Apparently it wasn’t just those dreaded Tea Party people that Uncle Sam was after: IRS Targeted Well-Known Christian Ministries. That’s right, as part of the Obama administration’s anti-Christian crusade, Red State reports that the following non-profit groups were also singled out for audits: the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Samaritan’s Purse and the Biblical Recorder – the newspaper of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention.
 
Franklin Graham, Billy’s son and president of Samaritan’s Purse, wrote to the White to register his dismay ~

“I am bringing this to your attention because I believe that someone in the Administration was targeting and attempting to intimidate us,” wrote (Graham) in a letter Tuesday to President Obama. “This is morally wrong and unethical – indeed some would call it ‘un-American.’”
 
…. The IRS eventually cleared both the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse, but Graham noted that the audit cost the ministries money.
 
“Unfortunately, while these audits not only wasted taxpayer money, they wasted money contributed by donors for ministry purposes, as we had to spend precious resources servicing the IRS agents in our offices,” Graham wrote.

 
This isn’t the first time Big Brother has attempted to derail Samaritan’s Purse’s charitable activities. In 2011, cadets at the Air Force Academy were ordered not to solicit donations to Operation Christmas Child.
 

OK – this one really infuriates me! Samaritan’s Purse is a wonderful Christian charitable organization, one that I donate to regularly ~
 

 
I’m sure they already have a team dispatched to Granbury, Texas in the wake of the tornadoes. Last month they were quick to arrive on the scene of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, TX. They’ve provided resources and assistance for virtually every natural disaster in years – nationally and internationally.
In fact, it’s safe to say Samaritan’s Purse does more every year to help those in need – both here in the U.S., and around the world – than Barack Obama will do in his entire lifetime!
 

So what’s the deal?! Suddenly an organization who helps others in Jesus’ name is being intimidated? In America?! It is immoral!

Through over 30 years of earthquakes, hurricanes, wars, and famine, Franklin has led the ministry in following the Biblical example of the Good Samaritan all across the globe. God has blessed the organization under Franklin’s leadership, and the ministry has seen explosive growth.
 
“Go and do likewise,” Christ commanded after explaining the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10. So we do. Samaritan’s Purse travels the world’s highways looking for victims along the way. We are quick to bandage the wounds we see, but like the Samaritan, we don’t stop there. In addition to meeting immediate, emergency needs, we help these victims recover and get back on their feet.
 
No matter where we go or what we do, we offer more than help. We offer hope. To suffering people in a broken world, we share the news of the only One who can bring true peace—Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace.

There is really only have one word for a government (and its leader) who attempts to thwart an organization like Samaritan’s Purse: EVIL.