Ramblings

 Yes, this is a theme with me. The West, by my definition, means Nations that were formerly majority Christian. Yes, I include the US in that. We were once a majority-Christian nation, but that is no longer the case. This is observably true. It's true in every metric you can think of. The results of this are also impossible to miss. Everything that Christianity improved, or abolished, is reverting to pagan madness. From the slaughter of babies, to the so-called sexual revolution, to the trans madness, the breakdown of the family, and the complete corruption in government, from local all the way to the top nationally, to the rise of the evils of Leftism and the violence commensurate with it, are all due to our turning away from the one True God. We also see it in the eruption of evil and greed in many a so-called church. Whether it's financial or sexual, many 'churches' have become like the world. Those sitting in the pews are goats playing at Christianity. It has been s...

 After this last attempt on Trump's life, we once again see how Leftism only amplifies man's fallenness. I have always hated Leftism. It is perverse, regressive, and violently evil. For the longest time, I've tried not to hate Leftists. I don't want to hate anyone. Yet, I find it harder and harder to not hate them. I used to make excuses for them. Oh, they've been lied to all their lives by either their parents, teachers, or both. There comes a point where they are responsible for their own hatred. In this day of facts and other views right at our fingertips, they have become without excuse. We will never be a united Nation again. You cannot unite with such vile evil. The World said after the Holocaust, "Never again." Well, it WILL happen again, and the Leftists will be the ones to do it. Just like the last time.

 I've watched several videos on YouTube about people who are blaming their Smartphones for being distracting, how they're leaving them at home, not taking them here or there because of all the notifications, etc. The thought that came to me is "You know you can turn that stuff off, right?" Seriously, you can turn off notifications, set specific ones, silence the phone, etc. You can even, wait for it, TAKE APPS OFF THE PHONE! I have no social media on my phone. Zero, zip, nada. I have some work apps, some banking apps, that sort of stuff, and the notifications are turned off. When I'm out to eat with someone, or in church, the ringer is on silent. Seriously, you can do this. Yes, there will be an adjustment period, but after a while, YOU will be controlling the phone, not the other way around.  I often ask myself why I'm addicted to smartphones, but not computers. My laptop is 6 years old, my iPad 5. I upgraded my home computer last year, after 5 years. I upgra...

 All over the internet these days, you constantly hear younger folks and hoary old white women screeching about how Trump and the Republicans are 'fascists'. How Trump won't leave office at the end of his term, how he's this evil bugaboo, etc. For the younger crowd, I feel sorrow, as they've been indoctrinated and lied to about fascism. Worse, they've been fed the lies since they were small children, along with the evils of transgernderism and all the other perversions of Leftists. They were never told the truth about the evils of Marxism/Socialism/Communism. Equality is their buzzword. They know nothing of the fallen Nature of man, or that the isms they're so enamored of lead to 2 classes: those at the top who never want for anything, and the masses, who only get the dregs. They've been told that the US invented slavery, as well as every other ill the planet suffers. The really sad thing is, once someone has been exposed to the evils of Leftism for a lo...

 So many see what's going on in the Middle East as prophecy being fulfilled. They are almost giddy at the thought. They can't even entertain the possibility that they are wrong. The slaughter happening there doesn't seem to register with them. It's pretty sad, really. They have taken Biblical prophecy written to people of another time and extrapolated it to this time. Many of them have been steeped in this kind of thinking their entire lives, never having even looked at other possibilities. Not once did they think they, and their teachers, might be wrong.  Revelation was not written to us. Nor was Daniel, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, or any of the other prophets. They were written to the people of their time, in their context. We can learn from them, we can strive to avoid the traps and snares those people fell into, but they were not written TO us. They were passed on to us as a warning, a lesson. We are not doing well at learning the lesson. Neither have the Jews learned. They ...

 "Ever since Christ's ascension, world history has been a mopping-up operation. The Church Militant, so long as she is The Church Obedient, will be The Church Triumphant as well." The Days of Vengeance by David Chilton, pg. 324. The Church hasn't been any of these for at least 70 years. She started fading after WWII, as people doubted God after all the violence and horror of war. Many had their faith strengthened by the war, but it seems like many more began doubting. This slow decline went on for some time, but gained steam in the late 60's. Since then, much of the Church no longer warns of sin and judgment. Rather, she seems to want the World to like her, to see her as 'nice'. She refuses to warn against homosexuality, lust, greed, and all forms of perversion and evil. She says, "We need to meet people where they are." No. You need to call them from where they are, in the muck and mire of impending eternal death, call them to rise to eternal li...