Corruption, Conspiracy and a Book Giveaway

 

Tahe release of more of the Epstein files brings to my mind, how the Bible told us how Babylon works many years ago;

"17 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” (Rev. 17:1-2).

Babylon specialises in corrupting the powerful.

The term conspiracy or conspire is used dozens of times in the Bible. There are also references to many direct conspiracies involving government and religious officials, where the word is not directly used, but are still examples of clear conspiracies. This evil way of the world is woven throughout the Bible, and is even a central aspect of the most important part of the Bible, the unjust crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ himself.

John Calvin and Charles Spurgeon both noted that dark, evil conspiracies are a common part of how power works in our world. I believe one or even both of them noted that we would be foolish to ignore this.  

Yet if you look at an evangelical dictionary of theology you won't even find this vital biblical topic mentioned (at least not the ones I reviewed). The Catholic Catechism barely mentions it. Many pastors say the topic is not an area of Christian concern. Even though conspiracies often happen even in churches, either against the pastor, or by the pastor using his power against people unjustly, or in other ways. Some prominent Churches have been shown just recently to have engaged in dark conspiracies.

Old Christians books discuss the topic of conspiracy, to varying degrees. But as far as I know, an extensive theology of how evil works, including conspiracy, is not a topic of modern theologians. Maybe if it was the modern Church would be much less gullible to the corruption of power in our world.

Hence, I addressed this in detail in my book, Like a Roaring Lion.

To help promote the book I am going to run a short competition. The prize will be a copy of the book. If you live in Australia the postage will be covered in the prize, so you will get the book and postage for free. If you live overseas, I still want to include you in the competition, but postage can get expensive. So, if someone from overseas wins, I will evaluate the postage and perhaps we can split it. If it is not too much I will cover it though. I am running this competition myself, as I have committed at getting better and doing publicity for my writings. Hence, my budget it not expansive, but I want to include as many people in it as possible still.

Here is the competition, it is simple. Share this post and comment. The best comment wins, by that I mean the best biblically based reflection. I will be running the prize over a few different platforms, so once I have the leading entries I will put them in a new blog or Substack and explain why I chose the one which wins.

God bless you, and may the best post win.