I am in the
process of doing my final proof over my formatted book before it goes to print.
It is good to finally be at this stage. The title of the book is: Like A
Roaring Lion. The book is an exploration of the how the evil one wants to
destroy us, not just as believers, though he is against us, but also humanity
in general. The devil is not selective in his hate, he hates all.
While going
through I was collecting some of the quotes to share with others, and I thought
I would put a selection of them in this post, to give you an idea of some of
the stuff I will be addressing. Here are some of those quotes, I hope they
bless you,
“When
people say Paul didn’t allow women to teach because the culture of the day
didn’t allow it, they are either deceived, ignorant, or liars and deceivers
themselves, because that was not the culture of the day. I can demonstrate this
from many directions, but I want to show this from a source you may not expect:
the nineteenth century Feminist Suffragettes themselves. They note themselves
that Christianity put an end to something that the pagans allowed, “In Rome she
had not only secured remarkable personal and property rights, but she
officiated as priestess in the most holy offices of religion. Not only as
Vestal Virgin did she guard the Sacred Fire, upon whose preservation the
welfare of Rome was held to depend, but at the end of every consular period
women officiated in private worship and sacrifice to the Bono Dea, with mystic
ceremonies which no man’s presence was suffered to profane… All Pagandom
recognized a female priesthood, some making their national safety to depend
upon them, like Rome; sybils wrote the Books of Fate, and oracles where women
presided were consulted by many nations.”32 Take a moment to contemplate what
these suffragettes have noted here. Contrary to popular belief and popular
opinion, Paul did not stop women from teaching in Ephesus and Corinth33 because
he wanted to work within the culture of ancient Greece and Rome. No, Paul
didn’t allow women to teach in Church because it was a pagan practice that
contradicted the will of God and can be traced all the way back to Eve
receiving the “divine mysteries”34 or “hidden knowledge” from Lucifer and
passing them onto the Adam.”
Women are not
more Spiritual than Men
“Related
to this is the weird view that women are generally more spiritual than men. But
this is not, and really cannot be true. Both men and women are created in the
image of God, they both bear his stamp, and this has great bearing on our
spirituality. It may be true to say that some individuals are more spiritual
than others, but not that men are less spiritual than women. Plus, remember in
the scriptures and in the Christian worldview, physical work, physical labour,
tilling the ground, working to produce, building, creating, writing, and all
other forms of legitimate work are spiritual acts. Men are just geared to
express their spirituality differently.37”
“Feminism
has harmed women as much as many other evil forces in this world, maybe even
more than many others. Of course, if you believe, as some feminists do, that
women are the primary victims of war in a patriarchal world because they lose
their fathers, their husbands, their sons, and their brothers, then you
probably can’t agree with me. But if you don’t believe this, just stop and ponder
this question: why are the women of Hollywood, who work with the most
progressive, liberal, and feminist men possible, the women who are the angriest
at men? Think about it. I mean really stop and ponder this. Because if
progressive values made better men, then the women of Hollywood should be
working in the most ideal conditions possible for women to be in. But they are
not. The women in the most progressive and feminist place in the world are
crying out about how much abuse they face. The Taliban may suppress women in
unrighteous ways, but the progressives hurt them in other ways.”
“I
cannot stress this enough. So many Christians are in amazement at how much the
Church has capitulated to worldly social issues in recent years, and they
wonder ‘how could this have happened?’. It is simple: many Christians believed
a very subtle lie that the Bible is true, but essentially out of date in its
view on things like sexuality, gender roles and many other issues. Note, this
lie affirms the truth of the Scriptures, but then removes the Bible from modern
consideration anyway. It becomes just one of many opinions, and the least
popular opinion, in this modern age. But let me say this again; if you are
going to defend yourself, your family, your church, or nation from the schemes
of the evil one, the Bible is the most important basis of this strategy. It’s
not a source text, it’s THE source text.”
“You
might find it incredible that he conflates Christianity with authoritarianism,
but in a sense he is correct. Christianity wants you and I to live under an
external authority that dictates what is moral and what is not. Christianity
says you should obey your government when it is acting according to God’s laws,
that you should pay your taxes to help ensure order in society, that you should
only practice sex in a marriage between a man and woman, and that you should
teach your kids to be respectful and good citizens, among other things. To the
righteous these things are good and pure. To the wicked, these things are
authoritarian and must be subverted. To the morally enslaved they are tyranny.”
I will keep
you updated on the book as I am updated. The book will be available on Amazon
and directly from the website at Locke Press[1], where my current book is
already for sale.
[1] Defendingconscience.com
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