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  6 Flags Over Jesus June 16, 2022 Uncategorized 6 Flags Over Jesus “I’m turning shepherds into sheep and leaders into celebrities it’s holy sabotage, just look around you ‘cause everything’s for sale in the 21st century and the check is in the mail from the 21st century” Derek Webb (Ballad In Plain Red) I knew a man in college who once commented on the local megachurch’s latest marketing shenanigan’s “Yeah, I just call those places Six Flags Over Jesus!” Which begs the question, have we built a “Six Flags Over Jesus”, instead of a House of God? David Wilkerson’s sermon “What Happened to Anguish in the Church?” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27DIST8qO4I Welcome to the church of the 21st Century. In my short time in the church, I have seen the pulpit hijacked by all sorts of marketing ploys, political campaigns, wanna be Christian rocks stars, and pastors hoping Oprah will interview them next. I myself have attended churches for all the wrong reasons before, out of boredom, hun...

  The Non-Religious Righteous June 16, 2022 Uncategorized The Non-Religious Righteous The Righteous Gentiles of Today and How to Reach Them (The Good Hearted But Out of Covenant) In my life I have known many “Righteous Gentiles”. A righteous Gentile is someone that may not know the Written law, but they have the Law written on their hearts. They may not know or keep the lesser things of the Law, but they practice the heavier things of Law. Many love YHVH but fear and distrust and are often disgusted by the people and institutions that claim to represent Him. As it is written “My Name is Dishonored amongst the Gentiles because of you.” Romans 2:22 The keeping of the lesser things of the Law, without the keeping of the heavier things, is what has driven countless millions from the doors of the Churches. Matthew 23:23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfu...

  Love Or Fear? That Is The Question June 15, 2022 Uncategorized Love Or Fear “Perfect Love Drives Out Fear” Apostle John (Yochanan) The Apostle James, the half-brother of Messiah, spoke of a similar concept, mixing Faith and Doubt, Kind Words and Evil Words.  Love, in its purest state, leaves no room for fear. In the heat of battle, a soldier who loves his brothers in arms will run across the crossfire to reach a wounded comrade. His love for his buddy has overrode his fear. The love of a mother for children allows her to have more children, despite the fear of the pain of labor. The Love of God for those who are adopted as sons in His Kingdom helps them to override their fears. The Love He gives them (Grace) and the Love they give Him in Obedience to His Ways (Torah) instead of the World’s Ways (tradition, philosophy, and culture) allows them to overcome fears of not being adequate in the world’s eyes, of not “fitting in” because they live by God’s Laws, of not having t...

  Would You Change? Walking In Spirit And In Truth June 15, 2022 Uncategorized Would You Change? The word for Repent in Hebrew is “Teshuvah” or literally, “Return to The King’s Instructions for Life”.  Through the long and frustrating years of making the wrong turns, which always led to spiritual dead ends, shady hitchhikers for friends, running out of emotional fuel, and a very bumpy ride in general, I finally started looking at His map. Hopefully one day, I will follow His map more than my own. Obedience is following His Map for life. Faith is following His map even when you don’t understand, and even when the road gets rocky or lonely, still following His map instead of your own. Letter to the   Romans 7:22 “For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. “ His map tells us when to take a rest stop (Sabbath) when to stop for the night (Holy Days) what to eat along the way (Levitical Diet), which passengers to take on and which to leave behind (do not ...