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The Letter of Apology to the Worldand some other sad stuff

God help us. We’re in such big trouble.

from Doug Perry

Copyright Doug Perry 2006. www.FellowshipOfTheMartyrs.com

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'pen Letter of Apology to the World (Why the Apology to the World )*m$ils $nd posts in response to the Apology +eff’s Apology to the &hurch % V$rious others ,0 +im -$rd uestions ,) /$ndie 'ut of church $nd groing li1e cr$y ,% Ple$ 3rom A #ission$ry ,4 5eg$ti"e em$ils $nd posts in response to the Apology 20Decl$r$tion of W$r $g$inst the 3orces of D$r1ness 263elloship of the #$rtyrs 7$ttle Pl$n 2)3'T# 7$ttle Pl$n *8tended Version 2%Why $re e doing this9 (0W$s +esus $ Liber$l9 (6!ight :nstinct; Wrong &urrency (%Are <ou =idding #e9 /c$ry /t$ts $nd 3$cts (>/c$ry /criptures ?(Wh$t *8$ctly is the @Gre$t &ommission9 ?6-um$n /$crifice in the &hristi$n &hurch ?%The 7ottom Line ?>7re$d $nd &ircuses 6,#isuse of 3unds 6?:s the @church going to persecute the @&hurch9 66Gen B Gen < *n"ironment$lists An$rchists !e$d This 6%The /pirit of Abortion 6>The Ten &omm$ndments $nd the @church ),Cndeni$ble A8ioms of &hurch Groth )(Who Are The Ph$risees9 %0Whose :de$ W$s :t9 %,God The /upreme 7$n1er %2*m$il from !enee in response to the Apology %(Doug’s Person$l *8perience ith the -oly /pirit %6#ess$ge to #y 7$ptists 4,Where $re the #$rtyrs9 4(WA5T*D Positions A"$il$ble 4)'ther !esources >,-$rd Pr$yers >2






'pen Letter of Apology to The World

Please bear with me, this is long overdue and there’s lots of ground to cover. I want to make sure that I getit all out. Not just for me, but because I think you need to hear it. Maybe there are other Christians out thereas well that need to make aologies and will find courage here. I areciate your time, I know it’s valuable.

De$r #embers of the World;

"#m $ust a guy% &o'o!y really. (o& of a preacher a&! missio&ary. )ears a&! years of *acatio& +i'le(chools% summer camps% youth s,i trips% puppet shows% re-i-als% choir trips you &ame it. /-e& we&t to aChristia& college a&! got a !egree i& religio&. " e&!e! up i& the 'usi&ess worl!% 'ut " spe&t two !eca!estithi&g% sitti&g o& committees% teachi&g (u&!ay (chool% goi&g to semi&ars a&! co&fere&ces% etc. " e-e& metmy wife i& the si&gle#s class at church. "#m &ot a 'a! guy% "#-e 'ee& mostly 'eha-i&g myself a&! e-ery'o!yseems to li,e me. " !o some goo! stuff here a&! there.

+ut lately "#-e 'ee& tryi&g to u&!ersta&! esus more a&! stuff " &e-er &otice! 'efore has really starte! to'ug me. "#-e 'ee& ta,i&g a loo, arou&! a&! "#m ha-i&g a har! time ma,i&g se&se of what it is we#-e 'uilthere. (o% it $ust seeme! li,e% whether a&y'o!y else says it or &ot% " &ee! to ta,e respo&si'ility for the part "playe! a&! say what " ha-e to say.

ere we go ...

" ,&ow you thi&, that Christia&s are a 'ig 'u&ch of hypocrites. e say we#re more religious3 a&! we#regoi&g to hea-e& a&! you#re &ot% a&! the& we !ri-e our 'ig shi&y cars with little fishies o& the tru&, a&! cutyou off i& traffic as we race 'y the homeless guy o& the cor&er. e a-erage $ust 24 of our mo&ey tochurch a&! charity% !espite that we say the +i'le is the wor! of 5o! a&! it says we#re suppose! to gi-ee"erything. O& a-erage% we 'uy $ust as ma&y 'ig scree& T*s a&! 'ass 'oats a&! fur coats a&! ma,eupa&! 'ase'all car!s a&! o&li&e por& as a&y'o!y else. May'e more. )ou#-e see& lea!er after lea!er e&! upi& $ail or court or a se sca&!al of o&e sort or a&other.

ell ... you#re right. e#re guilty of all of it. e#-e !o&e it all. A&!% "#m really sorry.

)ou see our cheesy T* shows a&! slic, guys 'eggi&g for mo&ey a&! you get that there#s somethi&g

seriously s&ea,y a&! wro&g here. A highpressure call for mo&ey so they ca& stay o& the air7 ere wesuppose! to use esus as $ust a&other form of e&tertai&me&t7 ho !o we thi&, we#re ,i!!i&g7 here#sesus i& all this7 Are&#t we suppose! to rely o& him7 "s&#t e goi&g to meet our &ee!s if we#re i&si!e iswill7 hat happe&e! to sacrifice a&! sufferi&g a&! helpi&g the poor7 "#m $ust sic, a'out this. " mea&% thechurch lea!ers% they#re &ot all 'a! guys% there are lots a&! lots of really har!wor,i&g wellmea&i&g fol,swho lo-e a&! care a&! are meeti&g real &ee!s i& the commu&ity. (ome of them u&!ersta&! a&! lo-e esus 'ut "#m $ust real sure those pastors !o&#t !ri-e +e&tley#s% ha-e multimillio& !ollar homes a&! their ow&lear $ets8 " mea&% what go!3 are we worshippi&g7 Mo&ey7 /go7 Power7

)ou see our massi-e shi&y &ew 'uil!i&gs all o-er the place. ec,% may'e we e-e& ,ic,e! you out of yourhouse so we coul! epa&! our par,i&g lots. )ou ca&#t figure out why we &ee! four !iffere&t Christia&churches o& four cor&ers of the same i&tersectio&. e#-e got playgrou&!s a&! 'owli&g alleys a&!'as,et'all leagues. e#-e got (tar'uc,s coffee i& the sa&ctuary. e#-e got orchestras a&! gia&t

cha&!eliers a&! fou&tai&s out fro&t. e#-e got 'oo,stores full of $esus $u&,3 with e-ery imagi&a'le stylea&! fla-or of religious ,&ic,,&ac,. +ut where#s esus7 "s this what / wa&te!7

Oh% sure% there are goo! fol,s all o-er a&! &ot e-ery church is such a mess% 'ut Christia&s are the o&esthat say we#re suppose! to 'e O&e +o!y.3 (o e-e& the goo! o&es are guilty of &ot putti&g a stop to itsoo&er. e were suppose! to ,eep each other i& li&e a&! &ot tolerate factio&s a&! !isse&sio&s a&! gree!a&! i!olatry a&! all this other 'a! stuff. Ma&% we really 'lew it8 e#-e got 99%000 !e&omi&atio&s a&! mostof them wo&#t tal, to the other o&es. e lose o-er :; millio& a !ay to frau! from truste!3 people i&si!e the






church8 e spe&! <;4 of all our mo&ey o& our ow& comforts a&! programs a&! happy family fu& timeshows a&! we let 2;0 M"=="O> Christia&s i& other cou&tries li-e o& the -ery e!ge of star-atio&. >ot tome&tio& the 'illio& or so that ha-e &e-er e-e& o&ce hear! of esus or the homeless guy !ow&tow& wealmost ra& o-er whe& we cut you off.

e#re as guilty as we ca& 'e. All of us. >o'o!y is eempt. e shoul! ha-e put a stop to it a lot soo&er. +ut" ca&#t apologi?e o& 'ehalf of a&yo&e else. This is a'out me.

" ,&ow that you might ha-e go&e to church as a ,i! a&! stoppe! goi&g as soo& as you coul!. " ,&ow thatyou might e-e& ha-e 'ee& a'use! 'y some'o!y i& the church8 May'e we got you all fire! up a&! the& $ustlet you !rift off li,e we !i!&#t really care. May'e you $ust !o&#t fit our profile.3 )ou might ha-e pierci&gs a&!purple hair or tattoos or 'ee& i& $ail a&! somewhere i&si!e you $ust ,&ow that e-e& if you wa&te! to go tochurch o&e (u&!ay% it woul! &ot go well. "#m sorry for that. esus lo-es you. e always hu&g out with themost u&epecte! people. e ha! the 'iggest heart for the fol,s e-ery'o!y else trie! to ig&ore. hat ha-ewe !o&e7 e#-e tol! you to put o& a sweater a&! some loafers or you ca&#t go to hea-e&. " $ust wa&t tothrow up.

=oo,% " ,&ow you#re ma!. A&! you ha-e a right to 'e. e#-e !o&e you wro&g for a =O>5 time &ow. There#ssome thi&gs a'out esus that people &ee! to hear% 'ut we#-e 'urie! a 'eautiful masterpiece u&!erhu&!re!s of layers of soft pi&, late pai&t. "f you ha-e a +i'le ha&!y% loo, up Matthew 29. @"f you !o&#t% you

ca& loo, it up here www.+i'le5ateway.com .

Fi&! it7 Bea! it carefully% the Pharisees were the religious3 people of the !ay% the lea!ers of the faith. "&this chapter esus (/*/> times says how pitiful a&! wretche! a&! curse! they are for what they#re !oi&gto the people they#re suppose! to 'e lea!i&g. e e-e& calls them white washe! tom's of !ea! me&s'o&es3 a&! a 'roo! of -ipers38 " !o&#t ha-e time here% 'ut rea! it a&! see if we#re &ot !oi&g /*/B) si&gleo&e of those thi&gs. esus ca&#t possi'ly 'e happy a'out what we#-e !o&e to you.

(ure% we li,e to ,i! oursel-es a&! prete&! e-erythi&g is O 'ut it#s &ot. e#re hate!. >ow% pleaseu&!ersta&!% esus was hate!% too. +ut that was 'ecause he sai! har! thi&gs a&! sometimes people !o&#tli,e heari&g the Truth. A&! he promise! we woul! 'e hate! if we were li,e him. +ut that#s &ot why we#rehate! at the mome&t. e#re hate! right &ow 'ecause we#re a gia&t pac, of lyi&g hypocrites that say o&ethi&g a&! !o somethi&g else altogether. "f we were hate! 'ecause we were li,e esus% that woul! 'e o&ethi&g% 'ut that#s &ot it at all. )ou see right through our happy music a&! fluffy ser-ices a&! you ca& tellthere#s somethi&g !esperately wro&g here. e#re &o !iffere&t tha& a&y'o!y else ecept that we say we#re'etter tha& you.

"t was &e-er suppose! to 'e li,e this. esus as,e! us to care for the wi!ows a&! orpha&s% to fee! thehu&gry% care for the sic,% -isit those i& priso&% reach the lost. e wa&te! us to lo-e our e&emies a&! prayfor them. e care! a'out huma& $ustice a&! sufferi&g% the lost a&! lo&ely. +ut " !o&#t thi&, e woul! ha-emarche! o& a pic,et li&e e ha! is mi&! o& much 'igger pro'lems. e wa&te! us to focus o& theeter&al thi&gs% &ot the e-ery!ay. e &e-er o&ce sai! to go i&to all the worl! a&! 'uil! 'ig 'uil!i&gs a&!!i-i!e up i&to factio&s a&! 'uy +e&tleys. ust the opposite8 " get that you#re ma! at us a&! " thi&, you ha-ea right to 'e% 'ut please u&!ersta&!% you#re ma! at what we#-e ma!e u&!er our ow& power% you#re ma! atChurchia&ity.3 That#s !iffere&t tha& Christ a&! what he wa&te!. Do&#t 'e ma! at esus8 This mess was&#t

is i!ea8

=oo,% "#m really sorry. " accept respo&si'ility for my part i& ha-i&g hurt you. +ut "#m committi&g to you all%!ear Mem'ers of the orl!% that "#m &ot goi&g to !o it a&y more. >ot a si&gle pe&&y more. "#m &ot goi&g toput my faith i& Churchia&ity3 or a&y lea!er or program or T* show 'ut i& Christ esus a&! is sal-atio&.That#s whe& " was set free a&! 'ega& to see that 5o! wa&ts a&! epects more of us tha& this. A&! "#m &othelpi&g a&y'o!y that#s &ot fully committe! to the same thi&g.

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"t too, ce&turies to 'uil! this mo&ster% so it#s &ot li,e it#s goi&g to $ust tur& arou&! o-er&ight. +ut the timesare cha&gi&g a&! we#re way o-er!ue for somethi&g &ew. +ig 'a! thi&gs are happe&i&g li,e the tsu&ami i&

Asia a&! " thi&, more are comi&g. " !o&#t wa&t a&y more time to go 'y without ha-i&g sai! this. "#m sorryfor all the time a&! mo&ey "#-e waste!. +ut esus sa-es. Beally. The church itself is&#t e-e& the poi&t.esus is the real !eal. e li-e! a&! e !ie! for my si&s a&! e rose agai&. e is who e sai! e was a&!e cares a'out me a&! you. e#s our o&ly hope. e &ee! places you ca& go that will o&ly teach esusa&! will &ot 'e swaye! or tempte! or !istracte! 'y a&ythi&g else. 5o! willi&g% that#s comi&g.

Please !o&#t thi&, all Christia&s are $ust posers. (ome of them really mea& it whe& they say they 'elo&g toChrist. The pro'lem is mostly i& the est where we#re all comfy a&! complace&t a&! seem to li,e it thatway. The Christia&s i& Chi&a a&! other places are !ea!ly serious. There#s &o room for a&ythi&g 'ut esuswhe& you#re o& the ru& from the go-er&me&t. They are !yi&g e-ery !ay for their faith a&! !oi&g cra?y har!thi&gs 'ecause they#re a'solutely committe! to Christ. These are martyrs. People willi&g to crucify littlepieces of themsel-es e-ery !ay to 'e more li,e Christ. People willi&g to set asi!e e-erythi&g they wa&t% to!o what Christ wa&ts. People willi&g to rot i& priso& or ta,e a 'eati&g or !ie if that#s what it#s goi&g to ta,e.People that act i& pure lo-e a&! &e-er 'ac, !ow&. "#m &ot worthy to tie their shoes. A&! there are some li,ethat here% too% a&! " hope we ca& get a lot more people to start li-i&g that way. "t#s way o-er!ue.

"f you#re tal,i&g to someo&e a&! they tell you they#re a Christia&% as, them if they#re the ,i&! of Christia&that really mea&s it all the time or the ,i&! that $ust mea&s it o& (u&!ay. The +i'le says we#ll ,&ow them 'y

their fruits3 'y the faith a&! purity a&! lo-e i& their !ee!s a&! wor!s. he& you fi&! o&e that pro-esChrist is i& them 'y how much they lo-e you% as, them to tell you all a'out esus. "f you ,&ow o&e of thosefearless martyrs that spea,s &othi&g 'ut pure% clea&% har! Truth as, lots of Euestio&s. Truth is a lot morerare tha& you woul! thi&,. +ut !o&#t settle for soft% fluffy a&! comforta'le a&ymore that#s &ot i& the +i'le.

As for me a&! my house% we#re really sorry. From &ow o&% we#re goi&g to ser-e the =or!% &otChurchia&ity.3 e#re goi&g to try to call together as ma&y of those martyrs as we ca& a&! start !oi&g whatChrist wa&te!. "f " ru& i&to you some!ay% please gi-e me a cha&ce to sha,e your ha&! a&! apologi?e i&perso&. "#m goi&g to try har!er from &ow o&% " promise. " thi&, there are lots of others feeli&g the same way%so !o&#t 'e surprise! if you start heari&g stuff li,e this more ofte&.

Tha&,s for your time. " hope it helps.

Doug Perrywww.FellowshipOfTheMartyrs.comfotmfellowshipofthemartyrs.com

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Why the Apology To The World9

ell% first off% " wrote it 'ecause " really mea& it. " am seriously sorry for what " !i! to co&tri'ute to this mess a&!"#m !etermi&e! to !o whate-er " ca& to fi it. (o ... the more help " ca& get% the faster we ca& tur& this thi&garou&!. (o if it happe&s that lots of other fol,s get a little courage a&! see that this &ee!s sayi&g% may'e they#llsay it% too. "#-e repe&te! to 5o! alrea!y for it a&! e#s forgi-e& me% 'ut that !oes&#t mea& " !o&#t ha-e to hum'lyas, forgi-e&ess from e-ery'o!y else.

" 'elie-e this is the elepha&t i& the room3 that e-ery'o!y ,&ows is there 'ut !oes&#t wa&t to ac,&owle!ge. Theorl! !espises Christia&s a&! Christia&s ,&ow that they#re !espise!. "t#s $ust that the Christia&s are&#ta!mitti&g the real pro'lem. A lot of them get that there "( a pro'lem% 'ut they !o&#t ,&ow how to say it lou!e&ough to get some mome&tum.

Truth is always the right a&swer. Truth is getti&g scarce lately. he& fol,s hear it% it#s so u&usual that they per,up a&! see if it was a& acci!e&t or a scam or a pu'licity stu&t 'ut i&si!e they hope they get more cha&ces tohear it. People are !esperate for someo&e that will &ot ma,e ecuses a&! will &ot 'ac, !ow&. e#-e ha! a'outall the selfser-i&g spi&3 we ca& ta,e.

" thi&, this is the gia&t lie that 'loc,s us as a +o!y from 'ei&g o'e!ie&t to 5o!. Thou shalt &ot lie. Bemem'erthat o&e7 "t#s u&li,ely that e#s goi&g to pour out is power o& a Church that is !oi&g some goo! stuff% 'ut alsohol!i&g to o&e 5reat =ie that is% =oo, at us% we#re oly.3 whe& we#re &ot a&! e-ery'o!y ,&ows it. "f we#regoi&g to see re-i-al or repe&ta&ce or restoratio& or whate-er is comi&g% it#s &ot goi&g to come u&til the =ie getscrushe! a&! the& washe! out of the way.

>ow% " wa&t more tha& a&ythi&g for us to 'e a'le to say% =oo, at us% we#re oly.3 Please !o&#t misu&!ersta&!.+ut whe& we !o% it will 'e i& gratitu!e a&! humility a&! worship for ha-i&g 5o!#s help a&! pro-isio& to help usget there. A&! appreciatio& for im gi-i&g us time to !o it% i&stea! of wipi&g us off the map li,e we !eser-e.

"#m goi&g to try to poi&t the way to esus all the time. The thi&gs e care! a'out are the -ery same thi&gs thatto!ay#s li'eral people seem to ha-e a heart for 'ut that the church is ig&ori&g. "#m &ot sure whe& we ga-e usthis high grou&!%3 'ut "#m sic, a&! tire! of it. "t was esus that (TABT/D most of these thi&gs8 (ome of themwere &ot e-e& prese&t o& the pla&et 'efore esus spo,e of them8

esus came preachi&g peace with our e&emies. e ha! a G5/ heart for chil!re&% especially those sufferi&g.

e care! a'out huma& $ustice a&! treatme&t of wor,ers a&! eEual protectio&. e empowere! wome& i& a male!omi&ate! culture. e care! a'out the e&-iro&me&t. e spe&t time with people i& reco-ery3 a&! a!!icti-e'eha-ior e-e& crimi&als. e u&!erstoo! the &ee!s of the ha&!icappe!. e ate orga&ic foo!s @well% O% theypretty much all !i!. e recycle! a&! !i!&#t waste resources. e o&ly use! ecologically sou&! tra&sportatio&metho!s. e spo,e harshly of a&yo&e a'usi&g or mistreati&g a&other perso& particularly those i& most &ee!.e tal,e! o-er a&! o-er a'out mo&ey a&! the importa&t of helpi&g the poor a&! the &ee! for the rich to assumea greater role i& that. @Bea! more o& the as esus a =i'eral3 page.

A&yway% the Apostle Paul spo,e this% First to those i& Damascus% the& to those i& erusalem a&! i& all u!ea%a&! to the 5e&tiles also% " preache! that they shoul! repe&t a&! tur& to 5o! a&! pro-e their repe&ta&ce 'y their!ee!s.3 @Acts 26H20 " ha! 5o! i& me 'efore% 'ut this is the time for me to repe&t% to ta,e my focus off of Ma&a&! tur& to 5o! i& full a&! to pro-e my repe&ta&ce 'y my !ee!s. First% " perso&ally ha-e to cha&ge% the& may'eother fol,s will get the hi&t.

+ut "#m &ot sayi&g "#m perfect or a&ythi&g. "#m goi&g to stum'le a&! " might screw this up. ar agai&st !ar,&essmea&s ris,% especially the more atte&tio& you get. +ut whate-er this 'ecomes% "#m &ot ta,i&g cre!it for a&y of it.Pri!e is what got us i&to this mess8 (hoot% " har!ly see how " ca& ta,e cre!it a&yway% &o&e of this was e-e& myi!ea8 "#m $ust !oi&g as "#m tol!.

(o that#s the pla&. "f you still !o&#t see why% rea! the &et few letters. May'e that will help.






(Now a few emails received from people that read the Apology to the World)

+eff’s @Apology To The &hurch

Doug%

" hope that you will rea! this a&! &ot $ust !elete it. " rea! your apology to the worl! for what the church has !o&eto esus a&! his message of sal-atio&. This is my apology to you a&! the church for tryi&g to get i&si!e a&! 'e aChristia&.

First " ha-e to tell a'out me so you ca& u&!ersta&! why "#m apologi?i&g.

" grew up i& a !ysfu&ctio&al home with a alcoholic a'usi-e father a&! a mother who was so a'use! a&! 'ro,e&i& spirit there was &o protecti&g her chil!re& from him. " a&! my four sisters were -er'ally a'use! a&! seuallya'use! a&! physically a'use! at the ha&!s of this ma& from the time we were 'or&. My !a! taught me how toa'use people a&! how to steal from a&yo&e you coul!. e taught me swear a&! to cheat a&! to lie a&! to 'eatpeople up whe& you were a&gry. " fou&! &othi&g wro&g with these teachi&gs as this ma& was my father a&! as ayou&g 'oy he was &aturally my gui!a&ce a&! my hero as " ,&ew &othi&g else a'out 'ei&g a perso& the& what "was taught 'y my father. My father ha! !estroye! all of my co&fi!e&ce a&! self esteem 'efore " was two yearsol! as " rea! it i& a !iary that my mother ha! ,ept hi!!e& from him a'out her chil!re&. e ha! i&stille! i& me that

" was a useless waste of s,i& who woul! &e-er amou&t to a&ythi&g i& this life a&! whe& " starte! to act out i&school my teachers 'ega& to tell me the eact same thi&g. " sometimes wo&!ere! if there was a 5o! or &ot as i&those !ays whe& " was i& gra!e school we still sai! the =or!#s prayer i& the mor&i&gs. "f there was a 5o! " surewas&#t gi-e& a -ery goo! life. My mom e-e&tually ra& away a&! left us there with him a&! thi&gs o&ly got worse.

That set me o& a course for a life of &o mea&i&g a&! a life of total hopeless&ess. A life where " was co&fi!e&t i&o&ly o&e thi&g% that " woul! &e-er amou&t to a&ythi&g so why shoul! " e-e& try. " ha! always 'ee& i& trou'le i&school% 'ut " starte! to get i&to real trou'le whe& " ele-e& years ol!. " 'ega& steali&g cars a&! !oi&g 'rea, a&!e&ters as " wa&te! to out !o my father a&! ma,e him fi&ally 'e prou! of me for somethi&g. After all " ha!watche! him steal si&ce " was a small chil!.

" fi&ally reali?e! that my father was actually a cowar! whe& " saw him mouthi&g off i& a 'ar a&! " guy 'eat himse&seless while he lai! o& the grou&! co-eri&g his hea! while cryi&g. " sai! to myself that " woul! 'e &o cowar!

a&! the& he woul! 'e prou! of me so " set out to settle thi&gs with my fists a&! " woul! 'e afrai! of &o o&e. "'ega& to go i& a&! out of $ail regularly a&! my life ha! o&ly o&e mea&i&g. To hate the worl! a&! all the people i&it8 " ha! &e-er ha! a goo! relatio&ship with a&y !ece&t perso& i& this worl!. " o&ly ,&ew crimi&als a&! a'usi-epeople who o&ly trie! to ta,e from you what you ha!. he& " was i& $ail for a o&e year se&te&ce at age eightee&%" rea! the 'oo, The =ate 5reat Pla&et /arth% 'y al =i&!say a&! it ga-e me a& u&!ersta&!i&g of +i'le prophecya&! a goo! teachi&g for what to watch for as they u&fol!e! a&! may'e% $ust may'e there was a 5o!. " coul! &otu&!ersta&! how this life coul! 'e so misera'le a&! ha-e $ust simply !eath at the e&! of it. " got my first ha&!gu&whe& " was twe&ty a&! " $ust got worse as life we&t o&. " still spe&t the &et si years i& a&! out of priso& a&!hati&g the worl! a&! e-eryo&e i& it. " felt " ha! ear&e! that right.

" fou&! myself i& priso& at age twe&ty four a&! " 'ega& to get -ery !epresse! i& this hopeless life. " praye! toesus a prayer. " simply sai!% esus if you are real a&! you are there% " !o&#t really wa&t to !ie 'ut " !o&#t wa&t toli-e li,e this a&ymore3. The& " put a &oose ma!e out of a 'e! sheet arou&! my &ec, a&! hu&g myself from the

'ars of my solitary co&fi&eme&t cell. /-erythi&g we&t 'lac,.

" we&t to the hospital i& a coma which the !octors tol! my mom that " woul! &e-er wa,e up from. They tol! herthat it was a miracle that " was e-e& ali-e a&! that " woul! lay i& this -egetati-e state a&! that she shoul! epectfor me to soo& !ie. The !octors were shoc,e! to see me wa,e up from this coma. " was se&t 'ac, to priso& forthe remai&!er of my se&te&ce a&! slowly got 'etter a&! my hea!ache that laste! for mo&ths fi&ally we&t away.The &urse i& priso& tol! me the story of how the guar!s fou&! me ha&gi&g a&! they left me ha&gi&g there tillthey we&t a&! got her. "t was at that poi&t whe& she got there fi-e mi&utes later that " was cut !ow& with &o sig&sof life whatsoe-er. The &urse got the !efi'rillator a&! shoc,e! my heart fi-e times with &o respo&se at all. The

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guar!s sai! to gi-e up as " was o'-iously !ea! a&! she tur&e! off the machi&e a&! loo,e! at the cloc, to chec,the time of !eath. (he tur&e! 'ac, to see that the light for the !efi'rillator was o& a&! it was rea!y to go agai&.(he me&tio&e! that she thought she ha! tur&e! that off a&! trie! o&e more shoc, $ust 'ecause it was rea!y togo. O& the sith try she shoc,e! my heart a&! got a fai&t pulse. " was rushe! to the hospital a&! put i&toi&te&si-e care where " remai&e! i& a coma till to e-eryo&es surprise " wo,e up from it. (he sai! she was ama?e!'ecause " was alrea!y getti&g col!.

This &urse ,ept as,i&g me what !i! " see as she ha! &e-er see& a&yo&e who was !ea! for so lo&g come 'ac,

from it a&! she ,&ew a'out &ear !eath eperie&ces a&! wa&te! for me to tell her somethi&g a'out the othersi!e. " saw &othi&g. " remem'ere! &othi&g. (he tol! me that " shoul!&#t e-e& 'e ali-e a&! the fact that " coul!wal, a&! tal, was a miracle that she ha! &e-er see& 'efore. " -owe! that whe& " got out of priso& " woul! &e-ergo 'ac,. A&! " &e-er !i!. The +i'le says a&gels will e&camp arou&! those who will o'tai& sal-atio&. This is true.

After " was later parole! from priso&% " got my first real $o' at twe&ty si years ol!. " met a la!y there a&! we'ega& to li-e together for the &et si years 'efore we got marrie! a&! my life got -ery sta'le. (he ha! agra&!mother who was &i&ety four years ol! a&! coul! &o lo&ger loo, after herself a&! she as,e! if we coul! ta,eher i& so she !i!&#t ha-e to go to a &ursi&g home. e too, her i& willi&gly a&! ga-e her lo-e a&! a goo! home.she was a church goi&g la!y a&! " su!!e&ly fou&! myself ta,i&g her to church o& (u&!ays a&! e!&es!aye-e&i&gs. er pastor use! to pic, her up a&! ta,e her to church u&til she ra& out of mo&ey to gi-e them. Thepastor a&! his wife woul! pic, her up a&! ta,e her to church. "t seeme! that my wifes gra&!mother was 'uyi&gthem thi&gs that they !esperately &ee!e! li,e a :6%000.00 fur coat a&! a 'ra&! &ew :20%000.00 Chrysler

=e'aro&. They ha! co&-i&ce! her that the =or! ha! sai! they &ee!e! these thi&gs. (he ga-e them ma&y moregifts that they sai! the =or! sai! she shoul! gi-e them% far too ma&y to me&tio&. (he was a wi!ower who reallyha! &othi&g a&! sa-e! her pe&sio& chec,s for thirty years. er last :9%000.00 she ga-e to the pastor for his tripto "srael as he sai! he coul!&#t affor! to go a&! he really wa&te! to go. This pastor a&! his wife li-e! i& the mostafflue&t &eigh'orhoo! we ha! i& the city i& which we li-e!% i& a house that coul! 'e !escri'e! as a ma&sio&.he& the pastor fou&! out that she &o lo&ger ha! a&y mo&ey he calle! her a 'ur!e& a&! refuse! to pic, her upfor church a&y lo&ger. That is whe& my wife a&! " 'ega& to ta,e her. he& people i& her church fou&! out thatwe were&#t Christia&s yet they 'asically a-oi!e! us a&! &e-er 'othere! to tell us a'out esus. he& her churchfrie&!s woul! come o-er to our house to -isit her they woul! treat us 'a!ly 'ecause we were&#t Jsa-e!# a&!agai& &o o&e tol! us a'out esus. " use! to liste& to this ol! gra&!mother pray for us 'efore 'e! a&! she woul!always go off i& a stra&ge la&guage that she &e-er e-e& u&!erstoo!% 'ut " ,&ew that there was somethi&gstra&ge goi&g o& i& her room at &ight !uri&g her prayers. (he coul! &o lo&ger rea! her 'i'le so she ga-e it to meo&e !ay a&! as,e! me to rea! it. " really was&#t i&tereste! i& rea!i&g it after all the crap we see& happe& to her

a&! to us i& her church. (he !ie! a year later. e -owe! to &e-er e&ter a church agai&.

" was still watchi&g the prophecies that " rea! a'out i& The =ate 5reat Pla&et /arth% 'ecomi&g fulfille! a&! it wasshoc,i&g to see a&! " 'ega& to reali?e that 5o! coul! possi'ly 'e real. " 'ega& to stu!y her ol! 'i'le with apassio& a&! 'ega& telli&g people a'out the prophecies a&! that it must mea& that 5o! is real. This we&t o& forthe &et fourtee& years a&! " got really goo! at associati&g prophecies with mo!er& &ews e-e&ts a&! usi&g themto reach people for 5o!. My mom a&! two of my sisters ga-e their hearts to the =or! 'ecause of these truthsa&! are &ow !eeply i&-ol-e! i& their churches. Other people ha-e 'ecome Christia&s whe& they ha! see& thetruth i& the 'i'le of who create! us a&! why. "& a worl! of alie&s a&! e-olutio& some people $ust &ee! a littletruth. "& the year 2002 we ha! a frie&! from where my wife wor,e! a&! her hus'a&! o-er for the after&oo& a&!she me&tio&e! somethi&g a'out prophecy a&! we $ust spe&t the after&oo& tal,i&g a'out 'i'le prophecies.

This la!y#s hus'a&! was a lot li,e me% tough a&! rough arou&! the e!ges% he li,e! !rugs a&! !ri&,i&g a&! ha!'ee& i& trou'le i& the past. e was stra&gely sile&t as " tal,e! to his wife a'out these prophecies all after&oo&.

After they ha! left " sai! to my wife that we woul! &e-er see him agai& 'ecause " !i!&#t thi&, he li,e! heari&ga'out that stuff. " was shoc,e! to a&swer the ,&oc, o& the !oor four mo&ths later to see that it was him a&! heha! a tape that he wa&te! us to see. e ha! gi-e& his heart to the =or! esus a&! it was a tape of his 'aptisma&! he wa&te! to share with us the life cha&ges that he ha! go&e through i& the last four mo&ths. e tol! us thathis wife a&! her mother were tyi&g to get through to him 'ut he woul! &ot recei-e a&y of it as it !i!&#t ma,ese&se to him. e sai! to hear it from me was shoc,i&g as he ,&ew my reputatio& for &ot ta,i&g a&y crap froma&yo&e. e were shoc,e! a&! somethi&g happe&e! to me that !ay. " was $ealous8 " ha! see& this ma&y times'efore whe& people lear&e! a'out prophecy as it was proof that 5o! eiste!. "t was e-i!e&ce for eter&al life.

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/-i!e&ce for eter&al !am&atio&. /-i!e&ce for esus8 " was $ealous of his 'ei&g 'aptise! a&! " su!!e&ly wa&te!to lear& more a'out esus rather the& $ust prophecies. " ha! su!!e&ly felt empty% where he ha! ,&ew life.

My wife a&! " -owe! to &e-er e&ter a church agai& after what we saw happe& to her gra&!mother. "f that waswhat 5o!s people were li,e we coul! !o without them. " felt wro&g after this meeti&g with that ma& who wascha&ge! 'y esus. " we&t i&to the 'i'le with a -e&gea&ce a&! lear&e! more a'out esus. ho he was a&! whyhe came here. " rea! a'out the gift of to&gues a&! remem'ere! my wifes gra&!mothers gift of to&gues as shepraye! for us 'ecause we too, her i& after her pastor too, her for e-erythi&g she ha! i& this worl!. e we&t to a

church that we hear! was the 'est i& the city a&! " was 'aptise! i& the water a&! " wa&te! to ser-e the =or! withe-erythi&g " ha! to offer. hich " woul! soo& fi&! out% was&#t much.

+ei&g that " grew up etremely poor " ha! &o music tale&ts to offer. There were &o music lesso&s for me. " ha!&e-er ,&ow& a church or a&y teachi&gs so agai& " ha! &o&e of that to offer. " ha! tattoos a&! " was too rougharou&! the e!ges to 'e accepte! to help i& a&y way. " was a& e co& a&! the people !i!&#t li,e that at all. Theyfou&! out 'ecause there was a cop i& the co&gregatio& who ,&ew me. hy was a guy li,e me goi&g to theirchurch7 " ha! gotte& ri! of my hate the worl! attitu!e prior to this a&! " saw a remar,a'le cha&ge come o-er methat was shoc,i&g8 " coul! actually lo-e people% 'ut there was &o accepta&ce for me there. " ma!e the mista,e ofspea,i&g of the 'i'les ma&y prophecies that lea! me to get sa-e! i& the first place a&! the people sure !i!&#tli,e heari&g a'out those8 "t was li,e they !i!&#t 'elie-e i& them. " ma!e the mista,e of tryi&g to get peoplei&-ol-e! i& lea-i&g the church to go see people i& the street a&! mi&ister to them as that is what " got from the'i'le we were suppose! to ma,e !isciples out of e-eryo&e. May'e " rea! it wro&g% 'ut to sit i& a church with the

!oors ope& 'ut &ot to i&-ite a&yo&e i& seeme! wro&g to me. " ma!e the mista,e of tryi&g to get people to lear&more a'out prophecies so they coul! use them to reach their u&sa-e! frie&!s a&! family a&! co wor,ers a'outthe truth of 5o!. "t ha! wor,e! for me i& the past a&! " thought it was fairly effecti-e as most people were tur&e!off of Christia&ity 'ecause of thi&gs they ha! see& a&! eperie&ce!. Prophecy was the proof 5o! ga-e us as tohis eiste&ce. he& " trie! to tal, to the hea! pastor a'out prophecies a&! how we coul! may'e use them toreach the lost souls% he calle! me preoccupie! with that stuff a&! " !i!&#t ,&ow what " was tal,i&g a'out. ewoul!&#t tal, to me after that. " guess he !i!&#t li,e me for tryi&g to cha&ge thi&gs.

This is where " must apologi?e to you people i& the church. "#m sorry. " apologi?e for thi&,i&g " ha! somethi&g tooffer i& your programs. After all you claim to try to help the !epresse! people with their pro'lems a&! yet " ,&owwhat it is li,e to put a rope arou&! my &ec, a&! try to !ie a&! e&! the sufferi&g. ow ma&y of you people ca&claim that7 " hear! you call the !epresse! people J!rai&ers#. They woul! !rai& you from heari&g a'out theirpro'lems. esus wa&te! you to help them. " apologi?e for 'ei&g too ?ealous i& a place of complace&cy. "apologi?e for tryi&g to get people to reach the lost souls arou&! them. " apologi?e for tryi&g to ma,e youu&!ersta&! thi&gs a'out prophecy that you shoul! ,&ow as 'ei&g 5o!s people% tools you shoul! 'e usi&g toreach the lost. " apologi?e for goi&g to priso& i& the first place 'ut with my up'ri&gi&g " really ha! &o other choice.Most of you people were raise! i& a church setti&g a&! you were&#t show& the thi&gs " was show&. )ou weretaught -alues a&! !iffere&t lesso&s tha& " was taught. )ou were e&courage! where " was o&ly !iscourage!. "was taught a&! show& hatre! while you were show& lo-e. " was taught a&ger a&! rese&tme&t a&! alcohol a'usea&! !rug a'use. " apologi?e for tryi&g to fit i&to your worl! whe& " clearly was&#t welcome i&to it.

"#m sorry.

" &ow sit alo&e with my family% afrai! to go to a church. " lost all my frie&!s whe& " got i&to esus. " coul!&#t ma,ea&y church frie&!s as " clearly was&#t their ,i&!. " apologi?e to you for tryi&g to 'e accepte! for who " was rathertha& who you wa&te! i& your worl!. " am tha&,ful that esus accepte! me for who " am rather tha& for who hewa&te! me to 'e. e will cha&ge me. " ,&ow why esus was always ma! at the religious people% as " &ow fi&!

myself ma! at them too. " &ow li-e agai& i& a worl! of 'itter&ess that " ha! at o&e time left 'ehi&! me. " ha-eactually ha! thoughts of suici!e agai& si&ce tryi&g to fit i&to the church a&! 'ei&g re$ecte!. +a! feeli&gs thatha-e come 'ac, si&ce 'ei&g re$ecte! 'y the church people. " o&ly thi&, of esus a&! his re$ectio& 'y the -erypeople he came to sa-e a&! it ma,es it easier to u&!ersta&!. e &e-er re$ecte! the !yi&g thief o& the cross'esi!e him. he &e-er re$ecte! the prostitute at the well. e &e-er re$ecte! a&yo&e for thier si&s% he welcome!them with ope& arms a&! lo-e a&! grace. " thought we were all suppose! to 'e li,e him. " thought we weresuppose! to welcome the lost with compassio& a&! lo-e rather tha& $u!geme&t a&! co&!em&atio&. " thought wewere suppose! to 'elie-e the 'i'le as the true wor! of 5o! a&! &ot $ust pic, out the thi&gs that we wa&t to'elie-e i&.

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Prophecy is a great tool to use to reach the lost i& our worl! of rei&car&atio& a&! e-olutio& a&! +u!!ha a&! allthe other false religio&s that we ha-e. "f Christia&s were half as ?ealous as Muslims are% this worl! woul! 'e awo&!erful place a&! far fewer people woul! wi&! up i& hell.

" apologi?e for thi&,i&g " ha! somethi&g to offer. " apologi?e for tryi&g to ma,e cha&ges i& your worl!. hat !o ",&ow7 After all "#m &ot as eperie&ce! as you guys are i& this thi&g. +ut " sure was ?ealous a&! willi&g to lear&."#m &ow re$ecte! a&! alo&e a&! i& what seems li,e a priso&% agai&8 Tha&,s% a&! "#m sorry.

eff

Are you on your knees yet?!

Ple$se he$r me. :f you $re p$rt of $ congreg$tion or e"en $ denomin$tion th$t h$s e"er; *V*!$cted li1e this to$rd A5<'5*; their blood is on <'C! he$dE *"en if you’re not the @p$stor youhelped build it $nd sust$in it by your fin$nci$l or physic$l support. :f e’re 'ne 7ody $nd A5< p$rt

of the 7ody is in p$in; shouldn’t e ALL be hurting9E Why $ren’t e9 Why $ren’t <'C9 Why $ren’tyou scre$ming for ch$nge9 Wh$t is it going to t$1e9

-o m$ny li1e +eff $re going to surf$ce on +udgement D$y $nd testify $g$inst you F$nd me9 Areyou re$lly so sure th$t +esus is going to o"erloo1 $ll the testimony of the people you’"e hurt Hustbec$use you ent don the $isle once $nd repe$ted $ little pr$yer9 :f you L'V* -:#; you’ll '7*<-:#E And -e s$id to le$"e the >> $nd go get the one lost sheep. And e’re 5'T doing it. :n f$ct; it’sthe V*!< LA/T thing e’re doingE And if one of the lost sheep h$ppens to sho up in @church ontheir on e T-!'W T-*# 'CTEE

/omething is V*!<; V*!< rong. :t’s got to stop 5'W. We’re running out of time.

Doug

P.. We emraced "eff and his family and # now count him as one of my closest friends. #$d rathergo to war with one man like him than a thousand suuranites with %&$s that have never felt pain!

*m$il from /$ndie &$n $ simple $pology re$lly lift oppressions9

ust wa&t to let you#all ,&ow " ga-e a copy of the Apology3 to a frie&! a'out a wee, ago. (he has'ee& e&sla-e! to pa&ic attac,s for ma&y ma&y years. (he has&#t e-e& 'ee& a'le !ri-e alo&e. (he was

-ery i&tereste! i& what she rea! i& Apology3 as she has !rea!fully a'use! 'y the system3. (he has'ee& tro!!e& o& a&! ma!e to feel li,e a &o'o!y. To!ay she pho&e! a&! sai! that 'ecause of whatshe rea!% she !eci!e! to ta,e a step i& faith guess what77 (he !ro-e% alo&e% 'y herself. O O itwas half a ,ilometre 'ut that is a gia&t step for her after so ma&y years. Apology3 is 'eari&g fruit ithas gi-e& courage to someo&e a&! she is &ow loo,i&g forwar! to a complete release a&! reco-ery."s&#t esus wo&!erful77 Tha&, you agai& Doug% for se&!i&g out such a hum'le a&! si&cere message.

(a&!ie






*m$il from 7rent 3orgi"eness comes A3T*! confession

Dear Doug%"t is with a 'ro,e& heart that " co&fess to you a&! a&y other that will hear my wor!s% that " am o&e ofthe wro&g!oers i& the worl!. (a!&ess fills my heart whe& " co&si!er the ways " offe&! the worl! withmy hypocracy% &ot the worl! o&ly% 'ut The =or! esus Christ especially. (ome of the thi&gs that " !oa&! say " !are &ot me&tio& e-e&. )our wor!s ha-e gi-e& me a stro&g remi&!er of those thi&gs that

really matter most% such as "&tegrity% O>OB TO 5OD a&! lo-e for TBGT. Mercy is my plea!. Theshe! 'loo! of Cal-ary is my &ee!. "t woul! 'e a real 'lessi&g to hear of others that ca& say that theytoo% ,&ow the truth a&! wa&t to wal, i& it. "f there really is a&y goo! i& me% it ca& o&ly 'e esus i& me."f there 'e a&y hope for me% it is i& forgi-e&ess.

+re&t

*m$il from D$"id $nd Debr$ !e$ching the oppressed

Dear +rother DougHust rea! your letter { Apology}. Three years ago% " was a Care pastorL =ife lea!er at a large Church. "thought " was !oi&g goo!% li-i&g a Christia& life. " ha! a goo! life% " ha! all " &ee!e!. +oy was " wro&g85o! calle! me to ope& a Missio& here i& Pell City% Ala'ama. My wife De'ra a&! " ha! $ust the mo&eyto pay the re&t% a&! co-er the cost for o&e mo&th. That was Oct. 2Kth% 2002. The Missio& offers foo!%clothes% shoe% a!!ictio& programs% +rea! Mi&istry% par, a&! street mi&istries% commu&ity +i'le stu!iesa&! (at. &ight ser-ices. Through Christ prayer we 'elie-e that oppressio& ca& 'e o-ercome8 "& thelast year a&! a half we ha-e see& 5o! free ma&y people. "t is A/(OM/ what 5o! ca& a&! will !o ifwe $ust let im use us to help others8 This is where most Churches are faili&g. They ha-e forgotte& theu&churche! a&! yes e-e& the oppresse! churche!.

=oo, arou&! you. (omeo&e &ee!s help. Beach out to them% 'y 'lessi&g others% you will 'e 'lesse!.Ope& your eart a&! let the oly (pirit wor,.

May 5o! 'less you% your family a&! mi&istry with mighty 'lessi&gs &ow a&! always. Ame&% Ame&.

Da-i!

+rother Perry% Ame&. "t#s a 'lessi&g to lear& of a&other 'rother who has come to terms with reality. " really feel li,epassi&g this alo&g to my pastor !a!% religious mom a&! other relati-es a&! frie&!s% a&! people " wor,e!with at a !e&omi&atio&al hea!Euarters @" ra& away from there...'ut it#s $ust li,e Christ sai! a'out how me&come to the Father 'ecause e !raws them. " !o&#t thi&, they are rea!y. " ca&#t throw pearls 'efore swi&e ha-e !o&e that 'efore to &o a-ail. They seem to $ust 'ecome more !etermi&e! to ,eep !oi&g what they are!oi&g. "t#s tough sitti&g 'y a&! watchi&g the ma!&ess.

+ut% tha&,s for ta,i&g the i&itiati-e to put your re-elatio& i& wor!s a&! prese&t it to others. People i& theworl! ,&ow who are hu&gry for 5o!% those e is !rawi&g% will recog&i?e it if we ha-e somethi&g they &ee!.

>o'o!y fools a&y'o!y i& that regar!...at least whe& we#re tal,i&g ge&ui&e hu&ger a&! ge&ui&e Christia&s. "feel for all of the people who ha-e 'ee& coerce!Lscare! i&to sayi&g a little prayer to recei-e Christ whe&they were &ot truly repe&ta&t. A&! " feel for those who were serious a'out accepti&g 5o!% 'ut the& were le!astray 'y false 'elie-ers who were i& it for themsel-es. Christ spo,e a'out that too -ery hea-y.

A&yway% 5o! 'less you 'rother as you 'egi& to li-e i& the life% peace a&! rest that e i&te&!e!.






)our letter was worth rea!i&g. My ,i!s wa&t &o part of churchia&ity...a&! truthfully% &either !o i. Thefellowship or stre&gthe&i&g of o&e a&other#s li-es seems to 'e the closest to Christ#s !irectio&. +ut e-erytime i hear of a&other program% i wa&t to -omit.

here are the people who will $ust ope& their homes a&! their hearts7 ho wa&t to spea, of &othi&g 'utesus a&! the i&g!om...who !o what e !oes% a&! say what e says....

" tha&, the =or! for e-ery poi&t of reality i& the mi!st of pai&% 'ut it has 'ee& pai& mostly of my ow& ma,i&g%a&! i &ee! my (a-ior.

Agai&% tha&, you%=ee

" $oi& you i& sorry.3 " forwar!e! your email to the el!ers of our church a&! to frie&!s a&! family. " wa&t toagree with you i& prayer that 5o! is merciful towar! us all if we repe&t. " too ha-e 'ee& sic,e&e! a&!!efrau!e! i& ma&y i&sta&ces where " ha-e put my trust i& lea!ership whose prime purpose was to 'uil!hisLher ow& ,i&g!om. +ut% " am remi&!e! of whe& the !isciples ra& to esus to tell them that @a&other(imo& was preachi&g i& the &ame of esus. esus# respo&se was% i& a wor!% =et him alo&e% the mai& thi&gis that he is preachi&g the gospel.3 (o% " trust that if a&! whe& the gospel comesLcame forth that it reache!

ma&y. e ha-e all 'ee& a !isappoi&tme&t to others i& the way we ha-e li-e! our li-es while represe&ti&gthe =or!N " truly repe&t. " pray we will ha-e wis!om a&! i&tegrity i& the truest form which is i& the form ofesus. " atte&! a fi&a&cially lea& little church i& the ills of Teas a&! 5o! is !oi&g miraculous thi&gs i& ourmi!stN mostly 'ecause ma&y are prayi&g a&! !esiri&g the si&cere meat of the or! a&! trust e-erythi&g toim as we grow i& faith a&! from glory to glory.

5o! +less.+..

i Doug" am i& agreeme&t with your letter. " ha-e tol! my chil!re& &ot to $u!ge Christ 'y Christia&s. There ha-e

'ee& rece&tly some eceptio&s to that rule.

A&other !issatisfie! follower A&!rea

TA> )OG% TA> )OG% TA> )OG8 (o ma&y others feel the same way a&! we ha-e 'ee&crucifie!3 'y the church fol,.3 " o&ce ha! a Pastor who 'ragge! o& 'ei&g li,e Paul of the >ew Testame&t%yet what he faile! to reali?e was that he &e-er ha! a roa! to Damascus3 eperie&ce% therefore his actio&sreflecte! more of (aul who ,ille! Christia&s a&! ho&estly 'elie-e! he was !oi&g 5o! a fa-or. +less you foryour sta&!. " too am sorry for what the Church has !o&e to si&&ers... &amely ,ept them away from Christwho truly lo-es them8

Ti&a

GOT/H "f you loo, at the worl! you#ll 'e !istresse!% if you loo, withi& you#ll 'e !epresse!% 'ut if you loo,at Christ% you#ll 'e at rest.3 Corrie Te& +oom






" $ust rea! your wo&!erful% 'eautiful gutsy letter to whom it may co&cer&. That is the o&ly way to 'e li,eesus8 e ha-e to li-e it. e are huma& imperfect 'ei&gs% 'ut o&e perso& at a time we ca& cha&ge thi&gs.

5o! +less%=i&!a

Doug Perry% tha&, you for the ho&esty i& this message. " agree with you totally. esus% @)ahshua Messiahwas &ot li,e most people sitti&g i& the pews a&! atte&!i&g Church3 o& (u&!ay% he was lo-e a&! lo-e! theu&pri-ile!ge!. e woul! &ot a&! !oes &ot appro-e of what the church3 has 'ecome to!ay. Agai&% tha&,you. )our sister i& esus%

Doug.............ust recei-e! a&! rea! your article% A& Apology to the orl!3. " ca&#t tell you how much "appreciate this. " starte! a& article some time ago of the same title 'ut coul!&#t ,eep the 'itter&ess a&!rese&tme&t out of it......so it still sits as a& u&fi&ishe! !raft. " tha&, you soooo much for your ge&tle&ess a&!,i&!&ess a&! much &ee!e! epressio& of apology to a worl! i& !ire &ee! that has 'ecome co&fuse! 'yreligiosity a&! churchia&ity which poses falsely u&!er the 'a&&er of Christ. Agai&% Tha&, you..........your'rother%

elly

Tha&, you for this apology...." a&! my part of the +o!y of Christ $oi& you i& 'oth the apology a&!repe&ta&ce a&! commitme&t to 'e more li,e /(G(.......may / fill us all !aily with the full&ess of"M(/=F a&! may we remai& Faithful a&! True always a'i!i&g i& "M........CB"(T i& us the OP/ of5=OB)....this has got to 'e our story........a&

Dear Doug%Tha&, you for writi&g this% what a 'lessi&g to hear that we are &ot the o&ly o&es thi&,i&g that esuswoul!&#t really recog&i?e the Church3 that we ha-e ma!e. A few years ago while i& a ser-ice the =or! let

me feel the !eep sorrow that e feels whe& we play church. "t was somethi&g that "#-e &ot tal,e! a'outmuch 'ut your letter -ery much epresses what e let me se&se that e-e&i&g. ell% tha&,s% ,eep o& thesame trac, a&! please ,&ow that if esus is truly =or! o-er us we will hear is -oice a&! more a&! more ofus will hear a&! more a&! more of us will come i&to that !eep fellowship a&! lo-e that e has cause! us togrow i&to.

+lessi&gs%De&&is

" totally ca& u&!ersta&! where you are comi&g from. " was so tur&e! off 'y my church 'ecause they !i! &otfollow scripture a&! were more worrie! a'out their 'uil!i&g a&! programs tha& they were a'out my &etmeal as a si&gle mother of 2 a&! &o place to call home. Our church ha! se-eral re&tal properties a&! "

&ee!e! a place to stay....after payi&g my tithes faithfully..." thought they woul! allow me to re&t. " wasas,e! this Euestio& if you ha! to choose 'etwee& payi&g your car &ote a&! re&t to the church which woul!you pay73 My reply was " woul! pay the car &ote si&ce that is what got me to a&! from wor,.......&ee!less tosay " was &ot gi-e& the opportu&ity to re&t. This is a huge church which !oes &ot &ee! the i&come from there&tal properties. " Euit goi&g there a&! ha-e !eci!e! to pay my tithes to people who &ee! the help% &ot thechurch. Tha&,s for putti&g it o& my le-el......5o! +less

oA&&e






" fou&! your apology i&teresti&g. Tha&,s for pe&&i&g it. " am forwar!i&g it o&to all my Joutofchurch# frie&!sa&! to those Ju&churche!# frie&!s.

" wo&!er what woul! happe& if " forwar!e! it o&to T+>.

e&&y

{Hmmm. Well, I can tell you, Jenny, it’s going to happen sooner or later! This is the word that needs to be spoen

and I’m not going to stop till as many people as possible hae heard it!"

ell that $ust totally roc,e! .... "#-e 'ee& apologi?i&g to ma&y fol,s o-er the last couple years myself ... i&fact me a&! my hu''y ha-e 'ee& ma,i&g a few wa-es si&ce we !eci!e! to follow what esus sai! a&! !i!... still wal,i&g it out though ... it#s awesome ... / rules8

+lessi&gs 5ayle

" agree with you 1004. " rece&tly rea! The ea-e&ly Ma&3 a&! u&!ersta&! the Chi&a situatio&. ow ca&we sit 'y e-ery!ay a&! see other huma&s star-i&g or without water. hat is wro&g with us7 Bece&tly werepe&te! also for the mo&ey we ha! spe&t o& oursel-es. =or! help us. e are with you all the way.

a&et

{I #ust $A%%&T recommend a boo more than 'The Heaenly (an)! I now a certain cra*y, radical, tae+no+

prisoners e+sinhead reialist that I sent a copy to who now thins he’s a big sissy compared to the $hinese

$hristians and -rother un! &rder it at www.-acToJerusalem.com "

O88 " $ust fou&! this we' site. " was 'rought to tears. My heart leape!. " reali?e! that what ha!happe&e! to me a&! what " ha! 'ee& feeli&g a&! thi&,i&g a'out church a&! a reformatio& was o& othersmi&!s a&! hearts also. " too ha-e 'ee& ri!iculle! for lea-i&g my church home of 16 years. " staye! u&till "coul! &ot @fight it a&y lo&ger....The spirit i& me was 'ei&g Eue&che! a&! grie-e!. O&ce " reali?e! that itwas i&!ee! 5o! who was calli&g me out " ha! &o choice 'ut to go. " ha-e ha! -isio&s for years of !iffere&tchurch...o&e with out walls...... " ,&ow that " as ma&y others am waiti&g for 5o! to ope& the !oor to the &ew

thi&g. "t is so close " ,&ow. " !o get lo&ely for fellowship with other 'elie-ers...'ut " am trusti&g i& my Fathera&! followi&g his lea!. 5o! +less you all.

Cecilia

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$ust rece&tly ha-e &otice! all of this...'ig hu'u' at our church that ma!e us lea-e@'asicallyH group of uswa&te! MOB/ of 5o! a&! the pastor a&! others sai! >ope....-ery sa! @for them...'ut i am happily o& my

$our&ey &ow...

wow..how DO we u&ra-el the hu&!re!s of years worth of 'uil!i&gs a&! programs that replace esus% the

(a-ior7" wa&t to 'e real..." wa&t to !o what the Father is !oi&g...

" wa&t my family to ta,e the (top% loo, a&! =iste&3 'rea, for esus a&! see where / is goi&g...a&! toss A== asi!e a&! Follow im.

tha&, you for your message8

Marya&&


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" $ust ha! to email you a&! tell you how much your article touche! my heart88888 "t is so true a&! we are allguilty88888 " ha-e see& it at all of our local churches888 May'e that is why they are hurti&g so 'a!ly for &ewmem'ers....."#m so sorry to say888 " ha-e forwar!e! your article to e-eryo&e o& my email list i& hopes thatwe ca& see the light a&! correct our ways88 5o! +less )ou888

oyce

Dear Mr. Perry%" ha-e $ust fi&ishe! rea!i&g your letter% a&! all " ca& say is &o truer wor!s ha-e e-er 'ee& spo,e&% howhorri'ly correct you are a&! how (AD it is to hear this truth. " !o try to ser-e the =or! with my whole heart%'ut regretfully some of the thi&gs you sai! hit me to the core% " sat here i& shame as " rea! your letter,&owi&g that " too am guilty. "& the !ays ahea! " pray " too ca& 'ecome A perso& esus ca& ho&estly use.

Mo&ica

" $ust ha! to email you a&! tell you how much your article touche! my heart88888 "t is so true a&! we are allguilty88888 " ha-e see& it at all of our local churches888 May'e that is why they are hurti&g so 'a!ly for &ewmem'ers....."#m so sorry to say888 " ha-e forwar!e! your article to e-eryo&e o& my email list i& hopes thatwe ca& see the light a&! correct our ways88 5o! +less )ou888 oyce

tha&, you i li-e i& a retireme&t commu&ity rece&tly% i -isite! a& ol! ma& almost K6 he is goi&g i& forserious surgery o& we!&es!ay whe& i we&t to tal, to him% he was afrai! that he woul! &ot get to hea-e&.he sai! that he ha! tur&e! !ow& $o's that the church wa&te! him to !o% etc. i as,e! him if he ha! a 'i'le he 'rought out a& ol! 'i'le ol! 'ut &ot -ery well rea! i le! him to rom. KH1 &o co&!em&atio& i& Christesus a&! o& to rom. 10 etc. he wrote the scriptures !ow& a&! we ha-e praye!. he is &ow at peace. iam a&gry that he ha! atte&!e! a church all his life a&! this was the e&! results. Fra&

5reat letter. "t really stuc, my heart. Please say a prayer for me for " am such a hypocrite.

Marc

Dear Doug% TA> )OGN " rea! your email which ha! 'ee& forwar!e! to me with great i&terest. As a &ewChristia& of 10 mths " fou&! your email to 'e pretty much o& the mar, as to what " 'elie-e the church isli,e to !ay. Most of what " see are stale Christia&s or $ust plai& thie-es8 (orry 'ut " to ca& 'e 'lu&t too. "'elo&g to a small church which is $ust 'egi&&i&g to come ali-e 'ut they are still far from the mar,. " ha-ehear! thi&gs sai! such as your o& fire &ow 'ut hey thatQll pass you will get o-er it8 hat a $o,e88 " we&t'ac, to wor,i&g i& a hotel as a +ou&cer a&! was co&!em&e! 'y ma&y Christia&s 'ecause a true Christia&

woul! &ot -isit let alo&e wor, i& a pu'. ell " ha-e ha! treme&!ous success i& pla&ti&g see!s% wit&essi&ga&! lea!i&g people from the pu' to Christ a&! " lo-e it. " am also i& the early stages of starti&g a mi&istrycalle! aime! at Belease! Priso&ers 'ut to e-e&tually cater for those 6 &ee!s outli&e! i& Mt 2; withi& thegreater commu&ity. " was so please to see that there is a cha&ge of heart comi&g a&! you were 'ra-ee&ough to lea! the way a&! put it out there for the worl! to rea!% +less you my frie&!. " say tha&, you agai&for " ,&ow " am still far from perfect 'ut !o &ot wish to 'elo&g a&! fit i& with that u&healthy -iew ofChristia&s that much of the u&reache! pu'lic has. Tha&, )ou a&! 5o! +less% 5raham

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ello Doug%" thi&, you are eactly right o& target with your comme&ts. " mar-el at how people spe&! mo&ey o& themsel-esfor ecee!i&gly foolish thi&gs. Bight &ow we are i& the mi!!le of the Christmas (hoppi&g (easo&3. Fra&,ly% "thi&, we ought to ta,e Christ RoutR of Christmas a&! &ame the it for what it really is >atio&al Commerce Day3.

" ca& really relate to your poi&ts i& your article. " grew up i& the Catholic church a&! right &ow there is a wa-e ofchurch closi&gs !ue to a shortage of priests. (o what !oes the hea!Euarters !o7 They close two churches a&!'uil! a 'ra&! &ew multimillio& !ollar o&e. The church my pare&ts atte&! is goi&g to 'e mergi&g with a smallero&e. "t woul! 'e easy for them to put a& a!!itio& o& the larger church to house e-eryo&e with mi&imal cost. +ut&o they will 'e 'uil!i&g a huge &ew o&e four miles !ow& the roa!.

he& " first 'ecame a Christia&% 5o! too, me o& a circular route. " $oi&e! the orl!wi!e Church of 5o! @which isthe church er'ert Armstro&g starte!. e pai! o&e tithe o& our gross i&come to meet the church#s &ee!s% the&a seco&! tithe to ,eep the Feast of Ta'er&acles @with the ecess cash !o&ate! to the church% a&! e-ery thir!year there was a thir! tithe for the wi!ows a&! poor. " mar-el at how the mo&ey @pea, i&come for the church wassomethi&g li,e :1K0%000%000 i& o&e year was $ust sEua&!ere! mi&!lessly. " woul! hate to 'e some of thelea!ers of the church o& u!gme&t Day. They will ha-e some ecee!i&gly har! Euestio&s to a&swer.

"& all fair&ess% the C5 has u&!ergo&e some serious !octri&al reforms i& the past te& years a&! are &ow

co&si!ere! to 'e mai&stream. )et " still see them spe&!i&g mo&ey to !o e-a&geli?atio& 'ut " !o&#t see a&yresults. "f a perso& ha! to measure the spiritual rate of retur&3 o& their fi&a&cial i&-estme&t it might e-e& 'e&egati-e.

" felt a &ee! to gi-e my support to somethi&g that coul! use it 'etter. The past few years " ha-e 'ee& helpi&g tosupport the local C(> ra!io statio&. @"t is affiliate! with Cal-ary Chapel. "t seeme! far 'etter to support someo&epreachi&g the wor! of 5o! chapter 'y chapter% -erse 'y -erse tha& to support the i!eas of ma&. )et e-e& here% "wo&!ere! how ma&y people were actually liste&i&g to the statio&. "t is a& ecelle&t mea&s of teachi&g thosealrea!y i& the faith% 'ut how ma&y &ew people is it reachi&g7

(o the& " starte! loo,i&g to support i&!i-i!uals who " ,&ow ha-e &ee!s. There is a& el!erly ge&tlema& from ourchurch who was ha-i&g fi&a&cial pro'lems. )ears ago he was almost ,ille! whe& a !ru&, !ri-er slamme! i&tohis car early o&e mor&i&g whe& he was goi&g to wor,. "t was -ery har! for him to wor, after that. They sol! theirfarm to support themsel-es. "t is ama?i&g to me that for all the mo&ey the church hea!Euarters collects% that they

are u&a'le to help people li,e these.

" am really co&-icte! of the -alue of supporti&g groups li,e 5ospel for Asia. " ha-e hear! of them i& the past% 'utu&til rece&tly% " ha-e &ot loo,e! i&to them. "f a perso& woul! gi-e 104 of their i&come to 5FA for the purpose of'uyi&g +i'les a&! gospels a&! other appropriate materials to reach the lost it staggers the imagi&atio& whatthey might 'e a'le to !o with it. /-e& if each o&e of their missio&aries woul! o&ly co&-ert a few people a&! theywoul! start $ust o&e small church that is a& ecee!i&gly more fruitful way to promote 5o!s# i&g!om tha& 'ygi-i&g to the orga&i?atio&s " ha-e i& the past. ' www.A.org *

"t is ama?i&g to me how 'ig churches spe&! their mo&ey. The most promi&e&t megachurch i& our area is+aysi!e Christia& Fellowship i& 5ree& +ay% ". " we&t to their ser-ices o&ce. They ha-e a& au!itorium that ca&seat 1200 people. "t is -ery &ice i&si!e with T* cameras a&! pro$ectio& scree&s to see the musicia&s up closewhile they perform% ect. O&e of the 'ig thi&gs the pastor was tal,i&g a'out was a 'uil!i&g pro$ect. (eems thatthey are pretty full o& their two ser-ices o& (u&!ay mor&i&g. +ei&g !um'% " as,e! the foolish Euestio& of why

they $ust !i!&#t ha-e a thir! ser-ice i&stea! of payi&g millio&s to !o a& a!!itio&. " guess that was a !um'Euestio&. Also whe& " was there% they were prayi&g for fi-e people who were goi&g to a foreig& cou&try for twowee,s to !o missio& wor,. "t $ust !i!&#t ma,e se&se to me. For what it woul! cost to fly these people halfwayarou&! the worl! for two wee,s to !o what7 They !i!&#t ,&ow the la&gauge.

" woul! $ust li,e to e&courage you to co&ti&ue your we'site. There are people li,e me out here who !o rea! ita&! are sayi&g Bight O&3. "t is surprisi&g to me that 5o! has 'ee& patie&t with our cou&try as lo&g as e has.e certai&ly are &ot !oi&g what we ought to 'e !oi&g. " will forwar! your we'site to our pastor a&! tal, to hima'out it. im


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*m$il 3rom /$ndie 'ut of @&hurch $nd Groing Li1e &r$y

Dear Doug Perry%Tha&, you (O much for epressi&g my frustratio& with the church. This is why " left the system3 almostthree years ago. The wor!s !i! &ot match the !ee!s% there was &o lo-e or reachi&g out to those that&ee!e! to 'e reache!% there was &o compassio& for those who were sufferi&g. "t was $ust o&e 'ig comfort?o&eN a happy 'lessme3 clu'% -ery much a cliEue a&! " !i! &ot fit i&. My heart ache! to see the ha&!s of

esus @through us reachi&g out to the commu&ity arou&! us i&stea! of sitti&g o& chairs for hours a&!hours% or !a&ci&g arou&! ha-i&g a goo!3 time i&stea! of gi-i&g some esus $oy to those that &ee!e! to 'euplifte!. The church seems to ha-e 'ecome a'out self3 &ot esus. "t spea,s of prosperity @mo&ey.Fi&a&cially " ha-e -ery little% 'ut co&si!er myself prosperous 'ecause of what " ha-e i& 5o!. " woul!&#tswop my relatio&ship with im for all the mo&ey i& the worl!. e is my treasure. e is the most preciousgem " ha-e e-er gai&e! a&! / !i! it all &ot me.

e 'rought me to imself i& a most !y&amic way whe& " was alo&e i& my ow& home a&! si&ce the& " ha-efollowe! im for 1I years. The church taught me &ot to gi-e to others 'ut to itself a&! it seems so wro&g. "met with more a&imosity a&! !isli,e i& the church system tha& " e-er !i! whe& " was i& the worl!3. " wastheir worship lea!er% their o&ly worship lea!er% yet whe& " co&tracte! p&eumo&ia a&! was sic, at home foralmost a year &o'o!y pho&e! to see how " was or -isite! me. " was &ot rese&tful " $ust coul! &otu&!ersta&! why they were so a&gry. " !i! &ot as, to 'e ill. "& retrospect " see that it was 5o!#s way of

getti&g me out of there. The pastor is still a&gry with me. " &e-er we&t 'ac, whe& " reco-ere!. As there is&o other /&glish spea,i&g church &ear me " ha-e staye! at home a&! ,ept close to my =or! through isor!% is music% tapes a&! 'oo,s. " ha-e !isco-ere! a whole &ew perspecti-e of 5o! a&! it is &othi&g li,ethat which is preache! o& a (u&!ay from a pulpit. " ha-e !isco-ere! that e lo-es me $ust as " am% &ot aspeople wa&t me to 'e. " ha-e !isco-ere! that " am truly u&iEue% that e ma!e me that way for is gloriouspurpose. " 'elie-e that e is ge&tly urgi&g me i&to that purpose e-ery !ay of my life u&til " go to 'e with imfore-er.

" ha-e !isco-ere! that " will &ot go to ell $ust 'ecause " slip up with a 'a! wor! &ow a&! agai&% 'ecausethat is the ol! ma&3 i& me that / is u&co-eri&g i& me so that / ca& get it out of me a&! that " !o&#tha-e to ha-e people shouti&g i& my face tryi&g to !eli-er3 me. " ha-e !isco-ere! that e is */B) ge&tlewith the way e sets me free from stuff that 'i&!s me. A>D " ha-e !isco-ere! that is lo-e is so *A(T

a&! 'eautiful a&! compassio&ate a&! u&!ersta&!i&g. That is the most precious thi&g that e u&!ersta&!sme% that e ,&ows me i&si!e a&! out a&! still lo-es me i& spite of myself. " &e-er lear&t that whe& " was i&the church. " ha-e !isco-ere! that e lets me ,&ow whe& e !isappro-es of somethi&g% a&! e !oes it i&such a lo-i&g way. A>D " ha-e fou&! that e lea!s me where e wa&ts me to 'e i& a much clearer waytha& " eperie&ce! whe& the church3 ha! its fi&ger i& my face.

" ,&ow of Euite a few people li,e me who are outofthesystem3 'ut lo-e 5o! so much. They are si&cere%warm a&! lo-i&g totally !iffere&t to what " perso&ally eperie&ce! i& the church system3. " 'elie-e that5o! has a special pla& for us if we woul! o&ly stop% a&! liste&. " 'elie-e that e is goi&g to !irect us i&tois path a&! is way of lo-i&g a&! gi-i&g. " am &o lo&ger worrie! a'out what people thi&, " am happy togo where-er my =or! ta,es me a&! !o whate-er e wa&ts me to !o. " am &o lo&ger feeli&g co&!em&e!'ecause " !o &ot go to church3. oul!&#t it 'e great to see the walls come !ow& a&! the church i& thestreets $ust as esus was touchi&g li-es% cha&gi&g li-es% lo-i&g others $ust as 5o! lo-es us..... "F o&ly we

coul! stop 'ei&g so selfish a&! selfce&tre!.

5o! 'less you for ha-i&g the courage to spea, out what is i& my heart% a&! the hearts of the frie&!s 5o!has gi-e& to me. ith lo-e i& esus%

(a&!ie

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Ple$ 3rom A #ission$ry 5$me Withheld Due To -er -umility{response to “Apology to the World” that was forwarded to her by email}

" am so grateful that someo&e is sayi&g thisat last8 As a missio&ary wife% " came home from years o& apio&eer fiel! i& great &ee! of rest% goo! foo!% me!ical help a&! accepta&ce from people other tha& thosewho wa&te! to thrust me upo& a platform to spea, a'out% Missio&s.3 Coul!&#t " $ust o&ce say somethi&ga'out how 'eastly har! it was tryi&g to raise a chil! amo&g poiso&ous s&a,es% scorpio&s% croco!iles% ma&

eati&g mo&itor li?ar!s i& the fro&t yar!% &o frie&!s for him% 'ei&g his school teacher a&! (u&!ay (choolteacher a&! o&ly compa&io&% a&! a hus'a&! who was so co&sume! with% the wor,%3 that he ha! &o timefor us7 A&! " 'elie-e! that was the proper way for him to 'e8 " !o&#t critici?e this. " &e-er tal,e! a'out themillio&s of roaches i& my house% a'out putti&g my chil! to sleep 'y sayi&g% +e -ery Euiet% a&! you will hearthe rats come i&to the house%3 +oth my chil!re& are i& ea-e& &ow. " &e-er spo,e of thi&gs we ha! to eat%how thi& a&! ill we all 'ecame% of sleepi&g i& -illages with 'e! 'ugs crawli&g all o-er us% with pigs i& pe&si& the ,itche&% of -omiti&g a&! !iarrhea lasti&g up to a year% of 'ei&g K0 miles from me!ical help% a -eryhar! K0 miles. " &e-er tal,e! of a&y of this. " tal,e! of people 'ei&g sa-e!% churches 'ei&g esta'lishe!%el!ers 'ei&g or!ai&e!% e-a&gelists raise! up 'y 5o! who were faithfully ser-i&g im without pay for yearsa&! years. +ut Oh% =or!% is&#t there someo&e who will $ust care a'out me as a perso&7 " trie! to eat at allthe feasts i& my ho&or% ta,e& from church to church a&! show& offN emotio&ally% " felt as if " were a rui&. "remem'er wal,i&g towar! home for fi-e hours at a time% sleepi&g i& a -illage% a&! getti&g up agai& to !omore wal,i&g% while ha-i&g malaria. " !i!&#t spea, of this either. They wa&te! to hear a'out success% &ot

'e!'ugs% &ot s&a,es% &ot scorpio&s a&! &e-er rats i& the house% a&! &e-er !iscourageme&t a&! ill&ess. Atthe meeti&gs were " was feature! as a spea,er% " smile! a&! ha! my picture ta,e&. O&ce% while i& thiscou&try% " was gi-e& some 'lac, $am that someo&e ha! put up a&! store! i& their 'aseme&t for ma&yyears. Missio&aries ca& eat a&ythi&g%3 " was tol!. Oh yes% a&! it was almost true. " tha&,e! her for it% 'ut!i!&#t eat it.

O&ce% " tol! those o& my maili&g list that my hus'a&! was twice heale! of -ery 'a! malaria attac,s i& which" feare! for his life. The church gathere! to pray% a&! my hus'a&! wal,e! out of his room% cool a&! well.O&e church !isco&ti&ue! our support 'ecause they co&si!ere! us Pe&tecostals from that time o&war!. "thought% si&fully% ell if he ha! !ie!% perhaps they woul! ha-e remai&e! frie&!s with me a&! it woul! ha-esuite! their !octri&e 'etter.3

"#m $ust gla! someo&e is spea,i&g out co&cer&i&g the fat% wealthy church i& America. +ut " might as,% "sthis really the true church7 "s this all there is here7 Are there &o&e who are ge&erous% u&selfish% lo-i&g a&!ha-e the (pirit of 5o! i& them7 "s there &o true church i& this cou&try7 e ha-e 'ee& loo,i&g for such aplace for a lo&g time.

" am u&well &ow% a&! coul! 'e sai! to 'e el!erly a&! " !o&#t !o much 'eyo&! prayi&g a&y more. My !ear%whitehaire! hus'a&! is still a missio&ary who wi&s souls% a&! tries to teach them a&! support these &ewli-es i& Christ% gi-i&g them +i'les a&! other materials% a&! correspo&!s with them. e thi&, we ha-e fou&!a church where the pastor is a hum'le% i&tellige&t ma&N the co&gregatio& is a mie!race group% which "li,e. A& i&tellige&t% +lac, woma& is the o&ly a!ult (u&!ay (chool teacher% a&! yes% me& sit i& her class%gratefully appreciati&g herN the class is large. As a rule% we are u&a'le to stay for that. My hus'a&! is still atireless e-a&gelist% 'ut he has time for me &ow.

5o! 'less you a&! may your tri'e i&crease8

"& Christ#s lo-e%

@A missio&ary

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#y &omment$ry on @Ple$ from $ #ission$ry

A+,,,,!!!!

This could be my #omE F-$d she not died of c$ncer $fter e c$me b$c1 to the /t$tes. : li"ed themission$ry life $s $ 1id; : underst$nd this. : h$d to 7*G this de$r seet $rrior of God to let mepublish this so you could see this. : couldn’t h$"e ritten $nything $s con"ictingE

Listen; you c$n’t send out $d"$nce troops to do b$ttle $nd e8pect them to succeed ith no$mmunition; no supplies $nd no b$c1up. !e$d +udges )%. When Gideon’s (00 ent out to fight,60;000 #idi$nites ith $ torch in one h$nd $nd $ trumpet in the other the other (,;%00 th$tcouldn’t h$c1 it got to st$y home; but they L*3T ALL T-*:! /TC33 7*-:5DE /o the (00 h$denough pro"isions for (2;000EE T-AT is ho G'D does b$ttleE Those illing to go l$y don theirli"es for +esus should h$"e ,00 T:#*/ their on needs so th$t they c$n feed $ny ho $re hungry$nd gi"e drin1 to $ny ho $re thirsty.

A5D /T'P #A=:5G T-*# &'#* -'#* A5D D' /L:D* /-'W/EEE L'V* '5 T-*# W:T-*V*!<T-:5G :5 <'C A5D 7* G!AT*3CL G'D D:D5’T /*5D -% T' D' :TEE And if -e D:D sendyou to do it $nd you’re trying to hide from it then you oe these people TW:&* $s muchEE

/T'P C/:5G T-*# T' #A=* <'C! /TAT/ L''= G''D A5D *A/* <'C! &'5/&:*5&*E These$re WA!!:'!/E Tre$t them li1e it $nd gi"e them the pro"isions they need ithout m$1ing themstop e"erything $nd come entert$in <'C e"ery four ye$rsE

T$1e the 7entleys $nd #ercedes $$y from the f$t c$t p$stors; sell them off $nd gi"e the money tothe front line $rriors th$t $re :##C5* to the lo"e of moneyE :f you’re illing to t$1e your 1ids to goli"e in $ Hungle $ fi"e hour $l1 from help :’m Hust /C!* : c$n trust you ith moneyE :f you h$"e $million doll$r house; : gott$ onder.

We Hust don’t h$"e time for this $nymoreEE Who is running this $r9E

Doug

#usic$l :nterlude 3eel free to sing $long

/his is my commandment that you love one another0 that your 1oy may e full./his is my commandment that you love one another0 that your 1oy may e full.

/hat your 1oy may e full. /hat your 1oy may e full./his is my commandment that you love one another0 that your 1oy may e full.

Very good. :t’s re$lly $ll "ery simple; isn’t it9

5o ... /T'P te$ching this song to your 1ids if you’re not going to li"e itEE <ou’re Hust confusing themE

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5*GAT:V* *m$ils from the Apology To The World!and some resonses"

The "ery first serious fl$ming m$d em$ilE of m$ny to come.

(halom. +aru,h atah ashem% /loy,ay&u% mele,h haolam.

(pea, for yourself. " ,&ow &o true Christia&s who !o a&y of those thi&gs. " ca& o&ly wo&!er what ,i&! ofChristia&s you ,&ow. Try loo,i&g at the tra!itio&al churches a&! &ot wac,y Protesta&t churches with &oroots or real 'eliefs. " !o&#t ,&ow what your moti-atio& is% 'ut if you are tryi&g to !amage the &ame ofChristia&ity% you are succee!i&g. "f you are attempti&g to 'e satirical% you are faili&g !ismally.

Do&#t $u!ge all Christia&s 'y yourself a&! your circle of acEuai&ta&ces. hat you say is a total i&sult to thema$ority of Christia&s a&! o&ly true of prosperity !octri&e sects. "t is the worst !ri-el " ha-e e-er rea!% e-e&from Protesta&t fu&!ame&talists. "f you seriously imagi&e that a&yo&e is goi&g to 'e i&tereste! e&ough torea! all that -er'iage% you are grossly flatteri&g yourself. >o &o&Christia& is% a&! &ot ma&y Christia&s.

" certai&ly will &ot 'e comi&g to hear you spea,% if your spo,e& message is as gro-elli&g as your email%which " thi&, is li,ely to tur& people right off Christia&ity.

ust who !o you thi&, you are% to put !ow& millio&s of Christia&s a&! set yourself up as $u!ge% the o&lyperso& with a&y pri&ciples 7 )our co&ceit is 'eyo&! 'elief. umility is &ot a wor! with which you appear to'e familiar.

A&! Jchurchia&ity# is &ot a wor!N it is &o&se&se.

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A&&a%" A( spea,i&g for myself. "t#s M) apology.

/ither we#re O>/ 'o!y or we#re &ot. "f we are% the& we#re faili&g misera'ly. There is &o other way to loo, atit. Across the totality of what we call Christia&ity3 i& the est there is &egati-e growth a&! MGC !amageto ma&y% ma&y li-es.

"f you thi&, )OGB sect is u&i-ersally 'ei&g effecti-e a&! !oi&g the right thi&g% the& you sta&! accuse! ofha-i&g separate! off i&stea! of tryi&g to heal the +o!y. /-e& those !oi&g the right thi&g shoul! ha-e put astop to this soo&er.

Put your hea! i& the sa&! if you li,e% 'ut there is u&argua'le statistical a&! !emographic e-i!e&ce thatthere is a massi-e mo-eme&t AA) from the churches across &early all !e&omi&atio&s. There are o-er20%000%000 wil!er&ess Christia&s3 i& America that are worshippi&g 5o! o& their ow& 'ecause church3 istoo toic for them.

The time has come for someo&e to a!mit the truth. This is >OT the way esus wa&te! it. e#-e segme&te!O>/ +OD) up i&to thousa&!s of !e&omi&atio&s a&! sects. The worl!3 sees how messe! up it is. "t seemsli,e the most ho&est thi&g is to $ust a!mit it. The& the heali&g ca& 'egi&.

"f what " ha-e to say a&! my moti-atio& for !oi&g it is of ma&3 the& it will surely fail. "f it is of 5o!3 the&there is &o stoppi&g it. " guess you#ll get to sit 'ac, a&! smugly watch to see what happe&s. Mea&while% mea&! a&y'o!y else willi&g are goi&g to go try to get people focuse! 'ac, o& esus% i&stea! of the ma&ma!esystems a&! structures we create! without im. Doug






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3irst; if somebody ould li1e to tr$nsl$te the -ebre for me; th$t’s be nice. 5ot my thing.

/econd; W''-''EEEE The more $ngry they get; the more e’re prob$bly s$ying things th$t

m$1e them uncomfort$bleE +esus s$id there ould be persecution. This is Hust the "ery; "eryst$rt of it. There ill be #C&- $nger.

Third; see ho @roots $re so import$nt to her9 Tr$dition; history; structure; etc. seems toimp$rt legitim$cy. The older the denomin$tion; the more True9 -mmmm.

&$n you see the h$te for Protest$nts9 The $bsolute sense th$t they $re stupid rednec1s th$t$re muc1ing it up for the @re$l religions9

'h; PLC/ it’s Hust b$d logic. :f nobody is going to re$d it; : c$n’t h$rdly be c$using $nyd$m$ge; no c$n :9

Another 'ne Cnsigned

"t#s goo! to say what we are&#t suppose! to 'e% 'ut where is the sta&!ar! of what we AB/ suppose!to 'e. That is the mar, of a true prophet8

Are we &ot !oi&g a&ythi&g right7 Di! esus imself as well as Paul say that we were to get somerewar! from followi&g im7 " thi&, so888

>ot e-eryo&e is CA==/D to 'e a martyr i& the se&se of li-i&g !estitute for the i&g!om. +ig churchesofte& are !oi&g more tha& small churches. A&! sometimes you !o ha-e to loo, at the perce&tages aswell as the i&ta&gi'le assets.

Most Christia&s are &ot li-i&g that much !iffere&t from the worl! +/CAG(/ that "( the worl! they li-ei& a&! that is O they reach others.

Ca& we !o more7 Always8 ust li,e we ca& always pray more so what is the sta&!ar!.

" get tire! of 'ei&g put !ow& 'y the self righteous who gi-e &o sta&!ar!s for me to say% May'e " amo& the right trac,83

The worl! is &ot $ust the poor guy o& the street cor&er we shoul! help him% 'ut the worl! is the worl!8 A&! we are to reach it. There are a lot of mi&istry styles " li,e a&! ma&y " !o&#t. +ut guess what% whe&you ta,e a poll% &ot e-ery o&e#s tastes a&! styles are the same. Do&#t factor that out.

Ma&y are !oi&g MGC MOB/ tha& you are gi-i&g them cre!it for. Do we &ee! to wor, o& it7 (ure8+ut cha&ge comes 'y is (pirit. >ot 'y $ust a&other -oice of authority that critici?es e-eryo&e else.






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First% that letter was to the orl!3 >OT to the church. That was a& APO=O5)% &ot purely a lectureo& what the B"5T thi&g is.

(eco&!% that other stuff you#re as,i&g a'out is o& the we'site a&! more is comi&g.www.FellowshipOfTheMartyrs.com . Particularly see the Declaratio& of ar a&! the +attle Pla&.

This is a 'ig pro'lem% we#re &ot goi&g to fi it i& o&e email% particularly a& email that was&#t aime! at)OG.

Prophets !o&#t co&si!er i&!i-i!ual cases. osea !i!&#t say $ust the 'a! o&es are goi&g i&to capti-ity3./-ery'o!y sta&!s co&!em&e!% i&clu!i&g the righteous rem&a&t that shoul! ha-e 'ee& tryi&g har!er tostop the 'lee!i&g.

"f we#re O>/ +o!y% the& we &ee! to loo, at our success or failure i& those terms. e ha-e slice! the'o!y up i&to 99%000 sectio&s. >ecessary a&! compleme&tary orga&s are&#t tal,i&g to each other.+loo! is&#t flowi&g to the etremities. e#re !yi&g. There#s &o other co&clusio&.

>o'o!y is sayi&g martyrs are to 'e !estitute. here#! you get that7 e are to offer our 'o!ies asli-i&g sacrifices% we are to 'e willi&g to crucify little pieces of oursel-es e-ery!ay% we are to grow upi&to im who is the ea!% we are to pour oursel-es out as a !ri&, offeri&g so that / ca& 'e poure!i&. That#s the &ature of martyr!om. A&! /*/B) (">5=/ Christia& shoul! 'e willi&g to !o so that#sour spiritual act of worship comme&surate with the mercy e#s show& us. "t#s all there i& Boma&s 12.

A perso& that says they are a Christia& 'ut that is&#t willi&g to !o so is sayi&g that they are&#t willi&g to+/ li,e Christ% 'ut are willi&g to use is &ame. They shoul! 'e e&courage! or else ig&ore! 'ut &e-erma!e a lea!er.

Ta,e a loo, arou&! the we'site 'efore you !ismiss it so easily. This is the wor! that &ee!s to 'espo,e&.

Doug

#ore &riticism from Al

" rea! most of the articles o& your we' site to!ay.

a-e you e-er as,e! yourself why you ta,e up -arious causes7 hat is your true moti-e7

)ou will pro'a'ly ha-e to as, esus to eplai& to you% your real moti-es. "t is&#t what first leaps to yourmi&!. "f you get the real a&swer% it will 'e a& awa,e&i&g. "t will 'e the first step i& a lo&g roa! to!isco-er yourself. (omethi&g that is -ital to a !eeper relatio&ship with 5o!.

Almost all of your co&clusio&s a&! opi&io&s come from the mi&! of reaso&. They are superficial'ecause they !o &ot !eal with the real forces that shape this worl!. "&stea!% the opi&io&s are 'ase!upo& huma& u&!ersta&!i&g.

oh&% i& Euoti&g esus% sai! that worship of 5o! must 'e i& spirit a&! truth. Do&#t gloss o-er the!y&amics of that co&cept. hat !oes it mea& to worship i& truth7 @+y the way% o&ly oh& ma,es thisEuote.

Al






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i Al%>ow% please u&!ersta&!% " mea& this i& the most lo-i&g possi'le way.

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" ha-e &o i&te&tio& of tryi&g to !isco-er3 myself8 "& fact% " !o&#t e-e& wa&t there to 'e a&y of myself3left. " tur&e! it all o-er to 5o! a&! sai! "#! !o whate-er e wa&te! a&! this is what " got. "#m $ust tryi&gto 'e o'e!ie&t e-ery !ay.

"f the argume&ts seem superficial it#s 'ecause the people ha-e 'ee& !um'e! !ow& so much that wereEuire reme!ial e!ucatio&. "t#s &ot e&ough to $ust tal, a'out the eter&al struggle 'etwee& goo! a&!e-il that happe&s 'ehi&! the sce&es. People &ee! to see the co&seEue&ces of that warfare i& the&atural3. e ca& see the si!e effects of the warfare i& the curre&t pitiful state of the -isi'le church @asa whole. "#m poi&ti&g out the !amage cause! i& the &atural 'y us ha-i&g ig&ore! the super&atural.

Other tha& that% "#m &ot e-e& sure what you#re tryi&g to say. There#s a !iffere&ce 'etwee& ,&owle!gea&! wis!om. "#m tryi&g to i&flict maimum !amage o& the e&emy i& as short a time as possi'le. That#sgoi&g to reEuire rallyi&g those alrea!y prepare! a&! trai&i&g those who are willi&g 'ut gree&. ThatreEuires wis!om. "#m a sol!ier followi&g the 'attle pla& as lai! out 'y my Comma&!er. " !o&#t ha-etime for too much thi&,i&g that#s what got us i&to this mess.

" $ust !o&#t see it as 'ei&g that complicate!. Ac,&owle!ge im% su'mit% 'eg to hear is -oice as clearas you ca&% repe&t% hear what e wa&ts a&! 5O DO "T the& gi-e im alo&e the cre!it. "t#s all i& the=or!#s Prayer.

" am what " am 'ecause / ma!e me. " ha-e /BO !esire to !el-e i&to the mystery that is me3. " $ust!o as "#m tol!. Doug

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Tha&,s for your reply. G&fortu&ately% it was what " ha! epecte!. +ut% " was hopi&g otherwise.

"t is so sa! that ofte& those who 'elie-e they are !oi&g somethi&g for the =or!% !o&#t really u&!ersta&!the !eceptio& they are u&!er. hat#s eEually sa! is that !eceptio& has ma&y le-els a&! it will $ustifyitself.

>e-er are the !ecei-e!% so !ecei-e!% as whe& it i&-ol-es religious matters8

Al

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(orry% Al.

5otta !o what " gotta !o. /ither it#s 5o! tal,i&g to me or it#s &ot. "f it#s of ma& it#s go&&a fail a&ywaya&! you ca& smugly watch me go !ow& i& flames. "f it#s of 5o!% fol,s pro'a'ly ought to thi&, twice'efore fighti&g agai&st it. 5oo! a!-ice from 5amaliel. @Acts ;H999<

ish " coul! slow !ow& to argue it all out with you% 'ut "#m fighti&g a war here. " guess "#ll $ust ta,e mycha&ces at the fi&al $u!geme&t. Doug






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Listen fol1s; this is the lie from the pit. @3igure yourself out. 3ind your inner purpose. Wh$t’syour moti"$tion9 Wh$t m$1es you tic1.

#ost of this em$il : c$n’t e"en m$1e sense of. 7ut :’m Hust 5'T going to get suc1ered into itE

We’re to be $ li"ing s$crifice F!om. ,2. The /A&!:3:&* itself doesn’t get to decide A5<T-:5G.The s$crifice l$ys there on the $lt$r $nd G'D decides h$t to do ith us. :f e turn o"ere"erything; -e ill "ery Kuic1ly help us to /T'P &'53'!#:5G T' T-* W'!LD; then -e illtr$nsform us by the reneing of our minds; so th$t e c$n 1no -:/ ill $nd D' :T. Th$t’s $llthere is to it.

D'5’T get suc1ered into these fightsE <'C! person$l @purpose doesn’t m$tter $ flying fig.3ind out h$t G'D $nts $nd then D' :T. 5o more messing $round ith psychob$bble.

Another !esponse 3rom 7ri$n

hile " u&!ersta&! your i&te&tio&s% this ,i&! of stateme&t% &o matter how true some facts may 'e% i& thee&!% rarely 'ri&gs a'out a&ythi&g other the& a moc,i&g laugh from the worl!3. Also% e-e& the 'estcritici?ers a&! challe&gers of churchia&ity withi& the church e-e&tually tire% 'ei&g isolate! a&! co&si!ere!fri&ge eleme&ts% hurt a&! 'ittere! 'y the !e-il% a&! the church. "#-e see& perso& after perso& face this.esus challe&ge! a&! pro-o,e! the religious status Euo% 'ut !i! &ot 'ecome critical of it. e rose to ahigher purpose @to se&! the gospel to the ge&tiles% the worl! a&! positio& @seate! at the right ha&!

My suggestio& is that you ta,e Christ#s lea! a&! 'ecome the mo!el of &o&churchia&ity a&! e-e& cometogether with others that feel the same a&! start a&other church. O&ly &ew churches that em'o!y the realChrist ha-e a& impact a&! help cha&ge i&!i-i!uals a&! churches.

hile you may wa&t to ta,e the opportu&ity to preach 'ac, to me% " !o hope you ta,e some time tochro&icle your positio&s a&! the percie-e! impact your ha-i&g. =oo, at the impact o-er the &et 10 or 20years a&! the& compare it to the wor! a&! see if your mi&istry ha! -alue. "t will 'e real clear the&.

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The fact that others ha-e fought a&! lost is &o ecuse to stop fighti&g. The fact that " might &ot wi& is &oecuse to stop fighti&g. The fact that there will always 'e someo&e somewhere ma! at you is &o ecuse tostop fighti&g. The fact that the worl! might laugh at you is &o ecuse to stop fighti&g. )ou really ho&estly

'elie-e esus !i!&#t critici?e the religious status Euo78 e calle! them mur!erous% hypocritical% gree!y% selfi&!ulge&t% u&clea&% -ipers% whitewashe! tom's of !ea! me&#s 'o&es A>D sai! they were all goi&g to hell8@Matt. 29

" !o&#t wa&t to start a&other church8 " wa&t people to fill themsel-es a&! the churches we alrea!y ha-e with/(G(. A&! &ot settle for a&ythi&g less. hat !o you wa&t for them7

Always goo! a!-ice to $our&al a&! thi&, 'ac, a&! see what impact we#-e ha!. "#! ta,e you up o& that Uwriti&g e-erythi&g !ow& for 10 or 20 years 'ut "#ll 'e !ea! way 'efore the&. Doug






Decl$r$tion of W$r Ag$inst the 3orces of D$r1ness

Now, before you start thinking we’re talking about #$%, this is about &'I( ) not eole. *ure, some eole arestinkers, but we’re to love eole and we’re to hate evil. +he darkness from our sinful nature is in all of us. e’renot any better, it’s just Christ in us that hels us be redeemed. -nyway, this is about the I/ icture, not anysecific erson, organi0ation, leader, etc.

5o more. :t ends no.For too lo&g we#-e ig&ore! what was goi&g o& i& the church. For too lo&g we#-e sat out or e-e& !e&ie! there wasa war. e#-e 'ee& i&filtrate!. e#-e 'ee& coopte!. e#-e 'ee& !um'e! !ow&. e#-e ha! our greatestweapo&s ri!icule! a&! !emea&e! u&til &o'o!y wa&ts them a&ymore. This is &o ,i&! of way to fight a war.

e#-e allowe! oursel-es to 'e fatte&e! up a&! we#-e pla&te! roots. e#-e 'ee& her!e! together i& 'ig groupsli,e cattle a&! we 'ump arou&! agai&st each other ma,i&g useless &oises. ol-es ha-e come i& a&! we#-ewelcome! them. e#-e accepte! ai! from the e&emies of 5o!. e#-e ta,e& the e&emy#s a!-ice a'out how toma,e war. e#-e hire! co&sulta&ts to show us how to 'e more li,e the worl!.

e#-e ig&ore! our ow& i&g#s pla&. e#-e se&t a pitiful few s,irmishi&g parties out to !o the wor, of missio&s forus a&! patro&i?e! them whe& they come home wou&!e! a&! hu&gry. e#-e gi-e& all the ammu&itio& to thesupply cler,s 'ac, home a&! !epri-e! the i&fa&try of what they &ee!e! to push 'ac, the !ar,&ess. /-erythi&ga'out what we#re !oi&g is upsi!e !ow&.

>o more will we ta,e o& the &ames a&! philosophies of me& to !efi&e a&! i!e&tify us. >o more will we allowfactio&s o-er seco&!ary issues to !i-i!e us. e are to 'e OF esus a&! im alo&e. O&ly e gets to put is'ra&! o& us. O&ly e gets to !irect us. O&ly e is truth. This is war8 >othi&g else ca& 'e truste!. is is theu&'rea,a'le cypher. Pure% full% u&cut Truth ca&&ot 'e spo,e& 'y the e&emy. Truth a&! =o-e are our u&iform% ourco!e% our !efi&i&g characteristic. O&ly Truth a&! =o-e will suffice for 'attle agai&st pri&cipalities a&! forces of!ar,&ess.

>o more will we waste time o& our ow& -ai& pleasures a&! i&!ulge&ces. >o more will we allow the egos a&!pri!es a&! tra!itio&s a&! philosophies of Ma& to !i-i!e us. e will lo-e Truth a&! settle for &othi&g less. e willlear& to s&iff out a&! purge compromise a&! halftruths. e will force out of us e-ery 'a! !ar, thi&g 'y 'ei&gcompletely fille! with the +rea! of =ife. e will 'e &ourishe! 'y Truth. e will 'e armore! 'y Truth. e willswi&g the (wor! of Truth i& 'ig wi!e circles a&! pierce the hearts of a&yo&e &ear. e will fight a&! &ot grow

weary. e will charge forwar! a&! &e-er retreat. (houl! o&e slip% others will lift him up. (houl! o&e fall% otherswill ta,e his place.

>o more. "t e&!s &ow. There are those that are alrea!y eEuippe! to fight a&! we will e&list them% orga&i?e thema&! se&! them 'ac, out to recruit more. e#ll fight with lo-e to awa,e& our 'rethre& who are asleep a&! getthem i& fighti&g form. e will push 'ac, the !ar,&ess 'y spea,i&g &othi&g 'ut TBGT. "t is rare a&! precious a&! o&ly esus is the source. /-ery ma&ma!e thi&g will 'ur& off i& the fire. O&ly esus ca& 'e truste!.

As 5i!eo&% we will lo-i&gly restore our ow& altars first while the people are sleepi&g. The& we ca& rally arestore!% awa,e&e! people to fight the forces of !ar,&ess. Those o& the fro&t li&es that ha-e pro-e& themsel-esgoo! a&! faithful ser-a&ts a&! stewar!s of their tale&ts will 'e pro-isio&e! with a hu&!re! times their ow& &ee!sso that they ca& fee! the hu&gry a&! gi-e !ri&, to the thirsty as they see a&y &ee!. e will pray a&! e&couragea&! support them a&! recruit more. e will always stri-e to co&ti&ue growi&g up i&to esus% who is the ea!. "&

-iew of the great mercy show& us 'y esus Christ% we will offer our 'o!ies as li-i&g sacrifices% holy a&! pleasi&gto 5o!. e will stop co&formi&g to the patter& of this worl!. e will 'e tra&sforme! 'y the re&ewi&g of our mi&!sso that we will 'e a'le to test a&! appro-e what is 5o!#s goo!% pleasi&g a&! perfect will. The& we#ll go a&! !o it.

: &orinthi$ns ,?4 1-gain, if the trumet make an uncertain sound, who will reare for battle23

5o more. :t ends no. As cle$r $s e c$n s$y it; this is $r.






3elloship 'f The #$rtyrs 7$ttle Pl$n

Ac,&owle!ge your complete &ee!ful&ess for 5o! a&! i&a'ility to reach ea-e& a&! escape the co&seEue&cesof si& o& your ow& power. Bepe&t of e-ery si&. Ac,&owle!ge esus as the rise& (o& of 5o! a&! 'eg im to wipeyou clea&. Commit to im that e will 'e =or! a&! Master a&! that e alo&e will !irect you. ithout a&yreser-atio& or e-asio&% you must mea& that you i&te&! to see, im a&! !o as e lea!s e-e& if it mea&s!iscomfort% a'use% sacrifice% cha&ge% sufferi&g% separatio& or e-e& !eath. As, for the i&!welli&g of the oly (pirit

i& as great a measure as e is willi&g to gi-e you. Do&#t see, gifts for the sa,e of gifts% see, 5o! a&! e#ll!eci!e o& the gifts for you. +e willi&g to chase holi&ess to stri-e a&! urge forwar! for it e-ery!ay. 5o a&! si& &omore.

"f you mea& that Christ is =or!% the& you must mea& that is or! is the fi&al authority. (pe&! most of your timei& praise a&! worship of 5o! 'ecause e is holy. This is the most pure epressio& of our lo-e for this we werema!e. (ee, out a&y'o!y else that is a'solutely committe! to !oi&g as 5o! !irects a&! is willi&g to spea, o&lyTruth% e-e& if it#s har!. (pe&! time together praisi&g 5o! a&! see,i&g is face. /ach of you 'e prepare! tomi&ister. Do&#t rely o& a pai! staff perso& to !o it.

The ultimate source of Truth is 5o!#s or!. =ear& to lo-e it% ta,e it e-erywhere% rea! it a&! as, the oly (pirit toeplai& a&! teach you what you &ee!. Practice spea,i&g pure Truth with &o hi&t of Ma& i&serte!. Test e-erythi&gagai&st the or! of 5o!.

ol! o&to the goo!% ru& from e-il. =ear& to ha-e &o lo-e for a&y create! thi&g that ecee!s your lo-e for theCreator. or, har!. hate-er you !o% !o it as if you are !oi&g it for 5o!. Pray that 5o! will help you ha-e aslarge a positi-e impact as possi'le. More tha& a&ythi&g else% 5o! wa&ts to first restore is people a&! co&-ertall the altars 'ac, to the worship of 5o!. Pray for the churches.

Ta,e 'ig arm loa!s of Truth a&! 'egi& fee!i&g the hu&gry. 5o out as missio&aries to spea, i&to the hearts of thepeople where 5o! lea!s you. Always spea, i& lo-e a&! humility% poi&ti&g the way to Christ alo&e. Bemem'er%you are tryi&g to sa-e eter&al souls &e-er focus e-e& for a mome&t o& the imme!iate% always o& the eter&al.

Fi&! those who ca& also commit themsel-es fully to Christ a&! i&-ol-e them i& your fellowship. Praise 5o!always for is use of you to sa-e others. As your act of o'e!ie&ce% !i-ert all a-aila'le resources a&! assets o&lyto those i&!i-i!uals a&! orga&i?atio&s most efficie&tly co&-erti&g earthly treasure i&to hea-e&ly treasure that is%fee!i&g the hu&gry% reachi&g the lost% cari&g for wi!ows a&! orpha&s% supporti&g the +rethre& i& the har! places%

eEuippi&g missio&aries to push 'ac, the !ar,&ess the same priorities that Christ has. A&yo&e that shows alo-e of mo&ey3 shoul! 'e i&sta&tly suspect of 'ei&g e&s&are! 'y the e&emy a&! shoul! 'e praye! for!esperately that is the root of much e-il. 5o! has alrea!y prepare! ma&y who are &o lo&ger suscepti'le toattac, from that !irectio& fi&! them a&! gi-e them what they &ee!.

(ee, out other fellowships a&! su'mit to each other i& lo-e. (ee, to support the mem'ers of your ow&fellowship as they go to ser-e or split off to start more fellowships. (ee, u&ity through harmo&y. Do&#t get!istracte! for a si&gle mome&t 'y seco&!ary issues or !e'ates. e !o&#t wa&t e-ery'o!y si&gi&g the melo!y%we wa&t e-eryo&e i& harmo&y a&! si&gi&g the part writte& for them 'y 5o!. e &ee! all the pieces. >o&e ca&'e waste!. +ut 'e willi&g to re'u,e as 5o! !irects% a&! forgi-e if they repe&t. /pect wol-es a&! spies a&!i&filtrators. /pect the e&emy to 'e s&ea,y. This is war.

As you stay i&si!e of Truth% get to ,&ow the will of 5o! a&! use all your gifts a&! tale&ts withi& is will% ama?i&g

thi&gs are li,ely to happe&. /pect miracles. +eg to 'e fille! with the empoweri&g of the oly (pirit a&! use whatgifts e#s gi-e& you. (tay fille! 'y a co&sta&t focus o& holi&ess a&! purity a&! praise. The& pray that 5o! wille&large you so you ca& hol! more. Pray for the greater gifts those that ca& !o the most !amage to the e&emy.

O'ey 5o! o&ly. Time is short so !o&#t waste a&y. 5o i& lo-e a&! &e-er gi-e i&.






3elloship 'f The #$rtyrs 7$ttle Pl$nF*8tended Version

This is 'y &o mea&s a comprehe&si-e list of -erses relate! to each of these items. There are two purposes i&!oi&g this epa&!e! -ersio&. O&e is to show that e-ery si&gle li&e is 'ase! o& (cripture. The other is to pro-i!ea lesso& pla& that ca& 'e use! as a stu!y gui!e to wor, through each of these items. hether i&!i-i!ually% i&small groups or as a larger church% these are the core fu&!ame&tals that shoul! 'e foremost o& our mi&!s. e

hope that this will 'ri&g -alue to you. As you fi&! other -erses that clearly apply to a&y of these li&es% pleaseemail us a&! we#ll a!! them.

e#re 'uil!i&g this together. Be!isco-eri&g the simplicity of 5o!#s Pla&.

,. Ac1noledge your complete needfulness for God $nd in$bility to re$ch -e$"en $nd esc$pe theconseKuences of sin on your on poer.5e&esis H6IN 2 Chro&icles IH1N Psalm 9KN Pro-er's ;H2129N Pro-er's 10H1IN Pro-er's 16H;6N oh& 9H16NBoma&s 6H29N Boma&s 10H<10N /phesia&s 2HKN 1 oh& 1H<N

2. !epent of e"ery sin.Psalm 92H1IN Psalm ;1N =u,e 19H9N Acts 1IH90N 2 Cori&thia&s IH10N Be-.9H1<

(. Ac1noledge +esus $s the risen /on of God $nd beg -im to ipe you cle$n.Psalm 11<H<N Mar, 10H929N oh& 1H2<9N Acts 22H16N Acts 26H292N /phesia&s ;H26N 1 Cori&thia&s 1;H20N 1

Timothy 2H;N " oh& H<10N Titus 9H;N Be-elatio& 1H;N

?. &ommit to -im th$t -e ill be Lord $nd #$ster $nd th$t -e $lone ill direct you.Pro-er's 9H;N Matthew 22H9IN 2 Cori&thia&s 1H2122N

6. Without $ny reser"$tion or e"$sion; you must me$n th$t you intend to see1 -im $nd do $s -e le$ds e"en if it me$ns discomfort; $buse; s$crifice; ch$nge; suffering; sep$r$tion or e"en de$th.Psalm H;N Psalm 1KN Boma&s 12N Matthew 10H9299N Mar, 10H2<91N Boma&s KH1KN Boma&s 1H1IN 5alatia&s2H20N 5alatia&s 6H11;N Philippia&s 9HI11N " oh& ;H9;N

). As1 for the indelling of the -oly /pirit in $s gre$t $ me$sure $s -e is illing to gi"e you.=u,e 11H19N Acts 1HKN /phesia&s 9H11<N 1 oh& ;H11;N

%. Don’t see1 gifts for the s$1e of gifts; see1 God $nd -e’ll decide on the gifts for you.

Psalm 2H12N Boma&s 12N Matthew 6H99N 1 Cori&thia&s 12HI11N ames 1H;N

4. 7e illing to ch$se holiness to stri"e $nd urge for$rd for it e"eryd$y. Go $nd sin no more.Psalm 1IH9;N Psalm 9<N Psalm 66H1620N Psalm 11<N Mar, <H2<N =u,e 1IH19N Boma&s 6N Boma&s KH11INBoma&s 12N 1 Cori&thia&s 6H<10N 2 Cori&thia&s 19H11N Colossia&s 9H11IN " oh& ;H1KN

>. :f you me$n th$t &hrist is Lord; then you must me$n th$t -is Word is the fin$l $uthority.oh& 1H1%1N oh& KH92N oh& 1H21N oh& 1H6N Boma&s 9HN e'rews H12N

,0. /pend most of your time in pr$ise $nd orship of God bec$use -e is holy. This is the most puree8pression of our lo"e for this e ere m$de./o!us H91N Psalm 12HN Psalm 2<H12N Psalm 9H1KN Psalm IH12N Psalm 10H999;% Psalm 109N Ps. 119H9N

,,. /ee1 out $nybody else th$t is $bsolutely committed to doing $s God directs $nd is illing to spe$1only Truth; e"en if it’s h$rd.

/cclesiastes H<N Boma&s 12N " Cori&thia&s ;H<19N " oh& H1KN

,2. /pend time together pr$ising God $nd see1ing -is f$ce.Psalm 92H11N Matthew 6H99N Colossia&s 9H1;1IN

,(. *$ch of you be prep$red to minister. Don’t rely on $ p$id st$ff person to do it.=u,e 1I2021N " Cori&thia&s 1H2699N Colossia&s 9H1;1IN

,?. The ultim$te source of Truth is God’s Word.






Deutero&omy 6H<N Psalm 11<H10;%190N Pro-er's 90H;N "saiah 0HK% ;;H1011N oh& 1H1%1N oh& KH92N oh&1IH1IN Boma&s 9HN 2 Timothy 1H;0N Be-.1<H19N

,6. Le$rn to lo"e it; t$1e it e"eryhere; re$d it $nd $s1 the -oly /pirit to e8pl$in $nd te$ch you h$t youneed.Deutero&omy KH9N Psalm 11<N Acts 20H9;N

,). Pr$ctice spe$1ing pure Truth ith no hint of #$n inserted.Pro-er's 10H1<21N echariah KH16N Boma&s 12N " oh& 1H10N

,%. Test e"erything $g$inst the Word of God. -old onto the good; run from e"il.oh& ;H9<N Acts 1IH11N Boma&s 12H<N 1 Cori&thia&s 1;H2N 1 Timothy 6H11N " Thessalo&ia&s ;H2122N ames HIN

,4. Le$rn to h$"e no lo"e for $ny cre$ted thing th$t e8ceeds your lo"e for the &re$tor.Psalm 9<H6N Matthew 6H2N Matthew 10H99<N

,>. Wor1 h$rd. Wh$te"er you do; do it $s if you $re doing it for God.Colossia&s 9H292;N

20. Pr$y th$t God ill help you h$"e $s l$rge $ positi"e imp$ct $s possible.1Chro&icles H10N Colossia&s H2N

2,. #ore th$n $nything else; God $nts to first restore -is people $nd con"ert $ll the $lt$rs b$c1 to the

orship of God.u!ges 6N 2 Chro&icles 2< U91N Malachi 9HIN

22. Pr$y for the churches./?e,iel 22H90N oh& 1IH<%2021N Acts 6HN Acts 12H;N 1 Thessalo&ia&s ;H161KN 1 Thess. ;H2;N ames ;H19%16N

2(. T$1e big $rm lo$ds of Truth $nd begin feeding the hungry.Matt.10H2IN =u,e <H60N oh& 1H6N Boma&s 12N

2?. Go out $s mission$ries to spe$1 into the he$rts of the people here God le$ds you.Matthew 2KH1<20N =u,e 10H1<N Acts 1HKN " Cori&thia&s ;H<19N

26. Al$ys spe$1 in lo"e $nd humility; pointing the $y to &hrist $lone.=u,e 1IH10N =u,e 1KH<1N =u,e 1KH161IN =u,e 22H290N Colos. 9H1;1IN /ph% ;H2N 1 Cori& 19H1N 1 Cori& 16H1N

2). !emember; you $re trying to s$"e etern$l souls ne"er focus e"en for $ moment on the immedi$te;$l$ys on the etern$l.Matthew 6H1<21N =u,e 10H1<N Boma&s KH1K9<N

2%. 3ind those ho c$n $lso commit themsel"es fully to &hrist $nd in"ol"e them in your felloship.ames H110

24. Pr$ise God $l$ys for -is use of you to s$"e others.Psalms 119H9

2>. As your $ct of obedience; di"ert $ll $"$il$ble resources $nd $ssets only to those indi"idu$ls $ndorg$ni$tions most efficiently con"erting e$rthly tre$sure into he$"enly tre$sure th$t is; feeding thehungry; re$ching the lost; c$ring for idos $nd orph$ns; supporting the 7rethren in the h$rd pl$ces;eKuipping mission$ries to push b$c1 the d$r1ness the s$me priorities th$t &hrist h$s.

Matthew 6H1<21N Mar, 10H2191N =u,e 16H<N =u,e 1KH22N Boma&s 12N(0. Anyone th$t shos $ @lo"e of money should be inst$ntly suspect of being ensn$red by the enemy$nd should be pr$yed for desper$tely th$t is the root of much e"il.Matthew 6H2N =u,e 16H1<91N =u,e 1IH99N =u,e 1KH1K90N =u,e 1<H1<N =u,e 1<H;6N =u,e 21H19N "Cori&thia&s ;H<19N

(,. God h$s $lre$dy prep$red m$ny ho $re no longer susceptible to $tt$c1 from th$t direction findthem $nd gi"e them h$t they need.=u,e 16H1019N =u,e 1<H112IN ames 1H<12N ames 2H;6N 2 Peter 2H19N






(2. /ee1 out other felloships $nd submit to e$ch other in lo"e.Mar, <H;0N =u,e 1IH9N 1Cori&thia&s 16H1N

((. /ee1 to support the members of your on felloship $s they go to ser"e or split off to st$rt morefelloships.Matthew <H9;9KN Acts H92N Boma&s 12N

(?. /ee1 unity through h$rmony. Don’t get distr$cted for $ single moment by second$ry issues or

deb$tes.Boma&s 12N Boma&s 11;H19N 5alatia&s ;H1626N /phesia&s H16% 1916% 2;N Philipia&s 2H2N 1 Cori&thia&s1H10N 2 Cori&thia&s 6H1;N 2 Cori&thia&s 19H11N " Peter 9HKN " Timothy 6H2021N ames ;H<N

(6. We don’t $nt e"erybody singing the melody; e $nt e"eryone in h$rmony $nd singing the p$rtritten for them by God.Boma&s <H2021N Boma&s 12N " Cori&thia&s 11H1K1<

(). We need $ll the pieces. 5one c$n be $sted.oh& 1IHN Boma&s 12N 1 Cori&thia&s 12HI11N /phesia&s H1119N Philipia&s 1H6N

(%. 7ut be illing to rebu1e $s God directs; $nd forgi"e if they repent.=u,e 1IH9N Boma&s 12N 5alatia&s 6H1N Colossia&s 9H19N

(4. *8pect ol"es $nd spies $nd infiltr$tors. *8pect the enemy to be sne$1y. This is $r.Pro-er's 2H;6N Pro-er's 1H12N Matthew 1;HK<N Mar, 19H119N =u,e 20H2026N =u,e 20H;IN oh& 1;H1K21N/phesia&s 6H101KN 2 Cori&thia&s 10H96N " Timothy 1H1K1<N 2 Timothy 9H12N

(>. As you st$y inside of Truth; get to 1no the ill of God $nd use $ll your gifts $nd t$lents ithin -isill; $m$ing things $re li1ely to h$ppen.Boma&s 12H2N 1Thessalo&ia&s ;H161KN The whole 'oo, of Acts8

?0. *8pect mir$cles.oh& 1H;0N oh& 1H121N The whole 'oo, of Acts8

?,. 7eg to be filled ith the empoering of the -oly /pirit $nd use h$t gifts -e’s gi"en you.=u,e 11H19N Boma&s KH11N Boma&s 12N " Cori&thia&s 1H12N

?2. /t$y filled by $ const$nt focus on holiness $nd purity $nd pr$ise.

5e&esis H6IN Psalm ;1N Psalm 119H9N Boma&s KHN Boma&s KH6N 2 Cori&thia&s 10H;N

?(. Then pr$y th$t God ill enl$rge you so you c$n hold more./o!us 9H2N Deutero&omy 12H20N Deutero&omy 1<HKN 1 Chro&icles H10N 1 Chro&icles H10% "saiah ;H2% 2Cori&thia&s <H10N

??. Pr$y for the gre$ter gifts those th$t c$n do the most d$m$ge to the enemy.1 i&gs 9H<N " Cori&thia&s 19H2I21N " Cori&thia&s 1H1N " Cori&thia&s 1H12N

?6. 'bey God only.Psalm 92HK11N "saiah 6HKN Matthew H10N oh& 1H21N Boma&s 6H22N 1 Cori&thia&s 6H20N

?). Time is short Matthew 9H2N Matthew 2H96%2N Matthew 2;H19N =u,e 1IH2296N 2 Peter 9H10N

?%. so don’t $ste $ny./?e,iel 9H1I21N e'rews H11

?4. Go in lo"e Mar, 12H2K9aN 1 Cori&thia&s 16H1N e'rews 19H1N

?>. $nd ne"er gi"e in.Boma&s 12H21N 5alatia&s 6H<N " Cori&thia&s <H22IN e'rews 12H11I% 2K% 2<N






'uilt is crum'li&g arou&! us. @(ee the (cary (tats sectio& for more if you &ee! proof of eactly how whac,e!e-erythi&g is.

There is a reEuire! progressio& a&! it goes li,e thisH

#e -ome &ity &ountry World

First% " get my ow& heart i& or!er a&! u&!er is hea!ship. That mea&s repe&ta&ce% commitme&t to im asComma&!er% wal,i&g i& holi&ess a&! see,i&g im o&ly. The& " fi my marriage 'y getti&g it fu&ctio&i&g accor!i&gto is !esig& a&! i& o'e!ie&ce% the& my home. The& all of the people that ha-e accomplishe! TO(/ start

wor,i&g o& the +o!y of Christ i& their tow& a&! get them acti&g as o&e 'o!y a&! i& o'e!ie&ce. The& whe& thetow&s @the +o!y of Christ% &ot the real estate get some critical mass% they start ta,i&g their state @or pro-i&ce%the& their cou&try% the& the worl!. )ou CA>>OT s,ip a step88

(o% why is&#t this happe&i&g7 There are certai&ly people who ha-e their ow& li-es a&! homes i& or!er a&! u&!eris hea!ship. The e&emy has 'ee& pou&!i&g away tryi&g to !i-i!e families a&! e&sla-e the people to si&s of all,i&!s a&! has 'ee& -ery effecti-e 'ut there are still those who ha-e&#t 'owe! their ,&ee to the go!s of theworl!. +ut% as &ear as we ca& tell @as of August of 200; there were >O tow&s i& America that were i& !i-i&eor!er @fully u&!er "( hea!ship o&ly. There is a +o!y of Christ i& e-ery tow&% 'ut they are !i-i!e! up i& littlepieces all o-er a&! a !i-i!e! house ca&&ot sta&!. The stro&ghol!s a&! pri&cipalities of !ar,&ess that ha-erespo&si'ility for each tow& ca&&ot 'e oppose! 'y a !i-i!e! +o!y of Christ. (i&ce &o&e of the =ocal +o!ies @citychurches are i& !i-i&e or!er% the stro&ghol!s ca&#t 'e pulle! !ow&. e gi-e them legal grou&! whe& wecorporately co&ti&ually -iolate 5alatio&s ;H1<21. (i&ce the tow&s are out of or!er% you ca& har!ly epect thatthe states a&! cou&tries coul! 'e right either.

/o ho do e restore the &ity &hurch in our ton9

First you i!e&tify as ma&y as possi'le of those who are i& !i-i&e or!er a&! completely sol! out to Christ @calle!out of the worl!. A&! you !o&#t spe&! a si&gle (/CO>D argui&g a'out theology or style or practices a&!policies a&! rules of Ma&. That#s what got us i&to this mess8 )ou $ust fi&! them a&! lo-e o& them as we#re!irecte! i& " oh& a&! Boma&s 12 @a&! elsewhere. "t coul! 'e a ha&!ful or it coul! 'e a thousa&! it !oes&#tmatter. "f o&e ca& ta,e o& a thousa&! a&! two ca& ta,e o& te& thousa&!% the& a represe&tati-e ha&!ful is ple&tyto get starte! as lo&g as they are u&ite! a&! u&!er proper hea!ship @esus o&ly8 a&! su'mitti&g to the gifti&gsi& each other A>D the =or! is their Boc,. @Deut. 92H90% Boma&s 12 @Please &ote that it#s highly u&li,ely thatyou#re goi&g to accurately i!e&tify those people without ha-i&g a -ery clear co&&ectio& to the -oice of 5o!. )ou'etter get as much oly (pirit i& you as your cup ca& hol!8

The& you assert your rights as the +o!y a&! repe&t o& 'ehalf of the +o!y of Christ i& your tow& a&! you hit yourfaces a&! wait o& the =or! for the &et step. "& Boma&s 12% we offer our 'o!ies as li-i&g sacrifices% holy a&!accepta'le. "t#s the same here. )ou repe&t o& 'ehalf of the +o!y @shoul! 'e ple&ty to repe&t for a&! as, for itsrestoratio& a&! stre&gthe&i&g e-e& to the -ery epe&se of your ow& souls @(ee /o!us 92H9192% Boma&s<H2% a&! the -ery &ature of esus a&! the& you wait o& the =or! for !irectio&. )ou offer it as a li-i&g sacrifice that mea&s that you put it up o& the altar a&! wait. )OG are the sacrifice. The sacrifice !oes&#t get to !eci!ea&ythi&g. "t $ust lays there a&! waits. he& 5o! is rea!y% what e will !o with the sacrifice is force it to stopco&formi&g to the worl!% T/> it will 'e tra&sforme! 'y the re&ewi&g of it#s mi&! a&! T/> it will ,&ow what isthe perfect pleasi&g will of 5o! a&! it ca& get to wor,.






This is >OT a'out 'uil!i&g a&other &ew church 'uil!i&g 5o! for'i!8 Or e-e& ha-i&g a&y structure that isrecog&i?a'le to Ma&. "t#s $ust asserti&g the FACT that there "( a +o!y i& your tow& @whether large or small a&!that it &ee!s to u&iteN set it#s face li,e fli&tN get fully armore! up agai&st the e&emy a&! (TA>D. The& you ca&pray that 'li&! eyes will see a&! !eaf ears will hear a&! you ca& +/ esus to the rest of the tow&. (ee "saiah ;K if you free the capti-es% 'rea, the chai&% lift the yo,es% fee! the hu&gry% clothe the &a,e!% (TOP the malicioustal, a&! poi&ti&g fi&ger T/> e "== tur& a&! a&swer you a&! a 'u&ch of goo! stuff happe&s i&clu!i&gre'uil!i&g the walls o& the a&cie&t fou&!atio&s @which is /(G(% &ot Ma&.

+ut as lo&g as the +o!ies are !i-i!e! up all o-er tow&% the e&emy has wo&. Bea! u!ges 6. e ca&&ot go towar agai&st the rest of the worl! a&! epect 5o!#s 'lessi&g while there is still a& altar of +aal i& our ow&'ac,yar!. First you co&-ert the altar 'ac, to the proper worship of 5o! a&! T/> you go ta,e o& the 'ig 'attle.

A&! 5i!eo& !i!&#t ha-e to fi e-ery si&gle altar to +aal i& "srael% $ust the o&e i& his ow& house.

-o do e find the other @Li"ing /tones in our ton9

hat we &ee! are those who are so full of esus they !o&#t really fit i& a&ywhere. At the rate we#re losi&g lea!ersfrom the i&stitutio&al church3 system @1 millio&S a year i& the G(A% " suspect ma&y of those are alrea!y out i&the wil!er&ess3 or ha-e 'ee& tol! 'y 5o! to stay i& the church system e-e& though they !o&#t wa&t to. /itherway% whe& you !o somethi&g ra!ical that is purely a&! completely a'out esus% all the other ra!icals will smell ita&! come ru&&i&g. 5o! will &ee! to !irect you o& how to !o that% 'ut where we ha-e !e-elope! tools that wor,%we#ll commu&icate those alo&g. More o& that as it !e-elops. @Please >oteH e are >OT recomme&!i&g you go

try to get all the pastors i& tow& to start tal,i&g to each other8 "f 5o! tells you to !o that% fi&e% 'ut it seems li,ethat#s the path to ecume&ical footsies% &ot to ra!ical tra&sformatio& a&! re&ewal. +esi!es% there may 'e wholechurches where &ot a si&gle solitary perso& i&clu!i&g the pastor is truly a part of the +o!y of Christ. Fi&! themwhere-er they are% !o&#t fall i&to the trap of assumi&g that the +o!y of Christ is the co&glomeratio& of all thechurches i& tow&. "t#s $ust >OT.

The mai& thi&g is that we ha-e a lot to ma,e up for% so if we start i!e&tifyi&g those with the &ee!s that are o& thefi&al eam @hu&gry% poor% &a,e!% lo&ely% etc. a&! we start meeti&g those &ee!s i& a 'ig way @especially for+rethre&% it will attract atte&tio&. +ut you ha-e to 'e willi&g to procee!% e-e& if &o o&e else helps. esus we&t tothe cross 'y himself. "f you wa&t to 'e li,e esus% you ha-e to 'e willi&g to wal, it alo&e.

e#-e ma!e up some tshirt !esig&s that are so !iffere&t tha& the &orm% fol,s will ha-e to pay atte&tio&. A&!&o'o!y will wear them u&less they are serious. For eample% our >ee! Prayer7 ust As,.3 shirt reEuires thatyou 'e willi&g to stop whate-er you#re !oi&g% where-er you are a&! pray for someo&e A>D ,&ow the right thi&g

to pray. Are you really willi&g to completely s&arl up a almart if 5o! wa&ts to start heali&g people7 Are youwilli&g to 'e late for wor, so a stra&ger ca& cry o& your shoul!er7 People may &ot wa&t to go to church a&! tithe%'ut &early e-eryo&e will ta,e some prayer. (ee the shirts here www.cafepress.comLfotmartyrs . @e !o&#t ma,ehar!ly a&ythi&g o& these. They are pri&te! o& !ema&! with &o setup or scree& charges8 (o the !esig&s ca& 'eperso&ali?e! to fit your tow&. There are also 'oo,s% music% art% a&! more there from people who are co&tri'uti&gtheir tale&ts to help fu&! the wor, of the i&g!om. e#-e also 'ee& !irecte! to wor, o& resource echa&ges tore!irect the ecess goo!s of those with too much to get them to those who ha-e &ee!s. A&! who ,&ows whatelse is comi&g7 5o! is -ery creati-e. The Church of =i'erty has also 'ee& gi-e& a -isio& 'y 5o! to 'uil! amassi-e computer &etwor, that will allow the +o!y of Christ i& e-ery tow& e-erywhere to li&, up i& ama?i&g waysa&! coor!i&ate resources.

/o h$t could h$ppen if e t$1e our tons9

ell% if we#re right% the& this is a'solutely ma&!atory if 5o! is goi&g to pour out is 'lessi&g. e CA>>OT

procee! with the >icolaita& @3&ico3 i& place of% laita&3 laity system we ha-e a&! epect to see 5o!#s glory.e ha-e to stop eati&g from the Tree of the &owle!ge of 5oo! a&! /-il of laws a&! i&terpretatio&s a&! rulesa&! structures of Ma& a&! start eati&g from the Tree of =ife that esus offere! o&ce for all 'y is sacrifice. eha-e to free the capti-es. Free them from the worl! a&! si& a&! e-il a&! free them from the structures a&!systems a&! programs of Churchia&ity3. The proper way to !o that is to poi&t people towar! esus with a reala&! firm epectatio& that e "== tal, to them a&! tell them i&!i-i!ually a&! collecti-ely what to !o &et. +ut we&ee! to ma,e sure we ,eep OGB(/=*/( out of their way. e ha-e to repe&t a&! we ha-e to !o it lou! a&!stro&g. Bea! /?e,iel <. O>=) those who are mour&i&g a&! weepi&g a&! groa&i&g 'ecause of the state ofthi&gs are eempt from the !eath a&gel.






"f we create &ew wi&es,i&s that are pure a&! ha-e &o trace of lea-e& i& them% the& 5o! "== pour out his >ewi&e.

Of course% &o&e of us ,&ow how to !o that% so / is goi&g to ha-e to show us how a&! we#re goi&g to ha-e tofollow !irectio&s. e !esperately wa&ts to re&ew a&! restore is Church% 'ut will &ot pour is full stre&gth a&!power i&to our 'ro,e& !ow& ol! wi&es,i&s. hat we &ee! is tra&sformatio& a&! that o&ly comes whe& we stopco&formi&g to the worl! a&! li,e it or &ot% right &ow the i&stitutio&al church system is sol! out to the worl!. After

tra&sformatio& a&! re&ewal we ca& wal, i& is prese&ce a&! ,&ow is will o& all thi&gs a&! we ca& O+/). The&" thi&, we#ll start to see im epress imself i& some 'ig% atte&tio&getti&g ways li,e the miracles other cou&triesare seei&g. he& we ta,e the tow&s% the& we 'egi& to free the capti-es a&! the wor,ers @a&! the assets 'egi&to show up for the fi&al har-est.

Oh yeah8 A&! you ca& epect persecutio& to imme!iately 'egi& o&ce you commit to this path. (o you 'etter 'ewilli&g a&! ,&ow what you#re getti&g i&to. +etter yet% 'e wishful a&! hopeful that persecutio& will come8 "f itcomes 'ecause we are 'ei&g more li,e esus @which is what e sai! woul! happe& the&% serious persecutio& i&the est is lo&g o-er!ue88

5et it7 Bea!y to restore your tow& for esus a&! put it 'ac, the way it was suppose! to 'e all alo&g7 /-e& if youha-e to !o it alo&e7 e wa&t to ,&ow who a&! where you are.

Although we#re $ust getti&g starte! oursel-es a&! ha-e &o staff a&! &o 'u!get if you &ee! it% we ca& pro-i!ewe'sites% email% tshirts !esig&s% !iscussio& 'oar!s% etc. u&til you get o& your feet.

/-e& if you#re &ot rea!y to ta,e o& your tow& yet% 'ut you#re willi&g to help us% we coul! sure use you. This isgoi&g to get completely cra?y a&! it#s goi&g to go B/A==) fast8

ust i& case you !i!&#t get all that% o& Pe&tecost (u&!ay @200; 5o! release! us to pu'lish this we'[email protected]=i'erty.com to the i&ter&et a&! 'egi& getti&g the wor! out.

"f we#re still 'ei&g too su'tle for you% try thisH

We’re bloing the trumpet $nd telling you to @&ome out of herEEThe 5e /ong st$rts 5'WE Pr$ise GodEE :t’s right on time.

uic1 Thought

"& the age of computers a&! The air Clu' for Me&% may'e you#re &otimpresse! a&ymore 'y a 5o! who ,&ows e-ery hair o& your hea!.

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/-ery atom i& the u&i-erse has a u&iEue perso&al &ame a&! 5o! &ame! it.

5ot $ seri$l number $ 5A#* Ku$r1 @/usie; proton @3red; molecule @*rm$; muon @+eff.

/-ery leaf% e-ery s&owfla,e% e-ery grai& of sa&!% e-ery solar flare% e-ery ra!io wa-e.e ,&ows how a&! where it starte!% how a&! where it will e&! a&! e-erythi&git will 'ump i&to i& 'etwee&. A&! e ,&ew it all 'efore e ma!e the G&i-erse.

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+ecause T-AT is the si?e of the 5o! we ma!e a&gry with our stupi!% petty selfish&ess.e might wa&t to say we#re sorry. =i,e B"5T &ow.


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: Peter ,,4,> 17or you know that it was not with erishable things such as silver or gold that you wereredeemed from the emty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the recious blood ofChrist, a lamb without blemish or defect.3

#$tthe ),>2? 18o not store u for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and wherethieves break in and steal. ut store u for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy,and where thieves do not break in and steal. 7or where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. +he eye isthe lam of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. ut if your eyes are bad, yourwhole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness9 1No onecan serve two masters. &ither he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one anddesise the other. #ou cannot serve both /od and Money.3

#$tthe )(,(? 1*o do not worry, saying, :hat shall we eat2’ or :hat shall we drink2’ or :hat shall wewear2’ 7or the agans run after all these things, and your heavenly 7ather knows that you need them. ut seekfirst his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. +herefore do not worryabout tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. &ach day has enough trouble of its own.3

hat a 'lessi&g it is to 'e a& America&8 "f your hope is for a comforta'le life% health% opportu&ities to accumulateassets what a 'lessi&g. "f your hope is for spiritual purity a&! 'ei&g li,e Christ what a curse it is to li-e here8The America& Dream3 trumpete! arou&! the worl! that urges the poor% !ow&tro!!e&% hu!!le! masses to cometo us is the -isio& that they coul! wor, har!% ma,e a millio& !ollars% get a 'ig car% a 'ig house a&! a pretty'lo&!e wife i& a 'i,i&i. "f &ot them% the& may'e their ,i!s.

Do you see that 5o! has 'lesse! this &atio& from the -ery 'egi&&i&g with relati-e peace% with a& e&trepre&eurialspirit% with a great wor, ethic% with capital a&! e&ergy e&ough to accomplish &early a&y tas,7 The pro'lem is ourco&ti&uous misu&!ersta&!i&g of the &ature of the eco&omy of the u&i-erse. ithout a great re-i-al mo-eme&te-ery fifty years i& this cou&try @si&ce 1I;0% there might 'e &o sig&s of Christia& lo-e left. e woul! ha-e lo&gsi&ce 'ee& a'sor'e! 'y the co&sumer me&tality. /-e& &ow we are i& gra-e !a&ger as the church u&repe&ta&tly'ecomes more a&! more li,e the worl!.

e#-e 'ee& 'lesse! 'y 5o! with the right i&sti&cts massi-e accumulatio& of treasure through har! wor, a&!

e&trepre&eurial thi&,i&g. +ut we#-e ig&ore! the specific i&structio&s i& the +i'le a'out what mo&ey is FOB.e#-e arroga&tly chose& the easy parts of the +i'le a&! !ismisse! those that !raw us i&to co&flict with worl!yculture. @e are &ot 'ei&g persecute! bec$use we are &ot tryi&g to 'e li,e Christ. As soo& as a 'ig e&oughmo-eme&t of Christia&s !eci!es to throw off this culture a&! li-e as Christ comma&!e!% persecutio& will start i&

America. /&ough of them might e-e& 'e see& as a threat to our eco&omic safety a&! &atio&al security.

The +i'le says we#re to store up treasure i& ea-e& where it wo&#t rust a&! thie-es ca&#t steal. "f we are to co-eta&ythi&g% it is this. The eter&al treasure is the thi&g. Do&#t you get it7 That#s what !ollars are for8 "f 5o! has'lesse! you with more tha& your 'asic &ee!s% e-ery si&gle etra !ollar shoul! 'e use! to purchase ea-e&lytreasure. A&y other use of them is selfish&ess% apostasy a&! ultimately% i!olatry. >ot my wor!s "#m &ot happya'out it either. " sta&! co&!em&e! the same as a&yo&e else. +ut you ca&#t lea-e the -erses cite! a'o-e out ofthe (criptures a&! still ho&estly say your !esire is to 'e li,e Christ.

"magi&e someo&e offere! you Microsoft stoc, or ewlettPac,ar! stoc, whe& those guys were still wor,i&g i&their garages. +etter yet% imagi&e if you a'solutely% positi-ely ,&ew what that stoc, woul! 'e worth some!ay.)ou ,&ew it was a wi&&er. oul! you 'uy i&to them7 oul! you sacrifice some curre&t luury to help them grow i& echa&ge for the massi-e lo&gterm payoff7

he& 5o! fi&ally got through to me a&! helpe! me see this% all of my America& 'usi&ess i&sti&cts ,ic,e! i&too-er!ri-e. "f e-ery !ollar is e&truste! to me /' T-AT " ca& use it to 'uy treasure i& ea-e&% the& " wa&tmaimum retur& o& i&-estme&t for e-ery si&gle !ollar. (ee7 Ma,es perfect se&se. (o " we&t o& a search to firstsee how my mo&ey was curre&tly 'ei&g use! a&! the& fi&! who might 'e a 'etter i&-estme&t. As it tur&s out% the






stoc,s3 "#! 'ee& 'uyi&g through !e&omi&atio&al structures a&! +ig Church3 programs ha-e a T/BB"+=/ yiel!i& ea-e&. " ca&#t say they#re all losers% 'ut they were !efi&itely u&!erperformi&g their pote&tial.

" wa&t to fi&! those mighty warriors% those ser-a&ts of the Cross% those who are truly 'ei&g o'e!ie&t a&! li-i&gli,e ChristN those who whe& they pray you $ust ,&ow 5o! hears themN those who ha-e eter&al fruit flyi&g off ofthem li,e cra?yN those who are cari&g for the poor a&! sic, a&! lostN those who are stori&g up treasure i& hea-e&faster tha& a&y'o!y else the& " wa&t i& o& it. " wa&t to 'uy a share i& their pile of treasure. @Matt. 10H12 "wa&t to support them% urge them o& a&! get out of their way. " wa&t a sta,e i& that eter&al rewar!. A&! if " ha-e a

hot tip that#s goi&g to ma,e me a fortu&e% " wa&t to tell my frie&!s a&! my family a&! my employees a&! e-e&stra&gers o& the 'us8

Our search for who is the hottest stoc, le! us first to 5ospel For Asia @www.5FA.org% although we are &owfi&!i&g others a&! will see, to highlight them at e-ery opportu&ity. For eample% the &ati-e missio&aries that 5FAsupports are ama?i&g warriors of the faith% goi&g out to hostile regio&s o& a o&e way tic,et with grim!etermi&atio& to wi& souls for Christ or !ie tryi&g. They sleep o& sto&e floors% li-e o& o&e or two !ollars a !ay%pray for hours% preach fearlessly a&! raise up mighty churches of fearless !isciples a&! whe& 5o! thi&,s it willhelp% mighty miracles ma,e their way easier. All for a total mi&istry cost of :1000 to :1;00 per year i& mostcases.

ester& missio&aries se&t through our !e&omi&atio&al structures ofte& cost :100%000 per year. A-eragei&-estme&t i& o&e missio&ary family ca& ecee! :;00%000 with a& a-erage time o& the fiel! of $ust three years.Ma&y prepare a&! &e-er go at all. Pri-ate schools or tutors for their ,i!s% healthcare% retireme&t fu&!s% furloughs%

mai!s% chauffers% security guar!s% la&guage trai&i&g% i&ter&et access a&! more may all 'e reEuire! costs forthese. >ot to me&tio& the lost pote&tial i& mi&istry mome&tum of ha-i&g to come 'ac, to fu&!raise perio!ically.@" !o&#t Euestio& the moti-es of the missio&aries. " spea, from eperie&ce here% ha-i&g grow& up i& that life./-e& with all of this% foreig& missio&s is less tha& ;4 of total church spe&!i&g. The rest we spe&! o& our localprograms% 'uil!i&gs a&! staffs.

Our we'site is $ust a& epressio& of that year&i&g for stewar!ship a&! has 'ecome a place to e!ucate a'out theOBB"+=/ $o' we#re !oi&g i& the America& church of spe&!i&g our !ollars wisely to get maimum yiel! i&ea-e&. " urge you% test yourself% your compa&y% your church% your !e&omi&atio&% your charities. hat is theirtrue yiel! i& ea-e&ly treasure7 (ee, maimum profit i& the eter&al curre&cy.

" wa&t my family% my employees% you a&! your family a&! a thousa&! thousa&! other +rothers a&! (isters to 'ei& a gia&t recei-i&g li&e where we get to ,iss a&! hug the souls 'rought i&to hea-e& 'y the la'or of those o& the

fiel! that we supporte! from the 'lessi&gs of our wealth. "f ea-e& is fore-er% " wa&t that li&e to stretch farthertha& " ca& see. " wa&t that li&e to last for )/AB(.

The Prosperity 5ospel3 mi&istries are right% they#re li-i&g i& their rewar!. This is it. /&$oy it while you ca&. hatare those G>DB/D( OF M"=="O>( of !ollars per year their mi&istries are 'ri&gi&g i& goi&g to 'uy them i&ea-e&7 hat ,i&! of accou&ta'ility are we getti&g7 ow much is goi&g to mi&istry a&! &ot their ow& poc,ets7hat treasure i& ea-e& is 'ei&g accumulate!7 Beally &ee!e! that pri-ate $et a&! multimillio& !ollar house !i!they7 =et#s see what esus has to say a'out it whe& we all come to accou&t. " pray urge&tly for them to ha-e theheart of acchaeus 'efore it#s too late. Bepe&t a&! ma,e restitutio&.

As for me a&! my house% we#ll i&-est i& those who are li-i&g li,e Christ. 5FA se&!s 1004 of missio&s !o&atio&sto e-a&gelism o& the fiel! to the most u&reache!. /-e& the receptio&ist a&! the shippi&g guy ha-e to -olu&teeror else raise their ow& salaries from perso&al supporters. M"=="O>( of souls a year are 'ei&g reache!. Te& &ewchurches pla&te! e-ery !ay.

hich o&e !o )OG wa&t a piece of7

Besearch the mi&istries. +e smart. "&-est wisely. Dema&! accou&ta'ility a&! efficie&cy. *isit www./CFA.org a&!www.Mi&istryatch.org. "f they ca&#t 'e truste! with the little thi&gs% they ca&#t 'e truste! with the 'ig thi&gs.oul! esus of >a?areth !ri-e a +e&tley or a Bolls Boyce7 a-e gol! faucets i& is 'athroom7 There are someserious wol-es out there amo&gst the sheep.

hether e&truste! with a little or a lot% we#ll all 'e calle! to accou&t for our stewar!ship of 5o!#s 'lessi&gs.


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Are <ou =idding #e9E /c$ry /t$ts $nd 3$cts.

This is a compilatio& of the scariest% most em'arrassi&g% most shoc,i&g statistics a&! i&formatio& a'out theChurch a&! it#s affairs. e !o&#t Euote a&ythi&g hapha?ar!ly without ha-i&g goo! !ocume&tatio& a&! sources. "fyou ha-e stats that you thi&, we &ee! to hear% fi&! the source material a&! email us.

F#ostly from World &hristi$n Trends; Willi$m &$rey Libr$ry; D$"id 7$rrett M Todd +ohnson; 200,. The

summ$ry $nd $n$lysis of the $nnu$l &hristi$n meg$census. A-aila'le for purchase o&li&e or from our site.

Assets of the &hurch● G( Christia&s co&trol TB"=="O>( i& assets while at a&y gi-e& time 200%000%000 Christia&s star-e.● IK cou&tries each ha-e 5reat Commissio& @e-a&gelical Christia&s whose cumulati-e perso&al i&comes

ecee! G(:1 'illio& a year. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11

3in$nci$l 3r$ud in the &hurch● A&&ual church em'e??leme&ts 'y top custo!ia&s ecee! the e&tire cost of all foreig& missio&s

worl!wi!e. /m'ol!e&e! 'y la proce!ures% truste! church treasurers are em'e??li&g from the Church:;%;00%000 P/B DA). That#s :16%000%000%000 per )/AB8 That#s +illio& with a +38 @CT% page 9%Ta'le 11 VFor refere&ceH TOTA= Christia& spe&!i&g o& foreig& missio&s :1; +illio&. 5o! forgi-e us8W@CT% page K% Ta'le 1

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Crimi&al pe&alties agai&st clergy i& seual a'use cases &ow ecee! :1 'illio&% causi&g a &um'er ofchurches% !ioceses% a&! e-e& !e&omi&atio&s to 'e force! i&to 'a&,ruptcy. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● /ach year 600%000 fulltime or!ai&e! wor,ers @clergy%mi&isters%missio&aries reach retiri&g ageN 1;0%000

the& !isco-er that their employers pro-i!e &o ol!age pe&sio&s. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11

W$steful /pending by the &hurch● Most Christia& 'o!ies i&sist o& full accou&ta'ility to the last ce&t i& fi&a&ce V+ut &ot -ery well. (ee

a'o-e.W% 'ut ig&ore or e-e& !ecry statistics a'out Christia& wor,ers a&! mi&istries. @CT% page 9● =ess tha& 14 of Christia& re-e&ue is spe&t o& e-a&gelism to the most u&reache!. @CT% page K1● 04 of the church#s e&tire glo'al foreig& missio& resources are 'ei&g !eploye! to $ust 10 o-ersaturate!

cou&tries alrea!y possessi&g stro&g citi?e&ru& home mi&istries. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● All costs of mi&istry !i-i!e! 'y &um'er of 'aptisms per year. Cost per 'aptism i& "&!ia :<K09 per

perso&. Cost per 'aptism i& the G&ite! (tates :1%;;0%000 per perso&. @CT% page ;20;2<

● /-ery year the churches hol! a megace&sus costi&g :1.1 'illio&% se&!i&g out 10 millio& Euestio&&airesi& 9%000 la&guages% which co-ers 1K0 ma$or religious su'$ects. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● Christia&s spe&! more o& the a&&ual au!its of their churches a&! age&cies @:K10 millio& tha& o& all

their wor,ers i& the &o&Christia& worl!. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● The total cost of Christia& outreach a-erages :990%000 for each a&! e-ery &ewly 'apti?e! perso&. @G(A

:1%;;1%000% "&!ia :<%K00% Mo?am'iEue :1%00% etc. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11 a&! pages ;20;2<● >o&Christia& cou&tries ha-e 'ee& fou&! to ha-e 22I millio& +i'les i& place i& their mi!st% more tha&

&ee!e! to ser-e all Christia&s% 'ut poorly !istri'ute!. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● <14 of all Christia& outreachLe-a&gelism !oes &ot target &o&Christia&s 'ut targets other Christia&s i&

orl! C VX<; /-a&geli?e!% X604 Christia&W cou&tries% cities% peoples% populatio&s% or situatio&s. @CT%page K1

● /ach year%1K0 millio& +i'les a&! >ew Testame&ts are waste! lost% !estroye!% or !isi&tegrate! !ue toi&compete&ce% hostility% 'a! pla&&i&g% or i&a!eEuate ma&ufacture. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11

● +oo,s primarily a'out esus i& to!ay#s li'raries &um'er 1I;%000 !iffere&t titles i& ;00 la&guages%i&creasi&g 'y &ewly pu'lishe! e-ery !ay. As i& all scie&tific research% I04 of all &ew Christia& 'oo,sa&! pu'lishe! articles will &e-er 'e Euote! i& pri&t 'y their peers% e-er. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11

Persecution of the &hurch● More tha& I04 of all Christia&s &ow li-e i& cou&tries where they are eperie&ci&g persecutio&. "& some

cases /YTB/M/ persecutio&. @CT% page 92● 1 millio& co&-erte! i&!us% +u!!hists% a&! Muslims ha-e opte! to remai& withi& those religio&s i&

or!er to wit&ess for Christ as acti-e 'elie-ers i& esus as =or!. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11






Groth of the &hurch● From 9 millio& i& AD 1;00% e-a&gelicals ha-e grow& to 6K millio& worl!wi!e% ;4 'ei&g >o&hites.

@CT% page 9● The cou&try with the fastest Christia& epa&sio& e-er is Chi&a% &ow at 10%000 &ew co&-erts e-ery !ay.

@CT% page 9

#issions $nd the &hurch● (ome 2;0 of the 900 largest i&ter&atio&al Christia& orga&i?atio&s regularly mislea! the Christia& pu'lic

'y pu'lishi&g !emo&stra'ly i&correct or falsifie! progress statistics. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● Christia& triumphalism &ot as pri!e i& huge &um'ers% 'ut as pu'lici?e! selfco&gratulatio& is rampa&t

i& most churches% age&cies% a&! mi&istries. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● All costs of mi&istry !i-i!e! 'y &um'er of 'aptisms per year. Cost per 'aptism i& "&!ia :<K09 per

perso&. Cost per 'aptism i& the G&ite! (tates :1%;;0%000 per perso&. @CT% pages ;20;2<● "t costs Christia&s I00 times more mo&ey to 'apti?e co&-erts i& rich orl! C cou&tries @(wit?erla&!

tha& i& poor orl! A cou&tries @>epal. @CT% pages ;20;2<● Perce&t of Christia& resources i& cou&tries that are alrea!y more tha& 604 Christia& <14. Perce&t

spe&t i& cou&tries where less tha& half the people ha-e /*/B hear! of esus 0.094. @CT% page K1● "t is estimate! that Christia&s worl!wi!e spe&! arou&! :K +"=="O> !ollars P/B )/AB goi&g to the more

tha& ;00 co&fere&ces to TA= a'out missio&s. That#s more tha& A=F the total spe&t DO">5 missio&s.● /-erywhere o& /arth ca& &ow 'e targete! with at least 9 of the ; -arieties of effecti-e e-a&gelism.

@CT% page 9● K1K u&e-a&geli?e! eth&oli&guistic peoples ha-e &e-er 'ee& targete! 'y a&y Christia& age&cies e-er.

@CT% page 9● O-er 20 ce&turies Christia&s ha-e a&&ou&ce! 1%;00 glo'al pla&s to e-a&geli?e the worl!N most faile!N

2;0 pla&s focuse! o& AD 2000 fell massi-ely short of state! goals. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● Mai&la&! Chi&a#s Christia&s ha-e thousa&!s of trai&e! wor,ers poise! to 'egi& e-a&geli?i&g the worl!

!e &o-o @all o-er agai& soo& after AD 2000. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● Begular liste&ers to Christia& programs o-er secular or religious ra!ioLT* statio&s rose from 224 of the

worl! i& 1<K0 to 904 i& 2000. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● Out of 6K millio& 5reat Commissio& Christia&s% I04 ha-e &e-er 'ee& tol! a'out the worl!#s 1.6 'illio&

u&e-a&geli?e! i&!i-i!uals. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● The 9 least costeffecti-e cou&tries o-er 1 millio& i& populatio& for Christia& outreach areH apa&%

(wit?erla&!% De&mar,. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11 a&! pages ;20;2<● The 9 most costeffecti-e cou&tries o-er 1 millio& i& populatio& for Christia& outreach areH Mo?am'iEue%

/thiopia% Ta&?a&ia. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11 a&! pages ;20;2<● Per hour of mi&istry% the ; megapeoples most respo&si-e to Christia&ity% Christ% a&! the gospel areH

ha&!eshi% Awa!hi% Maga!hi% +ai% +erar Marathi. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● Per hour of mi&istry% the ; megapeoples least respo&si-e to Christia&ity% Christ% a&! the gospel areH

(we!ish%Bussia&% =ithua&ia&% Polish% 5eorgia& . @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11

Denomin$tions of the &hurch● Curre&tly there are o-er 99%000 Christia& !e&omi&atio&s i& the G&ite! (tates. @9I%000S as of 200;8

@CT% page 99● A huge &ew Christia& &o&co&fessio&al mega'loc% the "&!epe&!e&tsLPost!e&omi&atio&alists% is growi&g

rapi!ly a&! &um'ers 1<4 of all Christia&s. These 9K6 millio& "&!epe&!e&ts i& 220 cou&tries ha-e &oi&terest i& a&! &o use for historic !e&omi&atio&alist Christia&ity. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11

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From o&ly o&e millio& i& AD 1<00% Pe&tecostalsL CharismaticsL >eocharismatics ha-e mushroome! to;2 millio& affiliate! @with u&affiliate! 'elie-ers% 602 millio&. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11

#$rtyrdom● O-er the last 20 ce&turies% a&! i& all 29K cou&tries% more tha& I0 millio& Christia&s ha-e 'ee& martyre!

U ,ille!% eecute!% mur!ere! for Christ. @CT% page 9 a&! page 92● More Christia&s ha-e 'ee& martyre! i& the last 100 years tha& all years si&ce AD 90 com'i&e!. @CT

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Glob$l Popul$tion :ssues● Despite +"=="O>( of !ollars spe&t 'y !o?e&s of !e&omi&atio&s towar! o-er a hu&!re! ma$or programs

to fulfill the 5reat Commissio& 'y the year 2000% we !i!&#t e-e& ,eep up with populatio& growth% muchless reach the 2 'illio& u&reache!. @CT% page 9 /-i!e&tly &o apologies are forthcomi&g for the gia&twaste of assets a&! 'ro,e& promises.

● 12 millio& &ew souls 'egi& life o& /arth each year% 'ut Christia&ity#s %000 foreig& missio& age&cies'apti?e o&ly millio& &ew perso&s a year. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11

● (i&ce AD 1<00%Christia& ur'a&ites ha-e eplo!e! from 100 millio& i& ;00 cities to 1%160 millio& i& ;%000

cities. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11

Cnre$ched Peoples● Out of 6K millio& 5reat Commissio& Christia&s% I04 ha-e &e-er 'ee& tol! a'out worl!#s 1.6 'illio&

u&e-a&geli?e! i&!i-i!uals. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● There are thousa&!s of la&guage groups who !o &ot ha-e a (">5=/ page of the +i'le i& their la&guage.● <K.I4 of people ha-e access to scripture i& 6%I00 la&guages lea-i&g IK millio& i& 6%K00 la&guages with

&o access at all. @CT% page ● The ma$ority of the u&reache! people groups are i& cou&tries that are restricte! access. ester&

missio&aries may &ot e-e& 'e a'le to get to them. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● Despite Christ#s comma&! to e-a&geli?e% 6I4 of all huma&s from AD 90 to the prese&t !ay ha-e &e-er

e-e& hear! of his &ame. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● 6K millio& Christia&s to!ay @calle! 5reat Commissio& Christia&s are acti-e i& Christ#s worl! missio&N

1%9;2 millio& Christia&s ig&ore this missio&. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11● Orga&i?e! Christia&ity has total co&tact with 9%;<0 religio&s 'ut &o co&tact at all with 9;9 other religio&s

a&! their o-er ;00 millio& a!here&ts. @CT% page 9% Ta'le 11

#icroLending /t$ts● e ca& help a +rother or (ister start a 'usi&ess i& "&!ia with a loa& of as little as :2;.

-$d *nough <et9 :t gets orseEWe’re stuffing the 3$ttest $nd st$r"ing the -ungriestE

=*<World A are the 9K cou&tries that are primarily u&e-a&geli?e!. Z;04 u&reache! @1.6 +illio& souls. Mostly Asia

a&! >oth Africa ofte& calle! the 10L0 i&!ow.World 7 are the ;< cou&tries e-a&geli?e! 'y &ot co&-erte!. X;04 reache! 'ut Z604 Christia& @2.< 'illio& soulsWorld & are the 11 cou&tries primarily or pre!omi&a&tly Christia& alrea!y. X<;4 /-a&geli?e! a&! X604Christia& @2 'illio& souls These are mostly the est3 >orth% Ce&tral a&! (outh America% /urope% (outher&

Africa% a&! Australia.

7ro$dc$sting Fr$dioNTV per ye$rTot$l spend O6.4 7illionorl! A :6 Millio& @0.014orl! + :226 Millio& @9.<4orl! C :;%;6K Millio& @<6.04

3in$nce FchurchN$gency per ye$r

Tot$l spend O2%0 7illionorl! A :1KK Millio& @0.014orl! + :1%9I0 Millio& @;.14orl! C :2;6%100 Millio& @<.K4

3oreign #issions #oney per ye$rTot$l spend O,6 7illionorl! A :2;0 millio& @1.I4orl! + :1%I;0 millio& @11.I4orl! C :19%000 millio& @K6.64

/cripture distribution per ye$r

Tot$l ?;)00 million piecesorl! A 20 millio& @0.4orl! + 6K0 millio& @1.;4orl! C 9%<00 millio& @K.K4

@Plus 11 other scales that all loo, a'out the same. Tracts% (cripture la&guages% =iterature% Perio!icals%Computers% Fulltime wor,ers% Computer users% Foreig& Missio&aries% ome Missio&aries% =ay lea!ership. CT%page ;;.






3rom P$ge 40 here shoul! foreig& missio&aries wor,73 M P$ge 620 A comparati-e listi&g of 6i&strume&t5reat Commissio& "&strume&t Pa&els for the glo'e#s II largest cou&tries% each with o-er 10 millio& populatio&.

&$n$d$ @total populatio& 91%1I%000G&e-a&geli?e! 2.24/-a&geli?e! 'ut &o&Christia& 1K.94

Christia& @of o&e sort or a&other I<.;4@self!escri'e!% i&clu!es Catholics/-a&geli?atio& perce&t <I.K4/-a&gelistic offers per perso& per year 991Cost effecti-e&ess @Cost per 'aptism :1%1K<%000

:ndi$ @total populatio& 1%019%662%000G&e-a&geli?e! 0.I4/-a&geli?e! 'ut &o&Christia& ;9.14

Christia& @of o&e sort or a&other 6.24/-a&geli?atio& perce&t ;<.94Offers per perso& per year 19Cost effecti-e&ess @Cost per 'aptism :<%K00

C/A @total populatio& 2IK%9;I%00G&e-a&geli?e! 1.;4/-a&geli?e! 'ut &o&Christia& 19.K4Christia& @of o&e sort or a&other K.I4/-a&geli?atio& perce&t <K.;4Offers per perso& per year 96KCost effecti-e&ess @Cost per 'aptism :1%;;1%000

&hin$ @total populatio& 1%262%;;I%000G&e-a&geli?e! 9;.24/-a&geli?e! 'ut &o&Christia& ;I.I4Christia& @of o&e sort or a&other I.14/-a&geli?atio& perce&t 6.K4Offers per perso& per year 16Cost effecti-e&ess @Cost per 'aptism :1;%K00

Austr$li$ @total populatio& 1K%KK0%000G&e-a&geli?e! 1.64/-a&geli?e! 'ut &o&Christia& 1<.14Christia& @of o&e sort or a&other I<.94/-a&geli?atio& perce&t <K4Offers per perso& per year 996Cost effecti-e&ess @Cost per 'aptism :1%10%000

:ndonesi$ @total populatio& 212%10I%000G&e-a&geli?e! 9I.24/-a&geli?e! 'ut &o&Christia& <.I4Christia& @of o&e sort or a&other 19.14/-a&geli?atio& perce&t 62.K4Offers per perso& per year 2<Cost effecti-e&ess @Cost per 'aptism :0%K00

+$p$n @total populatio& 126%I1%000G&e-a&geli?e! 99.14/-a&geli?e! 'ut &o&Christia& 69.94Christia& @of o&e sort or a&other 9.64/-a&geli?atio& perce&t 604Offers per perso& per year 6

Cost effecti-e&ess @Cost per 'aptism :2%I21%000

Afgh$nist$n @total populatio& 22%I20%000G&e-a&geli?e! I0.4/-a&geli?e! 'ut &o&Christia& 2<.64Christia& @of o&e sort or a&other 0.14/-a&geli?atio& perce&t 2<.I4Offers per perso& per year Z 1

Cost effecti-e&ess @Cost per 'aptism :90%00

Germ$ny @total populatio& K2%220%000G&e-a&geli?e! 2.4/-a&geli?e! 'ut &o&Christia& 21.K4Christia& @of o&e sort or a&other I;.K4/-a&geli?atio& perce&t <I4Offers per perso& per year 9K1Cost effecti-e&ess @Cost per 'aptism :2%11<%000

&$mbodi$ @total populatio& 11%16K%000G&e-a&geli?e! ;0.<4/-a&geli?e! 'ut &o&Christia& K.04Christia& @of o&e sort or a&other 1.14/-a&geli?atio& perce&t <.14Offers per perso& per year 1Cost effecti-e&ess @Cost per 'aptism :%900

#e8ico @total populatio& <K%KK1%000G&e-a&geli?e! 0.24/-a&geli?e! 'ut &o&Christia& 9.;4Christia& @of o&e sort or a&other <6.94/-a&geli?atio& perce&t <<.K4Offers per perso& per year ;60Cost effecti-e&ess @Cost per 'aptism :1I%100

7$ngl$desh @total populatio& 12<%1;;%000G&e-a&geli?e! 2.K4/-a&geli?e! 'ut &o&Christia& ;6.;4Christia& @of o&e sort or a&other 0.I4/-a&geli?atio& perce&t ;I.24Offers per perso& per year 1Cost effecti-e&ess @Cost per 'aptism :I%200

#ost of the st$ts from @An AD 200, re$lity chec1 60 ne f$cts $nd figures $bout trends $nd issues concerningempiric$l glob$l &hristi$nity tod$y. Ffrom T$ble ,, $nd elsehere in World &hristi$n Trends; Willi$m &$rey Libr$ry;

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!e$lly /c$ry /criptures

"s your heart so har! that you ca&Qt see our ow& guilt7 Does the or! of 5o! sta&! agai&st you7

+eremi$h 62)(, @all >"* 26 Amo&g my people are wic,e! me& who lie i& wait li,e me& who s&are 'ir!s a&!li,e those who set traps to catch me&. 2I =i,e cages full of 'ir!s% their houses are full of !eceitN they ha-e'ecome rich a&! powerful 2K a&! ha-e grow& fat a&! slee,. Their e-il !ee!s ha-e &o limitN they !o &ot plea! the

case of the fatherless to wi& it% they !o &ot !efe&! the rights of the poor. 2< (houl! " &ot pu&ish them for this7!eclares the =OBD . (houl! " &ot a-e&ge myself o& such a &atio& as this7 (0 A horrible $nd shoc1ing thingh$s h$ppened in the l$nd (, The prophets prophesy lies; the priests rule by their on $uthority; $nd mypeople lo"e it this $y. 7ut h$t ill you do in the end9

+eremi$h ),),% 16 This is what the =OBD saysH (ta&! at the crossroa!s a&! loo,N as, for the a&cie&tpaths% $s1 here the good $y is; $nd $l1 in it; $nd you ill find rest for your souls. +ut you sai!% Qe will&ot wal, i& it.Q 1I " appoi&te! watchme& o-er you a&! sai!% Q=iste& to the sou&! of the trumpet8Q +ut you sai!% Qewill &ot liste&.Q

Lu1e )2?2) +ut woe to you who are rich% for you ha-e alrea!y recei-e! your comfort. oe to you who arewell fe! &ow% for you will go hu&gry. oe to you who laugh &ow% for you will mour& a&! weep. oe to you whe&all me& spea, well of you% for that is how their fathers treate! the false prophets.

#$tthe ,>2,2? esus a&swere!% "f you wa&t to 'e perfect% go% sell your possessio&s a&! gi-e to the poor%a&! you will ha-e treasure i& hea-e&. The& come% follow me. he& the you&g ma& hear! this% he we&t awaysa!% 'ecause he ha! great wealth. The& esus sai! to his !isciples% " tell you the truth% it is har! for a rich ma&to e&ter the ,i&g!om of hea-e&. Agai& " tell you% it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a &ee!le tha& fora rich ma& to e&ter the ,i&g!om of 5o!.

: Timothy )2, Comma&! those who are rich i& this prese&t worl! &ot to 'e arroga&t &or to put their hope i&wealth% which is so u&certai&% 'ut to put their hope i& 5o!% who richly pro-i!es us with e-erythi&g for oure&$oyme&t. Comma&! them to !o goo!% to 'e rich i& goo! !ee!s% a&! to 'e ge&erous a&! willi&g to share. "& thisway they will lay up treasure for themsel-es as a firm fou&!atio& for the comi&g age% so that they may ta,e hol!of the life that is truly life.

: Timothy ?,2; ) The (pirit clearly says that i& later times some will a'a&!o& the faith a&! follow !ecei-i&gspirits a&! thi&gs taught 'y !emo&s. (uch teachi&gs come through hypocritical liars% whose co&scie&ces ha-e

'ee& seare! as with a hot iro&. "f you poi&t these thi&gs out to the 'rothers% you will 'e a goo! mi&ister of Christesus% 'rought up i& the truths of the faith a&! of the goo! teachi&g that you ha-e followe!.

:: Timothy (,6 +ut mar, thisH There will 'e terri'le times i& the last !ays. People will 'e lo-ers of themsel-es%lo-ers of mo&ey% 'oastful% prou!% a'usi-e% !iso'e!ie&t to their pare&ts% u&grateful% u&holy% without lo-e%u&forgi-i&g% sla&!erous% without selfco&trol% 'rutal% &ot lo-ers of the goo!% treacherous% rash% co&ceite!% lo-ersof pleasure rather tha& lo-ers of 5o! ha-i&g a form of go!li&ess% 'ut !e&yi&g its power. a-e &othi&g to !owith them.

Lu1e ,2,62, The& he sai! to them% atch out8 +e o& your guar! agai&st all ,i&!s of gree!N a ma&Qs life!oes &ot co&sist i& the a'u&!a&ce of his possessio&s. A&! he tol! them this para'leH The grou&! of a certai&rich ma& pro!uce! a goo! crop. e thought to himself% Qhat shall " !o7 " ha-e &o place to store my crops.QThe& he sai!% QThis is what "Qll !o. " will tear !ow& my 'ar&s a&! 'uil! 'igger o&es% a&! there " will store all mygrai& a&! my goo!s. 1< A&! "Qll say to myself% )ou ha-e ple&ty of goo! thi&gs lai! up for ma&y years. Ta,e life

easyN eat% !ri&, a&! 'e merry. Q +ut 5o! sai! to him% Q)ou fool8 This -ery &ight your life will 'e !ema&!e! fromyou. The& who will get what you ha-e prepare! for yourself7Q This is how it will 'e with a&yo&e who stores upthi&gs for himself 'ut is &ot rich towar! 5o!.

#ic$h % 1 hat misery is mi&e8 " am li,e o&e who gathers summer fruit at the glea&i&g of the -i&eyar!N there is&o cluster of grapes to eat% &o&e of the early figs that " cra-e. 2 The godly h$"e been sept from the l$ndQ notone upright m$n rem$ins. All men lie in $it to shed bloodQ e$ch hunts his brother ith $ net. ( 7othh$nds $re s1illed in doing e"ilQ the ruler dem$nds gifts; the Hudge $ccepts bribes; the poerful dict$teh$t they desire they $ll conspire together. ? The best of them is li1e $ brier; the most upright orse






th$n $ thorn hedge. The d$y of your $tchmen h$s come; the d$y God "isits you. 5o is the time of theirconfusion. 6 Do not trust $ neighborQ put no confidence in $ friend. *"en ith her ho lies in yourembr$ce be c$reful of your ords. ) 3or $ son dishonors his f$ther; $ d$ughter rises up $g$inst hermother; $ d$ughterinl$ $g$inst her mother inl$ $ m$nRs enemies $re the members of his onhousehold. % 7ut $s for me; : $tch in hope for the L'!D ; : $it for God my /$"iorQ my God ill he$rme. K Do &ot gloat o-er me% my e&emy8 Though " ha-e falle&% " will rise. Though " sit i& !ar,&ess% the =OBD will'e my light. > 7ec$use : h$"e sinned $g$inst him; : ill be$r the L'!DRs r$th; until he ple$ds my c$se$nd est$blishes my right. -e ill bring me out into the lightQ : ill see his righteousness. 10 The& my

e&emy will see it a&! will 'e co-ere! with shame% she who sai! to me% here is the =OBD your 5o!7 My eyeswill see her !ow&fallN e-e& &ow she will 'e trample! u&!erfoot li,e mire i& the streets. 11 The !ay for 'uil!i&gyour walls will come% the !ay for ete&!i&g your 'ou&!aries. 12 "& that !ay people will come to you from Assyriaa&! the cities of /gypt% e-e& from /gypt to the /uphrates a&! from sea to sea a&! from mou&tai& to mou&tai&.19 The earth will 'ecome !esolate 'ecause of its i&ha'ita&ts% as the result of their !ee!s. 1 (hepher! yourpeople with your staff% the floc, of your i&herita&ce% which li-es 'y itself i& a forest% i& fertile pasturela&!s. =etthem fee! i& +asha& a&! 5ilea! as i& !ays lo&g ago. ,6 As in the d$ys hen you c$me out of *gypt; : illsho them my onders. ,) 5$tions ill see $nd be $sh$med; depri"ed of $ll their poer. They ill l$ytheir h$nds on their mouths $nd their e$rs ill become de$f. ,% They ill lic1 dust li1e $ sn$1e; li1ecre$tures th$t cr$l on the ground. They ill come trembling out of their densQ they ill turn in fe$r tothe L'!D our God $nd ill be $fr$id of you. ,4 Who is $ God li1e you; ho p$rdons sin $nd forgi"es thetr$nsgression of the remn$nt of his inherit$nce9 <ou do not st$y $ngry fore"er but delight to shomercy. ,> <ou ill $g$in h$"e comp$ssion on usQ you ill tre$d our sins underfoot $nd hurl $ll our

iniKuities into the depths of the se$. 20 <ou ill be true to +$cob; $nd sho mercy to Abr$h$m; $s youpledged on o$th to our f$thers in d$ys long $go.

*e1iel > 1 The& " hear! him call out i& a lou! -oice% +ri&g the guar!s of the city here% each with a weapo& i&his ha&!. 2 A&! " saw si me& comi&g from the !irectio& of the upper gate% which faces &orth% each with a!ea!ly weapo& i& his ha&!. ith them was a ma& clothe! i& li&e& who ha! a writi&g ,it at his si!e. They came i&a&! stoo! 'esi!e the 'ro&?e altar. 9 >ow the glory of the 5o! of "srael we&t up from a'o-e the cheru'im% whereit ha! 'ee&% a&! mo-e! to the threshol! of the temple. The& the =OBD calle! to the ma& clothe! i& li&e& whoha! the writi&g ,it at his si!e a&! sai!to him% Go throughout the city of +erus$lem $nd put $ m$r1 on theforehe$ds of those ho grie"e $nd l$ment o"er $ll the detest$ble things th$t $re done in it. ; As "liste&e!% he sai! to the others% 3ollo him through the city $nd 1ill; ithout shoing pity or comp$ssion. )/l$ughter old men; young men $nd m$idens; omen $nd children; but do not touch $nyone ho h$s them$r1. 7egin $t my s$nctu$ry. /o they beg$n ith the elders ho ere in front of the temple. I The& hesai! to them% Defile the temple a&! fill the courts with the slai&. 5o8 (o they we&t out a&! 'ega& ,illi&g

throughout the city. K hile they were ,illi&g a&! " was left alo&e% " fell face!ow&% cryi&g out% Ah% (o-ereig&=OBD8 Are you goi&g to !estroy the e&tire rem&a&t of "srael i& this outpouri&g of your wrath o& erusalem7 <e a&swere! me% The sin of the house of :sr$el $nd +ud$h is e8ceedingly gre$tQ the l$nd is full ofbloodshed $nd the city is full of inHustice. They s$y; RThe L'!D h$s fors$1en the l$ndQ the L'!D doesnot see.R ,0 /o : ill not loo1 on them ith pity or sp$re them; but : ill bring don on their on he$dsh$t they h$"e done. 11 The& the ma& i& li&e& with the writi&g ,it at his si!e 'rought 'ac, wor!% sayi&g% "ha-e !o&e as you comma&!e!.

+eremi$h 6,,,,( 11 (harpe& the arrows% ta,e up the shiel!s8 The =OBD has stirre! up the ,i&gs of theMe!es% 'ecause his purpose is to !estroy +a'ylo&. The =OBD will ta,e -e&gea&ce% -e&gea&ce for his temple.12 =ift up a 'a&&er agai&st the walls of +a'ylo&8 Bei&force the guar!% statio& the watchme&% prepare a& am'ush8The =OBD will carry out his purpose% his !ecree agai&st the people of +a'ylo&. 19 <ou ho li"e by m$ny$ters $nd $re rich in tre$sures; your end h$s come; the time for you to be cut off.

;Connect this with 5evelations <=, the destruction of abylon. hich many believe to mean -merica.>

ThereRs lots moreE !e$d -ose$. Th$tRll sc$re youEE 'r *e1iel.TheyRre not Hust $bout the n$tion of :sr$el they $pply to Americ$; to the &hurch; to your ton; to <'CE

Anytime someone does 7$d 7eh$"ior B; they should e8pect Punishment < $s $ result.Well; h$te"er :sr$el did to bring on GodRs Hudgement the &hurch of Americ$ is doing B times ,000EE

We should e8pect God to re$ct 5'W the s$me $s -e did T-*5.

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Wh$t e8$ctly is the @Gre$t &ommission9

This term is applie! to the fi&al comma&! of esus $ust 'efore e asce&!e! i&to hea-e& followi&g isresurrectio&. "t is the comma&! to &ot $ust go a&! e-a&geli?e% 'ut to trai& a&! prepare a&! a& assura&ce thatwhe& you !o it "( way% sig&s a&! wo&!ers will follow.

Depe&!i&g o& which passage you use a&! which -ersio& of the +i'le% it goes li,e thisH

Matthew 2KH1K20 @>"*+hen 4esus came to them and said, 1-ll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.+herefore go and make disciles of all nations, bati0ing them in the name of the 7ather, and of the *onand of the 6oly *irit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. -nd surely I amwith you always, to the very end of the age.3

Mar, 16H1;1K% 20 @>"*6e said to them, 1/o into all the world and reach the good news to all creation. hoever believes andis bati0ed will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. -nd these signs willaccomany those who believe? In my name they will drive out demons@ they will seak in new tongues@they will ick u snakes with their hands@ and when they drink deadly oison, it will not hurt them at all@they will lace their hands on sick eole, and they will get well.3 +hen the disciles went out and

reached everywhere, and the (ord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs thataccomanied it.

(o ... is the church3 i& America really !oi&g it right7 "f so% are sig&s a&! wo&!ers li,e this followi&g7 For theamou&t of time a&! mo&ey a&! people i&-ol-e!% we ought to 'e getti&g some really astou&!i&g miracles% right7(eems to me this is a guara&tee.

"F esus was&#t ,i!!i&g arou&!% T/> e was $ust sure that if we !i! it "( way there woul! 'e some surprisi&gresults. "& America we are e-a&geli?i&g3 all the time% 'ut who are we reachi&g a&! what are we preachi&g7 "twoul! sure 'e a shame if we loo,e! 'ac, a&! reali?e! that we ha-e&#t really 'ee& !oi&g it is way this wholetime8 hat a waste of time% e&ergy% mo&ey% li-es a&! more importa&tly% souls% that woul! tur& out to 'e8 (eemsli,e we ought to ta,e e-ery precautio& to ma,e sure we#re o& trac,.

" fi&! that sometimes it#s helpful to poi&t out the re-erse of a& argume&t. For eampleH "F !ogs are ma&#s 'est

frie&! a&! cats are &ot !ogs% T/> cats are &ot ma&#s 'est frie&!.3 Or li,e thisH esus &e-er lie!% so "F esussai! 'ig thi&gs woul! happe& whe& we we&t out i& is &ame a&! 'ig thi&gs are&#t happe&i&g% T/> may'ewe#re &ot goi&g out i& is &ame.3

mmm. Coul! that 'e7 Are we preachi&g a&other esus7 e sai! that if we lo-e! im a&! we were OF im wewoul! o'ey all is comma&!me&ts the last a&! greatest of which was the 5reat Commissio&. "t#s &ot the 5et

Arou&!To"t/-e&tually Commissio&3 or the =efto-er104of+u!get Commissio&3 or the (ome'o!y/lseCa&Do"t Commissio&3. "t#s the 5B/AT Commissio& a&! it applies to /*/B) i&!i-i!ual. There is &o escape clause%there are &o loopholes% there is &o a-oi!i&g it a&! still claimi&g to 'e a Christli,e Christia& if you ig&ore it a&!!o&#t o'ey is comma&!.

May'e we#re &ot !oi&g it right. (houl! at least 'e worthy of some serious !iscussio&% right7 " mea&% $ust if youwa&t to please 5o! a&! ,eep from 'ei&g a 5oat at the fi&al $u!geme&t.

ere are some thi&gs that esus >/*/B sai! to !oH

● 5o i&to all the worl! a&! 'uil! 'ig 'uil!i&gs.● 5o i&to all the worl! a&! e&tertai& the Christia&s.● 5o i&to all the worl! a&! as, the worl! for mo&ey.● 5o !i-i!e up i&to factio&s a&! co&sta&tly argue with each other.● 5o fi&! people you ca& pay to go i&to all the worl! so you !o&#t ha-e to tell a&yo&e yourself.






-um$n /$crifice in the &hristi$n &hurch

"& the Ol! Testame&t there are lots of stories a'out the followers of +aal or Mar!u, or o&e go! or a&otherofferi&g huma& sacrifices @a&! how u&happy a'out it eho-ah gets. (ometimes to please their go!s so that theywoul! ha-e a goo! har-est or some other reaso& relate! to a hope for prosperity or 'lessi&g. They woul! get a-irgi& @or a 'a'y a&! sacrifice them o& a sto&e altar i& the hopes of some future comfort. They !i!&#t lie a'out it.

/-ery'o!y ,&ew that was the pla&. /-e& the -irgi&. At least the prophets of +aal ha! the !ece&cy to tell the-irgi& what they were !oi&g a&! why. May'e they e-e& tha&,e! her a&! threw a party 'efore spilli&g her 'loo!.That woul! 'e &ice.

"& America% the Christia& church @as a whole is much less ho&est. )ou see% we are sayi&g that we care for thesic, a&! poor a&! u&reache!% 'ut what we#re actually !oi&g with our time a&! resources shows that we mea&the eact opposite of that. e#re ,&owi&gly letti&g them !ie so that we ca& ha-e 'ou&ty a&! 'e comfy. A&! si&cewe say we lo-e them a&! we care a'out their eter&al souls% &ot $ust their 'o!y% our i&sulti&g !ou'letal, isama?i&gly more offe&si-e8 e a-erage $ust 24 i& gi-i&g a&! of that mo&ey @:2;0 +illio&% we spe&! o-er <;4 ofit o& oursel-es. =ess tha& 0.014 reaches the most u&reache!.

That#s why the orl! is really irritate! with us% 'ecause we#re telli&g them we care a&! the& we#re spe&!i&g ourmo&ey o& oursel-es. 5o rea! the (cary (tats agai&. /-erythi&g is eactly upsi!e !ow& of what we woul! 'e!oi&g if we B/A==) care! for those whom esus most care! for.

Put a&other way% i& or!er for us to mai&tai& our lush lifestyles @i&!i-i!ually a&! as churches we ha-e to shortcha&ge 5o! T/> we ha-e to !i-ert e-e& the 'ul, of TAT 'ac, to oursel-es as well.

May'e a little para'le will help. esus seeme! to li,e those.

"magi&e your o&ly chil! has a tumor. e#s $ust a little ,i!% say se-e& years ol!. e#s i& the hospital% he#si& a lot of pai&% he#s hoo,e! up to all these machi&es% he !esperately &ee!s treatme&t% 'ut it#s goi&g tocost :2;0%000 a&! you !o&#t ha-e a&y i&sura&ce. )ou% your wife a&! your frie&!s a&! family help outa&! !o&ate mo&ey% may'e you e-e& ha-e a teletho&. "t#s a goo! thi&g that he loo,s goo! i& the pictures%'ecause that really helps. People all o-er are prayi&g for you a&! se&!i&g their :10 a&! :20 'ills i& tohelp. They ca& $ust se&se from your passio& that that this is critically importa&t to you to sa-e this'eautiful ,i! that you lo-e so much. Tears are she! 'y all. )ou really mea& well a&! it#s all pure a&!

sacrificial.

A&! it tur&s out you meet your goal88 The full :2;0%000 is pro-i!e!8

+ut the& somethi&g i&si!e s&aps. Pro'a'ly 'ecause of the 'ig pile of cash you are completely u&use!to. (o you ta,e <;4 off the top as a!mi&istrati-e costs a&! go 'uy a fa&cy &ew car% a cha&!elier% &ewcushio&s for your fur&iture% &ew carpet% may'e 'uil! o&to the house% get some &ew suits a&! you ha&!the !octors :12%;00. ell it tur&s out that was&#t &early e&ough% so you !eci!e to ,eep raisi&g mo&eyu&til that ;4 ca& a!! up to the :2;0%000 you &ee! to sa-e his life. (o at that rate% you#re goi&g to ha-eto raise :;%000%000 to ,eep him ali-e. (o you go 'ac, out with your plea for more mo&ey. )ou raise upmore -olu&teers% ta,e more pictures of him% may'e testimo&ials a'out how the people that helpe! himfeel so goo! a'out themsel-es% may'e you spe&! a little more mo&ey $a??i&g up the materials you#remaili&g out. (hoot% you might e-e& hire a co&sulta&t. A&! your wife is getti&g B/A==) goo! at cryi&g o&

cue.

At first you try &ot to ma,e a 'ig !eal a'out all the stuff you 'ought 'ecause you !o&#t wa&t to ha-e toeplai& it to people. +ut after a while you get this great &ew i!ea. "f you tell them that the mo&ey youspe&t o& yourself is 5o!#s e-i!e&ce that you are 'lesse!% the& you ca& assert more stro&gly that theyshoul! support you so that T/) ca& share i& )OGB 'lessi&g. " ,&ow it sou&!s completely cra?y ... 'utyou ,&ow% it $ust might wor,. People are gree!y a&! selfish a&! they !o&#t always see the 'ig picture.>amely that it#s T/"B mo&ey you#re 'ei&g 'lesse! with a&! your ,i! is still getti&g sic,er.






" mea&% it#s clear to e-eryo&e that he#s i& imme!iate !a&ger a&! you#re &ot. At some poi&t% fol,s aregoi&g to start catchi&g o& 'ecause it#s fairly li,ely that if you#re this far !ow& that roa!% you#re goi&g to

$ust get more a&! more o-er the top. "t#s $ust a matter of time u&til you get your ow& $et pla&e a&! 'uymore houses for yourself a&! a stretch limosi&e a&! spe&! thousa&!s o& clothes a&! $ewelry. hy &ot7" mea&% this thi&g might go o& fore-er if you ca& $ust reach e&ough people that ha-e&#t alrea!y figure! itout. A&! if it happe&s that your ,i! !ies 'ecause you &e-er !o get him the mo&ey% well that $ust ma,esyou e-e& more pitiful a&! 'ri&gs more sympathy @that is% cash. The& you ca& go fi&! some'o!y else#s

,i! that#s i& the hospital a&! try it agai&. >ow you#re a& a!-ocate.3

At some poi&t you start to wo&!er how this woul! play i& other cou&tries. /-e& if they !o&#t ha-e asmuch mo&ey% it#s $ust a math pro'lem $ust a matter of how ma&y people you ca& get to liste&. " mea&there are suc,ers all o-er the worl!. hy &ot gi-e it a try7

(o% what a'out the ,i!7 Ca& you call that a&ythi&g other tha& huma& sacrifice7 ho#s respo&si'le for his !eath7The pare&ts7 (urely. There will 'e much !ar,&ess a&! cryi&g a&! g&ashi&g of teeth at the fi&al $u!geme&t. +utwhat a'out the people that se&t i& mo&ey7 (urely they were $ust ta,e& for a ri!e. "t ca&#t 'e T/"B fault. /ceptthat% there is that part a'out how we#re suppose! to 'e goo! stewar!s of our mo&ey a&! gi-e without thought ofrecei-i&g. A lot of those fol,s se&t i& their mo&ey (O TAT they woul! 'e 'lesse! fi&a&cially. That ca&#t possi'ly'e a +i'lically pure moti-e. Ca& it7 " mea&% it#s &ot their fault they !i!&#t as, a&y Euestio&s a'out how the mo&eywas 'ei&g spe&t. )eah% they were a little suspicious% 'ut these are People of 5o! up there o& stage. They

woul!&#t rip us off% woul! they7 " mea&% they#-e got a 'est selli&g 'oo, out.

Oh% "#m sorry% you#re &ot a part of that whole cra?i&ess7 )ou saw right through those guys o& the first try7 )ou#re $ust oe A-erage America& goi&g to a &ice Euiet chuch a&! !oi&g the right thi&gs7 O% well% let#s try this. owmuch of your stuff !o you thi&, 'elo&gs to 5o!7 " mea&% if you say e#s =OBD a&! all% that shoul! mea& e#sthe Master a&! i&g a&! you owe im e-erythi&g% right7 O% so how are you spe&!i&g 5o!#s mo&ey perso&ally7

O!!s are pretty goo! you#re spe&!i&g a'out ;04 of your i&come o& !iscretio&ary pro!ucts stuff you !i!&#ta'solutely &ee!. 5o!#s &ot as,i&g you to star-e to !eath. e lo-es us a&! wa&ts us to 'e happy a&! co&te&t% 'ute#s &ot really after ma,i&g us fat a&! la?y. here#s all that stuff you#re 'uyi&g comi&g from7 hat !i! it ta,e toget it to you at the low% low% o&etime o&ly sale prices you pai! for it. @" mea&% you !i! shop arou&!% right7

/-er co&si!er this7 Be-elatio& 1KH1019 @/(*

Alas8 Alas8 )ou great city% you mighty city% +a'ylo&8 For i& a si&gle hour your $u!gme&t has come.3 A&! themercha&ts of the earth weep a&! mour& for her% si&ce &o o&e 'uys their cargo a&ymore% cargo of gol!% sil-er% $ewels% pearls% fi&e li&e&% purple cloth% sil,% scarlet cloth% all ,i&!s of sce&te! woo!% all ,i&!s of articles of i-ory% all,i&!s of articles of costly woo!% 'ro&?e% iro& a&! mar'le% ci&&amo&% spice% i&ce&se% myrrh% fra&,i&ce&se% wi&e%oil% fi&e flour% wheat% cattle a&! sheep% horses a&! chariots% a&! sla-es% that is% huma& souls.3

5et it7 Do you ,&ow what it CO(T( for mercha&ts arou&! the worl! to get that stuff ma!e a&! 'ri&g it here7 "tcosts GMA> (OG=(. ow ma&y are ha-i&g the life suc,e! out of them i& factories arou&! the worl! so that weca& ha-e (TGFF7 Chil!re&% priso&ers% wi!ows Christia&s i& priso& e-e&8 /-er thi&, of that7 That you might go'uy a Ma!e i& Chi&a3 'i'le co-er or cross &ec,lace a&! it#s 'ei&g ma!e 'y Chi&ese pastors i& priso& who ha-eto wor, 16 hour !ays ma,i&g stuff li,e that i& or!er to ear& !i&&er7 That#s $ust the ,i&! of thi&g the e&emy woul!ha-e them !oi&g% too. "t#s happe&i&g. Do&#t thi&, it#s &ot.

Thi&, har!. Are you sure this is what Christ wa&te!7 " mea& it#s all is stuff right7 Or !i! you &ot mea& =or!3that way7 ow ma&y Euestio&s are you as,i&g7






The 7ottom Line

1Command those who are rich in this resent world not to be arrogant nor to ut their hoe in wealth,which is so uncertain, but to ut their hoe in /od, who richly rovides us with everything for our enjoyment.

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.In this way they will lay u treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age,

so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.3 @" Timothy 6H21 >"*

"f you wa&t to put your fi&ger o& what#s wro&g with the church i& America& to!ay% $ust follow the mo&ey. Alwaysfollow the mo&ey.

(ee ... 5o! ga-e a 'usi&essma& a successful 'usi&ess a&! much mo&ey. 5o! ga-e the ma& sa--y a&!shrew!&ess a&! ma&ageme&t s,ills. 5o! taught him how to 'e a goo! stewar! a&! 'uil! somethi&g stro&g. 5o!place! him i& a church where he coul! co&tri'ute his tale&ts a&! s,ills.

The& ... the 'usi&essma& chec,e! his 'rai& at the !oor a&! ha&!e! o-er all his treasure to those =/A(Te!ucate! a&! trai&e! i& the ma&ageme&t of mo&ey. They ha-e &o eperie&ce with it a&! it#s pote&tial !a&gers.+ut they#-e got a semi&ary !egree. (o 'efore you ,&ow it% they offer to let the 'usi&essma& put his &ame o& the&ew wi&g% they spe&! his mo&ey li,e cra?y o& a&y fool program that loo,s li,e fu& a&! their other pastor 'u!!iesare !oi&g% a&! if they#re really luc,y a&! play 'y the rules% they get offere! a cha&ce to go !o the same stuff at achurch with twice as ma&y 'usi&essme&.

ho is 5o! goi&g to hol! most respo&si'le7 Clearly the pastor is guilty for &ot lea!i&g the sheep correctly a&!may'e e-e& for harmi&g them a&! 'ei&g pri!eful. +ut to some !egree he#s $ust !oi&g what he was trai&e! a&!lear&e! i& semi&ary.

+ut the 'usi&essma& was gi-e& ma&y gifts a&! he !i!&#t as, A>) of the Euestio&s he ha! 'ee& trai&e! to as, ofa 'usi&ess -e&ture loo,i&g to spe&! his capital. e !i!&#t as, a'out Betur& O& "&-estme&t or loo, to cut 'ac, orco&tai& costs li,e he woul! i& his ow& 'usi&ess. Particularly if you#re tryi&g to 'e Christli,e. The largest waste ofusea'le space i& this cou&try is all the 'ig 'uil!i&gs 'ei&g use! a few hours a !ay% twice a wee,8

+usi&essme& !i!&#t go to semi&ary% 'ut they ca& i&terpret the mo!el of Christ a&! his hope for us same asa&yo&e else. +usi&essme& shoul! 'e a'le to prioriti?e a&! meet urge&t &ee!s a&! pro'lemsol-e a&! 'ee&trepre&eurial U or at least thi&, a'out ris,ma&ageme&t. +ut they ha-e&#t 'ee&% e-e& though they#re Chairma&

of the Deaco&s a&! hea! of the Fi&a&ce Committee @all worl!ly structures% 'y the way. Mostly they#-e $ust 'ee&chec,i&g their 'rai&s at the !oor for years.

" thi&, co&sciously or su'co&sciously the reaso& America& Christia&s o&ly tithe 24 is 'ecause they ,&ow that ifthey were o'e!ie&t a&! ga-e F"*/ times as much there woul! 'e gol! plate! mega churches o& e-ery cor&era&! e-ery pastor woul! ha-e his ow& T* show. There#! 'e esus theme par,s i& e-ery 'ig tow&. /-erythi&g/YC/PT raw% effecti-e e-a&gelism a&! care for those i& most &ee!.

" ca&#t 'egi& to tell you how 'a!ly we#-e ma&age! the mo&ey. "t#s awful% AFG=8 orrifyi&gly 'a!. "#m still $usttryi&g to get my hea! arou&! how 'a! it is. "t#s &o wo&!er the secular worl! hates us. e#re all hypocrites of thehighest or!er. More tha& a&y other part of the church a&ywhere e-er8 The Catholic Church !uri&g the "&Euisitio&was&#t as 'a!8 For what we coul! ha-e 'ee& with our 'lessi&gs% we#-e let hu&!re!s of millio&s of souls go to hella&! millio&s of +rothers a&! (isters star-e to !eath. (o that we coul! ha-e pa!!e! pews a&! &ew carpet.

" ,&ow of o&e /-a&gelical church that 'elie-es i& the immi&e&t retur& of Christ with a cha&!elier that cost :1%000%00088 The pastor !i!&#t pay for it out of "( poc,et8 "t was the fol,s with the 'ig mo&ey that playe! alo&g.They#re goi&g to ha-e to accou&t for the !ecisio&s they ma!e as stewar!s of 5o!#s 'lessi&gs. he& they sta&!3'efore esus to accou&t they#re goi&g to 'e wishi&g they coul! get G>D/B the grou&!.

"#m telli&g you flat out% the fol,s that !i! the worst !amage &ee! to 'e crushe! a&! the& they &ee! to go see toit that the church cha&ges it#s ways. =oo, at it the other way if you DO>#T get the 'usi&essma& to repe&t% he#llsee to it that they fi&! a&other pastor 'efore he#ll gi-e up the shi&y 'uil!i&gs he !o&ate!.

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G&til they are a great crushi&g weight pressi&g agai&st the souls of the guilty% the massi-e piles of mo&ey i& thiscou&try will &ot 'e li'erate! to go 'e a 'lessi&g to the u&reache!% the wi!ows% a&! the orpha&s as we#recomma&!e!. e#ll &e-er li-e accor!i&g the the mo!el of esus a&! we#ll always 'e hypocrites. There#s goi&g to'e some serious heartcryi&g whe& this message fi&ally si&,s i&. e ha-e a lot to ato&e for.

Clear e&ough7

@=u,e 12H1921% =u,e 1HK1% ames ;H16% " Timothy 6% " Cori&thia&s H621% 2 Cori&thia&s KH11;% 2Cori&thia&s <H61;% a&! more8


ALL to esus " surre&!erN ALL to him " freely gi-eN

" will e-er lo-e a&! trust him% i& his prese&ce !aily li-e.

" surre&!er ALL% " surre&!er ALL% ALL to thee% my 'lesse! (a-ior% " surre&!er ALL.

ALL to esus " surre&!erN hum'ly at his feet " 'ow%worl!ly pleasures ALL forsa,e&N ta,e me% esus% ta,e me &ow.


ALL to esus " surre&!erN ma,e me% (a-ior% wholly thi&eNfill me with thy lo-e a&! powerN truly ,&ow that thou art mi&e.


ALL to esus " surre&!erN &ow " feel the sacre! flame.O the $oy of full sal-atio&8 5lory% glory% to his &ame8


Wh$t *BA&TL< did you thin1 @ALL me$nt9

!e$d #$tt 22(%; #$r1 ,2(0; Lu1e ,02%. Th$t’s $ lot of @ALL’sE-o $bout Pro"erbs (6). @Le$n not on your on underst$nding but in ALL

your $ys $c1noledge -im $nd -* ill direct your p$ths.Which p$rt of your on underst$nd should you 1eep le$ning on9

-o much SHoy of full s$l"$tion’ $nd Ss$cred fl$me’ do you get to feel if you surrender /'#*9Who do you thin1 you’re lying to9 -e 1nos the difference. <ou c$n’t hide from GodE

!e$d Acts 6,,,. An$ni$s $nd /$phir$ s$id SALL’ $nd me$nt S/ome’. Very b$d ide$. Very b$d.

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7re$d $nd &ircuses"Q-e lo&g 'ee& aware of this a&! what it mea&s a&! how sata& uses it to ta,e o-er a culture. America has'ee& su'sta&tially coopte! alrea!y 'y this a&cie&t Boma& strategy. "& fact% " thi&, it pre!ates Bome si&ceitQs a ploy of the e&emy a&! you ca& see e-i!e&ce of it 'ei&g use! to !estroy cultures a&! !istract peopleall the way 'ac, to the 5ar!e& of /!e&.

ere are some refere&ces so you ca& loo, it up o& your ow&.

This phrase origi&ates i& (atire Y of the Boma& poet u-e&al of the late 1st a&! early 2&! ce&turies C/. "&co&tet% the =ati& phrase anem et circenses @'rea! a&! circuses is gi-e& as the o&ly remai&i&g cares of aBoma& populace which has gi-e& up its 'irthright of political free!omH

.. Alrea!y lo&g ago% from whe& we sol! our -ote to &o ma&% the People ha-e a'!icate! our !utiesN forthe People who o&ce upo& a time ha&!e! out military comma&!% high ci-il office% legio&s e-erythi&g%&ow restrai&s itself a&! a&iously hopes for $ust two thi&gsH bre$d $nd circuses @u-e&al% (atire10.IIK1

u-e&al here ma,es refere&ce to the elite Boma& practice of pro-i!i&g free wheat to some poor Boma&s as

well as costly circus games a&! other forms of e&tertai&me&t as a mea&s gai&i&g political power throughpopularity. The Dictio&ary of Cultural =iteracy @1<<9 states that u-e&al !isplaye! his co&tempt for the!ecli&i&g heroism of his co&temporary Boma&s i& this passage. (pa&ish i&tellectuals 'etwee& the 1<th a&!20th ce&turies complai&e! a'out the similar an y toros @'rea! a&! 'ull[fight\s3.@httpHLLe&.wi,ipe!ia.orgLwi,iL+rea!]a&!]circuses

The America& eritage^ Dictio&ary of the /&glish =a&guage @Fourth /!itio&. 2000 !efi&es 'rea! a&!circuses3 as a plural &ou& mea&i&g Offeri&gs% such as 'e&efits or e&tertai&me&ts% i&te&!e! to placate!isco&te&t or !istract atte&tio& from a policy or situatio&.httpHLLwww.'artle'y.comL61L9<L+069<;0.html

There was a !ay 'efore 5o! scru''e! it all out of me that " was Euite the political $u&,ie a&! co&spiracytheory &ut. "& that age% " watche! +ill O3Beilly regularly. " !i!&Qt remem'er it% 'ut whe& " !i! a we' search

o& this topic% this artice that he wrote for orl! >et Daily came up. "t illustrates the situatio& i& Americapretty well.httpHLLwww.worl!&et!aily.comL&ewsLarticle.asp7ABT"C=/]"D_21IK1

"Qm &ot writi&g this as a co&!em&atio& of America U it is Bome a&! it !oes what Bome !oes% which is !um'!ow& the populace 'y ,eepi&g them e&tertai&e!% protecti&g the foo! supply a&! ma,i&g sure they feel safea&! patriotic. That way% they wo&Qt &otice that the whole /mpire is crum'li&g arou&! them a&! a small&um'er of elites are ru&&i&g the show without o-ersight or accou&ta'ility.

O&ly ;04 of America has e&ough moti-atio& to get up off their sofas o&ce e-ery four years a&! -ote forpresi!e&t8 " hope you ca& u&!ersta&! that 'y fee!i&g us a& e&!less stream of >F= a&! >A(CAB a&!/ restli&g a&! thousa&!s of ca'le statio&s a&! por& a&! -i!eo games a&! co&certs a&! cell pho&esa&! the i&ter&et a&! e&!less !i-ersio&s a&! holi!ays a&! para!es a&! games% we are left i& a state of suchco&ti&uous motio& a&! i&put o-erloa! that we &e-er ca& focus o& the importa&t thi&gs. A&! as lo&g asthere is foo! a&! !ri&, o& the shel-es at the grocery store% the T* wor,s a&! most of the people we ,&owha-e $o's% why worry7 eQre the greatest &atio& o& earth. hat coul! happe&7 eQre the o&ly superpower left% right7

as that co&!em&i&g7 " !i!&Qt really mea& it to 'e% thatQs $ust the worl!3 'ei&g the worl!3 a&! !oi&g whatit !oes U which is o'ey sata&.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses

http://www.bartleby.com/61/39/B0463950.html

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21781


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses

http://www.bartleby.com/61/39/B0463950.html

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21781




"Q-e lo&g see& the applicatio& of this a&! the !a&ger of it a&! the i&si!ious way it which it !istracts peoplea&! is use! as part of the !a&gerous !ialectic !rum'eat to get our focus away from the importa&t thi&gs.

America&s are suc,ers for 'rea! a&! circuses3. Ca& there 'e a&y !ou't7

-ereRs the re$l point of this riting.

O&e !ay% "Qm $ust mi&!i&g my ow& 'usi&ess% !ri-i&g i& the car a&! 5o! $ust plops this phrase i&to my hea!.

1read and circuses.3

O% yeah% " ,&ow what that is% =or!% whatQs the poi&t73

1+hatAs what the church is doing.3

The& it $ust all hit me li,e a gia&t ti!al wa-e a&! " almost slamme! o& the 'ra,es. As " recall% " pulle! o-er tothe shoul!er of the highway i& tears.

O8 5OD888 They TOTA==) AB/88 They totally are8 "tQs all a'out the shows a&! the foo!88 TheyQre,eepi&g them e&tertai&e!% e&gagi&g them i& so ma&y thi&gs so fast that they ca&Qt slow !ow&. TheyQre

,eepi&g them fat a&! comfy so they wo&Qt &otice that they are 'li&! a&! &a,e! a&! wretche! a&! poor8Oh% 5o!8 "Qm so sorry8 Please forgi-e us8 eQre &ot really a!!ressi&g their spirit at all% $ust their 'rai&a&! their 'o!y8 They ca&Qt slow !ow& lo&g e&ough to e-e& pray8 Please forgi-e us. Please fi it. Pleasecrush that out of )our true church. Please ma,e them stop8 Oh% my 5o!8 "Qm so sorry83

A&! o& li,e that for a'out a half hour u&til e tol! me to stop. =ots of cryi&g whe& it all crystalli?e!. " ha-eu&!erstoo! for a lo&g time how !e-astati&gly !a&gerous this strategy is a&! how it ca& totally coopt a&atio&% 'ut "Q! &e-er ma!e the leap a&! see& how the e&emy of our souls ha! i&serte! it so thoroughly i&tothe whole of the church of America. Ca& there 'e a&y !ou't7 Are we &ot the most o-erstimulate!% o-erfe!%spiritually star-i&g people o& the pla&et7 /-e& getti&g a church mem'er to slow !ow& lo&g e&ough to 'ei&trospecti-e a'out the true state of their soul a&! their sal-atio& is a miracle i& itself8

e tol! them that they were sa-e! a&! safe U their Boma& citi?e&ship is secure U either 'ecause they sai!a little prayer or they praye! the Bosary e&ough times or 'ecause their &ame is o& the roles of our!e&omi&atio& a&! theyQre tithi&g.

There are &o worries &ow8 )ouQre safe8 >ow come for !i&&er o& e!&es!ay &ight a&! fellowship withus. +ri&g a pie. A&! !o&Qt miss the Christmas ca&tata8 e ha-e a real% li-e 'a'y camel8 A&! hereQs asig&up sheet for the soft'all league. A&! the se&ior a!ults are ta,i&g a 'us trip together to goshoppi&g i& Amish cou&try &et mo&th. O8 A&! the youth are goi&g o& a missio& trip to Ca&cu&!uri&g (pri&g +rea,. A&! if you call &ow you ca& register for our special esus Cruise3 arou&! theCarri'ea& U weQre goi&g to ha-e se-eral ma$or Christia& cele'rities a&! musicia&s there that you mightget to actually touch8 May'e you coul! e-e& sit with Michael . (mith a&! eat from the ;00 item'uffet88 e might e-e& ha-e a 'a'y camel o& the ship8 Oh% you $ust A*/ to come8 5o! will 'e soplease! if you ca& ma,e it.3

"tQs all 'rea! a&! circuses. A&! itQs all from the e&emy of our souls. ow ca& " tell7 +ecause if 5o! werereally i& charge% we woul! 'e li,e esus a&! weQ! all 'e o& our faces cryi&g u&til we sweat 'loo! for thehorri'le state of thi&gs a&! a clear -isio& of the cup that has 'ee& a&! will 'e poure! out o& us 'efore weget through this. eQ! 'e weepi&g a&! repe&ti&g i& sac,cloth a&! ashes for the misse! opportu&ities a&!millio&s @or 'illio&s of souls that ha-e 'ee& lost while we e&tertai&e! oursel-es a&! got fatter a&! fatter. "f5o! was i& charge% we woul! ha-e Fear of the =or! a&! we woul! cry u&til we ra& out of tears for the messweQ-e ma!e of is +o!y. eQ! si&cerely apologi?e to the worl!3 'ecause we ha! the =ight that they






&ee!e!% 'ut we 'lew it out so that we coul! 'ecome $ust li,e them. /-e& while we ,ept telli&g them wewere !iffere&t.3

"f 5o! was i& charge of the church%3 eQ! ta,e a flamethrower to our structures a&! our systems a&! ourprograms a&! our lea!ers a&! our ow& li-es a&! 'ur& off all the chaff i&stea! of cateri&g to it. eQ! tur&o-er the ta'les a&! clea&se the temple. @A&! " thi&, thatQs comi&g% so you might wa&t to pray real har!.

mmm. " !o&Qt thi&, we ca& put im off fore-er. " wo&!er whe& thatQs go&&a start7 >ow woul! 'e &ice.

"f you ha-e the guts% pray this with meH

3$ther God; : 1no e h$"e dishonored <ou in $ys : c$nRt e"en get my he$d $round. : 1no th$tyou c$nRt possibly be h$ppy ith our f$ncy shos th$t Hust entert$in our on br$in; but le$"epeople untr$nsformed for the Gospel $nd de$d in their sins. Ple$se m$1e the @bre$d $nd circusesstop by h$te"er me$ns necess$ry. :Rm sorry for the mess :R"e m$de of my life; my home; my city;my n$tion; the 7ride. Ple$se; Lord; ple$se bring $ fl$methroer to $ll of it. Ple$se rec1 it $ll.Anything th$t st$nds in the $y beteen me $nd <ou; ple$se do h$te"er it t$1es. !ip it; te$r it;shred it; 1ill it; crush it; burn it if : c$nRt l$y it don then Hust sn$tch it out of my grip. 3or thestructures $nd systems th$t :R"e helped build; : repent. Wrec1 them $ll. -$"e <our $y. Cse h$t

<ou c$n $nd fl$tten the rest. Ple$se; 3$ther; let 5' '5* st$nd in front of <our sheep $nymore $nd

s$y; @#ine is the 1ingdom; #ine is the poer; #ine is the glory. :f theyRre not going to repent; thent$1e them home. <ou 1no ho c$n be redeemed; but m$1e them sit don $nd shut up $nd eep$nd mourn or t$1e them home. There is so much blood on their he$d $lre$dy; itRs Hust mercy tom$1e it stop. Do h$te"er <ou h$"e to do to me so th$t :Rll be $ useful "essel for <our 1ingdom;bro1en $nd contrite $nd circumcised of he$rt. Te$ch me humility $nd gi"e me more 3e$r of theLord. Ple$se pour out $ gift of repent$nce on me by <our -oly /pirit so th$t : c$n cry ri"ers of te$rsin front of $nybody until this thing turns $round. Ple$se let me see through <our eyes $nd sh$re in

<our suffering. :Rm so sorry; Lord. Ple$se do it. : trust <ou. #$1e me useful. Turn this $roundE :n themighty 5$me of +esus &hrist my Lord. Amen.

A&! !o&Qt stop prayi&g u&til thi&gs cha&ge.






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+ase! o&H =u,e 12H1921% =u,e 1HK1% ames ;H16% " Timothy 6%" Cori&thia&s H621% 2 Cori&thia&s KH11;% 2 Cori&thia&s <H61;% a&! more8

"f you ha-e te& cre!it car!s mae! out a&! you wa&t to pay them off% you start 'y payi&g off the o&es with

the largest i&terest rate first% right7 The& you mo-e up the chai& to the o&es that !o&#t hurt as 'a! u&til youget them all pai! off. "f you ha-e o&e at 04 i&terest% you !o&#t mess with it at all% if you !o&#t ha-e to.

5o!#s math wor,s the same way. The pla& for us shoul! 'e to go help those i& the most &ee! first@perma&e&t% eter&al &ee! a&! tragic% imme!iate physical &ee!s. "& America the a-erage perso& gets a&offer or opportu&ity to hear a'out the 5ospel o-er ;00 times per year. "& ma&y cou&tries% a perso& mayha-e a 10 mi&ute wi&!ow O>C/ i& their whole life to hear the 5oo! >ews. O-er a 'illio& people ha-e&e-er e-e& o&ce hear! the &ame of esus spo,e& i& their prese&ce. /-ery year millio&s !ie without Christ."& America% &o o&e ca& say they &e-er ha! a cha&ce.

"& terms of po-erty% the poor i& the G.(. li-e li,e ,i&gs compare! to the !e-astati&gly poor i& Delhi a&!+urma a&! aiti a&! a thousa&! other places. They woul! lo-e to tra!e places with our poor8 >o o&e ca&

statistically argue otherwise with a&y ho&esty. /specially if you#-e see& it firstha&!. here woul! yourather 'e a girl a&! 'e a& orpha&7 Chi&a% +urma% "ra&% "&!ia7 Or Ca&a!a% G(A% /&gla&!7

(o whether it#s their eter&al soul or their physical 'o!y% logic says that first a&! foremost you care for theworst off a&! the& @i& or!er you help the *ery Poor% the (omewhat Poor% the Poor% the (lightlyG&comforta'le U a&! you >/*/B spe&! a !ime if you !o&#t ha-e to o& the 5otMoreTha&A&yo&eCoul!/-erBeally>ee!+ut"#m(tillDissatisfie!8

The& those reache! ca& 'e a& eample of success a&! may'e they ca& e-e& help as we mo-e up to reachthose i& the &et category. There are lots of !e-astati&gly% oppresi-ely poor churches that are se&!i&g outmissio&aries a&! 'ei&g o'e!ie&t with what little they ha-e. Are we as goo! a& eample7 At the rate they#regoi&g% it wo&#t 'e lo&g 'efore Chi&a is se&!i&g their missio&aries to the est.

esus ha! the largest heart for the most impo-erishe!. e too, the most care a&! atte&tio& with thosere$ecte! 'y the rest of the worl!. The Christia& church i& America has ofte& !o&e the eact opposite. "&Be-elatio&s 2 a&! 9% esus spea,s to the se-e& churches. e gi-es them a& e&courageme&t a&! the& are'u,e ecept the poor churches of (myr&a a&! Phila!elphia who were o'e!ie&t !espite limite!resources. For them there is o&ly 'lessi&g a&! &o wor! of $u!geme&t. The worst $u!geme&t is agai&st therich church of =ao!ecia i& Be-elatio&s 9. At the fi&al call% which ,i&! of church will esus $u!ge yours toha-e 'ee&7

"f we are to lust after a&! co-et somethi&g% it shoul! 'e treasure i& ea-e& where it ca&#t rust or 'e eate&'y moths or stole& 'y ma&. As for me% " wa&t to see who is 'uil!i&g the largest pile of ea-e&ly treasurea&! the& " wa&t to 'uy stoc, i& them. " wa&t to 'e a part of whate-er they#re !oi&g a&! help a&y way " ca&.e#re ofte& tol! there are $ust two optio&sN ma,e lots of mo&ey a&! 'e co&trolle! 'y it or ma,e a ti&y 'it ofmo&ey a&! lear& to li-e simply. +ut there is a&other choice ma,e lots of mo&ey a&! li-e simply a&! the&i&-est all the ecess i&to the i&g!om. "f 5o! has 'lesse! you with s,ills a&! assets a&! tale&ts% use them.e#s goi&g to epect a report o& how well you i&-este! it so as to maimi?e your retur& i& ea-e&lytreasure.

" mea&% e-erythi&g you ha-e is all "( right7 he& you sai! e was =or!3 you mea&t it% right7 he& yousai! All3 you really mea&t it% !i!&#t you7






:s the @church re$lly going to persecute The &hurch9

ust i& case you#re &ew to all this stuff% we shoul! pro'a'ly !efi&e our terms. There is the orga&i?e!structure of religio&3 that most fol,s refer to as the church3 @or churches a&! the& there is the +i'lical a&!pure +o!y of Christ that is the True Church. O&e is Ma&ma!e a&! the other is esta'lishe! 'y 5o! a&!co&sists of those who are calle! out.3 "& the 5ree, it is calle! /,,lesia @or /cclesia% i& /&glish. Certai&su'sets may o-erlap% 'ut they AB/ >OT i&tercha&gea'le8

"t shoul! 'e clear from history that e-ery ma$or mo-e of 5o! @or e-e& cultural cha&ge is most ferociouslyoppose! 'y the esta'lishe! religious structures themsel-es. " !o&#t see how a&yo&e ca& historically !e&ythat. +esi!es it 'ei&g the &ature of Ma& to fight 'ac, whe& his comfort ?o&e is assaulte!.

Bemem'er u!ges 6K a&! the story of 5i!eo&7 G&!er co-er of !ar,&ess he ,&oc,e! !ow& o&e altar to+aal a&! 'uilt o& it#s spot a& altar to 5o! a&! i& the mor&i&g whe& e-eryo&e wo,e up% all the me& of thetri'e wa&te! to ,ill him. (ometimes it#s $ust the shoc, of the cha&ge that frea,s us out% &ot so much theright or wro&g of the cha&ge itself. @O&e chapter later they wa&t 5i!eo& to 'e ,i&g a&! they co&-ert all therest of the altars i& "srael. +ut we &ee! to epect that people !o&#t li,e their 'oats roc,e!.

Let’s Hust loo1 $t this from $ purely pr$gm$tic; fin$nci$l st$ndpoint.

The +i'le says that the lo-e of mo&ey is the root of all e-il.3 There#s more !iscussio& a'out mo&ey tha&

almost a&ythi&g else i& the +i'le. A&! almost all of it is war&i&g us a'out it#s !a&gers a&! pitfalls. =et#s firstapproach the possi'ilities o& a purely fi&a&cial 'asis.

"f you ha-e a&y comprehe&sio& of what :2;0 +"=="O> !ollars ca& !o% you might 'egi& to u&!ersta&! themar,et forces at wor, here. That#s the a&&ual i&come of the Church &ot e-e& i&clu!i&g it#s total asset-alue which is surely i& the TB"=="O>(8 e#-e got gia&t !e&omi&atio&al 'uil!i&gs a&! hospitals a&! retreatce&ters a&! missio& 'oar!s a&! pri&ti&g presses a&! lots a&! lots of pai! staff. All that o-erhea! reEuiressta'ility% a&! prefera'ly% co&sta&t growth.

"f you start to !o A>)T">5 that woul! pote&tially threate& the i&come stream of certai& segme&ts of thechurch%3 there will 'e all ,i&!s of forces that will try to stop you. Co&si!er this% Driftwoo! (uper Church @foreample is 'uil!i&g a gia&t &ew 'uil!i&g. "t is warm a&! soft a&! frie&!ly a&! see,er se&siti-e. /-ery'o!ylea-es feeli&g goo!. The pastor e-e& has a 'est selli&g 'oo, a&! is o& T* regularly. +ut mem'ers of the

co&gregatio& start to wo&!er how much treasure i& hea-e& they are really accumulati&g for all theiri&-estme&t i&to Driftwoo!. They 'egi& to loo, !ow& at their wee,ly chec, a&! reali?e that it woul! ma,emore of a& eter&al !iffere&ce o& li-es if they spe&t it o& &ati-e missio&aries a&! fee!i&g the hu&gry a&!clothi&g the &a,e! i&stea! of a &ew um'oTro& a&! a fou&tai& out fro&t. (o ... they ,eep comi&g tochurch 'ut they gi-e their mo&ey elsewhere to hyperefficie&t orga&i?atio&s wor,i&g o& the fro&t li&es.

hat if 104 of them got that thought i& their hea!7 The a&&ual 'u!get woul! come up fi-e wee,s short.>ot o&ly that% 'ut you &ow ha-e >O>PA)">5 customers ta,i&g up seats usi&g resources% flushi&g thetoilets% tal,i&g to staff% usi&g up 'ulleti&s% occupyi&g par,i&g spots% reEuiri&g -olu&teers to watch their ,i!s."& esse&ce you ha-e !ou'le! the !amage of the re-e&ue shortfall. )ou#-e withhel! re-e&ue A>D you#-e,ept a payi&g customer out of the seats. That shi&y &ew pastor that ,eeps the seats fille! 'y tic,li&ge-eryo&e#s ears starts loo,i&g a lot less shi&y.

hat if it#s e&ough to stall a 'uil!i&g campaig& i& progress7 >ow you#-e got Teamsters a&! co&structio&wor,ers ma! at you. (houl!&#t 'e surprisi&g if some of those co&structio& compa&ies a&! 'a&,s are ow&e!'y the !eaco&s a&! el!ers i& the churches. ith the massi-e !e't loa! i& most of our churches @a&othertipoff that there might 'e a structural pro'lem here% may'e e-e& 'a&,s ha-e to start foreclosi&g. )ou#-egot chair suppliers% hym&al pri&ters% sou&! system i&stallers% roofers% stai&e! glass artists% 'a&&er ma,ers%architects a&! !o?e&s of others who coul! sta&! to lose out.

hat if (imo& (chuster#s &ewest 'estselli&g pastorLauthor starts to ha-e trou'le ,eepi&g his church out

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of hoc,7 "f there was a& attitu!i&al a&! fi&a&cial shift withi& the church e-e& 104 that#s a pote&tialre-e&ue loss of te&s of millio&s for (o&y% *iacom% Fo >ews% Time ar&er a&! ma&y other high powerorga&i?atio&s.

A&! ... there are all ,i&!s out there. "f this is a war% you ha-e to come to the co&clusio& that some of theChristia&3 lea!ers are !ou'leage&ts% 'ecause they#re !oi&g more harm tha& goo!. "t#s 'a! e&ough thatyou might 'e assaulte! 'y people who lo-e esus a&! are $ust shoc,e! a&! surprise! 'ut we also &ee! toac,&owle!ge that the forces of !ar,&ess are har! at wor, i&si!e our ow& ra&,s a&! they are MGC moreruthless. hat respo&se shoul! you epect from some of the most eggregious tele-a&gelist% +e&tley!ri-i&g% cryi&g all the time% gotta ha-e mo&ey to stay o& the air% ta,i&g pe&&ies from wi!ows% 'uyamiracleforyour!o&atio& -ariety7 They#-e got millio&s of !ollars at their !isposal a&! appare&tly -ery little moralityto co&strai& them. ow har! woul! it 'e for them to ta,e you out7

A&! that#s $ust 'arely scratchi&g the surface of the macroeco&omics at play here.

Wh$t $bout the theologic$l response9 (i&ce what we#re a!-ocati&g is a retur& to the pure or! of 5o!a&! a commitme&t to liste& to 5o! o&ly a&! let im 'e our teacher we are implicitly !e-alui&g a semi&arye!ucatio& a&! setti&g a le-el playi&g fiel! amo&g all who lo-e esus. "& fact% we#re sayi&g that it#s e&tirelypossi'le that a 19 year ol! girl or a guy fresh out of $ail or a shuti& <0 year ol! wi!ow might ,&ow esus'etter tha& a guy with a Doctorate. e !i!&#t set out to !e-alue a semi&ary e!ucatio&% it#s $ust that most ofwhat they teach is ma&ma!e theory a&! &ot &ecessarily useful for heari&g the -oice of 5o! 'etter. @"& fact%

ma&y church lea!ers will thi&, you#re &uts if you say you actually hear the -oice of 5o! a&! !o what etells you8

+y some accou&ts more tha& 604 of professio&al Christia& clergy i& this cou&try !o &ot 'elie-e the +i'le isthe i&erra&t wor! of 5o!. (o we#re assaulti&g their se&si'ilities 'y tryi&g to ta,e it literally. They will say thei!ea of City Churches is impossi'le i& to!ay#s worl!. They will i&sist that there are pro'lems i& the church'ut eitherN 1 T/"B !e&omi&atio& is &ot so 'a!% or 2 the +i'lical solutio& @repe&t a&! act li,e O&e +o!y is&ot the way to go. >early all of them will !isagree with the premise that a pai! clergy is u&&ecessary a&!Loru&+i'lical. The religious esta'lishme&t will fight tooth a&! &ail. They will call you a cult% they will war& theirmem'ers agai&st you% they will call all the other pastors they ,&ow% they will co&!uct me!ia campaig&s toru& you out of tow&. "#-e tal,e! to a lot of pastors a'out the Apology to the orl!3 a&! the (cary (tats a&!(cary (criptures a&! the co&clusio&s that "#-e come to. Ma&y !o&#t li,e it% some !o&#t li,e me% some thi&,"#m $ust !isgru&tle! a&! ma! at the church 'ut &o&e of them ha-e e-er ho&estly argue! a'out thetheology or the scriptural -ali!ity or the -eracity of the statistics. >o o&e has e-er show& me where i& the+i'le there are multiple churches i& o&e tow& a&! 5o! is happy a'out it. >o o&e has e-er show& me i& the+i'le where o&e perso& has a 'etter pipeli&e of i&formatio& to 5o! tha& a&other so he shoul! sta&! upfro&t a&! e-ery'o!y shoul! sit Euietly a&! liste& to that guy tal, o&ce a wee,.

Wh$t $bout the person$l response9 (urely there will 'e people i& the churches that see there is apro'lem with the output we are getti&g here% with the retur&o&i&-estme&t that we are seei&g. O!!s aregoo! that the first o&es to get it will 'e 'usi&ess professio&als that ru& compa&ies a&! ,&ow how to ma,e apayroll a&! ,eep their 'oo,s 'ala&ce!. A&! o!!s are goo! people li,e that are alrea!y sitti&g o& the +oar!@or Committee or /l!ers or whate-er. These are high -isi'ility% highly respecte! mem'ers that may start toreact i& -isi'le a&! forceful ways to ma,e thi&gs cha&ge. There are all ,i&!s of i&terperso&al !y&amics a&!relatio&ships at ris, here. urt feeli&gs% 'etrayal% co&fro&tatio& of all ,i&!s may e&sue. ithout holi&ess ofheart a&! a commitme&t to lo-e u&co&!itio&ally% the result coul! 'e !epressio&% frustratio&% ehaustio&%resig&atio& or worse. A&! that !oes&#t e-e& +/5"> to !iag&ose the possi'le respo&ses from the worl!3a&! go-er&me&t to a true >ew Testame&t Christia&ity sprea!i&g wi!ely8 hat if all the Christia&s emptie!their retireme&t accou&ts a&! ga-e it to the poor7 oul!&#t the stoc, mar,et melt !ow&7 T/> you#! seesome real persecutio&8

Oh8 A&! if persecutio& actually !i! start i& America U if the !ay came whe& $ac,'oote! storm trooperscame to arrest all the Christia&s ... may'e we#ll wish we ha! rethought the whole churchwi!e pictorial!irectory thi&g.






GenB Gen< *n"ironment$lists An$rchists!*AD T-:/EE

First off% we#re B/A==)% B/A==) sorry8 e#re prayi&g !aily that we ca& get the church to 'e what itwas always suppose! to 'e so you wo&#t see us a&ymore as the hypocrites we are. ust as i& the fairytale a'out the /mperor#s >ew Clothes% it#s youth that is willi&g to spea, truth a&! is u&co&strai&e! 'y

co&-e&tio& a&! possessio&s. That#s why esus 'lesse! the little o&es a&! e&courage! us to ha-e faithas a chil!. As it tur&s out% faith li,e a thoughtful% stea!y% mature% settle! a!ult who has e&meshe!themsel-es i& si&ful culture is !isastrous for the church88

e firmly 'elie-e that whate-er this is to 'ecome will 'e !epe&!e&t o& the 5e&YL)#ers a&! theire&ergy% e&thusiasm% computer sa--y% a&! willi&g&ess to ta,e a sta&!. e ha-e always se&t you&gpeople to fight our wars. (o !oes 5o! @Da&iel% oseph% Da-i!% oh& the +aptist% esus% a&! o& a&! o&through the ages.

)our ge&eratio& has a -ery har! time goi&g i&to a gia&t fa&cy 'uil!i&g a&! liste&i&g to guys i& suitsa&! seei&g 'ig musical pro!uctio&s where people lea-e u&mo-e! a&! u&cha&ge!. )ou !o&#t &ee!that stuff to fi&! 5o! a&! you thi&, it#s fri-olous a&! wasteful. A&! you#re a'solutely right. "&stea! of

tryi&g to strategically cater to you with a &ew twist3 o& ol! church we#re a!-ocati&g the completere&ewal of the church to its roots. hich $ust happe&s to 'e eactly what you#re calli&g for.

)our ge&eratio& has 'ee& raise! up 'y 5o! to throw off the status Euo a&! the ol! assumptio&s. "t#s&ot e&ough to !o it this way 'ecause that#s what we#-e always !o&e. )ou &ee! to go 'ac, to the'asics% to the -ery heart a&! core of what the message of esus is all a'out. )ou ha-e 'ee& raise! torespect &ature% to recycle a&! reuse% to em'race people of !iffere&t colors a&! la&guages% to rageagai&st the machi&e.3 Those i& the +ig Church esta'lishme&ts thi&, the machi&e3 is go-er&me&ta&! corporatio&s% 'ut it#s &ot $ust that. "t#s &ot $ust +ig 5o-er&me&t% +ig To'acco% +ig Oil% +igPharmaceuticals it#s +ig Church that sta&!s co&!em&e! as well.

" a'solutely 'elie-e that (ata& has 'uilt e!ucatio&al systems to get our chil!re& focuse! o& all the

wro&g thi&gs% to worship the creatio& rather tha& the Creator @Boma&s 1H2;. To worship Mother /arthi&stea! of e who ma!e the whole of creatio&. To worship the stars a&! co&stellatio&s i&stea! of ewho hu&g them. To -alue huma& $ustice a&! eEuality% i&stea! of loo,i&g to e who year&s for it moretha& a&y of us U a&! se&t the or! @esus to achie-e it a&! the oly (pirit to co&sta&tly urge ustowar! it.

+ut the $o,e is o& (ata&. esus is the ultimate epressio& of stewar!ship% recycli&g% care for the poora&! !isa!-a&tage!% lo-e for those !iffere&t% respect for &ature a&! the 'eauty of Creatio&. )ou#-e'ee& perfectly prepare! 'y the /&emy for what#s comi&g8 )our -ery souls reso&ate a&! -i'rate at a!iffere&t pitch from the curre&t Church structures. (omethi&g 'ig is o& the hori?o&. A completere-olutio& i& our relatio&ship to 5o! a&! the epressio& of Christia&ity. Ma&y of you coul! feel it 'eforewe !i!. " pray that we who ha-e i&flue&ce a&! shoul! ha-e ,&ow& 'etter tha& to let it get this 'a! ca&

cha&ge Euic,ly e&ough that we !o&#t lose all of you fore-er.

To the A&archists amo&g you 5o! 'less you. )ou almost get it8 uma& structures a&! heirarchiesa&! orga&i?atio&al charts are 'lasphemous to the -ery &ature a&! spirit of 5o! Almighty. 5o! wa&tsus i& co&sta&t commu&io& with is (pirit a&! u&!er the sole !irectio& of is will. >o layers are &ee!e!if we#re i& harmo&y with 5o!. "t wo&#t 'e the !isor!ere! chaos that you picture it to 'e 5o!#s is theultimate epressio& of process a&! or!er e $ust !oes&#t &ee! ma&ma!e orga&i?atio&al structures.The !ay is comi&g whe& Christ will reig& o& a glorifie! a&! perfecte! /arth i& eactly that way. >o

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layers% &o structures $ust us a&! 5o!. Please thi&, carefully a'out the !iffere&ce 'etwee& theCreate! a&! the Creator. The 'eauty a&! compleity of &ature is &ot the e&!% it#s the glorious sig&alo&g the way that was create! to poi&t to a lo-i&g% 'eautiful% comple 5o!. DO>#T let yourself getsuc,e! i&to a&y 'ig% comple huma& structures &ot the Church as it curre&tly is a&! especially &ot aO&eorl! go-er&me&t !esig&e! 'y si&ful% imperfect ma&8

5o! se&t is -ery ow& so&% esus a you&g ra!ical i&te&t o& calli&g the people 'ac, to their core a&!

to restore their pure lo-e for 5o! @oh& 9H161I e-e& though spea,i&g agai&st the esta'lishme&twas to carry the cost of the most horri'le imagi&a'le torture a&! !eath. e came to re!eem us of oursi&ful &ature a&! offer us a& opportu&ity to plug i&to the O&e True (o&g.

Tell your frie&!s8 There are grow&ups3 that get it8 5o! has a pla& a&! )OG#B/ at the fro&t li&es8Cha&ge is comi&g8 +e a part of the solutio&8

e !o&#t wa&t your mo&ey. e !o&#t wa&t a&y'o!y#s mo&ey. e wa&t you to worship 5o!. e wa&tyou to hear is *oice a&! 'e le! 'y im o&ly. e wa&t the +ig Church3 to repe&t of its si&ful&ess a&!retur& to a lo-e of 5o! a'o-e all. The time of the worship of mo&ey is comi&g to a& e&!.

Praise 5o! for usi&g a helpless worm li,e me a&! offeri&g is (o& as a sacrifice to re!eem my

si&ful&ess so that e coul! a!opt us a&! ma,e us all $oi&t heirs with esus. Cha&ge is comi&g8 Thereare goi&g to 'e some people really% B/A==) u&happy a'out ha-i&g to gi-e up all their stuff.

"t#s goi&g to 'e a fu& ri!e8


Bacchaeus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he,6e climbed u in the sycamore tree, +he *avior for to see.

-nd when the *avior assed that way, 6e looked u in the tree, -nd 6e said, 1Bacchaeus, you come down, 7or I’m going to your house today,

7or I’m going to your house today.3

Bacchaeus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he,6e climbed u in the sycamore tree, +he *avior for to see.

-nd Bacchaeus came down from that tree, -nd 6e said, 1hat a better man I’ll be. I’ll give my money to the oor.hat a better man I’ll be. hat a better man I’ll be.3

: onder if e’"e been le$"ing out th$t l$st "erse9: sure don’t remember he$ring it l$tely. When did e stop singing th$t "erse9

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The /pirit of Abortion

"#-e 'ee& prayi&g for a si&gle cohere&t &ugget to eplai& the pro'lem a&! 5o! showe! it to me a few !aysago.

"t is the */B) /((/>C/ a&! COB/ of what 5o! !i! for us8 e se&t esus to shepher! us a&! 'e a&eample a&! the& 5o! ADOPT/D us as $oi&t heirs with esus. "t is the supreme a&! G=T"MAT/ eample

a&! pure esse&ce of lo-e to ta,e someo&e that you >O has pro'lems a&! special &ee!s a&!si&ful&ess% that you >O will reEuire effort a&! cost e-e& the awful sacrifice of your ow& 'loo! (o& a&! the& ele-ate this stra&ger to the status eEual to the (o& of your wom'. /Eual to the Mor&i&g (tar i&i&herita&ce a&! lo-e. O% yeah% we all ,&ow that% 'ut !o you B/A==) 5/T "T78

O&e of the thi&gs that ma&y of us ha-e 'ee& prayi&g for is that a (pirit of A!optio& woul! sweep o-er thechurch a&! the worl!. 5o! fi&ally $ust put all the pieces together i& my hea!. This is why we#re a!opti&g a,i! from Chi&a% this is why 5o! ha! me 'uil! a compa&y that 'ri&gs i& people a&! T/> as,s them whatthey#! li,e to !o here a&! lo-es them a&! refuses to lay them off. That#s why "#m ma! at the Church 5rowthMo-eme&t a&! mega churches that !o&#t seem to care.

Do you get it7 A Christia& compa&y that lays off people that are suppose! to 'e part of the family is

A+OBT">5 them8 They#re epe&si-e or i&co&-e&ie&t or &ot playi&g alo&g with our pla&. Do you really thi&,esus is goi&g to 'e prou! of a Christia& 'usi&ess that is ">D"(T">5G"(A+=/ from a secular o&e7 "f &otT"( to !iffere&tiate us the& what7

Churches that urge you out 'ecause they !o&#t li,e !eali&g with you are A+OBT">5 )OG8 For all our tal,a'out 'ei&g agai&st a'ortio&% that#s $ust physical. Those 'a'ies are >OT i& spiritual% eter&al !a&ger. +utwhe& we urge3 someo&e out of our churches% we#re pote&tially a'orti&g their souls8 Do you ho&estly thi&,esus is goi&g to say% ell% you a'orte! this perso& out of your church a&! they grew to hate religio& a&!&e-er praye! to me agai&% 'ut " u&!ersta&!% it#s O. )ou ,&ow% they /B/ ,i&! of weir! a&! smelly a&!!i!&#t really fit i& with the rest of us up here.3 May'e they as,e! har! Euestio&s% may'e they !i!&#t tithe li,ewe thought they shoul!% may'e they &e-er e-e& got i& the !oor 'ecause we ma!e it clear we were 'ettertha& them. ow ca& you call it a&ythi&g +GT the (pirit of A'ortio&7

" thi&, 'usi&esses that !o familyfrie&!ly programs $ust to impro-e rete&tio& or impro-e profita'ility are&#tFamilies a&ymore% they#re OBPA>A5/(. They#re $ust warehousi&g people a&! tryi&g to ,eep themefficie&t a&! &ot re-olt8

Churches that warehouse as ma&y people as possi'le to get the su'si!y per perso& that comes% areOBPA>A5/(8 Of course% they still (A) they#re a family a&! lo-e e-eryo&e% 'ut people ca& se&se that ata certai& poi&t it cha&ge! a&! &ow it#s really a'out &um'ers. (omewhere off i& a remote cor&er they ha-e aDyi&g Boom where they $ust let the trou'le! o&es a&guish a&! wither. A church that fee!s the chil!re&pa'lum to ,eep them u&!er&ourishe! a&! &ot growi&g is suppressi&g them 'ecause to!!lers are mucheasier to warehouse tha& re'ellious tee&agers8 ow much lo-e !oes that show7 ow much (pirit of

A!optio& is that7

"t#s li,e Yi& 5ua&g% the little girl with special &ee!s that we are goi&g to pic, up i& Chi&a @5o! willi&garou&! /aster VDDE, now home9 ut ended u 4uly.> a&! for whom 5o! has tol! us we#re to 'e herFore-er Family.3 "t#s li,e if we $ust !eci!e! she was so cute at three years ol! that we#! li,e to ,eep her li,ethat% so we re!uce her meal portio&s a&! the& get her hoo,e! o& coffee a&! cigarettes to stu&t her growthso she#ll stay $ust that si?e fore-er. +ecause we hear tee&age girls are too much trou'le. hat ,i&! of lo-ewoul! that show78 A&! what of our 'io!aughter a&! the lesso&s she lear&s from that7 Do&#t you thi&,Family (er-ices woul! come a&! s&atch them +OT away a&! throw us i& $ail78 ell% that#s what#s a'outto happe& to the churches acti&g that way8 A&! Christia& 'usi&esses are &ot goi&g to 'e eempt either.

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That#s why house churches wor, if they ca& ,eep their focus. They#re small e&ough a&! i&timate e&oughto mai&tai& that (pirit. That#s why M"=="O>( of us ha-e left the i&stitutio&al church e&tirely% 'ecause wese&se that that (pirit of A!optio& is 5O>/ a&! we !o&#t ,&ow where to fi&! it ecept i& commu&io& with5o! !irectly8 +y it#s &ature it#s TB/M/>DOG(=) !ifficult for a large autocratic orga&ism to mai&tai& aperso&al i&timate (pirit of A!optio&. This sweet% wo&!erful (pirit of G&co&!itio&al =o-e is the ultimatee&emy of (ata&% 'ecause he was offere! it 'y 5o! a&! re$ecte! it a&! hates a&yo&e who accepts it ore&courages it or mo!els it8 5et it7

That#s "T8 That#s the core of it all8

Tha&,s 'e for the or! of the =or! a&! for is willi&g&ess to come show us what true =O*/ mea&s88Tha&,s 'e to 5o! for 'ei&g the (pirit of A!optio& without which we woul! 'e lost fore-er88 Praise 5o!88Tha&,s 'e to 5o! for gi-i&g us a cha&ce to 'e li-i&g eamples of is lo-e for us.

Test your hearts. Test your family. Test your church. Test your 'usi&ess. "s the (pirit of A!optio& foremost7"t is G>D/>"A+=) the BOOT of =O*/ a&! your 'est cha&ce to ma&ifestly epress through your li-es thatyou AB/ Christia& a&! you DO u&!ersta&! your respo&si'ilities as A!opte! Chil!re& of 5o!. The ultimatesig& to (ata& that you are DA>5/BOG( to his cause is the e-i!e&ce i& your life of this (pirit of A!optio&a&! a willi&g&ess to sacrifice A>)T">5 for those e&truste! to your family. " wa&t to 'e at the -ery top of(ata&#s hit list. Praise 5o!8 hat a'out you7

ol! o& tight% fol,s. he& people really 5/T this% it#s all goi&g to start mo-i&g FA(T8 A >ew (o&g iscomi&g8


he& we wal, with the =or! i& the light of is or!% hat a glory e she!s o& our way8hile we !o is goo! will% e a'i!es with us still% A&! with all who will trust a&! o'ey.

+rust and obey, for there’s no other way +o be hay in 4esus, but to trust and obey.

>ot a sha!ow ca& rise% &ot a clou! i& the s,ies% +ut is smile Euic,ly !ri-es it awayN>ot a !ou't or a fear% &ot a sigh or a tear% Ca& a'i!e while we trust a&! o'ey.


>ot a 'ur!e& we 'ear% &ot a sorrow we share% +ut our toil e !oth richly repayN>ot a grief or a loss% &ot a frow& or a cross% +ut is 'lesse! if we trust a&! o'ey.


The& i& fellowship sweet we will sit at is feet. Or we#ll wal, 'y is si!e i& the way.hat e says we will !o% where e se&!s we will goN >e-er fear% o&ly trust a&! o'ey.







Ten &omm$ndments -o does the @church st$c1 up9

"f there is &o real persecutio& of Christia&s i& America a&! esus sai! the more you are li,e im the more youwill 'e persecute!% the& there must &ot 'e -ery ma&y real Christia&s i& America. (ee a&y logic pro'lems there7Di! you thi&, esus was ,i!!i&g7

(o ... my goal is to 'ri&g persecutio& as Euic,ly as possi'le 'y sayi&g whate-er " ha-e to say to get Christia&s tostart fully a&! completely acti&g li,e Christ. That will reEuire lots of people who are willi&g to fearlessly ta,e asta&! a&! (TOP CO>FOBM">5 TO T/ OB=D. "#-e 'ee& 'lowi&g the trumpet a&! a few ha-e gathere!% 'utthe& " !i!&#t ha-e the lu&g capacity a&! wis!om " ha-e &ow a&! pro'a'ly the willi&g&ess to !o what it ta,es. "thi&, the time is comi&g whe& some'o!y is goi&g to 'low the trumpet B/A==) lou!. "f &ot me the& someo&eelse. Pro'a'ly =OT( of people.

There#s a fire 'ur&i&g i& me that is $ust getti&g hotter. (ome stuff is comi&g out of me right &ow that is so harshthat " &ee! fol,s with lots of lo-e arou&! me to temper it. e ha-e to ,eep it a'out lo-e first% 'ut still say the har!thi&gs whe& &ecessary.

For eample% it occurs to me that the church3 as we ,&ow it has a perso&ality% !ysfu&ctio&al a&! !is$oi&te! as itis% it has certai& tre&!s a&! 'eha-iors that you coul! !efi&e as a perso&ality. "#-e !o&e a lot of wor, i& the area oforga&i?atio&al theory a&! 'elie-e that groups ha-e a perso&ality that ca& 'e !efi&e! a&! !iag&ose!. May'e thesame metho!s you woul! use to co&-ict a&! wit&ess to a& i&!i-i!ual woul! wor, o& a group.

A&yway% that which we call Jchurch#% if it is really off trac, accor!i&g to 5o!#s =aw% shoul! 'e showi&g 'a! fruit.Gsi&g Bay Comfort#s metho! of showi&g people their si&ful&ess usi&g the Te& Comma&!me&ts% let#s ta,e a loo,.@A&! u&!ersta&! this is "5=) a''re-iate!% we coul! write a 'oo, o& the stats a&! eamples for each o&e8

Worship no other gods before me.Comfy% (u&!ayo&ly esus is >OT the same 5o!. PurposeDri-e& esus is >OT the same 5o! of our Fathers8orshippi&g the pastor 'ecause he has a 'oo, !eal or worshippi&g the !e&omi&atio&% structure% mo&ey% or e-e&i!eology @Cal-i&% * 1611% Pope is putti&g other go!s 'efore "M. GC:LT<E

Do not m$1e idols or orship them.

)our heart is where you spe&! your time a&! mo&ey. Accor!i&g to the stats% the ester& church lo-esthemsel-es a&! their 'uil!i&gs a&! comforts most of all. e spe&! ma&y times more hours worshippi&g T* tha&we !o 5o! Almighty. e ca&cel (u&!ay ser-ices to watch the (uper +owl% for Pete#s sa,e8 GC:LT<E

Do not use the n$me of your God irre"erently or in "$in.To $ustify A>) stupi! thi&g we wa&t to !o% we assure people that we ca& 'e truste! si&ce we hear from 5o!.Touch &ot 5o!#s a&&oi&te!8 hate-er $ust came out of this or that pastor or prophet#s mouth must ha-e 'ee& the-oice of 5o! they ha-e a &ew D*D out a&! spea, at co&fere&ces all o-er the worl!8 e ha-e pastors% 'ishops%popes that sta&! i& for 5o! a&! spea, o& is 'ehalf with or without is appro-al ta,i&g is >ame a&!authority as their ow&. e call thi&gs esus that ha-e &othi&g to !o with im. e use is &ame a&! 'irth!ay asa& ecuse for a massi-e co&sumer spe&!i&g orgy e-ery year e-e& though e >/*/B sai! to cele'rate is'irth!ay a&! e was&#t e-e& 'or& i& Decem'er8 GC:LT<E

'bser"e the /$bb$th.here to e-e& start7 " !o&#t e-e& ,&ow how off trac, we are here% 'ut (u&!ay 'etter 'e more a'out 5OD tha&FOOT+A==% " ca& tell you that8 Ca& you legitimately say that all it ta,es to o'ser-e the (a''ath3 is a& hour a&!fiftee& mi&utes sitti&g i& a pew7 The >arrow Path ca&#t possi'ly 'e TAT wi!e88 Are we sure it#s &ot suppose! to'e o& (atur!ay7 May'e e-ery !ay. hate-er U we#re still GC:LT<E

-onor your f$ther $nd mother.This mea&s respect them a&! their feeli&gs 'ut it also mea&s that we are to 'ri&g them ho&or. e ha-eco&-erte! our churches i&to i&stitutio&s that !isplace a&! i&sult our el!ers. Their music is&#t lou! e&ough. Their






style is&#t hip e&ough. Their faith is&#t !eep e&ough. Their 5o! is&#t cool e&ough. They &ee! to get with theprogram a&! see that the wa-e of the future is 'igger a&! lou!er a&! you&ger a&! with more feeli&gs. "f &ot% the&we#re goi&g to ha-e to lea-e them 'ehi&!.3 e ha-e >OT 'rought them ho&or a&! glory. e ha-e prostitute! ormur!ere! the churches they 'uilt. e ha-e lost tractio& o& e-a&gelism% missio&s% a&! e-ery other emphasis thatesus cares a'out. +ut we ha-e churches so 'ig that they &ee! to meet i& a sta!ium8 GC:LT<E

Do not murder.hat !oes this mea& ecept that we ,ill someo&e so that we ca& gai& somethi&g. May'e it#s &ot what we

M/A>T to !o% 'ut we still let them !ie so that we coul! ha-e some a!-a&tage. Or worse yet% so we coul! ha-etheir stuff. At a&y gi-e& mome&t 200 M"=="O> +rothers a&! (isters li-e o& the -ery e!ge of star-atio&. +illio&sha-e !ie! without Christ. +ut we ha-e B/A==) shi&y &ew cars a&! churches that meet i& sta!iums. e sacrificemillio&s of souls e-ery mo&th to ,eep our comforts. "t#s &ot li,e we !i!&#t ,&ow. e see star-i&g chil!re& o& T*a&! spo&sor O>/ for :90 out of a& a-erage per capita i&come of te&s of thousa&!s plus TB"=="O>( of!ollars of assets 'etwee& us. e shoul! ,&ow 'etter tha& to thi&, we#re ma,i&g a !e&t i& the pro'lem withoutsome more sacrifice tha& that. e#re i&te&tio&ally letti&g them !ie to ,eep from ha-i&g to share our stuff.GC:LT<E

Do not commit $dultery.e cheat o& the +ri!egroom a&! our First =o-e through programs a&! fa!s a&! ecume&ical mo-eme&ts thatyo,e us with those oppose! to 5o!. e ha-e lai! !ow& with other religio&s% with the worl!3% with go-er&me&ts%with culture% with T*% with ollywoo!% with all (treet% with (o&y Becor!s% with political parties. e lay !ow&

with e-erythi&g /YC/PT 5o!8 @>ot to me&tio& that ;04 of clergy regularly use por&. GC:LT<E

Do not ste$l./ach year the Jchurch# loses more to frau! a&! em'e??leme&t to truste! people i&si!e the orga&i?atio& @:16+ Uyeah% that#s a +3 as i& +"=="O> tha& it spe&!s o& foreig& missio&s @:1;+. e regularly try to get little ol!la!ies to se&! their last !ollar so we ca& 'uy a +e&tley or a &ew pla&e or 'uil! a 'ig 'uil!i&g. A&! we tell them5o! is goi&g to 'less their 'li&! faith i& us. (ee `6 if we#re to share with each as they ha-e &ee!% the& weA*/ to steal from the +rethre& i& other places i& or!er to sustai& our sta&!ar! of li-i&g8 GC:LT<E

Do not lie.Our !e&omi&atio&s regularly falsify progress reports a&! spe&!i&g pro$ectio&s. e spe&t +"=="O>( o& pla&s toreach the e&tire worl! with the gospel 'y the year 2000. e 'arely e-e& ,ept up with populatio& growth8 >oapologies% &o epla&atio&s% $ust a re&ewe! emphasis for more mo&ey. This !oes&#t e-e& touch o& all the s&a,e

oil salesme& prete&!i&g to 'e mi&isters of the 5ospel that &o'o!y seems to 'e willi&g to shut !ow& a&! co&te&!for the faith. orst of all% we tell the worl! that this structure that we#-e 'uilt was esus# i!ea whe& it#s reallya'out our ow& egos a&! gree! a&! selfish&ess. GC:LT<E

Do not co"et.Di! you rea! a&y of the o&es a'o-e7 e T/AC pastors to wa&t 'igger churches. e trai& M/> OF 5OD to

$u!ge their effecti-e&ess a&! worth o& how ma&y people wa&t to come hear them spea,. e TBA"> them i&semi&aries how to a!mi&istrate effecti-e 'uil!i&g campaig&s a&! fu&! growth. America is the G=T"MAT/i&car&atio& of co-eti&g U a&! the Jchurch# is ">D"(T">5G"(A+=/ from culture. GC:LT<E

e#re &ot $ust !oi&g this stuff a ="TT=/ +"T. e#re tal,i&g a'out +"=="O>( of people i&$ure! 'y this a&!TB"=="O>( of !ollars of assets 'ei&g mis!irecte!% waste! or stole&88 The lost pote&tial i& huma& souls i&i&calcula'le. (ome'o!y is goi&g to ha-e to a&swer for this at the fi&al $u!geme&t. >O might 'e a really goo!time to weep a&! mour& 'efore the altar. That#s the formula for what to !o whe& the locusts ha-e eate&e-erythi&g a&! the la&! is parche! a&! !ry. A&! "#m pretty sure that#s a'out the state of the Church of America.

All the goo! stuff has 'ee& suc,e! out. @Bea! the 'oo, of oel.






The Cndeni$ble A8ioms Accor!i&g to (cripture% i& the last !ays% apostasy @falli&g away will 'e rampa&t i& the Church.1 There will'e false prophets% sig&s a&! wo&!ers mea&t to !ecei-e e-e& the /lect. 2

"t is our co&te&tio& that 5o! see,s to ha-e systems 'uilt o& "( pla&% &ot Ma&Qs. As regar!s AGTOB"T)

is ways are &ot pyrami!shape! hierarchical systems followi&g the will of a MA> at the top. "f a&ythi&g%itQs a pyrami! tur&e! o& itQs hea!% with the lea!er 'ei&g ser-a&t to all. As for authority% there is G( a&!there is "M. ThatQs it. hile there are !eli&eatio&s a&! !elegatio&s of respo&si'ility% a&! there might 'e achai& of comma&! to accomplish somethi&g% e-eryo&e i& the chai& shoul! 'e loo,i&g to 5o! for authoritya&! su'mit as ser-a&t lea!ers to those arou&! them. "f weQre wal,i&g i& is (pirit% we worship &o ma&.

5o! wa&te! "srael to worship a&! follow im o&ly. +ut they i&siste! o& a i&g% so 5o! ga-e them o&e,&owi&g it woul! go 'a!ly 'ut thatQs what they wa&te!.9 They ha! it comi&g.

The Church has falle& i&to the same trap. "&stea! of worshipi&g 5o! o&ly% weQ-e a'sor'e! all the ma&ma!e mo!els a&! a!opte! them as our ow& for ce&turies mille&&ia e-e&8 5o loo, at your church or!e&omi&atio&Qs orga&i?atio&al chart a&! see if it resem'les the structures of Ma& a&! follows 'ehi&! o&eperso& at the top. As for Authority% i& ma&y cases weQ-e usurpe! 5o!Qs positio& a&! i&serte! oursel-es

at the top of the chai& of comma&! a&! i&siste! o& o'e!ie&ce from the lower le-els.

Duri&g the Mille&&ial Beig& of Christ% we will retur& to the perfect mo!el. Christ as !irect lea!er of all with&o other steps or layers of authority i& 'etwee&. /-e& though others may reig& with im% itQs i&si!e isauthority% &ot their ow&.;

5o! hates ma&ma!e orga&i?atio&al structures 'ecause they are i&&ately si&ful. e !irecte! us to 'erespectful of those alrea!y i& place.6 +ut e clearly i&structe! us to liste& to "M o&ly% &e-er to calla&other Father or Ba''i% whe& we were to 'e liste&i&g o&ly to 5o!.I

A lot of thought a&! prayer has go&e i&to this. eQ-e trie! to eplai& the apostasy i& the church a&! the!a&gers of the comi&g systems i& the simplest possi'le terms. +ase! o& scripture a&! clearly harmo&ious

with the 'asic i&sti&cts of e-ery perso& with a clear u&!ersta&!i&g of huma& &ature. To !e&y this is to flyi& the face of a 'asic u&!ersta&!i&g of huma& &ature.

The Cndeni$ble A8iom of /inful :nerti$

:3 )ou 'elie-e the +i'le is the or! of 5o! a&! is TruthNKT-*5 )ou 'elie-e that Ma& is a falle&% si&ful creature a&! 'eyo&! re!emptio& a&! perfectio& o& his ow&.<

:3 )ou 'elie-e that Ma& is si&ful @to whate-er !egreeN10T-*5 )ou ha-e to 'elie-e that the more Me& i& o&e orga&i?atio&% the more pote&tial for si& comes withthem. =i,e compou&!i&g i&terest. 11

:3 )ou wa&t to ha-e a positi-e impact o& the orl!N12T-*5 )ou must ac,&owle!ge the si&ful &ature of Ma& a&! 'uil! structures to restrai& or mi&imi?e it.19

:3 )ou 'ase your structures o& the i!eas a&! ma&ageme&t of Me&N1T-*5 They are flawe! a&! ca&&ot restrai& the mass of si& i&!efi&itely.1;

:3 The orga&i?atio& !e&ies the si&ful &ature of Ma&NT-*5 "t 'elie-es a lie% it 'uil!s &o effecti-e restrai&ts a&! will imme!iately ha-e a &egati-e effect.






:3 The orga&i?atio& 'elie-es Ma& is si&ful% ecept their ow& lea!ersNT-*5 "t 'elie-es a lie% 'uil!s &o restrai&ts o& the lea!ers a&! -ery Euic,ly has a &egati-e effect.

:3 The orga&i?atio& 'elie-es that A== Me& are si&ful a&! 'uil!s restrai&ts o& A==NT-*5 "t operates i& truth a&! ca& ha-e a positi-e impact to the limits of the restrai&ts.

:3 The accumulatio& of si&ful Me& ecee!s the limitatio&s of the restrai&tsNT-*5 The orga&i?atio& ceases to ha-e positi-e impact a&! 'ecomes somethi&g &egati-e.

:3 )ou are (ata& a&! you wa&t to spit i& the eye of 5o!N 16T-*5 )ou 'uil! a O&e orl! Church that lies a'out the &ature of ma& a&! has &o real restrai&ts o&'eha-ior.

The Cndeni$ble A8iom of Lo"e of #oney

:3 )ou 'elie-e the +i'le is the or! of 5o! a&! is TruthN 1IT-*5 )ou 'elie-e the +i'le whe& it says that the =o-e of mo&ey is the root of all e-il. 1K

:3 )ou 'elie-e that the =o-e of mo&ey is the root of all e-il. 1<T-*5 )ou ha-e to recogi?e that itQs &ot the mo&ey itself% 'ut the =O*/ of it. @+i'lically spea,i&g% a&ythi&g

that ta,es the place of 5o! will !o% 'ut most ofte& its mo&ey thatQs the issue. 20

:3 )ou 'elie-e that mo&ey is a temptatio& whe& place! i& the ha&!s of si&ful Ma&N 21T-*5 )ou ha-e to 'elie-e that the 'igger the pile of mo&ey% the greater the tempatio&.

:3 )ou ha-e a& orga&i?atio& that misu&!ersta&!s the &ature of Ma& a&! is alrea!y &egati-eNT-*5 )ou ha-e to see that if you gi-e it =OT( of mo&ey% it will 'e */B) 'a! i&!ee!.

:3 A& orga&i?atio& 'elie-es A== Me& are si&ful a&! 'uil!s restrai&ts o& A==NT-*5 )ou ca& force it to a&! past the limits of itQs restrai&ts faster 'y $ust a!!i&g more mo&ey.

:3 A& orga&i?atio& says it is positi-e 'ut itQs lea!er epresses a clear =o-e of Mo&eyNT-*5 )ou ca& assume that orga&i?atio& has passe! itQs restrai&ts a&! tur&e! /-il a&! it is a lie. 22

:3 )ou are (ata& a&! you wa&t to spit i& the eye of 5o!N 29T-*5 )ou 'uil! a O&e orl! 5o-er&me&t that co&trols A== the mo&ey a&! has &o restrai&ts o& thelea!ers. 2

The Cndeni$ble A8iom of /ynergy

:3 )ou wa&t to pro-e the +i'le to 'e True a&! right a'out the &ature of Ma&NT-*5 )ou com'i&e si&ful Ma& a&! lots of mo&ey a&! watch to see what happe&s.

:3 )ou are (ata& a&! you wa&t to spit i& the eye of 5o!N 2;T-*5 )ou 'uil! a O&e orl! 5o-er&me&t a&! a O&e orl! Church% remo-e all restrai&ts% there'y

co&soli!ati&g A== of si&ful Ma& i&to o&e mass a&! thus achei-i&g Maimum Possi'le (i&ful&ess. 26

:3 A Christia& lea!er 'elie-es that the prophesie! Mille&ial Beig& of Christ is a time whe& Ma& will create aperfecte!% u&i-ersal Christia& church a&! Christia& go-er&me&t o& /arth to prepare the way for Christ toretur&NT-*5 That lea!er shows a flawe! u&!ersta&!i&g of the &ature of Ma&% has 'elie-e! the =ie of /-e% a&! is@,&owi&gly or u&,&owi&gly playi&g right i&to the ha&!s of the /&emy. /ither way% you shoul! BG>. A&!fast. 2I






7$sic A8iom Gr$ph As Populatio& goes up a&! Mo&ey goes up% soo&er or later the "&ertia of (i&ful&ess ecee!s the restrai&tsof the orga&i?atio& a&! it 'ecomes somethi&g else e&tirely. "t may still thi&, itQs positi-e% 'ut itQs &ota&ymore. 5o-er&me&t% church% 'usi&ess% family% i&!i-i!ual it !oes&Qt matter% itQs all si&ful Ma&.

The reaso& itQs har! for the Bich to e&ter the i&g!om 2K is 'ecause it all happe&s so much faster. Thereaso& the poor churches of (myr&a a&! Phila!elphia are&Qt chastise! i& Be-elatio&s Chapters 2 9 is'ecause the Bich churches ha-e alrea!y $umpe! the shar, or crosse! the li&e i&to 'ei&g somethi&gother tha& their origi&al &ature. The poor churches are too worrie! a'out sur-i-al to ha-e time to 'e i&fighti&g% !e'ati&g &ew theology or getti&g la?y a&! soft.

Wh$t is this Truth $nd Lie stuff9 =etQs say a church starts off as a small group of committe! frie&!s i& a& afflue&t commu&ity wa&ti&g toworship together a&! care for each other. They say% e are a family. e care a'out each i&!i-i!ual.Their &um'ers grow a&! with growth comes lots of cash. They 'uil! a 'uil!i&g% they hire staff% they start&ew programs for outreach a&! care. They say% e are a family. e care a'out each i&!i-i!ual. Atsome poi&t% if theyQre &ot */B) careful% they cross a li&e a&! their ACT"O>( through their committees%their strategies% their staff !ecisio&s% their spe&!i&g ha'its say% e &ee! more people here to pay the 'ills.e &ee! to grow to $ustify the &ew gym. e &ee! to 'e careful &ot to challe&ge or offe&! a&yo&e% or weQllstop growi&g. +ut% they co&ti&ue to (A) to themsel-es a&! to others% eQre a family. e care a'outeach i&!i-i!ual. +ut more a&! more people 'egi& to feel that itQs a lie. They se&se the !isso&a&ce. The&lea!ership 'egi&s to urge people out of the church who !isagree a&! wa-e a flag of war&i&g. The& thepastor writes a 'est selli&g 'oo, a'out how he grew his church so 'ig so that other pastors ca& lear& howto !o it to their ow& churches. The& the pastor has lots of mo&ey A>D lots of people to co&te&! with






eactly the way (ata& li,es it. /-e& if they ma&age to resist the i&ertia of si&ful&ess u&til they are -erylarge% there is co&sta&t &ee! for watchful&ess 'ecause a &ew lea!er @or a &ew heart i& a& ol! lea!er ca&remo-e or !imi&ish restrai&ts -ery Euic,ly.

Mea&while% the poor church accumulate! ma&y times the &um'er of mem'ers without e-er cha&gi&g their'asic &ature 'ecause they !o&Qt ha-e e&ough assets to 'e co-etous a&! co&te&tious. They ha-e $uste&ough to care for each other a&! to worship 5o!. >o Christia& coffeehouse% &o amuseme&t par,s% &o

aero'ics classes% &o 'u!get mi&istries% &o 'est selli&g 'oo,s% &o gia&t egos. They say% e are a family.e care a'out the i&!i-i!ual. A&! while some!ay they might cross o-er the li&e% they ca& sustai& it muchlo&ger 'ecause they are much more relia&t o& lay lea!ers a&! &ot pai! staff a&! fa&cy programs a&!facilities. They ha-e to 'e mo'ile a&! e&trepre&eurial. They !o&Qt ha-e a&y resources to waste. /-e& so%there is &ee! for watchful&ess 'ecause a &ew lea!er @or a &ew heart i& a& ol! lea!er ca& remo-e or!imi&ish restrai&ts -ery Euic,ly.

This Aiom asserts that Mega churches with Mega assets are &ot +i'lically what we shoul! 'e stri-i&g for a&! shoul! always 'e treate! with suspicio& a&! much care. The 'ur!e& of proof that they A*/ >OTcrosse! the li&e shoul! co&sta&tly 'e o& the pastor a&! lay lea!ership to -erify to the people that i& allthi&gs their actio&s a&! !ecisio&s match with their wor!s. (teps shoul! 'e ta,e& to raise the restrai&ts sothat the threshol! is higher OB steps shoul! 'e ta,e& to !ramatically re!uce the si?e of the orga&i?atio&a&! itQs assets. O&e optio& woul! 'e to split i&to smaller u&its a&! !i-i!e up resources. Or to fu&&el

mo&ey away from themsel-es as Euic,ly as possi'le a&! get it !irectly to the most effecti-e% (cripturally $ustifia'le mi&istries.

Wh$t About Go"ernments9e shoul! 'e wary of go-er&me&ts 'ecausee-erythi&g is 'igger a&! stro&ger a&! themou&tai&s of mo&ey i&-ol-e! ma,e itimme!iately highly !a&gerous. "& a!!itio&%'ecause go-er&me&t lea!ership ca& cha&geEuic,ly% the li&e 'etwee& Truth a&! =ie is flui!a&! ca& fle up a&! !ow&% ta,i&g you from a

poi&t of safety i&to a !a&ger ?o&e -ery Euic,ly.

Agai&% if a&y go-er&me&t or mo-eme&t'elie-es that they ca& create a Gtopia o& /arthif theyQll $ust i&-e&t the correct structure%process% program% e!ucatio&% or worse% ha-ethe right si&gle perso& i& charge they are5BO((=) misu&!ersta&!i&g the &ature ofMa& a&! the lesso&s of history a&! aretherefore highly !a&gerous.

"f you gi-e a go-er&me&t li,e that a'solute authority a&! access to loa!s of cash% it will &early imme!iatelytur& i&to a ,illi&g machi&e a&! era!icate a&y resista&ce to itQs pla& for Peace. +ecause it has remo-e!

restrai&ts o& 'eha-ior si&ce it 'elie-es Ma& to 'e i&here&tly goo! or e-e& to ha-e 5o! withi& himself whoe-er has the most power or charisma will call the shots a&! create whate-er they wa&t for themsel-esa&! crush a&y oppositio&.

Co&-ersely% if a go-er&me&t is fou&!e! from the -ery 'egi&&i&g o& the i!ea that they are goi&g to ha-e topla& ahea! to create comple ways to ,eep some powerful si&ful Ma& @or Me& from eerti&g his will a&!ta,i&g o-er the whole go-er&me&t% itQs possi'le that they coul! create a system that woul! hol! off !isasterfor awhile.






Please !o&Qt ta,e this to mea& that thisis what 5o! wa&ts8 Far from it% theseare all Ma&ma!e co&structs that arei&here&tly !a&gerous a&! i&&ately u&oly. /-e& the u!eoChristia&Democracy @or Beprese&tati-e

Bepu'lic has pro-e& to wor, o&ly 'y!egrees a&! with lots of pea,s a&!-alleys alo&g the way. "tQs &owhere&ear as li&ear as the o-ersimplifie!graph might suggest. "t a!-ocate!sla-ery% welfare% racism% imperialism%ma&ifest !esti&y a&! ma&y others.@Ma&y 'elie-e that America&go-er&me&t has% for some time &ow%accumulate! too much mo&ey a&!cause! more harm tha& goo!. +utthatQs &ot really our fight here.

Agai&% the 'ur!e& of proof shoul! 'e sEuarely o& 5o-er&me&t to pro-e that it is still co&siste&t with eThe People a&! a co&cer& for the rights of the citi?e&ry. +ut% the&% itQs a flawe! Ma&ma!e system a&!shoul!&Qt 'e truste! a&yway.

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&onclusions

+etwee& these Aioms you ca& chart the rise a&! fall of e-ery go-er&me&t% e-ery mi&istry% e-ery ma& of5o! that fell% e-ery future !a&ger pre!icte! i& the +i'lical prophecies. "f a& orga&i?atio& ca& i!e&tify thatli&e 'efore it gets to it% or feel it at the -ery early stages a&! act o& it% thereQs a cha&ce it ca& ,eep itQsi!e&tity 'y a!!ressi&g the issues Euic,ly e&ough. O&ce a& orga&i?atio& passes up a&! o-er that li&e% it will

most li,ely result i& pai&ful !i-isio& a&! much sufferi&g. Or a lo&g &asty li&geri&g as it tur&s i&to somethi&gcompletely !a&gerous.






ere we see a church cross the threshol! a&! it respo&!s to the !isso&a&ce 'y splitti&g. >ote that &ot allmem'ers are reco-ere!. (ome !isappear% &e-er to 'e see& agai& u&til the Day of u!geme&t% whe& weQllha-e to sta&! 'efore 5o! a&! accept respo&si'ility for the ,i&! of role mo!els we were a&! ta,e ourpu&ishme&t for the sheep that were lost while i& our care. +oth 'o!ies from this split are &ow i& e-e&greater !a&ger as they ha-e 'egu& a ha'it of !isse&sio& a&! !i-isio& that will li,ely stu&t the growth of theircurre&t efforts. (ata& chuc,les smugly.

O&e possi'le solutio& is the i&!epe&!e&t (elfBeplicati&g ouse Church. These wor, 'ecausethey simulate po-erty. Or rather% they coul! 'esee& as the 'egi&&i&g stages of the Mega Church%'ut 'y their co&sta&t multiplicatio& rather tha&co&soli!atio&% were &e-er allowe! to progress &earthe !a&ger ?o&e. (ort of li,e filli&g a& ice cu'e traywhere as each poc,et fills it o-erflows a&! fillsa&other. +ite si?e! ice chu&,s with their ow&compact li-es a&! purpose rather tha& o&e gia&tglacier with massi-e i&ertia. These are the mo!elof the Chi&ese ouse Church mo-eme&t. O&eother a!-a&tage is that they are -ery !ifficult to

stomp out if persecutio& shoul! 'egi&. They ca&meet a&ywhere% 'e forme! a&! reforme! o&!ema&! a&! !o&Qt &ee! formal lea!ership 'ecausema&y ha-e 'ee& trai&e! a&! ca& assumelea!ership. @This is also a mo!el use! effecti-elythroughout history 'y ma&y groups with a wi!e-arieties of moti-es. A&! has pro-e& to 'e 'y farthe most !ifficult to elimi&ate.

O&e spi& off that loo,s similar 'ut is&Qt is theCe&trally Co&trolle! Cell Church. A&! eampleof this woul! 'e Paul )o&ggi ChoQs churchwhere it loo,s li,e lots of i&!epe&!e&t cells% 'utthey are really offshoots of a massi-e ce&tralchurch a&! are all */B) efficie&tly a&! tightlyco&trolle! a&! tae!. This is a !ifficult o&e'ecause itQs a great temptatio& for a 'ig churchto start cell groups as a way to multiply its reachwithout a!!i&g i&frastructure. This shoul! 'esee& as !a&gerous 'ecause they are &ot trulyi&!epe&!e&t &ot separate ice cu'es capa'le ofa life of their ow&. They are spli&ters off of theglacier a&! still owe their allegia&ce to it. Theyare tightly co&trolle! specifically so that they

"== >OT spi& off a&! 'ecome i&!epe&!e&t.That woul! !imi&ish the power% mo&ey% a&!i&flue&ce of the ce&tral co&trol structure.

Are you getti&g it7 This is&Qt &ecessarily a'out $ust the macro -iew. "t applies !ow& to families% teams%classrooms.






)ou see% 'ig populatio&s are&Qt reEuire!% the Aiom wor,s e-e& with thei&!i-i!ual. (ay a perso& writes a 'est selli&g 'oo,% wi&s the lottery% i&herits'ig mo&ey% fi&!s a copy of the Declaratio& of "&!epe&!e&ce i& their attic%recor!s a hit recor!% whate-er.

"f they !o&Qt accurately assess the !a&gers of their ow& &ature% put systemsi& place to co&strai& a&! restrai& the temptatio&s a&! cha&&el the 'lessi&g

to !o 5o!Qs wor,% the !a&gers to themsel-es a&! others from ha-i&g amassi-e wi&!fall are e&ormous. The lie 'egi&s with% "Q-e waite! a lo&gtime for this. (pe&!i&g it o& me wo&Qt hurt a&y'o!y. " ear&e! it 'y pic,i&gthe right =otto &um'ers. A&! as groupies a&! salesme& start toaccumulate% it Euic,ly 'ecomes% They lo-e me8 " must 'e a great guy8 "!eser-e this8 5o! must wa&t me to ha-e that &ew Ferrari. +efore you,&ow it% itQs "Qm i&!estructi'le8 "Qm practically a go!. The&% late o&e &ightat a strip 'ar it 'ecomes% " AM 5o!8 " ca& !o a&ythi&g8 The& they !ietragically whe& their Ferrari shoots off the highway 'ecause they !roppe!their mirror a&! too, their eyes off the roa!.

Of course% it !oes&Qt always happe& li,e that. (ometimes they li-e lo&g happy li-es full of rewar! a&!e&$oyme&t% completely full a&! co&te&t i& themsel-es% wa&ti&g for &othi&g. 5o! says to e&$oy it 'ecause

thatQs all the rewar! there is. The& they !ie a&! get to report to esus what they !i! with all the 'lessi&gsthey were gi-e&.

/ither way% you ca& see why esus suggeste! that it was /YTB/M/=) !ifficult for the rich to e&ter the,i&g!om of hea-e&. There is a massi-e amou&t of i&ertia a&! temptatio& to o-ercome whe& 'ig piles ofcash are layi&g arou&!.

Thin1 you c$n deny the undeni$ble9

LetRs he$r it.

: rote this in 200? $nd 5'7'D< h$s e"en T!:*D to sho me here itRs rong.

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A8iom H1 H a maim wi!ely accepte! o& itsi&tri&sic merit2 H a stateme&t accepte! as trueas the 'asis for argume&t ori&fere&ce

9 H a& esta'lishe! rule or pri&cipleor a selfe-i!e&t truthFWebsters 5e WorldDiction$ry

Cndeni$ble A8ioms!eferences

1. 2 Thessalo&ia&s 2H92. Matthew 2H29. 1 (amuel <H20. Be-elatio& 20H16;. Be-elatio& 20H%6

6. e'rews 19H1II. Matthew 29H<K. Psalm 11<H160<. Boma&s 9H2910. Boma&s KH911. Boma&s IH1912. Matthew ;H19% "saiah ;K

19. Boma&s KH1211. 5alatia&s 1H10121;. Boma&s IHK1116. "saiah ;0H61I. oh& 1IH1I1K. 1 Timothy 6H101<. Colossia&s 9H1220. Matthew 26H116

21. Acts ;H11122. Be-elatio& 9H1I1K29. "saiah ;0H62. Be-elatio& 192;. "saiah ;0H626. Be-elatio& 19H161IN 1IH162I. Matthew 2H162K. Matthew 1<H2


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Who Are The Ph$risees9)ou ,&ow the (e-e& oes that esus calls !ow& o& the Pharisees i& Matthew 297 "t#s clear he !oes&#t thi&, much ofthem as a group. They were showy a&! etra-aga&t% they lo-e! the places of ho&or a&! the feeli&g that they ,&ewmore tha& a&yo&e else% they woul! wor, har! to ma,e a &ew co&-ert a&! the& corrupt them i&to their ow& twiste!image% they put their faith i& the material rather tha& the spiritual% they ga-e mo&ey i&stea! of gi-i&g of their mercy a&!time a&! faithful&ess% they were full of gree! a&! selfi&!ulge&ce% they loo,e! shi&y a&! &ew o& the outsi!e 'ut werehollow o& the i&si!e.

Di! you e-er ,&ow someo&e li,e that7 a-e you see& religious lea!ers act that way7 "#m sure we all ha-e someo&ethat we coul! poi&t to a&! say meets at least some of the characteristics esus ascri'e! to the Pharisees. a-e you,&ow& people li,e the Bich )ou&g Buler that lo-e! 5o! 'ut coul!&#t ta,e that fi&al step of o'e!ie&ce7

Through my ow& eperie&ces growi&g up o-erseas as a missio&ary ,i! a&! as we co&ti&ue to grow our &ew missio&sorga&i?atio&% AcrossCou&tries.com 'now on hold until we get 2ierty fi3ed* we#-e ha! a great opportu&ity to get alittle glimpse of how Christia&s i& America are -iewe! from the outsi!e.

A really terri'le thought has 'ee& g&awi&g at me lately. "& our local circle of i&flue&ce we ca& usually poi&t to someo&ethat we ca& !escri'e as a Pharisee.3 +ut if you gathere! the Christia&s from all o-er the worl! a&! as,e! them topoi&t out who was most li,e the Pharisees esus !escri'e! U /#B/ the o&es at whom they woul! all 'e poi&ti&g8

O-er <;4 of a-aila'le Christia& resources are 'ei&g spe&t i& the est. alf of the worl! has &e-er see& e-e& a si&glepage of the +i'le8 he& we se&! missio&aries o-er there a&! co&-ert someo&e% the first thi&g we !o is impose our

!e&omi&atio&al !isti&cti-es a&! e&mesh them i& our theological sEua''li&gs o-er issues that are&#t ce&tral to the faith.

There are Christia& +rothers a&! (isters star-i&g to !eath a&! still 'ei&g faithful% fi&!i&g a way to gi-e e-e& i& po-erty.Their commitme&t a&! $oy i& the =or! is awesome a&! shoul! shame all of us. They go a&! preach i& the most!a&gerous places% ,&owi&g they coul! 'e ,ille! @a&! freEue&tly are while we are u&willi&g to tal, to our &eigh'ors forfear of loo,i&g li,e a esus frea,.3

Pre-iously "#-e me&tio&e! that the G&ite! (tates gross !omestic pro!uct @5DP is a'out :10 Trillio& per year. Begularchurchgoi&g Christia&s co&trol as much as :9 Trillio& per year of that through our perso&al i&come @roughlyeEui-ale&t to the />T"B/ a&&ual spe&!i&g of the G.(. 5o-er&me&t. e co&trol ma&y% MA>) times that whe& youcalculate the -alue of our stoc,s% sa-i&gs% real estate% life i&sura&ce% 'usi&esses a&! other assets. hat are weaccomplishi&g with it7 From the perspecti-e of Christia&s i& other cou&tries% we#re $ust gorgi&g oursel-es while otherssta&! a&! wait to 'e fe! U 'oth physically a&! spiritually.

" ca&#t fi&! a&y +i'lical $ustificatio& for some Christia&s ha-i&g assets worth te&s of trillio&s of !ollars while otherChristia&s @o& a& i&come of :1 or :2 per !ay sur-i-e a&! 'uil! churches a&! mi&ister to others arou&! them. "& fact% itseems to me there are some -ery specific scriptures to which we shoul! pro'a'ly pay more atte&tio&. For eampleH

, Timothy ),%,> @>"* Comma&! those who are rich i& this prese&t worl! &ot to 'e arroga&t &or to puttheir hope i& wealth% which is so u&certai&% 'ut to put their hope i& 5o!% who richly pro-i!es us with e-erythi&gfor our e&$oyme&t. Comma&! them to !o goo!% to 'e rich i& goo! !ee!s% a&! to 'e ge&erous a&! willi&g toshare. "& this way they will lay up treasure for themsel-es as a firm fou&!atio& for the comi&g age% so that theymay ta,e hol! of the life that is truly life.3

Or may'e Mar, 10H29N esus loo,e! arou&! a&! sai! to his !isciples% ow har! it is for the rich to e&ter the ,i&g!omof 5o!83 @(ee alsoH " Timothy 6HK10% =u,e 16% Mar, 12H1

)ou thi&, you#re &ot rich7 Compare! to what7 Compare! to your 'oss or the guy i& that gia&t house !ow& the streetor someo&e o& T*7 )ou thi&, esus is tal,i&g a'out someo&e else7 "#-e got &ews for you% i& to!ay#s worl!% e is

tal,i&g a'out )OG U a&! me. alf the people i& the worl! !o&#t sleep o& a 'e!8 alf the worl! ear&s :9 a !ay or less8 A&! if e#s tal,i&g a'out churches% it#s OGB churches that will ha-e the har!est time at the fi&al u!geme&t% &ot thosei& "&!ia or Chi&a or /thiopia. The *A(T perce&tage of all Christia& resources are i& the ester& cou&tries. "& our 'a&,accou&ts a&! those of our churches. Two +"=="O> people li-e their life u&!er&ourishe!. I00 millio& li-e i& slums.

"#m &ot telli&g you what to !o with your wealth. " $ust as, that you will pray a&! as, 5o! to gui!e you. "f you!eci!e you wa&t to ma,e a commitme&t to help% feel free to co&tact us or at least rea! more a'out what ishappe&i&g out there.

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Whose :de$ W$s :t9

)ou#re pro'a'ly goi&g to hear the same message here o-er a&! o-er agai&. That#s 'ecause the 5ospel is -erysimple. / were the o&es that ma!e it complicate! &ot esus8

There are o&ly two choices i& the u&i-erse 5oo! a&! /-il. "f you 'elie-e i& the +i'le% the& esus wears thewhite hat a&! (ata& wears the 'lac, hat. That#s it% there#s &o thir! choice. The &ature of 5oo! is that it has to 'e

A== goo!. That is% it has to 'e pure. "f there is e-e& a little /-il i& the 5oo!% the& it#s corrupt a&! stops 'ei&g5oo!. /-il !oes&#t ha-e that co&strai&t. )ou see% /-il ca& mi a little goo! i& with itself @a&! ofte& !oes to 'uiltcre!i'ility or suc, people i&. )ou o&ly ha-e to ha-e a little /-il to spoil the whole thi&g.

(o% you see% it#s all -ery simple. )ou $ust step 'ac, a&! as,% hose i!ea was that783

ere#s a little game to try.

Whose :de$ W$s :t9

The rules are simple a&! this is goo! practice. ust pri&t it off a&! !raw a li&e from each item to the o&e you thi&,was most respo&si'le8 (ee7 *ery simple. A&! fu& for the whole family8

• (eual a'use of ,i!s 'y clergy•

9I%000S !e&omi&atio&s• 5et Bich uic,3 5ospel• Clergy with multimillio& !ollar homes• Churches !eeply i& !e't• Church lea!ers ha-i&g affairs• Completely ig&ori&g preachi&g o& the

co&seEue&ces of si&• Church splits o-er perso&ality !iffere&ces or

seco&!ary theological issues @or the color of thecarpet

• Measure a&! ra&, churches @a&! pastors 'yatte&!a&ce% 'aptism or i&come &um'ers

• Christia&s !emographically i&!isti&guisha'le from

the &o& Christia&s.• <14 of all Christia& outreachLe-a&gelism !oes

&ot target &o&Christia&s 'ut targets otherChristia&s

• Despite Christ#s comma&! to e-a&geli?e% 6I4 ofall huma&s from AD 90 to the prese&t !ay ha-e&e-er e-e& hear! of his &ame.

• Most Christia& churches preach that esus!oes&#tLca&#t tal, to you a&ymore 'ut (ata& ca&.

• /-a&gelical churches with cha&!eliers worthhu&!re!s of thousa&!s of !ollars

• Most churches spe&! <;4 of their mo&ey o&themsel-es. ust 0.94 reaches the most

u&reache!.• Christia&s i& the G(A a-erage 24 gi-i&g to the

church a&! ;04 spe&!i&g o& !iscretio&arypro!ucts for their ow& comforts.

• Four Christia&s churches o& the four cor&ers ofo&e i&tersectio& u&willi&g to tal, to each other. All!uplicati&g resources.

"esusPrince of Peace0 avior0+edeemer0 on of od

4ost common characteristics5 joy, eace, atience, kindness,

goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,self)control, sacrifice.Words to 2ive 6y5

72ove -our Neighor As-ourself.8

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9eceiver0 nake4ost common characteristics5immorality, imurity, sensuality,idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger,

disutes, dissensions, factions,envying, drunkenness, carousing,

boasting, and things like these.Words to 2ive 6y5

79oes that guy +:A22- think he$s etter than you?8






God The /upreme 7$n1er

"#-e 'ee& thi&,i&g a lot a'out this. +ecause "#m a 'usi&ess guy% " thi&, i& fi&a&cial terms. (ee if this ma,es a&yse&se to you.

he& we#re 'or& 5o! ope&s two 'a&, accou&ts for us. O&e is a chec,i&g accou&t a&! the other is a retireme&taccou&t. As soo& as we are ol! e&ough to ,&ow 'etter% our si& imme!iately 'egi&s to o-er!raw the chec,i&g

accou&t. e might !o goo! wor,s a&! care for the sic,% orpha&s% wi!ows% etc. a&! we DO get cre!it for that%'ut it gets loc,e! i&to the retireme&t accou&t. The chec,i&g accou&t is u&affecte!. >OT">5% &othi&g% &othi&gca& re!eem us of our i&!e'te!&ess a&! o-er!raw& status o& our chec,i&g accou&t ecept the 'loo! of esus.e are 'a&,rupt a&! co&!em&e! 'ecause of the chec,i&g accou&t. The retireme&t accou&t ca&#t 'e use! to payour !e't.

he& we accept Christ a&! lay our li-es at the feet of the Cross% e i&sta&tly 'ri&gs us 'ac, up to ?ero. e are!e'tfree8 Praise 5o!8 e#re re!eeme!. +ut ... mostly we are too stupi! a&! stu''or& a&! si&ful to 'e a'le tostay at ?ero. +efore lo&g we start si&&i&g a&! our !e't accumulates agai&. >ow% we might 'e !oi&g goo! wor,sthroughout a&! tithi&g a&! fee!i&g the poor a&! may'e e-e& !oi&g great miracles a&! preachi&g our hearts out 'ut all that !oes is store up i& our retireme&t accou&t. (oo&er or later% we reali?e our i&!e'te!&ess agai& a&!repe&t a&! esus ?eroes out the chec,i&g !e't agai&. oli&ess is li-i&g at ?ero. There is &o positi-e 'ala&cepossi'le i& the chec,i&g accou&t. e ca&#t ecee! holi&ess the 'est we ca& hope for i& this life is a lac, of

si&ful&ess @!e't that ,eeps us at ?ero.

O&ly those who are !e'tfree i& their chec,i&g accou&t will 'e cou&te! as worthy a&! O>=) T/> ca& theycash i& their retireme&t accou&ts. There will 'e ma&y o& that !ay that say =or!% =or!% loo, at my gia&tretireme&t accou&t83 a&! e will say% )ep% 'ut that was&#t the mai& poi&t. 5et your goatish&ess out of here.3 @Orsomethi&g li,e that. MA>) will ha-e !o&e goo! wor,s that they will &e-er 'e a'le to cash i&. Or they !i! some%'ut for the wro&g moti-es. @(ee Matt. 2;

For me it#s really simple. Try to stay at ?ero @holi&essLpurity a&! repe&t A== the time% $ust i& case. The&% if " ha-eO>/ hour of my time to spe&!% !o " rac, up more treasure i& hea-e& watchi&g T* or -isiti&g someo&e i& priso&or fee!i&g the homeless7 "f " ha-e $ust O>/ !ollar to gi-e% !o " get more treasure i& hea-e& for helpi&g 'uy acha&!elier for the sa&ctuary or fee!i&g a& orpha& i& 5ha&a7 A&! if " help a ser-a&t of 5o! a&! there'y get ashare of "( rewar!% the& who is the hottest stoc, arou&! a&! how ca& " get i& o& it7 @Matt. 10H02 That is%who has the 'iggest pile of treasure a&! how ca& " help them get more7 "s it my megachurch pastor% thetele-a&gelist with a &ew 'oo, out% the missio&aries from !e&omi&atio&al hea!Euarters or the 'arefoot &ati-epastor i& "&!ia that has pla&te! 100 thri-i&g churches amo&g the most u&reache! a&! li-es o& :1 a !ay7

"#m &ot sayi&g you fi&a&cially flagellate3 yourself a&! li-e o& &othi&g. "#m sayi&g /*/B) !ollar is 5o!#s so youas, im% =or!% ca& " 'uy a& ice cream co&e with this !ollar7 =or!% shoul! " fee! a& orpha& with this !ollar7 =or!%shoul! " help 'uy a millio& !ollar cha&!elier for the sa&ctuary73 (ometimes e says it#s O for me to ha-e icecream% or a &ewer car% or whate-er. e cares for is ow&% e !oes&#t wa&t me to star-e. +ut e always wa&tsis mo&ey spe&t accor!i&g to "( priorities. "f you#ll liste& a&! the& 'e o'e!ie&t% e-e& if it#s har!% it#s li,ely e#ll!eci!e you ca& 'e truste! with more a&! more mo&ey. e#re to 'e goo! stewar!s% &ot $ust to ha&! it o-er to a&yschmo with a ;01@c@9 without as,i&g a&y Euestio&s.

Oh ... a&! if you thi&, "#m argui&g agai&st a o&ce sa-e!% always sa-e!3 -iew of sal-atio&% "#m really &ot. "ho&estly !o&#t ,&ow if a si&cere prayer at church camp whe& you were eight is e&ough to get you i& the !oor or

&ot. +ut " ,&ow esus epects a lot more out of us tha& $ust ha-i&g o&ce sai! a prayer a&! the& !o&e whate-erwe wa&te! the rest of the time. "t $ust seems li,e the >arrow Path A( to 'e more &arrow tha& that8 e says thatif we lo-e im% we#ll O+/) im. =ots of people are goi&g to call im =or!3 o& that !ay a&! 'ut still wo&#t ma,ethe cut. @Matt. 2;H16

"#m $ust poi&ti&g out that $ust 'ecause you might ha-e !o&e some goo! stuff% !oes&#t &ecessarily mea& you#ll getto cash i& o& that rewar! if you#re &ot see,i&g holi&ess. )ou#ll ha-e to see, 5o! a&! see if e says you#re whereyou &ee! to 'e with im. That#s 'etwee& you two. +ut it#s ,i&! of importa&t that you#! get this sorte! out as soo&as possi'le.






*m$il from !enee in response to the Apology to the World

Dear 'rother%"#-e 'ee& hu&geri&g for more of 5o! all my life. "#-e 'ee& to $ust a'out e-ery !e&omi&atio& there is."#-e sa&g i& the choir% taught (u&!ay school% le! fol,s to the =or!% memori?e! (criptures% was Praisea&! orship lea!er% Pastore! a Church% o& a&! o& a&! o&. A&! "#-e always 'ee& hau&te! 'y a G5/G>5/B for more of our A!ore!. "#m a simple woma&. "#m &ot smart or e-e& cute. "#m of &oimporta&ce whatsoe-er. "#-e 'ee& sic, all my life @K years ol! a&! for the last 12 years "#-e 'ee&house'ou&! with really 'a! health. "#-e watche! myself 'ecome he!ge! i&3 li,e o'% 'y the ha&! ofour =o-i&g Father. Cut off from family a&! frie&!s% &o health% &o a&ythi&g. " ha-e&#t 'ee& to church i&ma&y years 'ecause " coul!&#t ta,e it a&ymore.

he& o&e is sufferi&g% a&! i& pai& with health pro'lems% a&! with a 'ro,e& heart 'ecause of o&e#sow& flesh3 @the ol! &ature that !oes&#t wa&&a ta,e up the Cross A>D with a grie-i&g spirit 'ecauseo&e wa&ts MOB/ OF 5OD% a&! o&e is weepi&g o-er lost lo-e! o&es............well% let me $ust say that "!i!&#t fit i& with a&y churches arou&! here. My hu''y is sa-e! so there are two of us who fellowshiptogether.

A&yway% e-e& though " feel li,e "#-e 'ee& followi&g i& o'#s footsteps% " 'elie-e with all my heart thatour A!ore! is goi&g to MO*/ o&ce agai& o& 'ehalf of is Ow& who are cryi&g out to im li,e thewi!ow of =u,e 1K. A== M) ="F/ "#*/ +//> P=A5G/D "T A G>5/B FOB MOB/ OF 5OD8 )es%" use the wor! plague 'ecause it seems so wro&g3 whe& compare! to the partyi&g church of to!ay."#-e ha! this i&cre!i'le hu&ger all my life% a&! use! to weep 'y the hour whe& "#! rea! of +elie-ers i&the +i'le.......O to lo-e 5o! the way / D/(/B*/( TO +/ =O*/D. +ut 'rother% " >/ my Fleshwell% a&! without the 5race of 5o! " coul! &e-er lo-e im or a&yo&e else. "#m a crusty ol! crow% a&!my flesh !oes >OT li,e ta,i&g up my !aily cross% sigh.

The&% " stum'le! o&to a 'oo, a'out (ai&ts of ol! li,e 5eorge Fo% Charles 5. Fi&&ey% (mithigglesworth% etc% a&! " wept for !ays a&! !ays% a&! "#-e &e-er 'ee& a'le to get ri! of a D/("B/ formore of 5o!. "#ll a!mit% may 5o! forgi-e me% that i& years go&e 'y " !i! try to ig&ore it% a&! play churchli,e others a!-ise! me to !o. +ut it $ust was&#t me. The ol! hym& says ust as " am3 a&! "#m too

stupi! to 'e a&ythi&g less tha& myself% for 'etter or for worse. +esi!es% our Te&!er /ter&al ,&ows alla'out me a&yway% so why try to hi!e a&ythi&g from im788

+rother% !i! you rea! how Mary was =OO">5 FOB /B =OBD outsi!e of the tom' o& the !ay earose7 ust imagi&e the sce&e.......ea-e& is $ampac,e! with eciteme&t8 After 99 years% the O&eho use!3 to sit at the Bight a&! of the Father will 'e comi&g 'ac, OM/. /-ery flower i& glorymust ha-e 'ee& 'loomi&g with /YTBA $oy that !ay8 A&! the&......the Father (pea,s% a&! the oly(pirit BA"(/( "M FBOM T/ D/AD8888 O 5=OB) /#( COM">5 GP...../#( COM">5 GP /B/O>C/ A5A">% BA"(/D *"CTOB"OG(88888 Oh the eciteme&t% a&! $oy8888 +ut wait.......what is goi&g o&7here "( /7 hy has&#t e come yet7 hat is the hol! up7 AT O> /ABT "( 5O">5 O>7 "#lltell you what O> /ABT is goi&g o&........the simple% yet D//P =O*/ OF A OMA> FOB /B

ADOB/D (TOPP/D T/ =OBD /(G( D/AD "> "( TBAC(88 uh7 That#s right8 )ou see% the

a&gels spo,e to her whe& she loo,e! i&to the tom'% 'ut i&stea! of hurryi&g home to her ome&#s+i'le stu!y group to 'as, i& the glory of telli&g her story3 of seei&g a& a&gel% see $ust tur&e! awayfrom the gra-e a&! co&ti&ue! loo,i&g for "M8 (/ O>=) AD /)/( FOB "M8 er heart was'rea,i&g. (he was so heart'ro,e& that she coul!&#t thi&, of a&ythi&g else. ow o& earth was shegoi&g to get through this !ay7 /B/ A( /7 here-er e was% she AD to fi&! im% AD TO+/ "T "M.






At this time our +lesse! Be!eemer is o& is way OM/% 'ut (TOP( (OBT OF T/ FAT/B88888888 A+(O=GT/=) ">CB/D"+=/88888888 hat ma&&or of =O*/ "( T"(% that the Father @a&ious to (//is -ictorious (O> graciously steps asi!e to a lowly woma&#s !esires7 )7 +/CAG(/ /B/CO5>"/( T/ D/MA>D OF /B +BO/> /ABT% a&! gi-es way to the =O*/ / "M(/=FPGT T/B/8 O AT A 5OD8888 The heart has its reaso&s whereof reaso& ,&ows &othi&g. >ot a+i'le -erse% 'ut so i&cre!i'le TBG/.

(o% she sees the 5ar!e&er% a&! says to im.........where ha-e you ta,e& im to7 (he offers to ta,eim away e-e& though she @'ei&g a la!y may ha-e ha! a har! time ta,i&g a !ea! 'o!y a&ywhere.+ut you ,&ow what7 (he =O*/D "M so much that she !i!&#t e-e& thi&, a'out that. All she wa&te!was TO +/ "T "M. (o% her heart !ro-e her to ig&ore the a&gels% a&! =OO for im. (o% she isforce! @compelle! 'y lo-e to Euestio& the 5ar!e&er. A&! the&......PBA"(/ 5OD......OGB ADOB/DB/*/A=( "M(/=F TO /B88888 =O*/ A>(/B( =O*/8 (he was the F"B(T to (// "M raise!from the !ea!8 A&! she reaches out to im% 'ut e says &o 'ecause e has&#t yet 'ee& to theFather. (o% =O*/ FOBC/D =O*/ TO (TOP TAT DA) o& the way ome to 5lory% a&! comfort thehurti&g pai&s of a 'ro,e& heart 'efore goi&g o& OM/ to the Father. A&! Mary 'ecame the first o&eto sprea! the 5OOD >/( that our A!ore! "( B"(/>888

Dear 'rother% "#m $ealous of her. "#m $ealous of i&g Da-i!. " tell you that " wa&t to lo-e 5o! (O MGC

that the A&gels i& ea-e& +=G(888 " wa&t to =O*/ "M li,e / has >/*/B 'ee& lo-e! 'efore% a&!Christ "> M/ is a'le to !o it. +ut my fleshy &ature &ee!s the Power of the oly (pirit from o& igh toflow through me to !o so. "#-e &e-er 'ee& +aptise! i& the oly (pirit. "#-e 'ee& through some 'a!eperie&ces co&cer&i&g that% a&! &ow am waiti&g for the =or! to pour out is B/A= oly (pirit. " wa&tto 'e so fille! with the =OBD /(G( that my flesh is too !a&ge! scare! to e-e& try to come out% lol. "wa&t to 'e so fille! with is O=) O"= that " lea-e mar,s o& the floor as " wal,. ell% o,ay% " !o&#tepect to lea-e actual mar,s% 'ut 'rother% DO )OG >O AT " M/A>7 "#m &o goo! to a&yo&ethe way " am. " &ee! the =OBD i& A== "( FG=>/((. Call it re-i-al% call it a &ew so&g% call itwhate-er you wa&t to call it. All " ,&ow is that " feel li,e Patric, e&ryH 5i-e me ="+/BT) @where the(pirit of the =or! is% there is =i'erty OB 5"*/ M/ D/AT @to !ie is gai&. "f Mr. e&ry coul! feel thatway a'out real estate% the& how much more the Church a'out T/ ="*">5 5OD788 "#m tire! of myselfthe way " am% a&! tire! of watchi&g si&&ers sufferi&g% a&! li-i&g without the =or!. /B/ "( MOB/

OF T/ =OBD7 " feel li,e e-e& after 12 eter&ities "#m goi&g to 'e wa&ti&g MOB/ of im. Pleasepray for me !ear 'rother. My hu''y has caught this !esire &ow% a&! we 'oth felt alo&e i& this u&til wehear! a'out you from a&other 'rother we $ust hear! of a few !ays ago. e li-e i& (t. =ouis Cou&ty.(o% we are also (O M/ /(G( (ai&ts% heehee.

ell% 'rother% "#m sorry for goi&g o& a&! o&% 'ut praise 5o!% as tears flow% "#-e got to tell you that "#-e'ee& so lo&ely% &ot ,&owi&g that others were hu&geri&g for more of our A!ore! also. Praise 5o! foris mercy. "#m i& a lot of pai& or my hu''y a&! " woul! come to that oh& the +aptist co&fere&ce.Please pray for us. e &ee! more of the =or!.

5o! 'less you !ear 'rother% a&! tha&, you. " was goi&g to post at that !iscussio& forum% 'ut it is so&ew% a&! " felt li,e "#! 'e spoili&g it. " feel all thum's whe& sayi&g stuff o-er the &et. ec,% " feel li,e

"#m all thum's a&yway. "#m sure "#m the o&e who ga-e our =or! esus all that white hair that e has&ow accor!i&g to the !escriptio& of im i& Be-elatio&% lol.

lo-e to you from your sis%

Be&ee#

A little chil! shall lea! them... H






Doug’s Person$l *8perience ith the -oly /pirit@ritte& a&. 2;% 200; U e!ite! March% 1K% 200I

" ha! 'ee& prayi&g a&! achi&g for se-eral mo&ths to see the oly (pirit come i& power a&! !o somethi&g. "ha! rea! Acts o-er a&! o-er a&! we were ha-i&g a +i'le (tu!y time o& (u&!ay &ights at my shop with thefol,s " respecte! the most. hat " was really hopi&g for was that 'oo, of Acts% Pe&tecost% to&gues of fire

stuff U 'ut ha! &o i!ea what " was !oi&g. T"C/ i& my life @'efore >o-em'er of 200 ha! " e-er e-e&'ee& i& a room with someo&e spea,i&g i& to&gues a&! o&e of those was at a co&cert with li,e 2;00 otherpeople. They !i!&#t teach me a&ythi&g a'out this i& the +aptist church ecept to 'e s,eptical a&! suspectit#s ma!e up or worse% that it#s from the e&emy. @/-e& &ow% "#m still hyperse&siti-e to it a&! it#sappropriate use. hich is a goo! thi&g.

Bou&! a'out >o-em'er% A&!rew @(trom a&! " met a&! ha! lu&ch a&! he li,e! a lot of what " ha! 'ee&sayi&g a'out the pro'lems i& the church. e as,e! me if " ha! 'ee& 'apti?e! i& the oly (pirit a&! " sai!%uh73 e tal,e! a'out it for awhile a&! he e&courage! me to rea! up a&! pray o& it. A couple !ays later "we&t !ow& to his (u&!ay e-e&i&g meeti&g he was ha-i&g a&! he as,e! if " woul! li,e to spea, which ofcourse " !i!. a! a goo! impact% although ,i&! of preachi&g to the choir si&ce his crow! is alrea!y sort ofoutsi!e of the sta&!ar! church3 streams. +ut that was also the first &ight the (chafers were there a&! we

really hit it off.

The followi&g Tues!ay @11L29L0% A&!rew was ha-i&g a prayer meeti&g at the home of o&e of the fol,s i&his group a&! suggeste! " come a&! they woul! pray for me to recei-e the +lessi&g3 that is% to 'e fille!with the oly (pirit. They were all his family a&! a few other fol,s he truste! a lot. @"#-e lear&e! &ot to let

$ust A>)+OD) lay ha&!s o& me8 " was fully prime! 'y the time it rolle! arou&!. e ha! a meal a&! tal,e!for awhile a&! the& we praye! a little a&! the& they were goi&g to pray o& me. They wa&te! me to sit i& achair i& the mi!!le of the room a&! " sai!% ec,% &o8 "#m ,&eeli&g. >o way "#m goi&g to sit there all comfy'efore 5o!.3 (o% a'out four or fi-e of them are prayi&g o& me i& to&gues pretty lou!. "t was har! toco&ce&trate% 'ut " $ust !eci!e! that they were &ice fol,s% so " !i!&#t care how they wa&te! to pray as lo&g asthey were si&cere a&! they helpe! me get what " came for.

(i&ce " was a ,i!% " &e-er praye! for a&ythi&g 'ut wis!om. "t#s $ust a math pro'lem to me. (olomo& was the

smartest guy e-er% that#s what (olomo& praye! for% that must ma,e it the wisest thi&g to as, for. "t#s alwaysat the top of the list of 5ifts i& " Cori&thia&s a&! elsewhere. hy pray for to&gues7 "t#s at the 'ottom of thelist8 ust my 'usi&ess i&sti&ct% " guess. 5o for the goo! stuff.

A&yway% so they praye! o& me for a'out 900 mi&utes @" thi&, as " 'egge! for the oly (pirit a&!promise! to !o right if e woul! 'less me. " promise! 5o! that if e woul! empower me% " was willi&g togi-e up a&ythi&g a&! e&!ure a&ythi&g. " $ust wa&te! to 'e the most !a&gerous perso& o& the pla&et to thecause of e-il. " wa&te! to s&iff it out a&! rip out it#s heart with my teeth. " wa&te! to 'e 5o!#s pit 'ull. "wa&te! wis!om% " wa&te! a high -a&tage poi&t% to see through the eyes of esus. To ,&ow what people&ee!e! to hear to co&-ict them% to 'ur& away all the impurities a&! see $ust the pure ,er&el of the esse&ceof what we shoul! 'e !oi&g to please im.

" 'egge! im to shi&e a light o& a&ythi&g i& my heart that was i& the way a&! " woul! scru' it out.Together% e a&! " $ust we&t through o&e thi&g after a&other. " ha-e ple&ty of si&s may'e &ot 'ig o&es asthe worl! $u!ges them U 'ut there is ple&ty of !ar,&ess i& my heart for which to repe&t. " ha! to !rop somea&gers at ol! 'osses or girl frie&!s or others. At o&e poi&t% e sai!% )ou#re pretty goo! with the orpha&s%'ut you#re lac,i&g with the wi!ows si&ce you ha-e&#t go&e to see your gra&!mother i& the hospital.3 (o "promise! o& the spot that " woul! go see her 'efore the wee, was up a&! ma,e it all right. That seeme! tosatisfy him. " ,ept getti&g a warm fu??y feeli&g li,e this was my time a&! e was goi&g to a&swer myprayers% 'ut the& it stalle! out. A'out the&% " thi&, A&!rew a&! them were getti&g tire! @they ha-e to lea&o-er% 'ecause " refuse! the chair8 a&! he as,s me if there is a&ythi&g i& the way or if there is a history of

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Maso&ry i& my family. " sai!% >o%3 a&! we $ust all agree! to pray that the =or! woul! shi&e a light o& whatwas the pro'lem. >early as soo& as we starte! prayi&g agai&% the oly (pirit remi&!e! me that therewas&#t a&y Maso&ry% 'ut " ha! 'ee& i& a frater&ity i& college that reEuire! that you ta,e a& oath of secrecyo& 5o!. /-e& though whe& " was a& i&itiate " ha!&#t sai! the oath at the time% later o& " was the ritualist a&!a!mi&istere! it to others. " i&sta&tly repe&te! of it a&! re&ou&ce! it a&! steppe! away from that. That wasthe last thi&g i& the way.

ust the&% A&!rew suggeste! that may'e " shoul! sta&! up. he& " !i!% the -isio& starte!. " praye! forwis!om a&! to see through the eyes of esus. To me that#s $ust a higher -a&tage poi&t where you ca& seemore of the +ig Picture. +oth the lo-e a&! the a&ger% the $u!geme&t a&! the mercy. " ha! praye! to ta,e o&a&y tas,% &o matter the cost. (o what e showe! me was as much wis!om a&! respo&si'ility as " coul!ha&!le without passi&g out. " !isti&ctly remem'er a se&se from im that " !i!&#t really ,&ow how 'ig a thi&g" ha! as,e! for% 'ut e was goi&g to show me as much as " coul! ha&!le a&yway. e was gla! that "as,e!% 'ut almost gri&&i&g 'ecause e ,&ew what it woul! !o to me8 Fatherly lo-e li,e whe& your &i&e yearol! so& wa&ts to 'uil! his ow& race car or somethi&g.

(o for a'out te& mi&utes or so @may'e more% 5o! ra& this through my hea!. "t was as if " was i& outerspace loo,i&g !ow& o& the glo'e. O& the right si!e is a reel of faces goi&g 'y. All chil!re&% all !iffere&tcolors. The -ast ma$ority are cryi&g or hurti&g or sic, or !yi&g. "t was li,e fast forwar!i&g a D*D% they whip'y real fast a&! the& it stops lo&g e&ough to see a few% the& they whip alo&g agai&. O& the left si!e of the

glo'e is the outli&e of America a&! a &asty% i&,y 'lac,&ess co-eri&g it with te&!rils sprea!i&g out all o-erthe worl!. " ,&ew that this was the si& of the church selfish&ess% apostasy% gree!% pri!e% waste%!e&omi&atio&alism% frau!% prosperity gospel% etc. that was sprea!i&g out from America a&! reachi&g allo-er the worl!. The reel of pictures of ,i!s was ru&&i&g full spee!. The =or! sai!% )ou wa&te! to seethrough my eyes% "#m goi&g to show you A== of it.3 e ,&ows that " ha-e a heart for ,i!s @as e !oes a&!that#s the way e sees us a&yway% so that#s how e showe! it to me as i&&oce&ts hurt% ,ille!% maime!%a'use!% impo-erishe!% star-i&g 'ecause of the &asty 'lac,&ess comi&g out of America. "t was clear to methat these were&#t little ,i!s% these were 5o!#s chil!re& of all ages. A&! e ma!e it clear " was seei&g A==of them. " mea& A== of them. " ho&estly 'elie-e that all si 'illio& plus spu& 'y. May'e more% may'e it wasall of them /*/B. " ca&#t e-e& comprehe&! it. +ut e ma!e it clear that they were !yi&g 'ecause of G(a&! what / ha-e !o&e maliciously or selfishly &eglecte! to !o to push 'ac, the !ar,&ess. " ha! a horri'lepai& i& my chest a&! ache! a&! groa&e! i&sta&tly.

A&!rew#s mi!!le girl% irste& @who was a'out 11% was prayi&g har! o& my right a&! without really ,&owi&g"#! !o&e it% " gra''e! ahol! of her a&! hugge! her to me a&! $ust stro,e! her hea! a&! crie! 'ig huge so's.Out lou! " ,ept 'eggi&g 5o! to stay is $u!geme&t a&! apologi?i&g for what we#! !o&e to the chil!re&. "

$ust felt so much pai& i& my chest a&! " was groa&i&g a&! cryi&g a&! $ust ,ept watchi&g a&! sayi&g outlou!% Oh% the chil!re&8 hat we#-e !o&e to the chil!re&8 Please help us sa-e them% =or!. "#m (O sorry.3@Or some !eri-ati-e or com'i&atio& thereof. A&! " B/A==)% B/A==) &ee!e! irste& at that mome&t as areal li-e ,i! " coul! pet a&! hug a&! cry o-er. @(he a&! " are 'o&!e! i& a way " ca&#t really eplai&. (he $ustlet me pet her hea! a&! !rip o& her a&! ,ept right o& prayi&g for me. hat a goo! sport8 This we&t o& fora lo&g time @to me a&! the& fi&ally fa!e! with im sayi&g% )OG#B/ respo&si'le for them. )ou sai! youwoul!% so &ow it#s o& )OG.3 " as,e! the =or!% hat !o you mea&783 e sai!% )ou wa&te! to 'e the most!a&gerous perso& o& the pla&et% you wa&te! to see through the eyes of esus% " showe! you e-ery'o!y%&ow you#re respo&si'le.3 " sai!% =or!% you#re telli&g lots of other people they#re respo&si'le% too% right7 "t#s

&ot $ust me73 e sai!% "t !oes&#t matter% you sai! you were willi&g% so &ow 5O83 " got it the& @a&! still !othat somehow " perso&ally ha-e a respo&si'ility to reach them all with the 5ospel a&! tur& this thi&garou&!. @(till tryi&g to figure out how that#s fair or possi'le8

After it was o-er% " was still i& a lot of pai& i& my chest. e sat 'ac, i& the circle a&! " was groa&i&g a&!wi&ci&g i& pai&. They as,e! me what " ha! see& a&! " trie! to tell them% 'ut it was har! to 'reathe a&!e-ery time "#! close my eyes "#! get a glimpse of it agai& a&! it woul! hurt. =i,e a& ice pic, i& my chest. Thefol,s there wa&te! to reassure me that it was O that " ha!&#t spo,e& i& to&gues which " fou&! myself






"5=) irritate! a'out si&ce that#s &ot why " was there. " sai!% ey. " got what " came for a&! the& some8 "will &e-er 'e the same. " as,e! for wis!om a&! to see the 'ig picture a&! that#s what " got.3 There was a,i&! of Euiet pressure that the to&gues part was B/A==) importa&t% 'ut they coul! see clearly thatsomethi&g 'ig ha! happe&e! a&! " was still sitti&g there wi&ci&g a&! groa&i&g a&! twitchi&g i& pai& e-eryso ofte&. Mostly " was too !istracte! processi&g it to ha-e 'ee& 'othere!% 'ut it was a& importa&t lesso&a'out the su'co&scious pressure that ca& 'e put o& the eperie&ce without e-e& reali?i&g it. They allseeme! to >//D to&gues to happe& at that mome&t% 'ut the& e-ery si&gle o&e of them we&t arou&! a&!

tol! a'out how whe& they starte! spea,i&g i& to&gues it was some time after their +aptism with the oly(pirit% some of them a =OT later. " !i!&#t comme&t much at the time% 'ut " thought it i&teresti&g that they allfelt it (OG=D happe& a certai& way% 'ut &o&e of T/M ha! it happe& to them that way. " !i!&#tparticularly wa&t to&gues% so it !i!&#t much matter. At last A&!rew ma!e the most se&se whe& he eplai&e!it mathematically @without mea&i&g to. e eplai&e! that to&gues is a way to let the (pirit help relie-e youof a 'ur!e& so hea-y that wor!s wo&#t wor, a&ymore a&! that " woul! pro'a'ly &ee! it soo&er or later if thepressure was high. TAT ma!e se&se% 'ecause " ,&ew what " was carryi&g8 (o at that poi&t% " starte! tosee that it was comi&g a&! " was goi&g to &ee! it. @A couple !ays later " ha! to get a physical for thea!optio& a&yway% so 'ecause of the chest pai& " ha! them ru& cholesterol chec,s% $ust 'e sure " was&#tha-i&g a heart attac,8 +ut " chec,e! out perfect8

A&yway% we sai! goo!'ye a&! " got i& my -a& to !ri-e home% still wi&ci&g from the pai& a&! moa&i&g a&!groa&i&g with the weight of what "#! see&. For se-eral !ays% e-ery time " close! my eyes " woul! see it

agai& a&! wi&ce a&! ache a&! moa&. For a couple of !ays after% " ha! this ama?i&g lo-e for e-ery'o!y. "woul! go a'out my !ay $ust wa&ti&g to hug o& people a&! pi&ch their chee,s 'ecause " $ust >/ howmuch esus lo-e! them8 " ,&ew they were o&e of the chil!re& that ha! whippe! 'y i& my -isio&. " we&t i&toalMart a&! e-eryo&e was (OOO 'eautiful8 +ut that fa!e! i& a couple of !ays especially i& alMart.

Thi&gs starte! to cha&ge i&sta&tly. " ca&#t play -i!eo games a&ymore. " ca&#t watch T*. " ca&#t curse. " ca&#tsur-i-e without at least a couple of hours of prayi&g a !ay. The +i'le is ope&e! up for me a&! " see thi&gsa&! co&&ectio&s that "#-e &e-er hear! A>)+OD) say 'efore. =ately% " ca&#t go a&ywhere without my +i'lea&! " spe&! e-ery etra mi&ute i& it. (i& repulses me. "#-e surely spo,e& out of tur& or pri!efully or &otco&si!ere! someo&e#s feeli&gs or misprioriti?e! my time or 'ee& irritate! 'ut am i&sta&tly aware of it a&!repe&ta&t. " ha-e a har! time getti&g a&y wor, !o&e 'ecause " wa&t to tal, a'out 5o! all the time toa&y'o!y a&! whe& " !o% they are co&-icte!. " get physically pai&e! if a !irty spam email pops up 'efore "ca& !elete it. " ca&#t e-e& thi&, a'out a&ythi&g i&timate with a&yo&e other tha& my wife. Ca&#t e-e&co&si!er it or picture it. 5o&e is the fighti&g at home o-er stupi! stuff% lots more lo-e all the time e-e&though it#s a har! wal, a&! there#s still !isagreeme&t. O&e &ight e wo,e me up at 2am a&! sai! to prayfor my wife. Comfy i& 'e! with her o& my arm% warm 'la&,ets% eyes close! " praye! u&til 6H90am without a'rea, or !o?i&g off or a&ythi&g. ust li,e o& autopilot% 'ut &ot asleep. hich is &uts cause "#ll fall asleeptypi&g sometimes a&! 'ash my hea! o& the ,ey'oar!. Much less% comfy i& 'e! with my eyes close!8 Plus"#m fasti&g &ow. >e-er ,&ow whe& or for how lo&g% 'ut " shoul!&#t 'e a'le to fast e-e& a half a !ay with myhypoglycemia. >ow " get up i& the mor&i&g a&! go to the fri!ge a&! as, the =or! if " get to eat to!ay.(ometimes e says yes a&! sometimes &o. "f " ca& physically 5/T the foo! i& my mouth% "#m &ot fasti&g."t#s &ot e-e& a !ecisio& a&ymore. "& the last two mo&ths e has ha! me fasti&g se-eral times for 2 hoursor less% o&ce for almost three !ays a&! o&ce for almost four !ays. ust water. >o cra-i&gs% &o pai&% &ohea!aches or !i??i&ess or wea,&ess. Gsually e&!s with some 'ig e-e&t for which " &ee! to 'e fullyco&ce&trate! or clea&. The& " ca& get foo! i& my mouth agai&. " actually loo, forwar! to fasti&g 'ecause "

,&ow "#m 'ei&g o'e!ie&t a&! " ,&ow it#s goi&g to e&! with somethi&g that will glorify im. @O&ce was theChristmas !ay trip to the chil!re&#s hospital. Plus it#s e-i!e&ce of a super&atural protectio& o-er me%'ecause " shoul! >OT me!ically 'e a'le to fast at all. ;%date? *ince this was written the fasting changedto mostly without even water, <)F days at a time, on average G or H days a week without water for over twoyears. +hat’s just /od9 I lost over FD ounds and feel great9>

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weapo&s " woul! ha-e i& or!er to fight the 'attles ahea! @i&clu!i&g the gift of heali&g a&!!iscer&me&tL!eli-era&ce of e-il spirits a&! other stuff. "& that time " got to participate i& two goo! frie&!sgetti&g full of the (pirit o&e !ear frie&! at a&other of A&!rew#s meeti&gs @who starte! si&gi&g i& to&guesright o& the spot8 a&! o&e 'y myself i& the office with her. Also ga-e some really har! specific propheticwor!s i&!i-i!ually to specific people that cha&ge! them. Also i& that time% the (chafers came to wor, withus. @ames a&! Ci&!y ha-e 'ee& such a critical compo&e&t of the lear&i&g that has 'ee& cramme! i&tothose first 12 wee,s8 " ca&#t e-e& 'egi& to imagi&e what " woul! ha-e !o&e without their i&tercessio& a&!

ge&tle a!-ice a&! eample. 5o! se&t this missio&ary family from Ca&a!a to =i'erty% Missouri to spe&!their time at my forprofit fur&iture store a&! help grow me8

>o&etheless% the followi&g three wee,s were misera'le 'ecause " felt a growi&g !espair a&! u&happi&essa&! !ar,&ess. " was getti&g a massi-e pressure i&si!e a&! &o release -al-e. " was prayi&g !esperately forthe gift of to&gues at that poi&t 'ecause " felt " coul!&#t get it all out. The 'ur!e& o& me felt huge a&! "was&#t getti&g a&y relief. The& 'a! thi&gs starte! happe&i&g at home the sewer 'ac,s up i&to the'aseme&t a&! the !og throws up all o-er a&! the ,i! is acti&g up a&! the wife is sic,. =ots of people arehea-ily 'ur!e&e! a&! are prayi&g for me li,e cra?y. My wife !i!&#t ,&ow what to !o with me% 'ecause shewas -ery s,eptical of the charismatic thi&g3 a&! "#m up at all hours a&! cryi&g a&! prayi&g a&! moa&i&ga&! groa&i&g. (he sai!% here#s your $oy7 e ,&ow who wi&s i& the e&!8 hy all the cryi&g73 +ut " ca&Qthelp 'ut see the 'a!&ess.

O&e (u&!ay e-e&i&g% "#m sitti&g i& the li-i&g room as,i&g what to !o a&! the =or! tells me to rea! osea.(o "#m rea!i&g osea with a towel o-er my hea! @$ust &ee!e! to get G>D/B somethi&g8 a&! cryi&g a&!sha,i&g a&! roc,i&g 'ac, a&! forth as the =or! shows me how !esperately 'a! the $u!geme&t o& Americawill 'e 'ecause we#re !oi&g e-erythi&g i& osea that 'rought $u!geme&t o& "srael% ecept with thousa&!sof times worse. The& Bachael wa,es up from her &ap a&! wal,s through the li-i&g room% sha,es her hea!at me a&! says% /cept for the &o&se&se sylla'les% you might as well 'e spea,i&g i& to&gues for the wayyou sou&!.3 ell% she ofte& has 'ursts of wis!om hi!!e& i& the most u&li,ely% sarcastic comme&ts% sosomethi&g clic,e! i& me that it was so weir! that she woul! say that si&ce "#! 'ee& prayi&g so har! a'outto&gues.

(o the =or! ,i&! of &u!ge! me that " ought to figure out what it was " was !oi&g a&! le! me through somemoa&i&g a&! groa&i&g3 scriptures. Boma&s KH26 is pro'a'ly the most well,&ow&H In the same way, the*irit hels us in our weakness. e do not know what we ought to ray for, but the *irit himselfintercedes for us with groans that words cannot eJress. F -nd he who searches our hearts knows themind of the *irit, because the *irit intercedes for the saints in accordance with /od’s will.

Others i&clu!eH

!om$ns 42( @all >"* Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the *irit, groaninwardly as we wait eagerly for our adotion as sons, the redemtion of our bodies.

2 &orinthi$ns 62 Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,

2 &orinthi$ns 6? 7or while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do notwish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be

swallowed u by life.

:s$i$h 6>,, e all growl like bears@ we moan mournfully like doves. e look for justice, but findnone@ for deliverance, but it is far away.

#ic$h ,4 ecause of this I will wee and wail@ I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl likea jackal and moan like an owl. K 7or her wound is incurable@ it has come to 4udah. It has reachedthe very gate of my eole, even to 4erusalem itself.

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+ut @u&fortu&ately the O>/ that most reso&ates with me is H

*e1iel 2,) 6 1+herefore groan, son of man9 /roan before them with broken heart and bittergrief. F -nd when they ask you, :hy are you groaning2’ you shall say, :ecause of the news thatis coming. &very heart will melt and every hand go lim@ every sirit will become faint and everyknee become as weak as water.’ It is coming9 It will surely take lace, declares the sovereign

($58 .3 +he word of the ($58 came to me? 1*on of man, rohesy and say, :+his is what the (ordsays? 1 :- sword, a sword, sharened and olished) sharened for the slaughter, olished to flashlike lightning93 @... A&! other scari&ess followi&g8

The &et !ay% " tal,e! to a&ice a&! ames a&! A&!rew a'out it a&! whether that#s what may'e " coul!ha-e i& the slot where to&gues woul! &ormally 'e Qcause "#! 'ee& !oi&g it si&ce that same &ight @11L29%e-e& !uri&g the -isio&% 'ut &o'o!y thought to tell me to co&si!er that that was o&e of the optio&s8 (o thatMo&!ay " $ust we&t arou&! the office whee?i&g a&! groa&i&g a&! the pressure we&t !ow&. That &ight " gothome a&! co&firme! it with 5o! i& prayer time @9 times a&! e tol! me to stop as,i&g for somethi&g else%that this is what " was to ha-e a&! it was 'etter for me a&yway @a&! eplai&e! why. 5lory to 5o!88

From the& o& "#-e 'ee& moa&i&g a&! groa&i&g a&! grum'li&g a&! whee?i&g all the time to get the pressure!ow&. This gift was gi-e& to me this way for specific perso&al reaso&s a&! is -ery powerful. " feel li,e "

coul! mo-e mou&tai&s with it. " was tal,i&g to Da-i! ir,woo! a'out it a&! e as,e! if "#! rea! a&ythi&ga'out it 'ecause it#s a co&siste&t compo&e&t i& all the ma$or re-i-al mo-eme&ts a&! some fol,s try to fa,eit. " ha!&#t a&! ha-e&#t si&ce. "f " ha! ,&ow& it was o&e of the optio&s% " woul! &ot ha-e praye! !esperatelyfor to&gues for three wee,s8 (o he ha! to rethi&, his se&se of the -ali!ity of it as reality a&! &ot myth si&ce " ha-e it a&! !i!&#t e-e& ,&ow what it was. " thi&, it#s cool 'ecause it#s &ot eactly su'$ect to the "Cori&thia&s 1 rules for to&gues. "& fact% 5o! actually or!ers /?e,iel to !o it i& pu'lic8 Also% " ca& !o it allthe time a&! most fol,s !o&#t &otice or $ust thi&, " ha-e asthma. Also% it#s -ery 'reathi&g focuse! a&! "as,e! im a'out why this a&! e sai!% To ,eep you from 'ei&g pri!eful 'ecause e-ery 'reath is M">/a&! if you !o&#t use it to M) glory% " might !eci!e you !o&#t &ee! a&y more 'reaths.3 owie8 That got myatte&tio&8 e also sai! that% The time is comi&g whe& you will 'e a& o'$ect lesso&. People wo&#t ha-e timeto waste a&ymore as thi&gs mo-e faster. They will ha-e 'etwee& T"( 'reath a&! the &et o&e to !eci!e ifthey are goi&g to !e!icate that &et 'reath @a&! all after it to me. "f they !o&#t% they coul! 'e lost fore-er orli,e A&a&ias a&! (aphira who hel! 'ac, a&! lie! to Me% so " $ust ma!e them stop 'reathi&g. (ome!aypeople will o&ly ha-e 'etwee& this /ABT+/AT a&! the &et o&e to !eci!e who#s team they are o& a&!get right83 Thi&gs are mo-i&g faster all the time.

Duri&g the last 12 wee,s% " ha-e 'ee& through four or fi-e ma$or philosophical !irectio&al framewor,s%teste! a&! re$ecte! 'u&ches of theories a&! i!eas% starte! two or three &ew we'sites% tempere! my a&gerat the church a&! &ow refocusi&g a&! fi&ally fi&!i&g the pure ce&tral ,er&el of what 5o! wa&ts. ust &owfi&!i&g a -oice that e ca& li-e with a&! 5o! ca& use without creati&g more trou'le for myself 'y !istracti&gfrom im. The =A(T thi&g " wa&t to !o is say somethi&g that will create a& o'stacle or ,eep someo&e fromseei&g the O&e True 5o!.

A&yway% so that#s where " am at the mome&t. ho ,&ows what &et mo&th will loo, li,e8

CPDAT* F(N200)That was as of 1L2;L200;. The Apology to the orl!3 was writte& i& Fe'ruary% 200;. The 'usi&ess starte!to flip upsi!e !ow& i& March a&! April resulti&g i& a migratio& of people lea-i&g the 'usi&ess that wereChristia&s% 'ut coul!&#t li-e o& faith Euite TAT much. e starte! ha-i&g prayer meeti&gs i& the store% asthe =or! !irecte!. The& the =or! le! us to start accepti&g !o&atio&s of foo! a&! toys a&! clothes a&!fur&iture a&! other thi&gs at the fur&iture store a&! cari&g for the poor which has mushroome! i&tosomethi&g ama?i&g. The Church of =i'erty we'site we&t up i& u&e% 200;. Thi&gs got B/A==) frea,y i&Octo'er% 200;. >ow they#re $ust completely off the charts8

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People come to a fur&iture store to get heali&g a&! !eli-era&ce a&! groceries a&! prayer or $ust a hug.More people ,eep showi&g up to help. >ow we ha-e authors a&! poets a&! musicia&s a&! artists telli&g us5o! ga-e them somethi&g a&! e tol! them to gi-e it to M/ so we coul! get it to the worl!8 Miracleshappe& e-ery !ay arou&! here. "t#s $ust &ot u&commo& at all for a customer to come i& a&! fi&! two orthree people o& their faces cryi&g. Praise 5o!8 " coul! ha-e &e-er imagi&e! a wil!er a!-e&ture8

Pray to 'e !a&gerous to sata&. Pray to get e-erythi&g out of the way 'etwee& you a&! 5o!. Pray that ewoul! 'ust out of the 'o you put im i& a&! re-eal imself i& whate-er way e thi&,s 'est. (top telli&gim what e ca& a&! ca&#t !o. =et im tal, to you a&! e#ll !irect your paths i& /*/B) way. A&! "5GABA>T// you that e#ll ma,e sure that you stop co&formi&g to the worl!8

#'!* CPDAT*/ F,N200%"& uly of 2006% 5o! !ramatically close! the fur&iture store a&! sai! to wal, away. "& (eptem'er my wifemo-e! out a&! too, the ,i!s. The house got foreclose! o&. =ots of 'ills u&pai!. 5o! says eQll ta,e careof it all a&! "Qm o& "( timecloc, from &ow o&. As of Octo'er 2006 5o! sai! to hit the roa!% so "Q-e 'ee&tra-eli&g all o-er the cou&try prayi&g a&! meeti&g fol,s a&! 'rea,i&g thi&gs i& the spirit. (ometimes alo&e%sometimes with a 'rother tra-eli&g alo&g. (ometimes pic,i&g up hitch hi,ers8 5o! is lighti&g up people allo-er a&! " get to watch8 eQs restori&g the +o!y a&! 'ri&g co&&ecti-ity a&! harmo&y 'ac,. May'e you!o&Qt see it yet% 'ut " !o8 "tQs comi&g. The >ew (o&g is 'ei&g playe!8 Praise 5o! a&! itQs $ust i& time.

#'!* CPDAT*/ F(N2,N200%O& Fe'ruary 21% 200I% my roa! trip e&!e!. Total was 1I%;00 miles to 92 states. Ama?i&g trip% totally!epe&!e&t o& 5o! for e-ery !ollar a&! e-ery !irectio&. Fi&ally got to see my !aughters after &early fi-emo&ths. 5o! sai! to let my goatie grow u&til my family is restore!. (omehow it all has to !o with is +ri!ea&! is ,i!s% too. eQre wal,i&g this o&e together% tryi&g to get our houses i& proper !i-i&e or!er.

(i&ce Fe'ruary 21% 5o! has 'ee& ha-i&g me fa& the fires i& =i'erty with lots of prayi&g a&! fasti&g a&!liste&i&g. " spe&t a lot of time 'lowi&g o& other peopleQs flames% &ow itQs time to get a 'la?e goi&g here athome. O& April 1% weQre goi&g to ha-e the =i'erty Bestoratio&.3 " ha-e &o i!ea what that mea&s or what itwill e&! up loo,i&g li,e% 'ut 5o! &ame! it% eQs orga&i?i&g it a&! eQll ha-e is way. " $ust ,&ow that itQstime to ta,e church3 outsi!e the walls a&! +/ the +o!y. "f " ha! to !escri'e what this is that weQre goi&g to!o% "Q! ha-e to call it 'attlefiel! triage for a tow&. " thi&, weQre goi&g to set up a MRAR(R i& the city par, a&!treat the wou&!s of e-eryo&e that comes U whether physical% emotio&al% me&tal or spiritual. eQll see whatthat !oes to the spiritual temperature arou&! here. H (tay tu&e!8 " thi&, this is the 'ig o&e8 " thought "was rea!y after those first 12 wee,s a&! ,&ew what " was !oi&g% 'ut +O)% was " wro&g88 >ot u&til >O!i! " ,&ow how to rest a&! get out of is way. ust i& time8

uic1 Thought

ow much treasure i& hea-e& are you getti&g per !ollar you#re spe&!i&g o& thecurre&t mi&istries you are supporti&g7 hat is your retur& o& i&-estme&t7

When you st$nd before +esus $nd -e s$ys; @: $s hungry $nd you didn’t feed me;

: $s n$1ed $nd you didn’t clothe me. you ill 5'T be $ble to s$y;@7ut Lord; : p$id the p$stor to do it $nd he promised he’d t$1e c$re of itE

"t#s up to )OG to i&-est all your spiritual a&! material resources wisely a&! 'e is ha&!s a&! feet.

<ou c$n’t outsource your obedience. "f your curre&t mi&istry i&-estme&t -ehicles are losers%the& !ump them a&! fi&! somewhere to i&-est that will pay a 'etter !i-i!e&! i& hea-e&ly treasure.

<ou’re going to h$"e to loo1 +esus in the eye $nd $nser for e"ery D:#* $nd e"ery #:5CT*E

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#ess$ge To #y 7$ptists

+rethre&% please ,&ow that " come from where you come from. My (outher& +aptist heritage goes 'ac,ge&eratio&s. "#m the so& of a pastor a&! missio&ary. My !a! was a trustee at Mi!wester& Theological(emi&ary a&! *ice Presi!e&t of the Missouri +aptist Co&-e&tio& at o&e poi&t. " ha-e a religio& !egree froma +aptist college. " taught (u&!ay (chool a&! sat o& committees at o&e of the largest (+C churches i&Missouri. "#-e got lots of &otches o& my 'elt from missio& trips% choir tours% summer camps a&! more.

" !i!&#t lea-e 'ecause someo&e hurt me. "#m &ot !isgru&tle! or upset. " $ust wa&te! more esus tha& " wasgetti&g. hate-er happe&e! to Peter 'etwee& !e&yi&g Christ three times a&! the& preachi&g his firstsermo& a&! 9%000 people get !ramatically sa-e! well% " misse! that somewhere.

" rea! a'out Christia&s i& other places a&! how they !o thi&gs. Di! you ,&ow that the Christia&s i& Chi&aare u&!er such persecutio& that i& some places they !o&#t e-e& tell each other whe& the &et meeti&g isgoi&g to 'e7 They $ust pray a&! the oly (pirit tells them all where to meet a&! whe& the& te& mi&utes'efore the police show up% the oly (pirit says% BG>83 a&! they all ru&. A&! they#-e 'ee& !oi&g it that wayfor fifty years a&! there has &e-er 'ee& a&y growth close to it i& the history of the church. O-er 10%000people a !ay are comi&g to Christ i& Chi&a. "t#s &othi&g for them to see ama?i&g heali&gs a&! miracles a&!e-e& people raise! from the !ea!. " ha-e frie&!s that tra-el a&! mi&ister through Africa a&! "&!o&esia a&!

they#-e (//> people regrow lim's a&! i&ter-iewe! people raise! from the !ea!.

>o 'uil!i&gs% &o 'ill'oar!s% &o T* shows% &o !irect mail campaig&s% &o !emographic stu!ies% &o PurposeDri-e& stuff% &o fa&cy sou&! systems $ust the oly (pirit ru&&i&g thi&gs. A&! a& epectatio& that e ca&spea, to them% that e ca& heal them% that e ca& pro-i!e all that#s &ee!e!. al,i&g !aily with esus is areality to them% a& u&!e&ia'le relatio&ship &ot a figurati-e possi'ility or a future hope.

" !o&#t wa&t to gi-e you choices. esus !i!&#t gi-e people ma&y choices. /ither e was the (o& of 5o! ore was a ra-i&g% megaloma&iacal% lu&atic. >o mi!!le grou&!% e pai&te! them i&to a cor&er. (o if " wa&t to'e li,e esus% " pro'a'ly shoul!&#t gi-e you ma&y optio&s either. /ither "#m right a&! "#m heari&g 5o! OB"#m a !a&gerous% ra-i&g loo&y. " !o&#t wa&t you to thi&, "#m a &ice% 'ut co&fuse!% guy. " wa&t you to get fullyo& 'oar! or persecute me. " !o&#t ha-e time for lu,ewarm a&ymore a&! &either !oes esus.

(o here goes ... All the stuff i& the +oo, of Acts is for real a&! it#s for to!ay. )ou ca&#t pic, a&! choosewhich of the 5ifts of the (pirit are real a&! for to!ay a&! which ra& out of steam whe& the +i'le wasfi&ishe! 'ei&g writte&. /ither they#re A== goo! a&! a-aila'le or >O>/ of them are. (o% is there still a 5ift ofis!om7 &owle!ge7 Discer&me&t7 )ou ca&#t $ust elimi&ate the u&comforta'le o&es8 "#m telli&g you frommy perso&al eperie&ce A== of it is a-aila'le to you B"5T >O. A&! it sure wor,s a whole lot 'ettertha& what we#-e 'ee& !oi&g. he& someo&e comes face to face with Almighty 5o! i& a great 'ig way%they !o&#t &ee! &ear as much 'a'ysitti&g a&! e&tici&g to ,eep comi&g to church8 he& they hear the(hepher!#s -oice for themsel-es% we !o&#t really ha-e to tell them what to !o. "f the oly (pirit is suppose!to 'e our teacher% how is e goi&g to !o that if you refuse to hear im7 "f there is a war 'etwee& 5oo! a&!/-il a&! ea!Euarters yells% DGC83 'ut you ca&#t hear it% you#re goi&g to 'e the first casualty a&! " !o&#twa&t to 'e i& a fohole with you.

" $ust allowe! the possi'ility that 5o! !oes&#t cha&ge a&! that what e use! to !o% e pro'a'ly woul! stillli,e to 'e !oi&g if " woul! $ust get my hea! out of the way. The or! says we#re to 'e F"==/D with the oly(pirit a&! " !i!&#t feel li,e my cup was all the way full. " !i!&#t really ha-e peace a&! $oy a&! -ictory%'ecause " was&#t really free of si&. Actually the 5ree, mea&s to 'e 'ei&g fille!3 a co&sta&t a&! repeate!actio& &ot $ust a o&etime thi&g. " $ust praye! that 5o! woul! fill me so full that &othi&g else coul! fit a&!that e coul! !o whate-er with me that e wa&te! from there. "f there is a war 'etwee& 5oo! a&! /-il% "!o&#t wa&t a ha&!gu&% " wa&t a &u,e. =or!% " promise "#ll 'e goo!% please $ust gi-e me the 'ig weapo&s.

The& " saw e-erythi&g i& the 'oo, of Acts start to happe& right i& fro&t of me right i& my little fur&iture






store. All of it wis!om% wor!s of ,&owle!ge% faith% heali&g% miracles% prophecy% !iscer&i&g of spirits%to&gues% a&! i&terpretatio& of to&gues. "#-e tal,e! to people perso&ally who were gi-e& the gift of to&guesa&! it#s a specific la&guage of ma&. " ,&ow people from other cou&tries that were gi-e& />5="(8 "#-esee& people i&sta&tly heale! of migrai&es% stomach trou'les% hip pro'lems% chro&ic pai&% lupus%fi'romyalgia a&! more. "#-e see& people oppresse! 'y !emo&s 'e i&sta&tly !eli-ere! of fear% a&ger%co&fusio&% 'itter&ess% a!!ictio&% lust% worry% schi?ophre&ia% a&! more. At o&e poi&t% we were ha-i&g apri-ate prayer meeti&g at the store a&! while we were prayi&g someo&e ritually sacrifice! a cat i& fro&t

right o& the mai& !rag i& the mi!!le of tow& o& a Tues!ay &ight8 >o Euestio& a'out it slit throat% pu!!le of'loo!. O&e of the la!ies at the prayer meeti&g ha! come out of witchcraft a&! ,&ew $ust what it was. (hecame i& a&! tol! me a&! " !i! a little $ig8 They !i!&#t u&!ersta&! 'ut " was $ust so thrille! that we gotsome'o!y#s atte&tio&88 " ha! &e-er 'ee& a part of a church where some'o!y curse! it a&! sacrifice! a&a&imal out fro&t8 "f there is a war 'ut &o'o!y is shooti&g at you the& you#re >OT !a&gerous8

ust wor, the logic with me here. There is a war a&! the e&emy has witches a&! spells a&! astralpro$ectio& a&! -om'ies a&! -oo!oo a&! me!iums a&! psychics a&! cha&&eli&g a&! tal,i&g to !emo&s.That stuff "( for real a&! has impact o& the &atural3 worl! to -aryi&g !egrees. /-e& Christia&s that !o&#t'elie-e 5o! spea,s to people% wo&#t play with a Oui$a 'oar! U 'ecause (OM/T">5 will a&swer you8

(o where#s M) stuff7 This is a war i& which they ha-e all these weapo&s a&! all our stuff e&!e! whe& the+i'le was complete!7 hose i!ea was that78 ho is most glorifie! 'y the theology that our 5o! !oes&#t

spea, a&ymore a&! all the cool stuff e promise! us a&! we see i& play i& Acts @a&! followi&g is &o goo!a&ymore7 (urely it must ha-e 'ee& sata&#s i!ea 'ecause it sure ma,es esus loo, ,i&! of &eutere!.

hy !oes o&ly o&e si!e get cool weapo&s7 as my !e&omi&atio& lea-i&g out importa&t stuff that " &ee!e!for warfare7 +ecause i& the first ce&tury they ha! ama?i&g weapo&s a&! !efe&ses a-aila'le to them. Theyha! the oly (pirit telli&g them stuff they woul!&#t ha-e ,&ow& @Acts ;H111% they ha! people heari&g from5o! @Acts 19H2% they ha! people writi&g stuff as 5o! !ictate! a&! prophesyi&g a'out the future@Be-elatio&% they were caught up i& the (pirit to hea-e& @2 Cori&. 12H2% they ha! !reams a&! -isio&s@Acts 10H<29% they saw a&gels @Acts 12% they saw esus imself @Acts <H122% they cast out !emo&s@Acts 16H161K% they were 'itte& 'y !ea!ly s&a,es a&! !i!&#t !ie @Acts 2KH110% they spo,e i& otherla&guages of me& a&! of a&gels @Acts 2% " Cori&. 12 more% they heale! people @Acts ;H1;% they praye!a&! miracles happe&e! @Acts ;H12% Acts 12 U e-e& teleportatio& @Acts KH9< a&! they raise! the !ea! @Acts<H9228 They e-e& ha! people who were agai&st them !rop !ea! @Acts ;H111 or go 'li&! @Acts 19H612

U o& comma&!8 @A&! that#s $ust O>/ refere&ce for each8 There are lots more8

A&! it ca&#t $ust 'e a'out the Apostles% 'ecause there were people !oi&g some of this stuff i& the Ol!Testame&t% too. (o the oly (pirit !i!&#t first appear o& the sce&e at Pe&tecost a&! the& !isappear whe&the +i'le was complete!. That $ust ma,es &o se&se. >ot to me&tio& that it flies i& the face of millio&s ofChristia&s arou&! the worl! that are wal,i&g i& the power of Christ% &ot $ust the sal-atio& of Christ.

The +aptists taught me the or! really well% taught me to lo-e esus% a&! taught me !iscer&me&t a&!s,epticism. That stuff is importa&t 'ecause there are ma&y false prophets a&! false re-i-als out there U a&!more comi&g @i&clu!i&g o&e really 'ig% o&e worl! religio&. "#m &ot a suc,er for whate-er stupi!ma&ifestatio&see,i&g fa! comes alo&g. " wa&t 1004 pure esus. "t $ust that "#-e lear&e! that we left someimporta&t stuff out. "#m $ust pretty sure that " grie-e! the oly (pirit for a lot of years 'y telli&g 5o! what e!i! a&! !i!&#t !o a&ymore. "t says if we 'i&! it o& earth it will 'e 'ou&! i& hea-e&. "f you !o&#t 'elie-e 5o!ca& tal, to you% e pro'a'ly wo&#t. "f you !o&#t thi&, 5o! ca& heal people% the& put your trust i& !octorsa&! pray 5o! will help them remem'er what they lear&e! i& school. "t $ust seems ,i&! of sa! a&! uselessto ha-e a prayer meeti&g where we all 'ow our hea!s while some'o!y rea!s off the &ames of all the sic,people% 'ut &o&e of us actually 'elie-e 5o! will !o a&ythi&g miraculous.

My 5o! is 'igger. My 5o! !oes&#t cha&ge. Please% +rothers% " lo-e you all% 'ut stop putti&g im i& a 'o.=et im 'e 5o!. /pect im to 'e true to A== is promises. (ee, more. There#s more to 'e ha!. "promise.






Where $re the #$rtyrs9

hat if almart sai!% Trust us% $ust gi-e us a perce&tage of your gross i&come a&! we#ll spe&! it wisely.)ou#ll get a goo! pro!uct. e promise.3 oul! you 'elie-e them7 Do&#t you thi&, there are mar,et forcesat wor, i& the church7 That they woul! loo, for efficie&cies a&! start cutti&g cor&ers7

That is% if " were the pastor of a church of 1%000 people a&! " preache! si wee,s i& a row a'out the!a&gers of riches a&! the $u!geme&t o& the wealthy a&! the &ee! to pic, up our cross !aily a&! thecomplete i&a!eEuacy of a little prayer whe& you were eight if you#-e &e-er si&ce li-e! your life with holi&ess !o you thi&, " woul! still ha-e 1%000 people at the e&! of the si wee,s7 Do you thi&, " woul! ha-e a $o'7(ee% /#B/ the co&sumers8 As lo&g as we spe&! the mo&ey there will always 'e someo&e willi&g to tic,leour ears. Most of the time% they !o&#t e-e& ,&ow they#re !oi&g it.

>o way% 'oys. >ot a&ymore. >ot with M) mo&ey. e are seei&g >/5AT"*/ populatio& growth i& thechurch. e are >OT fee!i&g the hu&gry. e are &ot cari&g for the orpha&s. e are &ot reachi&g the lost.e#re &ot e-e& ,eepi&g up with populatio& growth. e are 'ri&gi&g i& :2;0 +"=="O> a year a&! spe&!i&g<;4 of it o& comforts a&! programs for the sa-e!3. A>D we#re i& !e't up to our eye'alls88

T-:/ :/ 5' =:5D '3 WA< T' 3:G-T A WA!E

(o " say% accept perso&al respo&si'ility @as " ha-e for ha-i&g fe! this 'east. "f your church is soft a&! fluffy DO>#T throw more mo&ey at it hopi&g it will start sayi&g har! thi&gs the mo&ey is what ma!e them wa&tto +/ soft a&! fluffy8 "f your church is sayi&g the har! thi&gs a&! meeti&g &ee!s a&! !oi&g 5o!#s wor, theway 5o! wa&ts it !o&e the& gi-e them A== your mo&ey8 e#ll gi-e you more.

here are the martyrs78 here are the people willi&g to !o a&ythi&g for the cause of Christ78 e &ee!them to get to wor,. (omethi&g 'ig is comi&g. 5o!#s gi-e& us the -isio& a&! lai! out the pla&. All the piecesare comi&g together.

All the people i& the wil!er&ess &ee! to hoo, up% get fe! some real meat a&! the& we &ee! to se&! them+AC i&to the churches with 'ig armloa!s of meat to show lo-e a&! fee! the hu&gry. "f we ca& get little

tor&a!oes of re-i-al starte! a&! they get some critical mass% e-e&tually people are goi&g to go up to thepastor a&! as, him to preach somethi&g har! for a cha&ge a&! T/> he will 'e u&shac,le! a&! free tosay what he#s achi&g to say% 'ut 'ee& taught @'y us &ot to8

"f 5o! tells you to stay i& the church3 the& stay U a&! spea, the Truth i& lo-e. +ut !o&#t assume you#regoi&g to get fe! meat there% you might &ot. +ut stay 'ecause you lo-e them U a&! $ust as, lots Euestio&s.

=ea& o-er to someo&e &et to you i& the ser-ice a&! ge&tly a&! -ery sweetly say somethi&g li,eH

● ey% !i! we pray a'out that &ew 'uil!i&g7 hose i!ea was it7● mmm. " wo&!er if there#s a&other way to reach people7● " wo&!er why there are&#t more mi&orities here7● " wo&!er what woul! happe& if a smelly% homeless guy wa&te! to come to church here7

● " wo&!er what esus woul! ha-e thought of that sermo&7● /-er thi&, there must 'e more to it tha& this7● he& was the last time you saw a&y'o!y really repe&ti&g arou&! here7

e &ee! co-ert% special forces comma&!os to fulfill Boma&s 12 u&til we ca& get the whole army rea!y tofight.

That#s the simple three step pla& for warfare o& 5o!#s terms.






"f i& tha&,s for is mercy% you#re willi&g to offer your +o!ies @perso&al% family% co&gregatio&% tow& a&y orall of them as li-i&g sacrifices% holy a&! pleasi&g to 5o! @that mea&s washe! clea& a&! accepta'le !oT"(H

,. /T'P &'53'!#:5G T' T-* PATT*!5 '3 T-* W'!LDEEEEFor Pete#s sa,e8 e were &e-er suppose! to get comfy here8 e were &e-er suppose! to go i&to the la&!of mil, a&! ho&ey a&! lea-e 5o! i& the !esert8 @/. 998 e#re to 'e alie&s i& a stra&ge la&!. e#re to 'e

fools for esus. e#re to 'e hate! a&! !espise!8 hose i!ea coul! it ha-e 'ee& to ha-e 9I%000S!e&omi&atio&s a&! feu!i&g a&! fighti&g a&! waste a&! frau! a&! hypocrisy a&! compromise a&! 'uil!i&gco&sulta&ts a&! !emographic eperts77888 Ca& you say% (ataaaa&73

2. 7e tr$nsformed by the !*5*W:5G of your minds.5row up i&to im who is the ea!. 5et all the $u&, OGT a&! focus o& /(G(88 /-ery ma&ma!e thi&g isDBO((8 "tQs chaff. "tQs ru''ish. "T "== (GB/=) +GB> OFF "> T/ F"B/8 The o&ly pure% clea& truth isthe OBD. =ear& esus% !o what esus wa&ts% ig&ore what esus woul! ha-e ig&ore!% lo-e who esuslo-e!. (top rea!i&g the 1%000 Ma&ma!e comme&taries o& the 'oo, of e'rews a&! rea! /+B/( a&!'eg the (pirit to show you what you &ee!8 5et as much oly (pirit i& you as you ca&% as fast as you ca&.Pray for wis!om8 That#s at the top of all the lists of gifts% seems to 'e the least li,ely to get a'use! a&! whatseems to 'e lac,i&g most right &ow. )ou !o&#t &ee! Forty Days of Purpose to figure out what you wa&t to!o for 5o! you#re the (ACB"F"C/8 ust get up o& the altar a&! shut up8 "f you#ll $ust lay there a&! stopsEuirmi&g% whe& e is goo! a&! rea!y% e#ll cut your hea! off a&! put is hea! o&. The& your mi&! will 'eB/&ewe!. +ac, the way it was suppose! to 'e. Be'oote! to is !efault setti&gs a&! co&forme! to Christ.Oh% a&! get sa&ctifie! so you#ll 'e a& accepta'le sacrifice a&! !o&#t 'ri&g your 'aggage up o& the altar.

(. T-*5 you ill 1no h$t is the perfect ill of God A5D T-*5 D' :TE"t#s &ot theoretical it#s ACT"O>. Fi&! out what 5o! wa&ts a&! DO "T. >o more &ee! for !emographicstu!ies a&! committee meeti&gs a&! lo&gra&ge pla&s. )ou#ll >O the perfect will of 5o! 'ecause youha-e is hea!8 A&! " 5GABA>T// it will loo, !iffere&t tha& what we#-e +//> !oi&g.

There#s more% 'ut that#s the 'ig thi&g. )ou ca& O>=) fi&! repe&ta&ce a&! re-i-al a&! restoratio& 'y thosethree i& that or!er.

The&% o&ce you#re heari&g 5o! really well% go 'ac, i&to the churches a&! heap 'ur&i&g coals of co&-ictio&o& their hea!s 'y fee!i&g them the meat they are !yi&g for a&! the water they are thirsti&g for. +e Christ tothem. 5o! is prepari&g MA>) hearts. People " thought u&re!eema'le are as,i&g Euestio&s agai&. Thehar-est is white.

As, lots of Euestio&s% show lo-e% 'ri&g them to small groups i&si!e or outsi!e the church where they ca& 'echalle&ge! a&! grow. Do&#t epect to fee! people i&!i-i!ually a&! !isciple them i& groups of a thousa&!.

That#s what we#re hopi&g to see a massi-e% selfreplicati&g% mo'ile% cellular% &o&o&se&se structure thatca& operate i&si!e or outsi!e the church walls @a&! sur-i-e a&y persecutio& to rei&force a&! restore a&!urge others towar! Christ.

Bea! u!ges 6. 5o! calls 5i!eo& to sa-e "srael from the Mi!ia&ites% 'ut 'efore he ca& go !o that% he has

to ta,e care of the i!olatry i& his ow& 'ac,yar!88 (o he calls T/> frie&!s together a&! they go i& co-ertly at&ight @-ery shrew! fro&tal assault wo&#t wor, a&! switch +aal#s altar to a& altar for 5o! a&! the& use the

Asherah pole as the fuel for the sacrifice to 5o!. They use! the assets of the i!olatry as the fuel toaccomplish somethi&g for the i&g!om88 " lo-e that part8

"& the mor&i&g the me& are ma! a&! wa&t to ,ill 5i!eo&% 'ut his Da! tal,s them !ow&. >ow ... " thi&, theyga-e up too easily if they really lo-e! +aal. They#re tryi&g to sa-e face a&! they hate cha&ge% 'ut " suspectat least some of those ews thought% )ou ,&ow% this really is 'etter a&yway. e shoul! ha-e !o&e this a






lo&g time ago. ish "#! ha-e ha! the chut?pah to !o that83 ust a couple chapters later% they wa&t 5i!eo&to 'e ruler o-er them8 5i-e me 11 goo! people willi&g to !ie for Christ% heari&g 5o!#s -oice clearly% trai&e!to show lo-e% spea,i&g o&ly pure Truth% shrew! as serpe&ts% harmless as !o-es% a&! !etermi&e! to ma,e a!iffere&ce a&! see what ,i&! of impact they coul! ha-e o& a co&gregatio& or a tow&8

T/> 5i!eo& ca& 'low the trumpet a&! mass 92%000 a&! go fight the larger e&emies rallie! agai&st 5o!. A&! he &ee!e! all 92%000. The o&es that we&t home were&#t $ust chic,e&% they ha! respo&si'ilities a&!

families a&! 'usi&esses a&! i&frastructure that the tri'e &ee!e! to mai&tai&. 5o! ,&ows that. e was&#tma! at them. +ut &otice u!ges IHK. 5i!eo& se&!s 91%I00 of them home% 'ut they lea-e A== theirpro-isio&s8 That#s the way 5o!#s eco&omy shoul! 'e wor,i&g. The fol,s o& the fro&t li&es !oi&g 'attle upclose with the e&emy &ee! to ha-e (O much pro-isio& a&! supplies that they ca& meet a&y &ee! fee!a&y that are hu&gry% gi-e to a&y that are thirsty.

Those 14 o& the fro&t li&es heari&g 5o! clearly are people that ha-e pro-e& they ca& 'e truste! to useassets for the i&g!om those willi&g to !ie for Christ are&#t goi&g to 'uy a +/>T=/)88 "#m sorry% they#re

$ust &ot.

" ,&ow fol,s wor,i&g with prostitutes a&! !rug a!!icts a&! ru&aways a&! ga&gs a&! har!ly a&y'o!y issupporti&g them. There is a gia&t u&!ergrou&! church of es,i&hea!s a&! witches a&! sata&ists a&!ga&g'a&gers that will &ot e-e& TA= to a Christia& i& a car!iga& or set foot i& a church for how toic it is to

them8 They#re pushi&g 'ac, the !ar,&ess i& the worst co&!itio&s a&! getti&g >O help at all. Do we &ot carea'out the !ow& a&! out7 The u&reache!7 Di!&#t esus7

Thi&, of it this way% if 5o! let#s you a&! your ,i!s stay home i& the su'ur's a&! ,eep your $o' a&!some'o!y else will go hol! the hea!s of the $u&,ies a&! clea& up the prostitutes a&! tell them a'out esus what#s it worth to you7

Which do you thin1 results in more tre$sure in he$"en9

>ew cha&!elier i& the sa&ctuary or getti&g 1 year ol! girls off the streets a&! i&to hea-e&7

Tithi&g 'ecause a guy i& a suit says you A*/ to or Beachi&g those who ha-e>/*/B O>C/ i& their whole li-es hear! the &ame of esus spo,e& i& their prese&ce7

)our &ew :9000 'ig scree& T* or Fee!i&g 60 orpha&s i& 5ha&a for a )/AB7

&onsider : &orinthi$ns ,?4 -gain, if the trumet make an uncertain sound, who will reare for the battle23

We’"e got nothing 7CT uncert$in sounds if there $re $ny $t $llE

:’"e got no p$tience $nymore for $nything th$t isn’t ,00 $bout +esus.

5o more messing $round. This is WA!E

Where $re the people illing to die so th$t &hrist in them c$n li"e9

Where $re the !*AL &hristi$ns9E

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WA5T*D Christia&s that wa&t restoratio& of the +o!y of Christ more tha& a&ythi&g else.

P!:#A!< +'7 To help 'ri&g i& the last great har-est.

T:TL* O5( @i&g!om of 5o! (er-a&ts sometimes also referre! to as cogs3

5C#7*! '3 P'/:T:'5/ AVA:LA7L* G&limite! 'ut curre&tly we are pitifully u&!erstaffe! for thesi?e of the har-est we#re pre!icti&g.

CAL:3:&AT:'5/ They &ee! to ha-e &o other go!s 'efore Me. They &ee! to ha-e My heart@hu&gry% &a,e!% poor% i& priso&% etc.. They are goi&g to &ee! to 'e willi&g to recei-e with ope& armsa&! hearts the Outsi!e Co&sulta&ts a&! Ma&ageme&t /perts that " se&! to them for trai&i&g a&!correctio& purposes. They must 'e willi&g to lay !ow& a&y flawe! tra!itio&s or 'usi&esses practicesthat they ha-e 'ee& usi&g up to this poi&t% so that " ca& retrai& them. They must wa&t to hear My -oiceso that " ca& !irect their paths. They must stop putti&g Me i& a 'o a&! as,i&g Me to e&!orse T/"Bi!eas. They must wa&t to 'e O&e +o!y with all the other O5( a&! stop fighti&g with each other.

e are a& eEual opportu&ity employer% 'ut priority hiri&g goes to those i& the followi&g categoriesHwi!ows% orpha&s% ha&!icappe!% limpi&g% poor% &a,e!% !ow&tro!!e&% 'a&,rupt% crimi&als% prostitutes%tacollectors% commo& la'orers @especially carpe&ters a&! fisherme& a&! other 'ro,e&% flawe!-essels who ha-e 'ee& hum'le! alrea!y. Bich people a&! semi&ary gra!uates may ha-e to u&!ergoa!!itio&al 'rea,i&g i& or!er to Eualify. A&yo&e willi&g to truly lay !ow& their life @a&! stuff for a frie&!goes to the fro&t of the li&e.

!*#C5*!AT:'5/ Those accepti&g this positio& will get to see the (pirit of 5o! !esce&! i& powero& their assem'ly a&! their tow& li,e &e-er 'efore. They will get to see Me wal, i& their mi!st. Theywill lear& peace a&! $oy a&! -ictory o& a scale they !i!&#t ,&ow possi'le a&! they will ha-e truecommu&ity for the first time. They will also 'e ri!icule! a&! persecute! 'ut they wo&#t care. " willi&!i-i!ually a&! collecti-ely lift them up o&to My lap a&! ru' their hea! a&! wipe away e-ery tear. " willpay all their 'ills a&! ta,e care of their e-ery &ee!. " will 'e their Da!!y.

APPL:&AT:'5 P!'&*// "f you ha-e pre-iously 'ee& re-i-e! for a&y perio! of time% 'efore applyi&gagai& you &ee! to first say you#re sorry for losi&g what was gi-e& to you pre-iously. e ca&#t gi-e youa fresh fire u&til you repe&t for letti&g the last o&e go out. @eepi&g a&! mour&i&g is helpful i&co&-i&ci&g us of your si&cerity. "f you are &ew to this a&! ha-e &e-er ma!e applicatio& 'efore% $ust fillout the form 'elow a&! su'mit 'y fer-e&t prayer.

D*ADL:5* This -aca&cy will remai& ope& u&til we fi&! Eualifie! ca&!i!ates or u&til the har-est iso-er. +ut time is getti&g short% so you might wa&t to hurry 'efore you miss it.

5'T* Those ho $re comfort$ble ith the current st$te of things $ndNor unrepent$nt for theirp$rt in the p$in $nd suffering $round them need not $pply. Ple$se refer to *e1iel > forcl$rific$tion. &hurch le$ders ple$se refer to *e1iel (?.

For a-aila'le positio&s i& your area fi&! someo&e that is fee!i&g the hu&gry% clothi&g the &a,e!%-isiti&g priso&ers% etc. They ha-e a !irect li&e to ea!Euarters. @Or co&tact Fellowship Of The Martyrs






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#oney @Chec, O&e ]]] " owe 5o! 104 of my mo&ey. ]]] " owe 5o! 104 of my mo&ey a&! a& occasio&al lo-e gift or offeri&g. ]]] " owe 5o! e-erythi&g " ha-e a&! &o&e of it is really mi&e.

Time @Chec, O&e ]]] People ha-e 'ee& sayi&g for years that e is comi&g% why hurry7 ]]] People ha-e 'ee& sayi&g for years that e is comi&g% " shoul! mo-e faster. ]]] e is comi&g soo&8 " ca&#t waste a seco&!8

/$crifice @Chec, O&e ]]] " am willi&g to gi-e up (u&!ay mor&i&gs a&! e!&es!ay &ights. ]]] " am willi&g to 'e su'sta&tially i&co&-e&ie&ce! o& a regular 'asis. ]]] " am willi&g to !ie for esus.

Lo"e @Chec, O&e ]]] " lo-e the people i& my family @mostly. ]]] " lo-e the people that are li,e me a&! agree with me. ]]] " lo-e my e&emies @a&! my family a&! the people that agree with me.

-umility @Chec, O&e ]]] Mi&e is the i&g!om ]]] Mi&e is the Power ]]] Mi&e is the 5lory ]]] Thi&e is the i&g!om a&! the Power a&! the 5lory fore-er.

Pr$yer @Chec, O&e ]]] " close my eyes whe& other people are prayi&g a&! try to pay atte&tio&. ]]] " ofte& pray i& fro&t of people a&! " pray at home 'y myself. ]]] " pray without ceasi&g% ofte& alo&e cryi&g out to 5o! a&! with tears a&! supplicatio&s.

A"$il$bility D$te @Chec, O&e ]]] he& "#m retire! a&! mostly out of steam a&yway. ]]] he& "#m perfect a&! feel worthy. ]]] he&e-er e says e wa&ts me. Bight >O woul! 'e &ice.

Please co&si!er me for this positio&. "#m willi&g to go a&ywhere% !o a&ythi&g% e&!ure a&ythi&g% gi-e a&ythi&g%u&lear& a&ythi&g% pray without ceasi&g% 'e i&sta&t i& seaso& a&! out of seaso&% ,&ow the or! of 5o! a&! o'eyis comma&!s a&! lear& to hear is -oice. " ,&ow " ca&#t get there o& my ow& a&! "#m sorry " e-er trie!. " will letim !irect A== my paths from &ow o& a&! " wo&#t lea& o& my ow& u&!ersta&!i&g a&ymore. " will happily recei-ee-erythi&g that "#m goi&g to &ee! to 'e fully eEuippe! for is purposes. "#m rea!y to start a&ytime.

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WA5T*D Christia& lea!ers that wa&t the restoratio& of the +o!y of Christ more tha& a&ythi&g else a&! arewilli&g to !o whate-er it ta,es regar!less of the cost.

P!:#A!< +'7 To help 'ri&g i& the last great har-est a&! to ser-e 5o!Qs people selflessly.

T:TL* =.O.T. @=east of These sometimes also referre! to as hum'le ser-a&ts.3

5C#7*! '3 P'/:T:'5/ AVA:LA7L* G&limite! 'ut curre&tly are pitifully u&!erstaffe! for the si?e ofthe har-est we#re pre!icti&g.

CAL:3:&AT:'5/ They &ee! to ha-e &o other go!s 'efore Me. They &ee! to ha-e My heart @for thehu&gry% &a,e!% poor% i& priso&% etc.. They are goi&g to &ee! to 'e willi&g to recei-e with ope& arms a&!hearts the Outsi!e Co&sulta&ts a&! Ma&ageme&t /perts that " se&! to them for trai&i&g a&! correctio&purposes U 'ut test e-erythi&g. They must 'e willi&g to lay !ow& a&y flawe! tra!itio&s or 'usi&ess practicesthat they ha-e 'ee& usi&g up to this poi&t% so that " ca& retrai& them. They must wa&t to hear My -oice sothat " ca& !irect their paths. They must stop putti&g Me i& a 'o a&! as,i&g Me to e&!orse T/"B i!eas.

They must wa&t to 'e O&e +o!y a&! stop fighti&g with each other.e are a& eEual opportu&ity employer% 'ut priority hiri&g goes to those i& the followi&g categoriesH wi!ows%orpha&s% ha&!icappe!% limpi&g% poor% &a,e!% !ow&tro!!e&% 'a&,rupt% crimi&als% prostitutes% tacollectors%commo& la'orers @especially carpe&ters a&! fisherme& a&! other 'ro,e&% flawe! -essels who ha-e 'ee&hum'le! alrea!y. Bich people a&! semi&ary gra!uates may ha-e to u&!ergo a!!itio&al 'rea,i&g i& or!er toEualify. A&yo&e willi&g to truly lay !ow& their life @a&! stuff for a frie&! goes to the fro&t of the li&e. "f theyare &ot willi&g to cry repe&ta&tly i& fro&t of others a&! 'e tra&spare&t% they wo&Qt 'e a'le to lea! the sheepto Me.

!*#C5*!AT:'5/ Those accepti&g this positio& will get to see the (pirit of 5o! !esce&! i& power o&their assem'ly a&! their tow& li,e &e-er 'efore. They will get to see Me wal, i& their mi!st. They will lear&peace a&! $oy a&! -ictory a&! i&timacy with Me o& a scale they !i!&#t ,&ow possi'le a&! they will ha-e truecommu&ity for the first time. " will pay all their 'ills a&! ta,e care of their e-ery &ee!. " will hol! their ha&!.

&'/T/ "tQs -ery importa&t that they cou&t the cost ahea! of time. "f they accept this positio& they will 'eri!icule! a&! persecute!. "t will pro'a'ly result i& the loss of some or all of the followi&gH prestige% health%leisure time% mo&ey a&! assets of all ,i&!s% home U e-e& spouse a&! chil!re& are at ris,. Those whoaccept this positio& will 'e 'eat o& a&! reshape! a&! refi&e! o& a scale they ca&Qt e-e& imagi&e% 'ut "promise to &e-er let it go 'eyo&! what they ca& ha&!le. Their success will 'e !irectly proportio&al to theirwilli&g&ess to let My refi&i&g fire 'ur& off e-erythi&g i& them that sta&!s i& the way of My pla&s. "t "==a'solutely% positi-ely hurt a =OT U 'ut " will perso&ally wipe away their e-ery tear. "& the e&!% they will loo,li,e Me U a&! " will treat them as a Father treats his (o&..

APPL:&AT:'5 P!'&*// (u'mit this applicatio& with fear a&! trem'li&g a&! as, Me to !o whate-er itta,es to ma,e you rea!y right >O &o matter how much it hurts. The& 'ite !ow& o& somethi&g.

D*ADL:5* This -aca&cy will remai& ope& u&til we fi&! Eualifie! ca&!i!ates or u&til the har-est is o-er.+ut if youQre suppose! to 'e lea!i&g a&! you refuse% the 'loo! of all the people that !i!&Qt get reache!'ecause you woul!&Qt sta&! up i& the !ay of 'attle @or mo-e fast e&ough is o& )OG. (o you might wa&t tohurry.

5'T* :f you need e8tr$ moti"$tion; ple$se re$d *e1iel (? se"er$l times out loud.

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#oney @Chec, O&e ]]] " am willi&g to go% so lo&g as " ,&ow a regular paychec, is comi&g a&! " ha-e some security. ]]] " am willi&g to go a&! li-e o& faith% so lo&g as " ca& tell people a'out my &ee!s. ]]] " am willi&g to go a&! li-e o& faith a&! !epe&! o& 5o! alo&e a&! &e-er me&tio& my &ee!s to a&yo&e.

/er"ice @Chec, O&e ]]] " am willi&g to ser-e those who will really appreciate what " !o a&! wo&Qt as, me to get too !irty.

]]] " am willi&g to ser-e e-e& if &o o&e &otices% so lo&g as " ca& feel li,e weQre ma,i&g some progress. ]]] " am willi&g to ser-e those who will 'eat me a&! spit o& me% a&! " wo&Qt stop e-e& if it &e-er pays off.

Pr$yer @Chec, O&e ]]] " ofte& sta&! i& fro&t a&! ma,e lo&g flowery prayers to impress people. ]]] " freEue&tly i&terce!e for others a&! spe&! lots of hours alo&e i& prayer. ]]] " pray without ceasi&g a&! offer to sta&! i& the gap a&! ta,e o& me a&ythi&g &ecessary to free a&other.

/$crifice @Chec, O&e ]]] " am willi&g to strai& my tea a&! religiously gi-e 104 of all my spices a&! other gar!e& pro!uce. ]]] " am willi&g to gi-e all that " ha-e% 'ut "Q! li,e to ma,e payme&ts a&! sprea! it out o-er time. ]]] " am willi&g to !ie to self U all at o&ce right &ow or i& 'ig chu&,s e-ery !ay U regar!less of the pai&.

-umility @Chec, O&e

]]] " prefer the seats of ho&or at the fro&t a&! try to ma,e sure e-eryo&e ,&ows where " 'elo&g. ]]] Mi&e is the i&g!om ]]] Mi&e is the Power ]]] Mi&e is the 5lory ]]] Thi&e is the i&g!om a&! the Power a&! the 5lory fore-er. "Qll ta,e the crum's from u&!er the ta'le.

Crgency @Chec, O&e ]]] " will go whe& "Qm sure that "Qm fully prepare! a&! ,&ow all that " &ee! to ,&ow to 'e effecti-e. ]]] " will go right &ow% 'ut " refuse to go o-er 20 miles per hour so as &ot to get hurt too 'a! i& a& acci!e&t. ]]] " alrea!y left a&! "Qm goi&g 200 miles per hour a&! " !o&Qt care what happe&s% "Qm &ot slowi&g !ow&.

Determin$tion @Chec, O&e ]]] " will perse-ere u&til someo&e raises a& eye'row or threate&s to lea-e my church. ]]] " will perse-ere u&til it starts costi&g me thi&gs " really lo-e. ]]] " will perse-ere u&til someo&e ,ills me a&! " get to go ome.

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