Grant Swank column

Joseph Grant Swank, Jr., is a pastor at New Hope Church in Windham, Maine, and is the author of five books and thousands of articles that have appeared in various Protestant and Catholic publications. He currently writes a column for RenewAmerica.com, MichNews.com, Magic-City-News.com, AmericanDaily.com, NewsByUs.com, The Conservative Crusader.com, PostChronicle.com, TheConservativeVoice.com, Republican and Proud.com, FaithFreedom.org, Conservative Posts.us, ArriveNet.com, MosqueWatch.blogspot.com, EzineArticles.com, Chalcedon Report, and others.

He has been married for 46 years and has three adult children. He has BA and MDiv degrees, with graduate work at Harvard Divinity School.

Grant maintains a website at http://truthinconviction.us/weblog.php You can e-mail him at grant.swank@yahoo.com

Grant Swank

March 26, 2011

The cross is not the end. The cross leads to resurrection dawn. Resurrection dawn is the most awesome miracle known to human history. God Himself came back from . . .

Grant Swank

February 15, 2011

The Book of Revelation, Chapter 19 1-10 Heaven rejoices in the Second Coming. "Hallelujah! Salvation is from our God. Glory and power belong to Him alone. . . .

Grant Swank

February 12, 2011

It's the health of an entire nation. China may run out of females. That means a culture with nothing but males. Now it won't come to such an extreme; then . . .

Grant Swank

February 9, 2011

America Talks reports that Barack Obama was reared as an Islamic, though Obama discounts that, and understandably so now that he is seeking the US presidency.  . . .

Grant Swank

February 4, 2011

Those wanting the 'contemporary' worship set up their stage and chairs and equipment in the gym. Then after the worship, all that had to be taken down for the . . .

Grant Swank

January 31, 2011

More and more, Christ is becoming popular and acceptable throughout China. Even the political powers are recognizing that religious faith bolsters a culture's . . .

Grant Swank

January 27, 2011

Liberals have run off with this phrase, prostituting it per usual.. The matter is simple. It's this: America does not want a state church. England has a . . .

Grant Swank

January 24, 2011

". . .He shall glorify me. . ." John l6:l4 We are here to glorify Jesus. If the Holy Spirit came upon Church Age disciples to glorify Jesus, then cross . . .

Grant Swank

November 22, 2010

The Mayflower Compact underlines in no uncertain terms the faith in God characteristic of America's early settlers. The authoritative language is there. Even . . .

Grant Swank

October 28, 2010

THE WAY TO HEAVEN The most important question known to man is: "How can I find the way to heaven?" Therefore, the answer given to that question is most . . .

Grant Swank

October 26, 2010

It is alarming to realize the nonchalance on the part of many concerning abortion. But it is not new. Years ago Newsweek (July 19, 1971) quoted one medical . . .

Grant Swank

October 22, 2010

Those wanting the 'contemporary' worship set up their stage and chairs and equipment in the gym. Then after the worship, all that had to be taken down for the . . .

Grant Swank

October 19, 2010

Let the Creator be in charge of climate. Mortals are playing God when they move into changing climate and moving continents and sludging taxpayers and . . .

Grant Swank

October 9, 2010

At the Bible study was a young man who looked athletic, energized and open to talk. So I asked him his name and where he lived. Before long, we were in . . .

Grant Swank

October 5, 2010

When it comes to Jesus, born of Mary, there are these choices a person has. Jesus was a first-class liar. Jesus was a charlatan of mega-proportions. Jesus was a . . .

Grant Swank

September 29, 2010

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, . . .

Grant Swank

September 22, 2010

The Bible states that God builds His church. God brings blessing upon His obedient church. God brings judgment in condemnation upon his disobedient church.  . . .

Grant Swank

August 16, 2010

OBSESSION is one of the most informative web sites regarding the deceitful ploys of Islam. Visit it at http://www.honestreporting.com/obsession/whatwecando.htm  . . .

Grant Swank

August 14, 2010

Iranian thug President said: "The bottom line is we do not need a bomb. The time for nuclear bombs has ended," per AP. Then is he going to wipe out Israel . . .

Grant Swank

August 9, 2010

Mohammed was "a psychopath (with) Allah (as) nothing but his own alter ego," according to Ali Sina, ex-Muslim, webmaster of FaithFreedom.org. Visit http://www . . .

Grant Swank

August 5, 2010

America should learn from Jakarta's protesters how to clog the streets with cries of imploding the Oval Office imposter. Marxist Muslim Barack Hussein Obama . . .

Grant Swank

July 30, 2010

Barack Hussein and Michelle Obama typify this nation's typical spoiled brat couple. It is disgusting and should never be the profile of an American president . . .

Grant Swank

July 26, 2010

When Barack Hussein Obama does not know what to do about a matter, he calls for a commission to gather. What does that mean? Nothing but wasted time and cost . . .

Grant Swank

July 17, 2010

Muslim mats available in the hospital chapel. Torahs available for the Jews. Christians could not find a Bible in the chapel. However, traditionally . . .

Grant Swank

July 14, 2010

The couple is back and they are announcing. They will be husband and wife. That does not surprise me. Bristol believes in the power of forgiving love. . . .

Grant Swank

July 9, 2010

There are times when your thoughts jam together so much that there's nothing but mush. You're overstressed so that thoughts circulate over and over again.  . . .

Grant Swank

July 1, 2010

"The effectual, fervent prayer of the righteous avails much." That's the biblical promise. Therefore, biblical believers are privileged to pray for anything, . . .

Grant Swank

June 25, 2010

I am in love with Intelligent Design. Is that not a hoot? You see, there is much debate going on in the so-called intellectual circles about how the world . . .

Grant Swank

April 18, 2010

NazNet lost its content. It crashed. Why not? NazNet claims to be a "friend" of the holiness Church of the Nazarene. Instead, it is Judas to that . . .

Grant Swank

March 4, 2010

The voice of conviction is fading from today's pulpit. Why? Partly because a premium has been put on appeasement, cordiality, management methods, . . .

Grant Swank

March 1, 2010

For many, the Bible teaching regarding sanctification is difficult to understand. Perhaps it is the length and strange sound of the term itself. Maybe it is . . .

Grant Swank

February 26, 2010

Can the advertised Nazarene-friendly NazNet website discover once again its holiness heritage that sparked its start at Pilot Point, Texas in 1908? Some . . .

Grant Swank

February 24, 2010

Marxist Muslim Barack Hussein Obama is carrying through with Islam World Rule by destroying the most powerful nation on Earth. He does this by beheading . . .

Grant Swank

February 21, 2010

God Himself attests to His Word being perfect: 2 Peter 1:20-21 "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own . . .

Grant Swank

February 18, 2010

The Tea Party Nation represents healthy-raw, committed patriotism. What a breath of fresh air. So the Reps had better keep their mitts off the Nation. Let . . .

Grant Swank

February 16, 2010

Let the Creator be in charge of climate. Mortals are playing God when they move into changing climate and moving continents and sludging taxpayers and . . .

Grant Swank

February 15, 2010

Marxist Muslim Barack Hussein Obama has brought such confusion and depression to the title "United States President" that celebrating Presidents' Day leaves one . . .

Grant Swank

February 11, 2010

This "reaching across the aisle" business has got to stop. In other words, bi-partisanship must be passe. There is no Congress worth listening to, let . . .

Grant Swank

February 9, 2010

In the Old Testament, God commanded the death penalty in twenty-some cases. This was not because God was barbaric, but because God was civil. The Israeli twelve . . .

Grant Swank

February 7, 2010

Isn't this what makes patriots distrust Marxist Muslim Barack Hussein Obama all the more? In his address to the National Prayer Breakfast, he inserted this:  . . .

Grant Swank

February 3, 2010

Once you proclaim that there are no absolutes, you put yourself outside Christianity. Christianity is constructed on the biblical absolutes or it's not . . .

Grant Swank

February 1, 2010

Christians are taking over. Voodoo priests feel left out. So goes the bickering as people suffer and die. It is sad. Christians are quick to respond when . . .

Grant Swank

January 31, 2010

Grassroots Israelis true to their own heritage are angry with their politicians playing up to Barack Hussein Obama. These Israeli leaders in recent days . . .

Grant Swank

January 28, 2010

How can one believe Barack Hussein Obama on anything when he plants in the middle of his State of the Union speech these words: ". . .to do our work openly."  . . .

Grant Swank

January 25, 2010

It was mistakenly reported by some newsfeeds that Scott Brown voted against the Massachusetts Marriage Amendment. Fact: he voted for the Massachusetts Marriage . . .

Grant Swank

January 22, 2010

Numbers don't count with God. God has lost in the numbers game. That is why Jesus said that the larger number is on the road to hell. The smaller number is on . . .

Grant Swank

January 20, 2010

The Scott Brown win encourages grassroots to believe in the people's power to rescue America from the Obama dictatorship. When Brown pronounced that the . . .

Grant Swank

January 17, 2010

It is alarming to realize the nonchalance on the part of many concerning abortion. But it is not new. There are those who state: "Abortion is finding its . . .

Grant Swank

January 13, 2010

So many dead. So many grieving. So many distraught. Where is God? Where is the good God? Good God created all things sound and pure. Then He placed our . . .

Grant Swank

January 10, 2010

Brit Hume stated: "If Tiger Woods made a true conversion we would know it. It would show through in his being and he would know it above all. And he would feel . . .

Grant Swank

January 6, 2010

Separation of church and state? No need to tell Idaho GOP gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell. He holds that religion is a guaranteed expression in America. . . .

Grant Swank

January 2, 2010

This site provides "A Letter From Christian Missionaries in Africa." Thanks for sending out an alert about Obama. We are living and working in Kenya for . . .

Grant Swank

December 29, 2009

Barack Hussein Obama's speech reveals his Muslim connection. He was late. He had no passion. He was once again empty. We are getting to expect this. He has . . .

Grant Swank

December 20, 2009

Mortals are playing God when they move into changing climate and moving continents and sludging taxpayers and kissing up to unbelieving loudmouths and passing . . .

Grant Swank

December 18, 2009

Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson says he won't vote for the "health care" bill if it has any support for killing womb babies. Will he cave? If he's an . . .

Grant Swank

December 16, 2009

Sheikh Mubarak Gilani tells Muslims to "act like you're his friend. Then kill him." Muslim killer camps increase in America, particularly in the northeast. . . .

Grant Swank

December 14, 2009

Now the Dem libs have gone way over the line with California Senator Diane Feinstein laying out the devil's doctrine. She focuses especially regarding abortion. . . .

Grant Swank

December 10, 2009

The Feast of Lights! It is a Christian celebration. Yes. It is a Jewish feast. Yes. Yet Christians have ignored their opportunity to celebrate along with . . .

Grant Swank

December 7, 2009

There is a God Almighty. He is the Bible's deity. All other deities are false gods. This biblical deity created the universe; He is the ultimate authority. . . .

Grant Swank

December 3, 2009

Muslim Barack Hussein Obama was quick to tell the public not to jump to conclusions regarding Army psychiatrist Muslim Nidal Malik Hasan's killing spree. One . . .

Grant Swank

November 30, 2009

"Banners for revivals, sermons and blessings dot nearly every street in Lagos, a teeming flatland of tin-roof shanties and rain-streaked concrete high-rises. . . .

Grant Swank

November 27, 2009

Sarah Palin's deity is the God of the Bible. Her personal Savior is Jesus Christ. Her holy writ is the infallible, inerrant Bible. Her hope for eternity is . . .

Grant Swank

November 24, 2009

This Barack Hussein Obama Recovery.gov lies. It is unfortunately believed by the uninformed. That is utterly abominable but once again underlines that Obama . . .

Grant Swank

November 22, 2009

Let Barack Hussein Obama speak for himself: "The person who made me proudest of all though was my (half-brother), Roy. He was converted to Islam." (DREAMS OF . . .

Grant Swank

November 18, 2009

Sarah Palin will be quizzed about political this and that. But when she runs for Oval Office, if she does, and it surely does appear as if it's in her . . .

Grant Swank

November 16, 2009

Bible not the whole Word of God? That is correct. Site overseers such as NazNet Manager Scott Cudliff and Moderator Hans Deventer champion those who doubt . . .

Grant Swank

November 12, 2009

America's unseen Power at work on behalf of moralists is God. The Republic Party does not have a strong front person as leader. How is it then that the . . .

Grant Swank

November 7, 2009

Barack Hussein Obama's stance as a Protestant — theologically liberal in keeping with the United Church of Christ (Congregational) — is a cover for the . . .

Grant Swank

November 5, 2009

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is so intent on slaughtering womb babies that she vows to cement it in the blanket health care travesty. For those who want to . . .

Grant Swank

November 2, 2009

Barack Hussein Obama discounts the realism of the final check-out. His pride is in zenith gear at the moment; no doubt his residence at Pennsylvania Avenue does . . .

Grant Swank

October 30, 2009

Real biblical Christians don't hate. That the Barack Hussein Obama administration does not get. That is because Obama is not a Christian. He may belong to . . .

Grant Swank

October 18, 2009

Dear ENC President Corlis McGee: I just sat through the 4 pm October 17 musical, "Once On This Island," in Cove Center. I am disappointed and . . .

Grant Swank

October 11, 2009

"Obama plans to speak Saturday at a dinner hosted by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay rights group" per AP's Andrea Miga. Now this is the . . .

Grant Swank

September 30, 2009

God speaks through earthquakes. God made the Earth. The Earth will answer to God. According to the Bible, End Times occurrences include multitudinous . . .

Grant Swank

September 27, 2009

Biblical Christians hold that the God of Scripture has intervened on numerous occasions in order to keep our Republic intact. Why? One major reason is . . .

Grant Swank

September 8, 2009

President George Washington wrote a prayer addressed to "O most glorious God, in Jesus Christ" and ended it with this: "Let me live according to those holy . . .

Grant Swank

September 6, 2009

Shame on liberal media. Kudos to conservative reportage. Communist racist Van Jones hit the pits Saturday night. Others under Obama's heel need to do . . .

Grant Swank

September 2, 2009

On September 8, Marxist Muslim Barrack Hussein Obama will address public school students. I don't want this left of left celeb-won via mob hysteriacs . . .

Grant Swank

August 28, 2009

Sane people know for sure that this sphere is laden with crazy people and crazy situations. Ted Kennedy is one of those personages and his passing is one of . . .

Grant Swank

August 16, 2009

Liberals have run off with this phrase, prostituting it per usual.. The matter is simple. It's this: America does not want a state church. England has a . . .

Grant Swank

August 12, 2009

Too many political conservatives with biblical values as their base have inadvertently turned their zeal into a religion without realizing it. What happens . . .

Grant Swank

August 9, 2009

God is in charge of unique America especially because of its founders who loved God supremely. Their loyalty to God will be honored particularly for this . . .

Grant Swank

July 21, 2009

This is one fantastic era for the truly biblical believers. We stand out more than ever. It used to be that all church folk were all logged as believers. . . .

Grant Swank

June 30, 2009

It's there. I walked into a huge church in Texas. The parking lot was packed to the gills. Young adults were heading toward the doors of the sanctuary, . . .

Grant Swank

June 24, 2009

When I first went into the ministry, I carried with me the 'layman's view.' That is, I trusted everyone — especially the clergy. And more particularly those . . .

Grant Swank

June 17, 2009

President George Washington wrote a prayer addressed to "O most glorious God, in Jesus Christ" and ended it with this: "Let me live according to those holy . . .

Grant Swank

June 8, 2009

Pastor, the dark side of religion is what you were never told in Bible college or seminary. Why? One of the reasons is that the profs there have never been in . . .

Grant Swank

May 4, 2009

"That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you. . ." II Thessalonians l:l2 The name of Jesus has been scorned throughout the world . . .

Grant Swank

April 28, 2009

As Marxist Muslim B. H. Obama strains to install his left-of-left secularization throughout America, he's proud obviously of his "I won" proclamation. So it . . .

Grant Swank

April 23, 2009

Remember the "good" part. For sometimes it is good to get good and angry. Are you? If you have been ditched by the system, betrayed by the higher-ups, . . .

Grant Swank

April 20, 2009

I had just attended my 40th high school reunion in Maryland. It was one of those emotional mixes — both grand and confusing. I had not seen those friends . . .

Grant Swank

April 16, 2009

The Texas Governor puts it on the table for B. H. Obama to digest right quickly or else. Governor Rick Perry means business. He's sick of DC robbing states . . .

Grant Swank

April 14, 2009

Arm our ships. Kill pirates threatening our ships. Sink the pirates' vessels. Go for the Muslim terrorist camps in Somalia in particular. Our . . .

Grant Swank

April 10, 2009

Mob hysteria rushed The Boy where he is today. Liberal media worked alongside mob hysteria. Now The Boy sits in the White House, surrounded by the crooks . . .

Grant Swank

April 7, 2009

"We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over so many centuries to shape the world for the better, including my own . . .

Grant Swank

April 3, 2009

Throughout the Lakes Region there are numerous churches. That bodes well for communities who value communion with the One who molded our striking environs.  . . .

Grant Swank

March 30, 2009

A four-liner goes like this: It's a very odd thing — As odd as can be, That whatever Miss T. eats Turns into Miss T. Compare this now with the intake . . .

Grant Swank

March 26, 2009

The attractive red head heard our speech slant to conclude we were from the US. Therefore, when my wife and I left the village shop, the stranger approached to . . .

Grant Swank

March 23, 2009

B. H. Obama is trying to tell evangelicals that he has hooked up with evangelical pastors for leadership counsel. The main supposed evangelical person he . . .

Grant Swank

March 20, 2009

Will America soon have its mandatory corps in uniform from shore to shore. Doing what? Seeing through the Obama 'military watch,' of course. Is this an Oval . . .

Grant Swank

March 16, 2009

"It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not." (Lamentations 3:22) The globe is in major crises. Why are we then . . .

Grant Swank

March 13, 2009

One would think an entire think-tank university staff is behind Snopes. Not so. It's a couple — husband and wife. Their opinions are considered bible by . . .

Grant Swank

March 10, 2009

Genuine biblical believers must keep faith mighty. World-think whispers to believers to give up, cave in and throw in the towel. But those into Scripture . . .

Grant Swank

March 6, 2009

Charles Freeman, anti-Jew voice, is named by B. Hussein Obama, Marxist Muslim, as the new head of the National Intelligence Council. Freeman was US . . .

Grant Swank

March 3, 2009

"Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who is also an OB/GYN, told CNSNews.com on Friday that many medical practitioners, including himself, will go to prison before . . .

Grant Swank

February 24, 2009

NOTE: Pastor Swank authored MOMENTS TO GO, A STUDY OF THE SECOND COMING, Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 1974, the book now out of print. However, a few . . .

Grant Swank

February 20, 2009

Nancy Pelosi, active womb baby slayer advocate, has been informed in no uncertain terms by Pope Benedict that all Roman Catholic politicians are to oppose . . .

Grant Swank

February 17, 2009

He was born in Somalia. He was reared in Britain. He was enrolled as a student at Oxford Brookes University. He left Britain to return to Somalia. There he . . .

Grant Swank

February 12, 2009

In his inaugural address, B. Hussein Obama lifted atheists on the level of Christians. He spoke of the nation having Christians, of course. But then he . . .

Grant Swank

February 9, 2009

Quoted from True Science Agrees with the Bible, Malcolm Bowden, Sovereign Publications, Kent, 1998, section 6.6, pp 259-276 available from The Berean Call, P.O . . .

Grant Swank

February 4, 2009

"This is their creation. He is their creation. Not vetted. Not challenged and now he's President." That's Republican National Chairman Michael Steele giving . . .

Grant Swank

January 30, 2009

Bloomberg.com's Mark Pittman and Alison Fitzgerald report that the touted "transparent" B. Hussein Obama is not that at all. Instead, he keeps frustrating . . .

Grant Swank

January 25, 2009

B. Hussein Obama offered too much counsel regarding Middle East proposals. This is what he said: "The outline for a durable ceasefire is clear: Hamas must . . .

Grant Swank

January 21, 2009

"Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with . . .

Grant Swank

January 18, 2009

I thought my black pastor friend was genuinely biblical — theologically and politically. He told me of his evangelical position. He related how he, a . . .

Grant Swank

January 15, 2009

Per Rush Limbaugh, there are those who want B. Hussein Obama to have unlimited terms in the Oval Office. Jose Serrano, Democrat, New York, wants the Twenty . . .

Grant Swank

January 11, 2009

Muslims believe that lying to further Islam World Rule is moral. Mosque leaders preach it. Muslim world leaders practice it. Per Israel News' Gaza reporter . . .

Grant Swank

January 7, 2009

Hamas cries that Israel is hammering Gaza into oblivion. Why not? Israel has been hammered by terrorist Hamas. Hamas is not a nation. It is not a country. . . .

Grant Swank

January 2, 2009

Already the United Nations has put out its bid to control the Internet. Other countries say that the US should not have front seat. But within the US there . . .

Grant Swank

December 28, 2008

New Year's Day is an opportune moment in time to contemplate timelessness — eternity — and one's personal place therein. In other words, it is the change-of . . .

Grant Swank

December 23, 2008

The Feast of Lights! It is a Christian celebration. Yes. It is a Jewish feast. Yes. Yet Christians have ignored their opportunity to celebrate along with . . .

Grant Swank

December 21, 2008

What will God do with Rick Warren's inaugural invocation? Isn't that the real question? What will God do with the prayer offered by pro-life Rick Warren, . . .

Grant Swank

December 19, 2008

Can it be that biblical believers and Muslims agree? At the UN there are those countries proposing that discrimination against homosexuals cease. There are . . .

Grant Swank

December 16, 2008

Obviously God was in no rush for Christmas. Then why should you be in such a bustle? If you are not careful, you will miss Christmastide. You may celebrate . . .

Grant Swank

December 11, 2008

Esther opened her home for fellowship — Christian sharing. Mid-winter — post-Christmas drab. But not for Carl Miller as he poked his hot dog on metal . . .

Grant Swank

December 10, 2008

B. Hussein claims this morning that he and Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich have no connections when it comes to shady doings. Rod presently sits awaiting . . .

Grant Swank

December 9, 2008

India is "Hindustan," according to one Hindu leader who is out to slaughter as many Christians as possible. The world media has remained relatively silent . . .

Grant Swank

December 4, 2008

"Fresh off his runoff victory Tuesday night, Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss credited Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with firing up his base. "'I can't . . .

Grant Swank

December 2, 2008

Heidi stretched across her bed, looking straight ahead into the nursery where her baby boy lay in his crib. Grant Michael Wray was born on Good Friday that . . .

Grant Swank

November 30, 2008

As I sat in that courtroom — cold, impersonal, austere space — I looked straight ahead at my adopted teen son with his feet in chains. He was dressed in . . .

Grant Swank

November 26, 2008

The Mayflower Compact underlines in no uncertain terms the faith in God characteristic of America's early settlers. The authoritative language is there. Even . . .

Grant Swank

November 24, 2008

I just returned from another visit to our country home in Kennetcook, Nova Scotia. It was a delightful couple of weeks with real friends and real . . .

Grant Swank

November 10, 2008

The so-called Fairness Doctrine is not at all fair. Its bottom line is to mug conservative broadcasters. The Doctrine says that for every conservative caster . . .

Grant Swank

November 7, 2008

It could be. If Republican Senator Ted Stevens can win over his opponent Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, Stevens lands back in Congress where he has sat for 40 . . .

Grant Swank

November 3, 2008

NEWS Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch says B. Hussein Obama's economic solution is "crazy." His tax policies are not at all logical. His projection to  . . .