Wednesday 31 January 2018

You Miss Out.


Some people assume that if you aspire to spiritual values you will miss out on any worldly rewards.

But this is not necessarily the case.

Because God is with the poor and the humble does not mean that He is not with others.

God helps everyone.

And God helps those who help themselves as well.

So do not assume that spiritual development results in poverty and need.

God allows us to support ourselves.

But we must also support the poor and the needy.


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Tuesday 30 January 2018

God Will Not Judge You.


God will not judge you.

Gay or straight.

God judges no one.

And those who say that He does.

Do not know God.


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Monday 29 January 2018

Flow.


What is needed in our world is a flow of goodwill and action to areas of need.

"and it was distributed to each as any had need,"  Acts 4:35 (NRSV)

This applies to money, resources, personal presence, and support.

What is stopping us from doing this?

The answer is: we have closed our hearts to people in need.

Fear causes us to harden our hearts.

"There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear,"  1 John 4:18 (NRSV)

Were we able to overcome our fears and open our hearts the world would be a different place.

As water flows around obstacles and barriers so our love must flow to all those in need.


[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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Sunday 28 January 2018

The Will?


We now know what we need to do to address the problems of poverty and starvation in our world.

We now have the means to do it.

But do we have the will?


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Saturday 27 January 2018

Redemption.


You may say that we should not identify Satanists in rock music and popular culture.

But we must have a commitment to the truth.

And I am not advocating destroying anyone.

God's aim is not to destroy Satanists but to redeem them.

Satanism is based on false premises.

It will not stand close scrutiny.

There is no devil in reality.

And no hell.

The Night also is God's.

God is merciful, forgiving, and benevolent.

So Satanists should wake up and return to the Love of God with Joy.


(Statue - Christ the Redeemer - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.)

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Friday 26 January 2018

Working Backwards.


What Satanists in rock music and entertainment do is work backwards from the answer.

Because worldly values are seen as the enemy of spiritual values they assume that backwards spiritual practices will bring worldly success.

But this is not necessarily the case.

The spiritual realm is not dualistic.

God is the only spiritual power.

He is holistic, panentheistic, and immanent.

That is to say God is everything and more and God is in everything and everything is in God.

God is transcendent - beyond evil and sin.

Our human ideas of dualism do not apply.

So do not listen to the antiquated ideas of Satanism.

There is no devil and no hell.

God is One.


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Thursday 25 January 2018

Lies.


Rock musicians delight in telling people how it all is.

They inform and advise.

They also work through the collective unconscious.

But their words are lies.

Rock music is secretly Satanic.

They would be the last people on earth who would know how it all is.

If they tell you to lie the chances are they were lying to you in the first place.

And how can something stand that is based on lies?

The truth is powerful.

It strikes a chord with the unconscious.

And it banishes lies.

Forever.


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Wednesday 24 January 2018

Dead.


When a famous rock star said, "We're the people your parents warned you about" he could not have been more correct.

It was rock stars and celebrities who led whole generations astray.

Covert Satanism and black magic as taught by sixties icon Aleister Crowley poisoned and cursed everyone.

And they're still getting away with it today!


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Tuesday 23 January 2018

War.


Our world is blighted with war.

But who is making peace?

There are people praying for peace in our world.

There are people taking positive action to achieve peace.

But we never hear about them in the media.

This is because our media is owned by people whose interests are served by war.

They not only profit from it directly through arms sales but it keeps them on top by dividing and destroying any challenges to their supremacy.

So we must find alternative methods of making peace.

Media moguls will never support peace.


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Monday 22 January 2018

Mercy.


When someone does something we disapprove of we should not judge them.

We should not condemn them for their sin.

And we certainly should not consign them to death or hell.

We are not here to sit in judgement.

Or to try and control people's behavior.

We should forgive according to understanding.

There are reasons why people do things.

And there are reasons to forgive them.

We should be wholly benevolent.

We should seek only to help.

For this is the Will of our Father in Heaven.


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Sunday 21 January 2018

The Love of God.


God loves me as I am:

A sexually active gay man.

Homophobic forces in our society may try and create doubt about this fact.

But God is undeterred.

He will not be bullied.

And He cannot be manipulated.

His Love is constant.

And it is real.

God loves me as I am:

A sexually active gay man.


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Saturday 20 January 2018

Following Jesus.


Jesus is the savior of the world.

Not because he is God's Begotten Son.
Not because of his magical name.
Not because he has power and authority.
Not because he died on the cross.

Jesus is the savior of the world because he taught that God is Love and we should love God and love our neighbor.  He taught that we should not judge others but love even our enemies.

He is truly the son of a reconciling God.

And this is what it means to be a follower of Jesus:

To love God and love God in our neighbor, love God even in our enemies.
And to draw everyone into loving communion with God our Heavenly Father.

It is God's Will that we love one another.

This may well lead to the cross.


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Friday 19 January 2018

The Stars.


The stars are visible at night.

Satanism is a religion of the Night.

And Satanists use astrology (backwards).

But Satanism is based on outmoded ideas of dualism.

And they do not own astrology.

Astrology has been used for thousands of years by legitimate religious leaders.

So the positive application of astrology is over Satanism.

It controls them.

For the Night also is God's.


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Thursday 18 January 2018

Awakening 2.


And what is this world-wide awakening?

A strong sense of social justice.

A concern for the environment.

An altruistic love of humanity.

And a horror of inequality.

All combine to open our wayward hearts.

And lead us to the other.

For it is love for the other that will save us.

Not morality, not economics, not law and order, not isolationism, not monoculture.....

But compassion and mercy and love.


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Wednesday 17 January 2018

Awakening 1.


The Age of Aquarius is widely thought to bring a world-wide awakening of humankind.

Perhaps we are seeing the beginnings of this now.

Jack Spong, The Jesus Seminar, Marcus Borg, Karen Armstrong, Richard Rohr, Pope Francis I, Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama.....

There is a sea-change in people's thinking.

There is a widening enlightenment.

And it is not just academics and leaders who are involved.

Most Christian churches now have some kind of progressive group within them.

The movement is growing from the bottom up.

Let's hope that this new light from God can expand without violence or bloodshed.

I pray for that.


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Tuesday 16 January 2018

Rubbish.


There are many passages in the Bible where God threatens to burn up the rubbish.

But we are specifically warned not to do this ourselves.

The Parable of the Weeds among the Wheat states specifically that we are not to uproot the weeds ourselves "'for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them.'"  Matthew 13:29 (NRSV)

This is a warning that we are not able to correctly identify the rubbish and may destroy innocent people.

We are to leave it to God.

Personally I don't believe that any human being is rubbish.

And I don't believe that God does either.

Therefore we are not to fear any Day of Judgement.

God does not punish us.

He loves us like a Father.


(Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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Monday 15 January 2018

A Church.


Because Progressive Christianity is part of the Church the large majority of people won't go near it.

They may agree with or even admire the new way of interpreting the Bible but going into a church is out of the question.

This is because the Church is still thought of as a moral bully and hypocrite.

The exposure of systematic child abuse in the Churches was the straw that broke the camel's back.

What then is the fate of these new revelations?

Is it possible that Aquarius will bring something new which we have not seen before?

Certainly the institutional Church will die.

But there will be a small remnant of Christians who perhaps will meet in private homes.

What will Aquarius bring?

Unfortunately those who do not have a living relationship with God are prey to dark forces in our society.

Satanism in rock music and entertainment poisons and corrupts everyone.

And media propaganda rivals 1984 for effect.

So where does that leave us?

We can pray for change, for something new.

We can pray for those caught in the web of evil.

A lamp.

An awakening.

A new way of caring.

The Internet is producing activist sites which have limited effectiveness.

But this is quite impersonal.

We need a living spirit which spreads from person to person.

And makes a difference in our world.


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Sunday 14 January 2018

Natural Justice.


What has happened is that people have internalized the religion of Natural Justice.

We expect reward for good and punishment for evil.

Therefore we believe in heaven and hell.

But God does not punish us.

His Love is for everyone.

As a father loves all his children.

No one will perish.

The evil will be redeemed with the good.

Jesus said that the world did not know God.

And it still does not.

From the time of ancient Egypt the establishment has usurped the authority of God and imposed harsh penalties, including judgement in the afterlife, upon their people.

The Pharaohs declared themselves God-Kings in order to establish absolute rule over the people.

And it was the Pharaohs who instituted judgement.

So be wary of people whose interests lie in controlling  people.

They most likely will preach heaven and hell.

They will say, "You get what you deserve."

And they will impose condemnation in order to place you in debt.

And you will pay off the debt by serving them.


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Saturday 13 January 2018

The Earth.


If God does not reign on Earth then who does?

Sometimes it seems as if the devil reigns on Earth.

Some even seek to establish the devil's Reich.

But on earth money talks and power wins.

These are the vices of the rich and powerful who are driven by fear.

Fear makes them earn.
Fear makes them own.
Fear makes them hoard.

They have little faith in a God who is with the poor.

If they did they would give away their billions.

Because with God there is always enough.

God's Love brings with it a deep sense of security.

A security that is sure that God cares and provides.

And this sets us free.

We no longer need to accumulate and hoard but we can live simply knowing that our needs will be provided.

Although God does not rule in the world He can act in the world through people.

But if we will not listen He will not force us.

So give your heart to God.

And work towards His Kingdom on Earth.


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Friday 12 January 2018

Good Guys/Bad Guys.


When rock stars and celebrities sell their souls to the devil they ask them whether they want to be the good guys or the bad guys.

This is because apart from blatantly Satanic rock music they also pose as prophets, saviors, messiahs, and divas.

In this way they have both options covered.

Black and White.

Satanists have infiltrated the media to such an extent that they control public perceptions.

So they can tell them what to do:

Something good in your stage name, a white cover, a white dress, publicized charity work.....

The bad guys speak for themselves:

Satanic rock, black, sex and drugs, sin, evil.....

They believe that music and videos are magic.

Backwards and upside-down.

Look at the writing.

So don't presume that you are safe if you merely avoid Satanic rock.

It may be the good guys and gals as well.


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Thursday 11 January 2018

The Truth.


Richard Nixon said that the truth was ten times worse than anyone imagined.

How true that is.

Who would have suspected that we were in the grip of a world-wide Satanic conspiracy.

Satanism hidden in rock music has cursed and corrupted everyone.

And now it has spread to sports, T.V., movies, literature.....

Everything is contaminated.

Bad, black, evil, death.....

Darkness has engulfed us.

We are blind.

And helpless.

Pray to God.

Cry out to Him!

He will hear.

And deliver you.


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Wednesday 10 January 2018

Internalizing.


Satanism is internalized Orthodoxy backwards.

Those who have sold their souls have internalized the Church's harsh image of God and rejected Him altogether.

They take refuge in a contract with Satan to give them what they want and do the devil's work on earth.

This is the secret of modern rock music.

We are poisoned.

We are cursed.

But their image of God is false.

God is beautiful, sublime, transcendent.

God punishes no one.

He is our loving Father.

And we are His children.


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Tuesday 9 January 2018

God's Messengers.


When you receive a revelation from God everyone expects you to be in a state of constant blessedness.

The reality, however, is quite different.

Being God's messenger entails opposition from evil forces in the world.

This is especially the case if you are gay because homophobic forces in our society will challenge any contradiction of their condemnation of homosexuals.

And any problems which arise from Satanic attacks are taken as signs of guilt.

The truth, however, is the opposite.

Satanic forces in our rock music and popular culture will attack God's messengers because they are blessed not because of any guilt.

They will fabricate accusations and induce false perceptions in order to make the blessed look guilty.

This is a constant process which can only be overcome by the Light of Truth.


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Monday 8 January 2018

Satyagraha.


Satyagraha - or holding to the truth - means not deviating from what is true but persisting in what is right despite difficult consequences.

Often we are tempted to alter our approach for the sake of expediency or to manipulate results which are more convenient.

But this is adhering to the falsehood that the end justifies the means.

The end does not justify the means.

The end is the means.

So adhering to the truth no matter what is the correct approach.

And the power of the truth will win in the end.


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Sunday 7 January 2018

Great Suffering.


If you will not believe me when I tell you that there is widespread Satanism in our rock music and popular culture then you are destined to suffer at their hands.

Satanism is suffering.

As the Hippie Generation will testify.

Unaware of the Satanic nature of their rock stars the Hippies suffered greatly from drug addiction, divorce induced by promiscuous sexual practices, negative suggestion, and evil in the music.

Degradation, depression, and suicide were common.

All this can be traced directly to Satanic influences in rock music.

But the conspiracy has spread.
It now lurks in T.V., sports, literature, and movies.

So unless you recognize what you are listening to and watching you are headed for great suffering.


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Saturday 6 January 2018

Growing Up.


As we grow up in this unjust and unforgiving world we learn to protect ourselves and we become hard and cynical.

This is a response to the Way of the World.

To be tough and pragmatic.

This is what the world rewards.

But when we discover Jesus of Nazareth we find a new way through the Love of God.

God values our principles.
God values our kindness.
God values our goodness.

We can be innocent.
We can be gentle.
We can be merciful and forgiving.

But most of all we can Love.

(Jesus said we must become again like a little child.)


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Friday 5 January 2018

Fear of Poverty.


And how can we overcome our fear of poverty?

Faith and trust in God helps to overcome fear.

God provides.

If God is our Father then all people are our brothers and sisters.

If we love God and love our neighbors there will always be enough.

Enough for everyone.


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Thursday 4 January 2018

Wealth.


What is it that makes people store up wealth for themselves on earth?

It is fear.

Fear of poverty.

The most materialistic people are those who have grown up in poverty.

Their fear is so great that they never feel they have enough.

Those who inherit wealth inherit this fear-driven philosophy from their parents.

But Jesus said to the rich man to sell all his possessions and he would have treasure in Heaven.


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Wednesday 3 January 2018

The Valley of the Kings.


In the Valley of the Kings the ancient Egyptians buried their rich and powerful.

They embalmed their bodies in order to preserve them and filled their tombs with worldly treasures and possessions in the hope that they would enjoy them in the afterlife.

This is the Egyptians trying to take their wealth with them.
 
But Jesus said of the rich fool who stored up worldly treasures in his barns* that his soul would be required of him that very night and whose would all those things be?

Give up your quest for worldly wealth.

Give to the poor.

And store up treasure in Heaven.


* Luke 12:13-21.

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Tuesday 2 January 2018

Life.


"What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it."  John 1:3c,4,5 (NRSV)

Life comes from God.

God is good.

Mercy, compassion, forgiveness, charity, generosity, gratitude, humility, self-discipline, and love lead to Life.

But most of all Love.

Pray to God.

He will deliver you.

And grant you Life.


[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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Monday 1 January 2018

Death.


Sex and drugs and rock and roll leads to death.

Or so many a rock star will suggest.

But the Satanic determinant of rock music sows death as a spiritual state.

They tell you to sin.

They sell vices.

"For the wages of sin is death."  Romans 6:23a (NRSV)

And "the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil."  Hebrews 2:14c (NRSV)

This is what they believe.

And once you're dead you'll go to hell.

Or so they believe.

But death is a theological fiction.

We cannot be separated from God.

There is no devil.

And there is no hell.

These are relics of outmoded dualism.

But the poison and negativity with which they curse you remains.

Rock music feeds the worst aspects of everyone.

It is bad.
It is dark.
It is evil.

So unplug your earphones and throw away your C.D.s.

Rock music is Satanic.


[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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