Remade

  I recently read a statement which declared that our current election fiasco doesn’t happen in a healthy democracy... that what we are experiencing reveals the deepest imaginable rot of democracy. I can assure you that America's "deepest imaginable rot" has nothing to do with this or any other election. What we are witnessing is a wholesale, deepening rot of character, morality, values and integrity which has been progressively deteriorating. THIS rot is simply being exposed with greater definition as "we" move further away from the source of all Truth. This rot is manifest in all political parties and we are helpless to war against it until we understand the reality and nature of our enemy. Warfare 101 says: "Divide your enemy that they may be conquered". And we are literally watching the enemy move in for the kill. America’s political establishment are like helpless lambs being led to slaughter, running around in circles without a clue. We are seein...

“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.” Colossians 3:15 The original Greek word for thankful in Colossians 3:15 is Eucharistos, which of course is where we get our word: “Eucahrist”. And the word Eucahrist is another word that we use for the Lord’s Supper, or Communion. Communion is descriptive of relationship, specifically the relationship that Jesus calls us to as Lord and Savior. Think about that! …A life of thankfulness is focused on a deep, communing relationship with Jesus. And there’s no other way to be truly thankful than through relationship with Jesus, who is the Prince of Peace. He brings a settled, divine presence into life that can’t be found elsewhere! In this passage from Colossians we are exhorted to “let the Peace of Christ rule in our hearts… and be thankful”. Indeed communion with Jesus removes worry from life and creates a life of peace and thanksgiving. Do you have the peace of Jesus in ...

“Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (John Dalberg-Acton). This quote suggests that a person's foundation of morality deteriorates as his or her quest for power and control increases. However, the safeguard against a life overwhelmed by the desire for power and control, (even if it is simply to control one’s own destiny), is a life lived in submission. Some grasp this truth to varying degrees, but most will not. Digging deeper, this desire for absolute control is ultimately a denial that there is an eternal, divine perspective which is greater than a temporary human perspective. And until the human perspective submits to what is eternal it will remain on a course of conquest for power and control. The truth is, our human perspective is flawed and perishable, no matter how desperately we desire it not to be. And even those who embrace this truth are prone to the onslaught of the temporary which constantly beckons for control. This is a spiritual battle and can onl...