A Knight's Blog

  There is a popular song by Rag’nBone Man that goes in chorus, “I am only human after all! I made mistakes, I am not a messiah, I am only human after all.” The song has a powerful almost gospel sound to it and is reminder that we are only human. There is a temptation from our Family of Origin, and even in Church to be expected to be Sin Eaters, Saviors and even Perfecti who are pure and holy. Then when we fail it is far more painful because the expectation on us was Atlas level, with a planet on our shoulders.  I think an apt comparison for us as Christians comes from a scene in Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith, Anakin Skywalker believes he can learn a god like power to save his wife from vision of death in childbirth. He turns to the dark lord of the Sith for help and ends up turning on everything he loved. But the focal point here is that the Jedi and Sith wield these incredible powers to levitate things, caste lightning, do flips, call weapons to their hands, but ...

  In our Faith there is tendency to adopt a belief that we must Obey God without question, and do as He wills or we are rebels and sinners. I want remind people that one of the most famous Patriarchs, Jacob not only sinned, He wrestled with God (Genesis 32:22–32). Yes it was physical, but I believe even spiritual, and in process Jacob got a blessing and limp, like a sheep that has their leg broken. I am going to come back to this wrestling in a moment.  When God led those Israelites into the Wilderness, he was so infuriated by their sins, by their rebellion, that He was going to wipe out the Israelites, to which Moses said, “But Moses begged the Lord his God, “Lord, don’t let your anger destroy your people. You brought them out of Egypt with your great power and strength.    But if you destroy your people, the Egyptians will say, ‘God planned to do bad things to his people. That is why he led them out of Egypt. He wanted to kill them in the mountains. He wanted to wi...

  Halloween is a holiday that is steeped in darkness. The Occult profess that it is their Easter and Christmas combined, and Anton LeVey, Founder of the Church of Satan said, “I am glad Christian  parents let their children worship the devil one night of the year.” Granted it is dubious to trust the word of someone who venerates the Father of Lies (John 8:44). Churches have had an uneasy relationship with Halloween. The term Halloween was an attempt at the Roman Church to Christianize a Pagan holiday called Samhain, and a time when witches worshipped their gods. Halloween means “All Hallowed Eve,” (Hallowed means Holy, as in Hallowed Be Thine Name) because the next day, November 1st,    is “All Saint’s Day.” Though the attempt to Christianize Halloween did not meet with the same success of Christmas.   Since then churches have adopted one of two typical responses to Halloween. The first is to ban the holiday, and consider it a Satanic feast that no Christian sho...

  On October 31st, we shall be celebrating The Reformation, when Martin Luther nailed the 95 Thesis to the Castle Church door in Wittenberg, Germany. The Reformation gets its name from Ad Fontes, “Back to the Sources,” which in art was to go back to Romanesque and Greek style, but in religion it produced the Devotio Moderna Movement and ultimately The Reformation that lead to going back to The Scriptures, and Christianity as found in the New Testament.  What is remarkable is that the towns from which the sweeping changing of the world would come, were obscure, and not considered prized by any contemporaries of the time. Nazareth, from which Jesus our Lord gets the namesake to differentiate him from others as in Jesus of Nazareth, had such a bad reputation that the disciple Philip said, “Nazareth? Can anything good come from Nazareth.” (John 1:46). And yet when Christ died upon the cross for all our sins, it was written by Pontius Pilate, “Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (Abbrevi...

  Being a leader is hard. You have to take responsibility for those who follow and who participate, and the fatigue that comes mentally, physically, and spiritually can cause a leader to burn out. The problem with most leaders people will claim is “they do not delegate,” to other leaders. This can be true, and sometimes it is not, sometimes the other leaders do not manage their responsibility in the matter, a good example was the disciples who had trouble casting out a demon in a boy, and Jesus had given these disciples the power to caste out demons (), and yet they failed and everyone came wanting Jesus to fix it. The response of the Son of God and God Incarnate is a great example of what it feels like to be a leader, “You unbelieving generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.” (Mark 9:19).  Leadership fatigue hits you when you have been the one keeping the ball rolling for the project, or the plot in a ...

  The persecution of churches in China continues as Pastors have been apprehended and put in jail ( https://cbn.com/news/world/new-wave-religious-persecution-hits-china-dozens-pastors-arrested ). The tide of persecution against the Underground churches in China has been climbing. The reason these churches exist is that Three Self Churches which are government controlled change Biblical doctrines and the True Christ. To function as True Christians, believers have to be underground, and with that comes great perils.  The surveillance that Chinese Govt uses to try and catch saints is extensive. For a time they even blocked Chinese people from being able to get Bible apps, or access foreign blogs. The totality of the totalitarian state is nothing to bulk at. As people in the United States are desiring Socialism, I am greatly alarmed that they do not realize that what they will be welcoming this form of control into their lives inevitably. For as Lenin said, “the goal of socialism ...

  “For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.” (Matthew 24:24)  Something that I find curious is that Mormonism is being put under The Christian Umbrella of denominations when it has fundamentally different beliefs than Orthodox as in Biblical Christianity.  For instance in the Bible Jesus and Satan are enemies, and Jesus being God (Colossians 1:9-23, John 1:1-3, Titus 2:13) created Satan when he was good, and actually pronounced Satan’s judgement (Ezekiel 28:11-19) when he lost the war in heaven (Revelation 12:7-12).  In The Book of Mormon Jesus and Satan are spirit brothers with different plans for humanity which is in stark contrast with The Biblical True Jesus says of Satan, “I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me,” (John 14:30), “Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship th...

  Since The Passion of Christ (2004) film there has been memorabilia releases to go along with the the Christian media. I remember there was screenshots from the film with Bible verses framed, Nine Inch Nails necklaces, and so forth. The Chosen has done the same, releasing devotionals that are aimed to reach the audiences of the show. I picked up one of these because I am always looking for devotionals and I wanted to see how those involved in series would present Scripture.  The copy I picked up is called “The Chosen Book I, 40 Days with Jesus” which has trio of authors Amanda Jenkins, Kirsten Hendricks, and Dallas Jenkins. Dallas Jenkins is the creator, and director of the Chosen, and Amanda is his wife, so this devotional lends light on their beliefs and what they endorse, since there has been controversy not only on the liberties Dallas is taking with Scripture in the Chosen Series, but his closeness with Mormons, who are not Christian, but have another book written by Jos...