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APRIL 2020 | Personal UPDATE
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William J. Federer, Nationally known speaker and best-selling author
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COVID-19 CRISIS AND THE CONCENTRATION OF CONTROL?
ormer President Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel stated in 2008: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” The Russian dictator Joseph Stalin stated: “Crisis alone permitted the authorities to demand – and obtain – total submission and all necessary sacrifices from its citizens.” From the beginning of history, people have given up freedom in a time of fear. Fear and insecurity caused people to give up the independence of their farms and gravitate together for protection in the first communities. They looked for someone good at fighting to be their captain. An example of fearful people wanting a captain is in the Book of Judges 11: “And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went … unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.” After captains won victories, people showed favoritism to them and their families, leading to a concentration of power in the hands of kings. An example this was after Gideon led Israelites to victory (Judges 8): “Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.”
BIO WILLIAM J. F E D E R E R , nationally known speaker and bestselling author
Born October 1, 1957, Bi l l g ra d u a t e d f ro m Saint Louis University (`80) with a degree in Ac c o u n t i n g / B u s i n e s s Administration. Bi l l w o r k e d i n re a l estate, oil & gas industry, and held positions with community organizations, charity groups, churches - working with youth, families, elderly and minorities. WILLIAM J. FEDERER is a nationally known speaker, best-selling author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc., a publishing company dedicated to researching America’s noble heritage. Bill’s AMERICAN MINUTE radio feature is broadcast daily across Am er i c a an d by t h e Internet. His Faith in History television airs on the TCT Network on stations across America and via DirectTV.
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