A Knight's Blog

Today is the darkest day of the year. It is the High Solstice that has been watered down into a holiday called Halloween. I have never celebrated the morbid and morose holiday. The reason I refrained from joining the ghouls, goblins, and ghosts is because I know the origins are occult. The High Solstice is a holiday practiced by the Occult and on October 31 they do human sacrifices to Satan. This is actually where the Jack-O-Lantern came from. It was not about "Stingy Jack", no it was sick and twisted act. The Occult ever Hallows Eve would take a daughter from a local home and sacrifice her. When they were done with their Satanic ritual, they would take the remains and put it in the Jack-O-Lantern and leave it on the porch or near the front door of the family who's daughter was sacrificed. Likewise, the man charged with rounding up daughters could be paid to pass over a house and the sign you had paid him off was that you placed Jack-O-Lantern on your porch. The Eng...

There is an epidemic sweeping through the Church today. This pestilence is heartlessness. There is local Church in my town that I have attended on and off for fifteen years. It has gone through many changes, but there is one recurring problem that has never been resolved. At this Church intellect is supreme and theology is elaborate, but there is no heart. You are not cared for or receive the feeling that people genuinely love you. You are treated like a commodity, a human doing rather than human being made in image of God. I wish I could say this was an issue found in only one church, but I'm finding it everywhere I go. It seems Christians have bitten the forbidden fruit of humanism. Believers have become so self focused that they are becoming incapable of showing compassion or truly caring for others. This is a major problem because a major pillar of the Christian Faith is to "treat people the way you want to be treated." (Luke 6:31). So w...

Back in 2001 I like most gamers became bespelled by Bungie's Halo: Combat Evolved. It was the must play shooter and it set the stage for how all subsequent FPS (first person shooter) games would be made. At the time the plot or narrative was relatively benign, humans in the 26th century wage war against a religious collective of aliens known as The Covenant who are bent on genocidal war. The first installment in what is now the biggest FPS franchise next to Call of Duty, didn't lend much insight on the beliefs of these aliens you spend hours slaughtering. They were elusively depicted as evil radicals who incited war against mankind. In 2004, greater knowledge about The Covenant became accessible through books and the advent of Halo 2. The sequel to the successful Combat Evolved delved deep into the roots of the Covenant's faith and what their overall goal. Gamers discovered that The Covenant is trying to merit salvation by waging war against the enemies of their gods ...

The Return of the Crusader, Karl Friedrich Lessing High deeds achieved of knightly fame, From Palestine the champion came; The cross upon his shoulders borne, Battle and blast had dimm'd and torn. Each dint upon his batter'd shield Was token of a foughten field; And thus, beneath his lady's bower, He sung as fell the twilight hour:- 'Joy to the fair! - thy knight behold, Return'd from yonder land of gold; No wealth he brings, nor wealth can need, Save his good arms and battle-steed His spurs, to dash against a foe, His lance and sword to lay him low; Such all the trophies of his toil, Such - and the hope of Tekla's smile! 'Joy to the fair! whose constant knight Her favour fired to feats of might; Unnoted shall she not remain, Where meet the bright and noble train; Minstrel shall sing and herald tell - 'Mark yonder maid of beauty well, 'Tis she for whose bright eyes were won The listed field at Askalon! ''Note w...