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Something to Fear

Fear yourself. You are your own worst enemy and your own best friend. You wield the power of choice over your own life—a power greater than anyone else has over you.

Those whom you fear fear you more; they are just better at hiding it. Your oppressors will always fear you more than you fear yourself. When you learn to fear yourself they will finally fear you enough to stop oppressing you because they will know that you know that you have nothing to lose.

Those who do not fear themselves certainly should. They have every reason to.  · · · →

Danger of Weakness

Strength in God via our own weakness is a far cry from flexing weak muscles in public.

Heroes use whatever strengths they have to help others, even when most of the world views them as weak, even when their strengths are not traditionally accepted by their society.

Everyone’s strength is different.

Strength comes from talents we are born with, the passions we develop, and the skills to which we lend our time. Strength isn’t muscular, rhetorical, nor theatrical; it is pure diligence and conviction.

Those who appear weak should be feared while those who act strong might not be trustworthy.  · · · →

Feudal Churchianity

A friend asked me today, “Why do Christians love to hurt each other so much?” I had to explain that Sunday morning originally had a monopoly with roots in European feudalism. People were required not only to obey their government leaders, but also to “love” them, just how Sunday morning leaders demand allegiance.

Turf warring is profitable. It is the business model used in illegal narcotics, prostitution, and piano tuning. Guilds were common place for many trades during the Middle Ages.

The more ancient guilds grew, the more interested local governments became in controlling them. Now, it’s Sunday morning’s turn.  · · · →

Up Close and Salt

Christians are finally getting a dose of their own pharmacy. Jesus taught us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. God commanded Israel: Don’t judge another man’s servant.

Yet, for decades, Christians criticized non-Christians for not exercising Christian values. Now, non-Christians are judging Christians by non-Christian standards.

Jesus’s concept of “Salt and Light” is entirely different and preferable compared to all of this.

Salt mingles with the food—up close and personal. Light shines and does not hide. Christians, however, acted as “batons and handcuffs” with people they couldn’t convert because they weren’t close enough to make a difference.  · · · →