Christian Music…

Here is a sample of my music catalog which features my Christian music….

The Failure of the American System

Examining our culture which immerses young people from a very early age into cut-throat and bitter competition where the student is taught to crush the competition is good and the allowance of others to think, love and be is considered a failure. Young students are coerced into a power struggle where they are taught “to get ahead in life” and “exert control over others(adeptly disguised by calling it winning others and influencing others)” is what the game of life is all about. Yes the great gift of life in American Schools where the Bible has been banned has been reduced to a game of money-making and “us and them” competition. In a culture where making lots of money and crushing the competition are the chief goals where do Christ-like virtues fit in? It is clear that they do not fit in at all; in fact they are an abomination. One is taught to put themselves ahead of others not as Paul teaches in the letter to the Philippians as he exhorts believers to hold others in higher esteem than themselves and be concerned with the interests and dreams and visions of others and do nothing out of “selfish ambition”. In a culture where selfish ambition is applauded as “great” and “forward looking” and “progressive” being a Christian with Christ-centered visions and mindset is a very difficult thing indeed. We are laughed at in social scenes, our values scorned and ridiculed and our kindness in the work place is most often mistaken for weakness in order to take advantage of our generosity and willingness to help and use our gentleness and meekness for personal gain and selfish ambition. Many of us have been cast-typed as “mentally ill” and persecuted with drugs we have to take or else be incarcerated. These being cheaply made but expensively sold tranquilizers which dumb the victim into submission. In this failed American Capitalistic system it is everyone for themselves and money is the almighty god of choice the commander in chief the end all be all. With this perspective the average day becomes a savage feeding frenzy where violence can and does break out frequently and there is no safety or self-assurance in group gatherings. Wherever people are assembled in this perverse society, money is the objective and tensions run high, people are coerced and manipulated, labor is exploited, and class warfare is as commonplace as people are. In this hot bed of ill feelings and short impatient tempers toward one another and a rather shallow view of individuals exists that is there are no equals someone is either above you or below you in the pecking order, it is nearly impossible to preach Christ. If someone begins to preach Christ they are locked up, scourged or fired. Churches don’t speak out against this perversion and decadence they actually contribute to it because they are supported by business owners and these churches themselves are profit-motivated. Churches also for the most part are not open to the general public except on Sundays so there is no support for those who find the culture in every respect the enemy of Christ-like virtues that it truly is. A kind and meek person is an outcast an outsider in this push me, pull you rat race and neon cement jungle we call America the Beautiful. It is a culture that is based on competition with others and a power-over mentality that rejects Christ and His disciplines of faith, hope, love and charity. Abuse runs rampant and no one is free to express themselves spiritually even in most homes.
What then? Did you think I would just give-up? My pen quipped I convict you all of the worshiping of wealth and money and continue to warn you of the consequences. You don’t see that you shut-out Jesus and squelch the Holy Spirit every time you go to work for your wicked bosses and play the money game. Build your communities with Jesus at the center and horde not the resources to yourselves as you have been doing in this country since the late 19th century kissing the ass of greed and worshiping wealth and share the wealth with everyone you meet and preach Jesus as described in the Bible. Feed the poor, house the homeless and stop this petty war over small amounts of money which in the end profits the individual who hordes it nothing. Oh let the great dream of American christendom and community of the faithful awaken!!!

Freedom Forgotten

It seems with everyone in corporate america telling us what to do and what not to do,
that expression in the moment is a forgotten freedom,
but irregardless of the bombard of brainwashing
and chaotic frenzy of onslaught of information
we are still basically free to think, love and be
it just takes a little effort to steer clear of those who would control you
and brow-beat you into submission
the time is our own and we are free
to think, love and be…Freedom Forgotten

From My Heart Praise and Worship

Here is a trilogy in E major
from my heart Praise and worship
of Christ Almighty
Amen…

Blatant and visible Hypocrisy

Today’s scripture reading is from the gospel of Matthew chapter 23 in its entirety and Matthew 24:23-28.
Matthew 23: Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples saying “The scribes and pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do; but do not do according to their works for they say and do not do. For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men and women’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do to be seen by men and women. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments. They love the best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, greetings in the marketplace and to be called by people “Rabbai, Rabbai”. But you do not be called “Rabbai” for one is your teacher, Jesus, and you are all brethren. Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in Heaven. And do not be called teachers for one is your teacher, Jesus, the Christ, but he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles themselves shall be exalted.
But woe to you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of Heaven against people; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. Woe to you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widow’s houses and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive a greater condemnation.
Woe to you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he or she is won, you make that person twice as much a son of Hell as yourselves.
Woe to you blind guides, who say “whoever swears by the temple it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of that temple they are obliged to perform it”
Fools and blind!! for which is greater the gold or the temple which sanctifies that gold!!!
And “whoever swears by the altar it is nothing; but whoever whoever swears by the gift that is on it, they are obliged to perform it”. Fools and blind!! for which is greater the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift. Therefore they that swear by the altar swears by it and all things on the altar and they that swear by the temple swears by it and Him who dwells in it.
And they that swear by Heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.
Woe to you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy and faith. These you ought to have done without leaving the others undone. Blind guides who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.
Woe to you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. Blind one, first clean the inside of the cup and dish that the outside may be clean also.
Woe to you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly but inside are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. Even so you appear outwardly righteous to men and women but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Woe to you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous and say”If we had lived in the days of our fathers we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.” Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up then the measure of your fathers’ guilt. Serpents, brood of vipers how can you escape the condemnation of hell? Therefore indeed I send you prophets, wise men and scribes some of them you will kill and crucify and some of them you will scourge in your sick temples and synagogues and persecute from city to city, that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth from righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Assuredly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation.

Oh jerusalem, Jerusalem the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wing but you were unwilling… see your house is being left to you desolate for I say to you you shall see me no more till you say “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!””

Matthew 24:23-28: “Then if anyone says to you “Look here is the Christ” or “There!” do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive if possible even the elect. See I have told you beforehand.
Therefore if they say to you “Look He is in the desert” do not go out or “Look He is in the inner rooms” do not believe it. For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west so also will be the coming of the Son of Man be for wherever the carcass is there the eagles will be gathered.”

Blatant and visible Hypocrisy

In Protestant churches they love to be called “Doctor” or “Reverend” or “Pastor”; in Catholic churches they loved to be called “father” by many and say “Look here is the Christ” and hand you a wafer of unleavened bread with the inscriptions of ancient egyptian gods and godesses Isis, Horub, and Seb. But today’s scripture reading rings out clear in my understanding that today’s clergy are no different than the clerics of Jesus’ days. All the things he said about the scribes and pharisees of His day are true of our clergy today. They love the honor of men and women more than the love of God. They all claim to be God-fearing and that their denomination is superior to all others saying “If God be for us, who can be against us”!!
See with eyes wide open how these church leaders deceive for pockets full of money. hear with open hearts the rebuke of our Master the Lord Jesus Christ, who is in us at all times and above us at all times. There is none like Him anywhere. He alone is our Lord and teacher accept no imitation. Follow not leaders and proselytizers. This is what He means in His commandments “You shall have no other gods before Me”. He is not a “do as I say not as I do” god. He leads by example!!! What today’s clergy have forfeited and exchanged for the bitter, cold comfort of wealth!! If I, a man of disabled intellect can see it with clear understanding then you who are reading this of sound mind and consecrated souls can also discern it and rejoice for thus Jesus prophesied it would be.
The true worship is in your very own heart and soul. Pay attention to your spiritual longings. Let Jesus come and dwell with you in your place of residence. Fill your private home with His word and testify and witness boldly that Christ is risen, indeed and is coming again just as He said. Let Jesus forgive you and purge you of your sins and let Him give you His promise of clear and orderly direction. The clear and orderly direction you don’t get at Protestant and Catholic churches. The clear and orderly direction you don’t get fromn TV evangelists who reach into your pockets and hand you a wafer and mediocre lip service. The clear and orderly direction you don’t get at your jobs in corporate America’s neon cement jungle of competition and the religion of greed and money. The clear and orderly direction you don’t get in America’s schools. The clear and orderly direction you don’t get even from your own parents!!! But you first must believe with your whole hearts and minds and worship Him in earnest sincerity. To honor Him go to church and contribute mightily that others may see your example and follow your lead and observe whatever your respective “pastor” says but don’t do as they do. For they have their reward in full in the here and now and serve the religion of money and the gods of mammon. You, however, anoint yourself in the morning and follow the direction of the Lord Jesus Christ who is with you even to the end of all the ages. Amen.