“As founders of WatchDog Government Jeff, Keith, and Cheryl, along with my mother Karyn, my aunt Kris, and my uncle Michael worked to make sure that ordinary citizens understood what was happening behind the scenes of government and that they understood what role they could play in shaping the country. Today the organization they founded has hundreds of thousands of members, and it is growing. When my father passed away seven years ago at the age of seventy-eight, he died knowing that he had made a lasting impact on his family and his country. My mother continued his work until her death early this year.
“I am proud to have followed in my father’s footsteps. I am now serving my second and final term as your Senator, but my commitment to uphold freedom will not end when I leave the Senate next year. As the incoming director of WatchDog Government I will continue the work that my father and my uncle began.
“My father, my mother, and my uncle Keith were ordinary citizens—my dad owned a construction company; my mother was a housewife; my uncle was a journalist. But they were inspired to do extraordinary things. The man who helped inspire their vision is honored here today as we dedicate the Michael Linton Memorial Medical Center. To complete the dedication ceremony it is my honor to introduce my cousin and Michael Linton’s son, Dr. Aaron Mitchell Linton.”
A tall, well-built man of fifty stepped up and took the microphone. His thick dark hair was streaked with silver and his gray-blue eyes were accentuated by thick dark lashes. To his left stood a petite blonde woman of about his age and two sons in their twenties.
The two men embraced, and Mitch turned to face the crowd. “My father Michael Linton believed so strongly in the sanctity of life that he gave up a career he loved rather than violate his conscience by participating in the murder of unborn children. When I was growing up, he often told me that before the Affordable Care Act was implemented he had been one of the youngest and most successful cardiac surgeons in the United States. Soon after the Act became law, however, the government required that all surgeons, regardless of their areas of specialty, be on call to assist with surgical abortions. My father then gave up his license to perform surgery and returned to school to specialize in geriatric care.
“My father always stood for freedom and the sanctity of human life. Eventually, he and my uncle Jeff, along with thousands of others, were charged as domestic terrorists and imprisoned for defending liberty. Three days after the Supreme Court ruled that the indefinite detention provisions of the NDAA were unconstitutional, he and my Uncle Jeff were released and no charges were filed against them. In fact, out of the more than 108,000 American citizens being detained at that time, charges were brought against only fifty-six individuals, and of that fifty-six only twenty-three were convicted of crimes.
“After his release my father returned to practicing medicine. He and my mother Kristina set up the Choose Life Foundation that became the basis for the creation of this medical facility. In addition to their work with WatchDog, they also worked to promote a culture of life in the medical community that values all life, from the lives of the unborn to the lives of the most elderly.
“Today we dedicate the Michael Linton Memorial Medical Center to honor the memory of all those who fought for life when victory seemed hopeless. The mission of this hospital is to protect and preserve life. No abortion will ever take place within these walls; no senior citizen will ever be euthanized here. All who pass through these doors will be respected as individuals created in the image and likeness of a God who values them and has a purpose for their lives.
“I am also honored to dedicate the Nathan O’Brien chapel in this hospital. Father Nathan O’Brien was my father’s close friend and an ardent defender of the right to life for all people. In 2017 he was executed without trial as a domestic terrorist in one of the federal government’s secret prisons. We are able to stand here today because of the sacrifices of Father O’Brien and countless others who willingly faced imprisonment and death rather than choosing to live in slavery in a godless society with no regard for the most basic human right—the right to life. My father died at the age of ninety with my mother holding his hand. She joined him in heaven last year. Together they survived the darkest period in our country’s history and lived to see freedom re-established.
“Today is an especially appropriate day for this dedication. Tonight at sunset, we will celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. As an infant I was sent to live in Israel while my mother fought to secure my father’s freedom. During that time, I celebrated Hanukkah in the very land where the Festival of Lights began. My aunt Karyn learned firsthand what it means to live in a nation that has had to struggle every day for its very right to exist.
“After my father was released from prison and our family was reunited, every year at Hanukkah Dad told us the story of how in 168 B.C. one family, the Maccabees, stood against tyranny and oppression, and armed with courage and faith, fought for freedom against an unimaginable evil. Then, as he lit the Menorah, he reminded us that Hanukkah is a picture of the coming of the Messiah. The pure, uncontaminated olive oil from the flask sealed by the high priest which gave light to the lamp stand for eight days represented the Holy Spirit, who in less than two centuries would bring forth Jesus, the Light of the World. And then he would say to us, ‘In the days of the Maccabees, cleansing the temple was essential so that people could be restored into a relationship with the God of the Universe. But now we live in the Age of Messiah, and He rules and reigns in the hearts of every person who is willing to receive Him. The Maccabees received the privilege of witnessing the miracle of Hanukkah because they were willing to stand against injustice, tyranny, and blasphemy and to fight and even die to defend their faith. The same God who rescued His people then is at work today, but it is only when we stand up and say that we would prefer to die rather than dishonor God, that we see the Holy Spirit rise up to fight for us.’
“Evil stalks every generation. Whether that evil succeeds is determined by us. To defeat evil does not require a huge force of people—all that is required is that a handful of people who know and fear God stand up for the truth. The Maccabees were just one family, but they fought for the laws of their country, and they set their people free.
“My children and I are the direct descendants of the Maccabees. We are the Chosen from among the Chosen. Like Esther, we know that God has put us here for just this time to stand in the gap in prayer for our nation and for the nation of Israel, to hold back tyranny, and to fight against the spirit of AntiChrist as it appears in every generation. Our legacy is to fight for the laws of our country and to tell everyone who is willing to listen that freedom is available through the one true God and Jesus Christ, the one He has sent.”
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Joyce and Alexandra Swann are mother and daughter. Joyce homeschooled her ten children from the first grade through master’s degrees. She is a well-known author and speaker on the subject of homeschooling. For nearly a decade she was a popular columnist for Practical Homeschooling Magazine. She now blogs regularly on parenting, homeschooling, and Christian lifestyle issues.
Joyce and Alexandra have co-authored three other novels: The Fourth Kingdom, The Twelfth Juror and The Force. The Fourth Kingdom was a top four finalist in the Christianity Today 2011 book of the year awards. Joyce’s personal story of her experiences raising and educating her family is chronicled in Looking Backward: My Twenty-Five Years as a Homeschooling Mother, published in February of 2011. Her novel, The Warrior, which tells the story of one woman’s ten-year prayer vigil for a man she has never met, was released in May of 2012. The book has been downloaded over 80,000 times on Kindle. She is also the author of two children’s books, Tales of Pig Isle and The McAloons, which began as stories that she told to entertain her grandchildren. Her newest project is her young adult series, N. Book one, N: The Beginning was released in the fall of 2015.
Alexandra is author of No Regrets: How Homeschooling Earned me a Master’s Degree at Age S
ixteen and Writing for Today. For fifteen years she was self-employed in the financial services industry. She was the 2011 Chairwoman of the Board of the El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. She now resides in the Dallas area where she continues to work in financial services. Her novel The Planner, which is the prequel to The Chosen, was published in June of 2012.
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The Force
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Table of Contents
THE PLANNER Alexandra Swann
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
The Chosen Alexandra Swann & Joyce Swann
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
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