The Religious Culture of American Popular Sports

 

 

I grew up worshiping at the altar of American sports. It was my life growing up, both playing sports and watching sports. I dreamed and aspired and worked at the goal of becoming a professional athlete. By the grace of the Lord Jesus I did not become one, and he altered my mind, direction, and goals; all of my ambitions, hopes, and plans.

I want to define terms real quick here because I think it is important. Most of the time people will criticize what is known as "professional sports" and some will even say (or at least used to say) that they only watch college sports because professional sports is so corrupt. But today, there is no denying that whether it be college, professional, the Olympics, or whatever, it is all the same. It is all one big political/religious, invisible kingdom/empire. It is just as real as the Kingdom of God, which "cometh not by observation". But let us not be deceived as most Christians are; just because the kingdom is not literally visible does not make it something that is not ON this earth. The kingdom of Jesus is not OF this world (not DERIVED FROM), but is definitely in this world. The same is true of the devil's various kingdoms.

Christians do themselves good to recognize the fact of the invisible, very real (on earth) kingdom of darkness, and how it is visibly manifest in the world we live in, in the present age. There is not much of a greater example and/or more powerful deception that is going on, that traps Christians and unbelievers alike, as the world of "American Popular Sports", which we will call "APS" in this (hopefully) short blog post. I call it APS because it is so much broader than just professional, or even college sports. The religion of humanism has so engulfed and swallowed up sports in America, that you cannot really escape it on any level.

After I became a disciple of Jesus Christ, I soon after renounced the APS religion, but mainly because it was a god to me in my previous life. But every now and then I will check in on the websites and/or radio to see what is going on, to keep up with the direction they are heading with things.

Though APS has been a tool of Marxists and the religion of Humanism for probably its entire existence, it has really taken on a new nature over the past, probably 20 years or so. It is no longer just the trap of being a "sports fanatic" (fan).  It is religious to the core, now. No better example can be given than the morning talk show, "Mike and Mike" which began as the 20th century was closing out. Unlike most sports radio in the past, this particular show goes on for, I believe 3 hours each weekday morning, and the topics discussed go well beyond base commentary on what takes place in the games.

Led by Jew, Mike  Greenberg, Mike and Mike's central point of topics are based on the politics and the morality of the sports world.  I used to listen to this show, and have tuned in from time to time to hear the topics being discussed. I estimate that the VAST majority of the topics discussed, if not close to ALL, have a moral element to them. And what happens to be the standard to judge morality (right and wrong) and what is looked to when discussing the politics behind each sport? Why, Karl Marx, of course!

The APS religious cult is so clever, and so deceptive, however, that the mindless mass of Americans, including the Christians, simply cannot see the poison mixed in with their "treat" or indulgence of "innocent" sports. Sit back and think about the commentary you have heard from so-called "sports" talk shows. The Marxists have successfully used APS to shape the entire American public's opinions on race, sexual conduct, and just about every social topic you can think of.

The pastors, teachers, and other leaders, in the APS media, have a continuous flow of sermons via radio, tv, and print (both electronic and paper) to teach you the ways of their god, on whatever the subject happens to be. Search a sports site on any given day. What are the topics today, for example? Look it up yourself and see.

Consider ESPN, based in Connecticut, a hotbed for Jewish Marxists. They have programs like "Outside the Lines", which openly is not about the playing of sports itself. Sports is just the medium for the religion they urge you to embrace. They are teaching you morality.. a morality based on Humanism. And even the casual sports fan eventually gets sucked into the religious terminology and dogmas that are subtly passed along in every article, every sound bite, every television clip, etc.

It is not about sports, folks. Just as the Ouija board is a tool to the evil spirit world, so APS is the tool for the same, only in a different way. So the Michael Vick dogfighting incident, the Adrian Peterson child-abuse case, the Donald Sterling racism situation (Sterling is a Jew, but had to be identified as a white racist for "the cause"), Magic Johnson's HIV, Jackie Robinson "breaking the color barrier" (which we have to be reminded with every year), etc.. whatever it is, even the stories that are not so big.. they all are the same; they are all designed to shape and mold your mind.

What the regular TV programming, radio, and political venues cannot do, the APS religion will accomplish because APS is supposedly "neutral" and "just a game". But the only game being played is the game that the devil is using to lure Christians and other Americans into embracing Marxism and Humanism. What is the strategy? Get Americans sucked into the excitement of the game, and then poison them with Marxism every step of the way. Just as you cannot watch television and movie programming without being influenced in your mind, the same goes with sports. To deny this is to simply lie to yourself.

I am just skimming the surface here folks. There is so much more to this than I have said here. There is a lot more detail, and a lot more angles than I have stated. I have not even gotten into the link between sports and pornography, the hero-worship of mega-stars, the ungodly amount of money that is made, the countless wasted hours people spend on APS, how that the sports leagues (their policies and their disciplinary actions against their members) are a precursor for American Law and Society, and many other issues. APS is a rival god, brethren. I hope this blog post serves as catalyst for minds that are better than mine, to really delve into the details of this all. But if you take one thing away from this post, let it be this: If you are currently enjoying the APS system, get out now. Renounce this wicked beast in the name of Jesus Christ, and learn to hate what God hates, by the grace of God and through prayer to him.

Please add your own comments and ideas in the comment section here. What questions do you have about this topic?

Swiss Kinist

Defend Marriage-- Marriage Pledge: Rooted in Marxism and Bound for Failure

A friend of mine asked me my opinion on the Marriage Pledge over at defendmarriage.org.

In short summary, due to the Supreme Court Decision (coming this summer) regarding Sodomite marriage on the Federal level, a group of Christian activists, which appears to be headed by James Dobson, are coming out to oppose Sodomite marriage, calling for a pledge "to stand together to defend  marriage for what it is, a bond between one man and one woman, intended for life, and open to the gift of children."

I had not heard of this before; at least, I had not read or heard much about it. I have not studied this issue in depth, and have no desire to. I do not have time for that. But I really do not think I need to spend a lot of time. We have seen this before, just in other forms and variations. Phony (with maybe a few well-meaning) Christians attempting to "make a stand" for a righteous cause. Usually these attempts are to defend the very last beam that has yet to collapse, on a building that has no hope of survival. These folks have no intention of truly saving the building and even defend the previous beams being hacked out years ago.

I hope that someone over at Faith and Heritage; or another of our viewpoint writes something a bit more detailed and thought out than what I will have for you here. Here, you will get opinions from the top of my head; but opinions that are rooted in experience and the truth of God's word, nevertheless. But then again, this is a blog, not a professional website. And if I am wrong about any of this, let me know. I am not unable to be persuaded.

My mind is spinning a thousand miles an hour on this thing. There is so much to say about it. There are so many different angles to cover regarding just what these supposed freedom fighters are doing. Do I start with the fact that James Dobson is a corrupt gatekeeper and cannot be trusted? No, I will not get into that here. There a dozens of similar items you could point out of why this whole thing is wrong and why it will fail. It may even be designed to fail.

I try to give people the benefit of the doubt as much as I can. I want to believe that these promoters of "defending marriage" are doing what they believe is right and good; that they have good intentions. But I am more apt to believe that they are simply conspiring to gain more attention for their organizations and increase their donation amounts. I will not go into detail about that either.

The folks you see standing up to "defend marriage" now will be the same guys (perhaps their children and organization successors) 30 years from now, speaking against a law to normalize pedophilia. And the ironic thing, in that day, will be that they will argue from the starting point of the obvious wrong of our previous generation, who opposed Sodomy. As Nathanael Strickland at Faith and Heritage pointed out:

"[T]he conservative church thinks that it can embrace miscegenation, but not homosexuality, “civil rights” for non-whites, but not feminism, and racial Marxism, but not gender Marxism. . . . If [Galatians 3:28] is saying that Christ erases all physical racial differences, then the verse must also mean that Christ erases all physical gender differences too.  If “skin color” is accidental and meaningless, then why should “genitalia” be any different?  There is no logically or morally consistent way to oppose homosexuality or feminism while supporting miscegenation or racial egalitarianism. . . . After all, there is no male and female – only Christians and non-Christians – so why would you want to set up artificial distinctions like “gender”?


Let us examine what these folks are not willing to promote and embrace:

1) They are not willing to make Sodomy illegal. And they definitely are not willing to defend the law of God that Sodomites should be put to death.

2) They are not willing to defend a Christian's right to refuse service to Sodomites in regular business. This corresponds with the fact that they would consider it absurd to defend the rights of a Christian who refuses service based on any reason. They agree it is okay, good, and righteous to rob a man of his right of free association.

Dobson and Co. want to stand with Marxists and God haters in embracing "non-discrimination", but want this issue to be an exception. This is a losing position to take. You cannot claim to be against a Marxist principle regarding marriage, while at the same time defending those same Marxist principles consistently in all other areas of life.

These are the type of people who fight to "get God back into the public schools", when in fact, they should be rather fighting to eliminate public schools. But there is no telling that to Dobson and Co. They presuppose that public schools are a necessary good. In like manner, they assume that Marxist principles of equality are good, and that the law of God being enforced in society is bad. These are not Christians in practice, folks.

You can see that these men up there claiming to be standing for the truth, even particularly the truth of Jesus Christ (as a few of them have stated), have more in common with the Marxists they claim to be opposing on this issue, than they have in common with our Christian forefathers who actually stood for the law of God in society.

3) They are unequally yoked with unbelievers (2Corinthians 6:14):

"We stand together in defense of marriage and the family and society founded upon them. While we come from a variety of communities and hold differing faith perspectives, we are united in our common affirmation of marriage."

On a side note, is it not interesting that this pretty much the exact philosophy of Christian White Advocacy groups? Join yourselves in fellowship with God-haters to defend "the cause"; when the real cause ought to be Christ's exaltation in all things (Colossians 1:18).

Back to topic. The people who spoke at the meeting (which was on C-Span, and which you can view here, appear to have been very carefully selected. You had to make sure to get a couple of people of color so that you could appeal to "anti-racism" doctrine. The one black man made sure to strongly emphasis that what Sodomites were asking for was in no way comparable to the [Marxist] "Civil Rights" cause of the past.

Of course, the left knows that this is BS nonsense and that the issues go hand-in-hand. The issue is the Jacobin principle of equality. The only way to be consistent is to oppose both forced integration, and gender Marxism. The left rightly calls out the inconsistent Christians as hypocrites in this area.

You also had a speaker named Janet Boynes (a female Negro), apparently a former Lesbian who now holds a ministry of helping Sodomites escape their chains. And I speak no-ill of what she is trying to do, from what I heard her say. But what a shame that she was probably the best and most wholehearted of all the speakers there.

There is so, so much more to say. So much more. But unfortunately I will have to leave that up to someone else. Perhaps someone can springboard off of this blog post and write something more thoughtful and planned out. Here is what I wrote on the contact form of the Defend Marriage website:

Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ. I want to make this short, because I know you likely receive a lot of emails. I want to say first of all, thank you for doing what you are doing, in this manner; at least you are doing something. I praise you for that. I praise your courage and your willingness to speak out. Too many Christians are failing to speak for the truth. I admire your call for civil disobedience to that which violates the law of God.

But I am disappointed because it is not the law of God you are seeking to uphold, but rather "natural law" which you stated in your conference is rooted in "reason" rather than the word of God. If we are to win this battle it must be without compromise. You are fighting a defensive battle rather than offensive one. Because of this, this cause is sure to lose, and in a sense, I hope it does; because maybe it will drive home the message to you to change.

We must take a stance on the entire law of God. You are arguing with the presupposition that "equality" and "non-discrimination" (which are Marxist doctrines) is a moral good. This is folly to the uttermost. The law of God demands that Sodomites are put to death by the Civil Magistrate, and American law reflected this in its founding. But you are too compromised to take a stand for the entire truth of God's word. You embrace the world's ideology in whole, yet reject the natural outcome of this ideology, which is the widespread force of participation in Sodomy.

No, you will not win this battle until you stand for the entire truth, as the word of God teaches. Jesus Christ must be Lord over all of society in all ways, not just in the "definition of marriage".

There are many other things I could say, but I will refrain for now. The Lord Jesus give you wisdom and courage.

Hans

No, I did not mention a few of the things I mentioned on this blog post because such people are so immersed in Marxism and I did not want them to dismiss my entire writing based on them hearing the entire truth. At the very least, I hope to bring them a step closer to being consistent with the truth and to actually defending the Lord Jesus Christ and God's law. I wish I could say the same, that I believe that is what they are doing on this issue. But the historical evidence is so overwhelmingly against that idea. Save us, Lord Jesus, and raise up some true, courageous leaders among us. Amen.

Swiss Kinist

I love the hospitality of the Anabaptist

Okay, finally, here we go; a positive post. I cannot say that there will be no negative comments in this post, because even when mentioning a righteous deed, it is necessary to contrast the righteous acts with the opposite. This post is going to highlight a key strength that many Anabaptist churches possess that is mostly lacking in the Reformed and also other Christian groups.

You might be wondering why I am so critical of the Reformed and seemingly high on the Anabaptists, when I claim to be Reformed. Well, the people I am around the most are Reformed people, so I see our own flaws more than I see the flaws of the Anabaptist. I suppose that if I attended an Anabaptist church it might be the opposite. But secondly, I think it is a good habit to criticize or be harder on your own, than on those outside of your circle.

We can criticize the faults and sins of the Negro all day long, but that is not going to help us much, even though his problems appear to be greater than ours. We need to look at ourselves; us Europeans have a lot to repent of and America would not be in the state it is today if not for the departure from the word of God of our own people. It is not the Negro's fault or the Jew's fault; they are simply God's instruments of judgment against us for our sins.

We must take the same attitude in area of Christian sects. Let us examine ourselves and see where we can improve. We cannot blame the problems in the church (and by inference, the problems in America) on other sects of Christianity. If we hold the true form of doctrine, we must lead out by example in the practical areas of life.


The Days of Old.. Sort Of


I recall the days of old; well, about 10-12 years ago or so. We had just come out of the Independent, Fundament Baptist Church. And if you know about these type of Christians, they are church-goers who are excited about church and even sometimes about "soul winning", but their idea of Christianity is just going to church and passing along the chain-message, and the cycle repeating again and again. Not much true discipleship happens, if any. The best distinction they maintain between themselves and the world is that perhaps they do not drink alcohol or watch Rated R movies (which is a very low standard). They did not practice very earnestly the virtue of hospitality.

Our small church (sort of a combination between an Independent Baptist and Anabaptist, with a slight atmosphere of home-church) decided to attend a weekend of religious meetings in Ephrata, PA, which was about 5-6 hours away. We only had 1 or 2 children at that time, I believe. In most of these type of situations, whatever kind of meetings, you would have to stay at a hotel. You can see with a lot of events, it will be announced, a list of "places to stay" while in the area. This is what I had always been accustomed to and thought nothing of it. But instead, there were multiple families more than willing to take us into their home and treat us like royalty. The provisions they gave were more than gracious while we were there. And these people did not know us at all, and did not even really know most of the people of our small congregation.


The Way This Type of Anabaptist Operates


In the type of circles I described above, it is common, it is expected, it is preached, and it is ingrained into the very being of these sort of Christians: Hospitality is the chief characteristic of the Christian. This is charity (1Corthians 13) in practice. There is no way that the church (the called out ones) out there in Ephrata, PA would have ever allowed any Christian, whether they knew him or not, to have to pay for a hotel for a night. And in addition to that, there is no way that such Christians they take in would not be treated with the highest honor.

"I was a stranger, and ye took me in:" -- Matthew 25:35

The Sheep and The Goats

This was not by accident. However, it was never organized officially (in a "have to do" sort of way, as a congregation). The church there had built into their very character, a love for hospitality (Titus 1:8), which is a requirement for a Bishop. It is no wonder that most of the men in the church were leaders in every sense of the word, and almost any one of them could have stepped into the position of an elder at any time.

This church had a culture of hospitality. And I am not saying that no other Christian groups have ever nor am I saying that no sect of Christianity has a resemblance of this type of charity. But I have never seen it so embraced zealously, as I have with this particular group of Anabaptist churches. They are the same, whatever part of the country you dwell in. For example, in the particular church nearby that we attend occasionally, any visitor is asked by several families to join them for supper at their home after the service, to the point where you have to turn down many offers before the day is done. In my experience thus far, I have yet to see anything like it. They do it because they desire to do it, not because it is a duty or obligation. They will do anything for anyone, and drop everything just to serve others. And this sets them apart from the rest, in my opinion.

This does not just play out in the area of taking in strangers. It applies to all areas of life and is an example of the main theme: laying down our lives for others. Dying to our own desires and will. It is living out these verses:


"We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day....

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me."  -- 1Corinthians 4:10-13,16



Real Life Genuine Hospitality



I certainly do not intend to say that the only examples of self-sacrifice and hospitality are found in Anabaptist circles. A couple of years ago, we were blessed to run into good old-fashioned Southern Christian Hospitality.

My wife met a few godly Christian families online through her blog. One of the families in Tennessee invited us down to visit for a few days. So we drove down, but on the way there, there was a huge pothole on the highway, while going through a one lane construction zone. There was a huge "thump" driving over it. I wonder how many tires that thing blew out and the damage it finally did. There was literally no way of avoiding it and no warning about it. Well, we did not notice any damage until later in the trip.

When we were about to leave the host family's house, the father of the home offered to change my tire to a spare tire, because he could see that there had been damage due to that pothole. So he changed the tire and we were on our way. But after reaching about an hour away, north, we heard a rattling noise coming from the tire. I slowed down a lot and put on my flashers in the right lane, trying to reach the next exit. But about a half mile before the exit, the tire came off entirely and we could see it rolling down the highway ahead of us in the traffic (it is actually really funny looking back at it, ha ha!). By the grace of God, I pulled onto the side of the highway and everything was okay.. other than that we were stranded, one hour from our friends (we had just crossed over into Virginia) and 5-6 hours from home.

What happened afterward was impressive on every part, to say the least. We not only witnessed the extreme hospitality of the families of a small fellowship on the TN/VA border, but also witnessed the radical culture difference between this territory and where we live, in NE Ohio.

We called the family (our friends) and the father drove down to where we were on the highway, and took my family to a local town where there was a Wendy's restaurant. We got some food there and while I won't go into all the details here, the people treated my family like royalty while I left with our friend to try to get the van repaired (even though they kind of over-stayed their welcome, with no where else to wait).

Our friend and I drove to try to find a place to get the van repaired; and being that it was Sunday, that was difficult. What had happened, is the bolts that held on the rim had completely broken off (in case you are wondering if our friend did not install the spare tire correctly-- no, he did not). He took us all back to his house for the night. And that night and the next day (before we went to repair the van) was one of the most Holy Spirit filled times we ever experienced, as we enjoyed a much better fellowship than we previously had during the visit, and his family (a wonderfully gifted musical family) played beautiful hymns for us on the piano, violin, and Cello.

Our friend found a place that repaired commercial semi-trucks, and he paid to have it towed there; when he called the place the next morning, the owner (an old hillbilly type of guy), although he told us he could not fix it, cheerfully offered for us to use any of his tools and equipment to make the repair ourselves (that is hospitality, seemingly contagious in that part of the country).

After a few hours of finding the right parts and doing the difficult work, we had it finished. To top it off, the fellowship centered around that area all contributed to give us $100.00 to buy another tire when we got home. They certainly went over the top on hospitality. But this is just the normal Christian life for these type of people. And these people, not Anabaptist by any means, have that very same spirit that dominates many of the Anabaptist circles I am familiar with. These people barely knew us and were willing to bear all kinds of inconvenience and suffer loss for our sakes.


Conclusion


We need to learn from these blessed examples. As I have maintained for a while now, there are huge strengths in many different Christian sects. If you want duty, realize that it is our duty to search and seek and discover the areas of weaknesses in our own camps, and to repent and apply the word of God faithfully, as we see the fruit of other groups demonstrated before our eyes.


Swiss Kinist 

"Beyond Off Grid" Christian Film

I have not spoken about it much on this blog yet, but I differ from most Kinists and most American Christians on the topic of lifestyle and occupation. I was first exposed to the subject of Agrarianism by Scott Terry of North Country Farmer, who is Reformed and Theonomic, from what I understand. He has been a huge blessing to my family, and even has a radio show on Blog Talk Radio which my family has enjoyed.

From Scott Terry, I was introduced to Michael Bunker, and was heavily influenced by his book called Surviving Off-Off Grid. It is amazing, as Bunker notes, and also as Howard King speaks about, that throughout history, God's people have been Agrarian. The city life is almost exclusively viewed as sinful in the scriptures, history also bearing witness. City life vs. Agrarian life not only marks differences in the character of each type of folk, but also, both are the result or accumulation of either godliness or rebellion against God. I am speaking in general here, of course, so all the people who demand an exception, please sit down.

God not only designed people to live in nations, tribes, clans, etc. based on blood, religion, language, etc., but he also designed people to live in local communities. What we have today is an absolute abomination to the LORD. And when it comes down to it, it is an abomination to man also; because the results of how we do things today has bred corruption and slavery. As I have stated before, do not blame and curse the Jew for his mastery over you, nor cry about the Negro because of his violence toward you. We have brought this upon ourselves and God's just judgment has come down upon us for our disobedience; the Jew and the Negro simply as instruments of God's wrath toward us.

As much as you may protest, the Village vs. the City topic is not some optional choice in the area of our Christianity. The choice is really between life and death, and freedom and slavery, both physically and spiritually.

I am a disciple of Jesus Christ first. But I am an Agrarian (in philosophy and doctrine-- even though it is not a physical reality completely yet) second. I am an Agrarian before I am a Kinist. This issue is more important than Kinism, as important as Kinism is. I have a strong belief that if we fix the problem in the area of building local Christian communities, that the issue of race will practically solve itself automatically. Multiculturalism and Cultural Marxism work best in Industrial societies. Meditate on that though a little bit and you will see I am correct. You will nary defeat the wicked enemies of ours without Agrarianism any more than you will defeat it apart from the power of the Holy Ghost through the Lord Jesus Christ (for all of who think we can join with Christ-hating White Nationalists). This is because you cannot fight the LORD's cause while embracing a system and lifestyle that are contrary to his desire and creative order.

There is a film that is in the making (they have filmed it all, but it is not finished editing) that will deal a key blow to the gates of hell, Beyond Off Grid. The devil has clearly been fighting hard against the completion of this film. Many obstacles have come to prevent its completion. Please be steadfast in prayer regarding this film, and give financially if you are able to. Here is the description and the trailer:

 

About Beyond Off Grid

Beyond Off Grid is a documentary film and media project that explores why we should strive to reduce our dependence on the modern economy and control grid, and how this can be accomplished.

The modern consumer economy and associated way of living, with all of its conveniences and comforts, is not resilient to calamity, and often distracts from true spiritual blessings. True freedom is found by seeking the old paths of productive households and local community interdependence.

By exposing the weaknesses of the modern culture, financial and economic systems, and essential life support systems, and bringing to light the solutions that are available by learning from the past and wisely applying technology, this film seeks to inspire people to a greater degree of self sufficiency and local community interdependence while trusting in God.

Swiss Kinist

International Kinist Day of Prayer and Fasting

Faith and Heritage is posted on their website, Monday March 23rd, their call for an International Kinist Day of Prayer and Fasting. This will take place on Thursday April 9th. From their website:

International Kinist Day of Prayer and Fasting – Join Us April 9, 2015

A recent comment remarking on the serious need for our people to pray really struck a chord with us.  So on April 9, 2015, Faith & Heritage is calling for an International Kinist Day of Prayer and Fasting marking the 150th anniversary of Lee’s surrender at Appomattox to confess and repent of our national sins.  Mark your calendar, consider what things you will pray for, prepare yourself for fasting, and check FaithandHeritage.com on that day for more information.

This is a step in the right direction for Kinists, indeed. I originally called for prayer, fasting, weeping, and repentance and holiness, on Tribal Theocrat. You can read and listen to my reasoning of this on the follow Tribal Theocrat articles and podcast:

Not By Might

You Are Dead

TT Podcast 22: Hans Gygax on Kinist Problems, Solutions


Please take a look at the articles above and the podcast, as they outline in detail what the real solution is, to our woes in America (which are actually and plainly the judgment of God upon our sins).


Swiss Kinist

The Bulldozers and Wrecking Balls of the Church

There are a lot of people that probably hate this blog (of the very few who have read it) because of the consistent condemnation I preach against the churches and church-goers of American Christianity. There is a reason that I do this. I do not purposely plan to be negative, but I have a firm conviction that God has a specific function for me in the body of Christ. Romans 12:4-9 and 1Corinthians 12 outline that there are many members in the body of Christ, all having different gifts and different functions.

Do you suppose that perhaps there are some members of the body that function in a role that is mainly negative, and not positive? A bulldozer or wrecking ball on a construction site do not do much positive work. But they are helpful in tearing down that which is corrupt, so that those who build can create something beautiful and functional in its place. But they would not be able to build if the old, corrupt building is not torn down. I have an unction that perhaps I am a wrecking ball and bulldozer in the body of Christ.

There is a lot of corruption that needs torn down, and I am here to do it. Unfortunately, those who are in love with the older buildings (which have become corrupt) do not want such negative activity going on. They want to keep the building up, even if it is a safety hazard and people will die when the building eventually collapses on the people of God. To these people I say, you are not filled with love for your brethren, but hate. But these type of people think that people like me are divisive and want to cause disunity. Nothing could be further from the truth. You are not honoring God if you have unity in the name of unrighteousness.

There are probably very few people like myself in the church. And because of that, and because we are negative, we are generally despised by the church. Because of this, I can heavily relate to prophets like Jeremiah. Jeremiah was heavily persecuted by the "church" of his day, because he called them to repentance. He told them that God did not care about their sacrifices and offerings, and their holy days, and their worship; he wanted their obedience. He was not very popular though, as you can read in the scriptures. If you were to have interviewed the people of God in his day, they probably would have given the same testimony of Jeremiah as people give of the likes of myself. "He is too negative, and judgmental, and is sowing discord among the brethren!"

Anyhow, I had the privilege of bringing my family for supper at the Pastor's house this last Friday, and I brought many things to his attention. I mentioned that the church in general is apostate and needs to repent of it's love for the world and other various sins. It needs to repent of glorying in head knowledge rather than obedience. That God does not delight in their solemn assemblies, which the Pastor believes is the mark of righteousness (going to church). And we will just say he did not receive it too well. I am judgmental, and a Pharisee, according to him. Well, well, well. Of course. And it reminded me of these scriptures from Jeremiah 6:13-16:

"For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
 
They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein."

There are so many rich passages in Jeremiah that are similar, and I will not quote them all here. But you can see a direct parallel between Israel in Jeremiah's day, and Israel (the church) in our day. The Pastor told me that the church is not apostate and that there were 30 good churches (really?) in the city I live in, alone! Say that again? I asked him if this were so, then why are our towns and cities so corrupt? Consistent with his corrupt Amillenialism, he claimed that cities and towns being corrupt had nothing to do with how righteous the church was. Amazing, I tell you!


Take a look at this awesome passage from Amos 5:21-27:


" I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts."

Translation to the church age: I do not care that you are delighting in going to church, singing songs, and preaching your sermons, and performing the sacraments. It means absolutely nothing to me and I hate it all, because you are living in sin and love the world.
 
I do not claim to be a prophet, in that I believe I can foretell the future, or proclaim with absolute authority the judgment of God on a people or nation. But I certainly believe that God has gifted me to speak against the sins of the church, and call the people to repentance. And I would not have it any other way, even if I am despised in the same way Jeremiah was.

To my own amusement, this article was supposed to be about one of the things I love about Anabaptists. But my introduction got carried away and became an entire article. Oh well, such is the nature of the blog, I guess. Perhaps I will create a new category on this blog called "Positive Posts", since they are so rare. Ha! A positive post is coming soon though! Be ready for it!

Swiss Kinist

Inconstistent and Hypocritical Discrimination of Marxist America

To my few readers of this blog, I just wanted to drop a quick note before I get into this post: I have not forgotten about my series on Little Decisions Based on Biblical Principles. I simply have not had the time to edit, analyze, and/or write on that topic because it requires more attention and time than do my random thoughts of conviction (which are off the cuff from the top of my head). I do have most of the 1st and 2nd articles of the series either nearly finished or half-way finished.


Random Thought of Conviction

The other day my wife received a life insurance offer from All State, in the mail. Being that I have been learning to hyper-analyze just about every detail of life, to see whether it matches up with the word of God, something very interesting stood out to me. I constantly notice the inconsistencies of man, including in myself. When I see them in myself, I want to change immediately, regardless of the cost (This habit is something that church-goers do not like, particularly the "do not judge" crowd).

 

 

You can see from the above picture I scanned (though the quality is not great) that it costs more for life insurance, per month, based on what your gender and age are. The insurance company puts a difference between male and female, and between young and old. This is the definition of that dreaded word... (dun dun dun) discrimination.

From Webster's 1828 Dictionary

1. To distinguish; to observe the difference between...
2. .... to make a distinction between...
3. To mark with notes of difference; to distinguish by some note or mark...

So on and so forth. To discriminate is to mark, note, practice, observe, etc. a difference between. Is discrimination wrong? According to Marxist Americans, it is. Mention discrimination at all, and you will hear passionate and angered comments against it. This is especially true if concerning discrimination based on race, religion, or gender. And this is starting to including "sexual orientation". And worry not, the Christians will come around on the issue of Sodomy before long, just as they have with the other tenets of Marxism (a lot of them already have).

Here above, with insurance, we have a clear case of discrimination based on gender and age. Americans do not mind this fact, however. One of the reasons is, that nobody uses the word discrimination when speaking about life insurance. We have been trained to only use the word discrimination when it has a negative connotation (and when it favors non-whites, women, non-Christians, and Sodomites). In this case, it would be positive, so it is not used (and because it favors women). I am going to assume here, for the sake of argument, that this type of discrimination is based on logical, sound reasoning. Perhaps because women are less likely to die early than are men. In this case, I favor discrimination and almost nobody objects to this type of discrimination.

Why does practically nobody object to discrimination based on gender for life insurance? Certainly if a company discriminated for a job hiring based on gender, people would protest it in a heartbeat. In fact, as you know, discrimination based on things like gender, age, race, religion, etc. are illegal in many cases. And the American Christian has no objection to this violation of free association.



Could An Insurance Company Ever Discriminate in Prices Based on Race?

Let us suppose something for the sake of argument. Let us suppose that a Negro is much more likely to die young than a White Man. And suppose that All State, using the same logic for its discrimination against men (giving men a higher rate to pay), had a chart that said, "Male Negroes $17.75 per month, Female Negroes $16.89 per month, Male Whites $16.01 per month, Female Whites $15.53 per month... or whatever, you get the point. How long do you think such a policy would exist for All State? It would not have a chance! Why? It is based on the same logic as is used to discriminate now, based on gender. The reason it would not be allowed to discriminate is because Marxist dogma does not permit it.

And of course, we cannot forget, that discrimination is only truly evil if it is perpetrated against a "minority" or a woman, or a non-Christian religion, or a Sodomite. There is no such things as discrimination (or racism, sexism, etc.) against Whites, Men, Christians, or those who are not Sodomites. This is a clear indicator that Marxists are doing the bidding of their father, the devil. And the American Christian has no problem partaking of their evil deeds by bidding them God speed (2John 1:9-11).

Thus you can see the hypocritical policies, and the hypocritical and inconsistent ways of thinking in the modern American, including the modern Christian. His true god is Marxism, not Jesus Christ. He does not value truth and justice above all things, he values "equality and fairness", things that the Bible knows nothing of promoting. Examine yourself, dear reader, as to whom you are really serving.

Swiss Kinist