Why I don't sell my books
My books are worth more to me than their market value
If I got them published I would lose all rights to them
So I wouldn't be able to give them away for free
I don't agree with much of the media on both sides or how people build websites
I have little control over anything
I want to make the things I have control over the best they can be
I want to provide something of value in my lifetime
I want to express my feelings and I want to make the world better
I don't work well with charities because they won't let me do any meaningful work
Freeing things helps them spread better
Why Not Try to Persuade Others To Follow Your Ideas?
Be a record that not all agreed to where society was going
To speak what other people do not have the words to say but feel the same as me
There are usually more then one way to do things and I do not have all the answers
To keep people thinking and asking questions so others will not adopt half my ideas and then claim they follow me
The only essential things are
That the Creator God must be worshipped
There is only One God who offers eternal life
I want it to be easier to understand this by believers and non-believers alike while living in a culture that is fundamentally atheist.
Society Collapse
Society is breaking down globally
It is controlled and planned
It is happening slowly
This is to our advantage
This is to their advantage
Let this happen peacefully
Alternatives are worse for everyone
What is More Important?
Faith based traditional world values discipline and wants more God.
Science based modern world values automation and wants more technology.
Both want the government to push their side.
But both say they want less government involvement.
Hypocrisy on both sides.
Is it possible to be neutral?
Spiritual Knowledge
Why we lack it
lack of patience
easily distracted
lack of resilience
lack of imagination
lack of self control
unwillingness to commit
seeking easy answers
How we can gain it
practice our faith
to get good at it
practice is difficult and boring
but it is worth the effort
we are the problem
but we can solve it
by improving who we are
Human vs. God
God's law is your conscience
your conscience is God's law
human judgment is not truth
truth is not human judgment
God never changes
science always changes
what was good and bad throughout history
is still what is good and bad today
the Bible is hard
because life is hard
Top 10 Christian Statements
mercy is better than justice
forgiveness is better than revenge
you are forgiven everything
you must forgive everyone
heaven is free
following Christ costs everything
God created us
We must obey Him
God never gives up on us
We must never give up on others
Christian Worries and Bad Christians
Christian Worries
Christians are not worried that you won't like them because they love God.
What worries us is that you will not love God because you do not like us.
Bad Christians
Bad people know they need help
But normal people need God too
Because it is normal to need God
Cross Discipline Concept of Self
In circles within circles going from widest to narrowest. Colors in legend do not match colors exactly in circles as they bleed into each other.
Qi - transparent
Society - green
Spirit - blue
Mind - yellow
Body - red
Will - purple
Holy Spirit - grey
Blood and Light
Spiritual Warfare and Growth
Blood and Light title on top right
Caption Spiritual Warfare and Growth on bottom
Blushing sun in top left
Brown tear drop person
With x cross over his red heart
With a candy cane missile hitting his heart
With a series of concentric circles radiating out
To symbolize explosion
With a giant leaf and blue sky in background
Confidence
Paradox moves down to balance
While disobedience moves down to humility
As humility moves up and right to faithfulness
And faithfulness down to pride
Then up and left to disobedience
No Rights, Just Grace
The Bible does not have inalienable rights
God has a different kind of justice system
Nothing is truly free
We are not guaranteed anything in life
We have all broken God's laws
And deserve nothing because of this
Until we ask for forgiveness
And choose to follow God
Then we are transformed into better people
Over the rest of our lives
If we continue to choose to follow God
God forgives us because He chooses to do so
God can forgive us because He created us and He suffered for us
Modern World is Easy
Peoples of the ancient world worshipped gods who were mean to them
Some followed God merely because He created them
Now we have 3 new reasons
We have the promise of eternal paradise
We have a community of believers
And we can have God live within us
This should encourage us not scare us
And it only takes 5 minutes to start
You will want to then spend your life in service and tell others
Because you will become a better person
There is a Hell
It is the underworld in mythology
It is compared to a place of fire and trash
This may be the future earth
Sin causes environmental disasters
The modern world is Babylon
Judgement for the modern world
Is happening through global warming
Weather will continue to get worse
As we continue to disrespect God's creation
Because of our greed
Prophecy is being fulfilled now
God is an environmentalist
And Christians should be too
Sin is sin no matter how or why
And everything costs something
Quality of Life for Christians
In the Letters of the New Testament
The Grace of God or Holy Spirit drives the interrelated qualities listed below
Truth
Faith
Obedience
Forgiveness
Kindness
Humility
Bad News
Only God can satisfy
Money and knowledge cannot
Laws and technology cannot create stability alone
Evil is within
Change your mind
Change your behavior
Simple cause and effect
Good News
The Gospel is the solution
We can cultivate change by changing what we experience
Room for different approaches for different people with different problems
All need to read the Bible, go to church, and pray to change our attitudes
Try it God's way
Do not be a spiritual anarchist
The Most Important Thing
If you could do anything
To change the world or yourself
And you only had time for one thing
What would you do?
Christianity is about who Christ is
And His supernatural involvement in our lives
And our ultimate choice to follow Him
Christ offers a solution to suffering
He forgives our evil (or sins)
He gives joy and peace by living within us
He offers a community of believers
He also offers eternity in paradise