Love Story.

Whatever happened to the love story?

The mass-media has abandoned all references to love.

Hollywood history is full of great love stories.

But now we have marvel movies and super heroes.

We have exchanged the power of love for the love of power.

Our heroes are beings with strange supernatural powers.

And they are not all good either.

Most of them turn to evil for their power.

Sex has replaced love as the motivation for relationships.

And no one mentions ethics.

So pray that Hollywood rediscovers the love story.

Because love is the purpose of life.

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Devil-Worship.

Because there is no literal devil does not mean there are no devil-worshippers in our world.

Rock stars and celebrities, including elite sportsmen and women, have turned to evil and sold their souls in the traditional fashion for fame and fortune and a rock star reception.

These people do the devil's work in our world.

Or so they believe.

They tempt, curse, and poison everyone with their dark arts.

Rock songs sabotage your spirit and poison your mind.

Sports elites harden your heart and betray your philosophy.

This is the religion of the Beast.

It is brutal, merciless, and deadly.

Their aim is to get your soul into hell.

But their evil is cleverly disguised.

    

They may appear wise, even good.

And we are encouraged to emulate them.

They betray your ideals and they hate the Church.

They deny God.   

And they worship Satan.

So do not follow celebrities of dubious virtue.

And do not water down your ideals.

Pray to God.

Love and worship Him.

He will deliver you.

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Your Soul.

Your mind is in your head.

But your soul is in your heart!

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Not only do they hate God 

but they hate good

and actively oppose it!

Even to the point

of turning to 

the devil!

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Words.

Devil-worshippers have insinuated 

their evil words into bodybuilding.

In order to corrupt and seduce them:

Beast, Monster, Punisher, Animal,

Dominator, Destroyer, Torturer, Demon.....

They saturate the Internet

And the world of bodybuilding.

So be aware

And beware!

We have been betrayed! 

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Half-Measures.

If you are going to reform the Church half-measures will not work.

Fudging change while hanging on to old ways will not be seen as authentic reform.

Sitting on the fence and trying to please everyone is doomed to failure.

The Church has to be seen to be genuinely contrite about child abuse.

And genuine about changes to theology and preaching.

It has also to be seen to have genuinely changed its stance on homosexuality and sexuality in general.

Half-measures will not work.

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Mercy.

With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness of redemption.

Because with the Lord there is mercy

and fullness of redemption,

with you is found forgiveness:

for this we revere you.

With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness of redemption.

Psalm 130, refrain: J. Robert  Carroll.

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Bless You.

"The Lord bless you and keep you;

the Lord make his face to shine upon you,

and be gracious unto you;

the Lord lift up his countenance upon you,

and give you peace."

Numbers 6:24-26 (NRSV)

[Scripture quotation (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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Aquarius.

Aquarius is associated with Light.

This is because Aquarius is represented by the stars in the night sky.

You may say that light in the Zodiac is represented by Leo (its opposite sign) and its ruler the Sun.

But opposite signs have a strong relationship in Astrology and it must be remembered that the Sun is a star.

So the Light that will come with Aquarius will enlighten humanity.

It may come slowly or in sudden revelations.

But it will come.

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God's Promise.

Jesus said: "'Isaiah prophesied rightly about you hypocrites, as it is written, "This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me."'"  Mark 7:6 (NRSV)

This is significant because God looks upon the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7)

God is not so concerned with our obedience to rigid commandments and laws as He is with the condition of our hearts.

This can be seen in the exhortations of the Old Testament Prophets: the orphan, the widow, the alien, the poor, the naked, the oppressed.....

"I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh."  Ezekiel 11;19 (NRSV)

This is God's promise to Israel.

  

And it is His promise to us.

[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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Little Faith.

The default philosophy of strength and domination betrays men of little faith.

If they had even a little faith in Jesus or in God they would not resort to war and violence as a response to threats.

Jesus said to turn the other cheek.

And God has non-violent ways of resolving conflict.

But no one in power ever seems to risk them.

They are men of little faith.

So lay down the sword and throw yourself at the mercy of God.

He will answer.

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War.

The final part of the scenario that has engulfed us is war.

War is the response of the rich and powerful to a foreign threat.

Their candidate - the strong leader - will crush the threat with superior force.

So you see romanticization of the military in the media.

And hysterical claims about foreigners.

But this is Pax Romana - peace by domination.

Jesus is the Prince of Peace.

And God exhorts us to non-violence.

So Fundamentalists who support political strong men are bankrupt.

Neither Jesus nor God supports war.

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Time.

"There is still a vision for the appointed time."  Habakkuk 2:3 (NRSV)

In 2024 Pluto enters the sign of Aquarius.

So it is 40 years since Pluto entered Scorpio in 1984.

40 years in the wilderness.

We have been betrayed, intimidated, threatened, bashed, blamed, shamed, imprisoned, silenced, and murdered.

Hate and evil rose up against us.

Violence, revenge, demonization, and judgement arose.

Pointing the finger.

And a gay scapegoat.

But Liberalism is not dead.

And Aquarius is a Liberal sign.

So in 2024 we will see a revival of liberal politics.

The Culture Wars will be resolved.

And a new enlightenment will emerge.

We are seeing the beginnings of this with the revelations of Progressive Christianity.

After 40 years in the wilderness we will enter the Promised Land of Aquarius.

[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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Gay Panic.

To religious people around the world homosexuality has become a symbol of moral decline.

And in their haste to regain their purity they have made gay people a scapegoat for all the evils of the world.

They think that by ridding themselves of all gay people they can redress the decay that they fear.

But this is a delusion.

You cannot create purity by heaping all your corruption onto a scapegoat.

Evil in our world must be dealt with as it is.

You cannot just project evil onto a despised minority group and feel holy by default.

This is the dream of the Fascist propagandists.

Hitler called it Moral Ease.

And it is widespread in our world today.

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Gay Scapegoat.

The fear and prejudice that exploded during the AIDS crisis has hardened into a gay scapegoat.

Some American States are making it legal to discriminate against gay people.

Poland has declared LGBT-Free Zones.

Several countries in Africa and Asia have recriminalized homosexual acts.

Closeted gays in the Orthodox Church have slammed the door on gays and lesbians.

The Russian High Court has declared the International Gay Movement an "Extremist Organisation".

And several countries have the death penalty for gay sex.

All of this amounts to a worldwide gay scapegoat.

This is exactly what happened to Jews in Nazi Germany.

And the Churches will not stand up and support gay people who are being persecuted.

In fact they are the hard core of the prejudice which is driving this alarming trend.

But the fact remains that they are not in the majority.

And their stubborn resistance only serves to further blacken institutions which are already bankrupt.

Instead of changing with the times they are digging in and are now going to the extremes of Fascism.

An article appeared on the Internet claiming that Christianity is dead.

It said that Evangelical Christianity had sold its soul to buy political power.

And now it is dead.

So be it.

If Christian Churches will not stand up and challenge Fascist rhetoric and propaganda then they don't deserve to survive.

God will have to find another way to save humanity.

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A Father's Love.

We all seek our father's love.

We seek his approval and his blessing.

But God is our ultimate Father.

Jesus called Him Papa.

And God called him Son

Love God and love your neighbor.

Then you will be Home!

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The Rod.

My grandfather's generation lived by the quote: "Those who spare the rod hate their children."  Proverbs 13:24 (NRSV)

This was paraphrased as: "Spare the rod and spoil the child."

But this is to instruct with violence and fear.

But there is no evidence that God punishes wrong-doing.

"Why do the wicked live on, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?

Their houses are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them."  Job 21:7,9 (NRSV)

Jesus said: "'Do not resist an evildoer.  But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also.'"  Matthew 5:39 (NRSV)

God's way is the way of non-violent Love.

And we should be the same.

[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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XXX.

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

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Black Beast.

Since 1984 we have been in the spell of the Black Beast.

Bad, get real, pure evil.....

Materialism, corruption, tax cuts, job cuts, union bashing, gay hate, Fundamentalism, Hippies in hell.....

Death, darkness, sin, filthy, wicked, despicable, abominable.....

Lies, fake news, nick-names, headlines.....

Hate mail, madness.....

Fear.

The Black Beast is anti-religious, anti-democratic, anti-social, anti-welfare, anti-gay, anti-life.....

It wins though force and violence, threats and intimidation.

It bears no criticism.

It does not share power.

And it brainwashes everyone.

The darkness hides it.

It denies its own existence.

It is powered by Satanism.

And it feeds on hate.

But the White Light will come.

Angels and Fairies.

Compassion and tolerance.

Mercy, forgiveness,

Charity,

Love.

We are drawn by the Light.

To make a change of heart.

A commitment to to the Good.

A reverence for God.

A preference for the beautiful exigencies of Love.

Courage and Integrity.

Truth to power.

Care for the poor.

Compassion for the suffering.

An end to war.

A voice for the powerless.

A heart overflowing

with Unconditional Love.

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Modern Warfare.

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Coifi.

Coifi was King Edwin of Northumbria's Pagan Priest upon the king's conversion to Christianity in 627 CE.

King Edwin held a council of the wise men of his realm and asked them what they thought of the new preaching (Christianity). 

Coifi answered: "O king, consider what this is which is now preached to us, for I verily declare to you that the religion which we have hitherto professed has, as far as I can learn, no virtue in it....." - admitting that the Pagan gods had not advanced him. 

He set fire to the Pagan idols declaring:

"I will do this myself, for now that the true God has granted me knowledge, who more suitably than I can set a public example, and destroy the idols that I worshipped in ignorance?"

Many have claimed that the Pagan gods are fakes, including, famously, Socrates.

But the worship of Jesus Christ brings us into direct contact with the real living God.

And the practise of his teachings brings Salvation.

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