







                                  WHO I AM...

I want to say right from the beginning that I am a Christian.  I won't make a 
big deal about this in words very often.  In fact, you may peruse many issues 
of MICRONEWS before you come across anything alluding to this fact.

However, this being the virgin voyage of this column, perhaps it's a good, as 
well as, appropriate time for proclamation.

I'd like to start out with a quote from a man I respect, Peter Marshall.















"The choice before us is plain, Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, 
discipline or disintegration.  I am rather tired of hearing about privileges 
as American citizens.  The time is come , it is now, when we ought to hear 
about the duties and responsibilities of our citizenship.  America's future 
depends upon her accepting and demonstrating God's government."

















"Born again" has become a catch-phrase of our times.  It's applied to an 
astonishing array of things and endeavors.  A newscaster refers to a resurging
sports team as "born again."  Do-it-yourself books refer to reconstructed
attics, basements, and rooms as "born again" spaces.  Not too many years ago,
the Chrysler Corporation was on the brink of bankruptcy, now, it's "born
again."  So it goes...

Who coined this phrase, where did it come from, what did it mean?  The 
originator was Jesus Christ.  He used the phrase in a conversation one evening
with a man named Nicodemus, an esteemed Jewish lawyer. Nicodemus approached
Jesus seeking spiritual guidance and got a seemingly nonsensical directive,
"Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."










Nicodemus was perplexed!  "What do you mean, `born again?'."  Be born again? 
"How is this possible?"  Jesus explained that, just as a man is born physical-
ly, he must be born spiritually.  He added for emphasis, "Marvel not,..you must
be born again."     This "born again" experience is necessary for every person. 
It occurs when one turns in genuine faith and spiritual repentance to Jesus
Christ and receives the free gift of salvation.

Our nation needs to be born again,  We live in a time of terrible trials and 
temptations.  The way out is definitely not clear.  But, how can a nation be 
reborn?  It's not likely that everyone in this country will voice a collective,
cohesive prayer of faith and repentance.  However, there is a way.  When a
great number of individuals turn to God, He sends renewal.
















The answer to our deepest needs is not to be found in better education, good 
government, profitable commerce, or victory in the Middle East.  Our only hope
rests firmly in Jesus Christ.

America's rebirth is no noble aspiration, it is a desperate need.  This is a 
crucial hour in time, I hope we rise to meet it.

Eugene A. Zeak, Jr. Publisher 
