whenever I want, if it weren’t for Jesus.
So what have they united to do? Get rid of the problem.
It happened over 2,000 years ago on a hill called Golgotha. Didn’t work then and it won’t work now.
What we perceive the battle to be will determine how we fight it. Do you see what I see?
In Christian love,
Flip
Here is the information for folks to sign the National Emancipation for the Preborn Child.
This link http://www.prebornemancipation.org/ enables you to sign the document and then send it to others.
In Christian love,
Flip
Cal Zastrow writes about the “Spring of life” that took place in Buffalo, New York, during the Spring in April 1992. It was here that God did a great work with several thousand gentle Christian warriors laying their lives and freedoms down that their little baby brothers and sister in the womb might have life. One hundred and ninety-seven men were arrested and it was there, in jail, that the best “Christian Retreat Ever” took place.
Enjoy! ~ Flip
by Cal Zastrow on Thursday, April 19, 2012
I’ve been to lots of Christian retreats, meetings, and Bible college chapels. Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the the best one I’ve ever been to. Others who were there have said likewise, that it was the best. It was the beginning of the Spring of Life ministry event in Buffalo, New York. Several thousand pro-life Christians gathered to pray and obey the commands of King Jesus to love our neighbors as ourselves. We didn’t just talk or pray about babies being murdered by butchers, we went and stopped them. We Rescued.
The historic Christian doctrine of interposition is to protect innocent people from harm by nonviolently placing ourselves between the intended harm and those people. We didn’t just write position papers against child-sacrifice, we went and peacefully sat in front of the doors of the killing centers and prevented them from slaughtering children. I’ve never felt more like a follower of Christ in my life than when actually acting like Him, interposing and preventing the murder of babies who were scheduled to die. Other Rescuers have expressed similar experiences.
In April of 1992, there were six surgical abortuaries in Buffalo killing thousands of preborn babies yearly. Plus, the big babies got murdered weekly in Children’s Hospital. The number of surgical abortuaries in Buffalo is down to one, and Children’s Hospital stopped killing many years ago.
The baby-murderers were upset by their lack of “business.” They had the police arrest us and throw us in jail. I never did find out how many women Rescuers were arrested, but 197 men were arrested together. A few of the police beat , stepped on, dragged, or choked some of us. Most of us spent the next twenty-four days incarcerated together. Before farming us out to multiple jails and prisons, we all spent the first nine days in the aesbestos-filled dungeon of the Niagara Street Armory.
It wasn’t the fancy food, professional program, or ample accomodations that made our retreat together so memorable. It was the power of the Holy Spirit that strengthened us while we suffered together. When the sadistic policeman, Captain Vaughan, locked us out of the bathrooms for hours, we worshipped Jesus. When the guards taunted and threatened, we worshipped Jesus. Through the lack of sleep, abundance of dust, and other bad conditions, we praised our glorious King. Singing “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name” in the face of demonic tyrants does something powerful for men.
None will forget the foot-washing service, Johnny Hunter’s sermon, Chet Gallagher’s testimony, or the styrofoam-cup-cross. THe move of the Spirt of God, the Revival that happened in Buffalo, changed me, changed others. There was no turning back to only safe church activities while the slaughtering of babies continued. One of the meekest among us was old Frank Sync. My cot was next to his for the first eight days. After landing in Normandy and defeating the Nazis through Europe, he rescued Jews from death camps while in the U.S. Army. I was honored to be in his presence. Young and old, we bore our imprisonment. We were Rescue brothers, jail brothers. I never saw one act of selfishness the entire time from any of the men. We shared the few Bibles we had smuggled in (until the Gideons were allowed in later). We shared our lousy food, limited water, and our lives. Some men suffered also by losing jobs, having family members turn against them, and churches disown them for carrying the Cross. We encouraged one another. All we had was Jesus. We found out, He was all we needed. Being “pro-life” is socially and religiously acceptable, but actually stopping baby-murder through peaceful interposition, that was misunderstood by many. The “many” who think that this American holocaust will end from their comfortable offices and church buildings are woefully mistaken. The killing will stop when the Church of Jesus Christ comes out to the streets and stops it. The question is not, “What will this cost me?” The question is: “What will it cost me to disobey Christ’s command to love my neighbor as myself?
None of my four children were born before I Rescued in Buffalo, but they all have memorized the two new verses to an old hymn that were written and sung in jail there:
Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of Rescue
Abortion murders babies, and sometimes women too
Ye that believe in Jesus, interpose in the babies’ place
And if He finds you faithful, then you will see His face.
Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye prisoners of Rescue
Let us look unto our Savior, His trial was unjust too
May we reflect your glory while we’re behind these bars
We worship You King Jesus, the One who bears our scars.
When the peaceful Rescue movement started, there were over 2,000 surgical abortuaries in America. Today, there are less than 700. Yes, we should pray that they close, but we should also go close them down.
As we have been planning our way (Proverbs 16:9) God has been directing our steps for our next adventure into the little town of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. God has used Wyoming’s Supreme Court to help pave the way for the theology of heaven to become biography in the streets of Jackson once again this May 16-20, 2012. “The heart of a king is in the hands of the Lord; He directs it like a watercourse wherever He wills.” Proverbs 21:1.
Please pray for us that the Name of Jesus will be lifted up, that preborn babies will have a defense, that the heart of abortionist Brent Blue will be softened, that God’s Church in Jackson will rise up to be a voice for those who have no voice, and that the city itself will begin to accept responsibility for being her brother’s keeper. ~ Flip
By Rebecca Huntington
Jackson Town Councilors voted Monday to allow a ten-by-eighty-foot display, which could include graphic images of fetuses, on the Town Square. Texas-based Operation Save America would be allowed to put up the anti-abortion display for four days in May. But the council denied the group’s request to set it up on a Saturday during the Boy Scouts annual elk antler auction.
Councilors said the content was not the problem, but that the display would compete for space with the Boy Scouts’ event.
Councilor Mark Obringer stressed that pro-life protestors could still come to the square.
“It does not prohibit anybody from walking around introducing themselves, passing out brochures at any point… or carrying signs,” Obringer said.
The decision comes after Operation Save America won a ruling earlier this month from the Wyoming Supreme Court saying that the anti-abortion protestors’ first amendment rights were violated by efforts last year to keep the group from showing graphic images at the Boy Scout event.