The Warrior Priest Podcast

What happens when Jesus comes revealing himself to faith for faith? Religious leaders and the crowd will consider him to be the scum of the earth. He speaks too boldly, too uniquely. His words expose, tear down, and annihilate everything that gets in the way of him reconciling sinners to himself. In the same way, Jesus' preachers are foolish in the world because in the end his preachers are garbage and scum, just as Jesus planned it.

“The state is merely the modern pretence, a shield, a make-belief, a concept. In reality, the ancient war-god holds the sacrificial knife, for it is in war that the sheep are sacrificed…So instead of human representatives or a personal divine being, we now have the dark gods of the state…The old gods are coming to life again in a time when they should have been superseded long ago, and nobody can see it.” Carl Jung, Nietzsche’s Zarathustra

No wonder so few of you actually want the raw, naked truth—getting to the truth about yourself, God, the world, good and evil, life and death is out of your hands. The truth God wants you to hear is the very thing you spend your days trying to avoid, just as you try to avoid a car accident or hail storm.

“If the individual, overwhelmed by the sense of his own puniness and impotence, should feel that his life has lost its meaning…then he is already on the road to State slavery and, without knowing or wanting it, has become its proselyte.” Carl Jung, The Undiscovered Self

The truth is, the kind of freedom Jesus offers is a burden that most Christians are simply unable to shoulder. But, what if it's not your burden to carry?

While disciplined following of operating procedures is a powerful tool for development, excessive discipline can kill free thinking and creativity. Discipline is a guideline that must be married to acting with adaptability and common sense. Such freedom allows operating procedures to best support teams and their mission.

Sin asks: WHAT is life all about? Answer: Surrounding myself with people and things that make me happy. Faith asks: WHO is life all about? Answer: Jesus, because Jesus is Life. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He is the only Way that your eyes will ever be opened to see what is real and true, and what is a lie.

How much risk is too much risk? Can a lack of aggressiveness sometimes be an issue? How about being too aggressive? How easy is it to take the concept of “default: aggressive” too far? Why is it important to make sure you and those around you clearly understand the “why” of the task, the mission, and the roles and responsibilities of those involved?

Mayhew distinguishes between the moral duty of the Christian to submit to lawful authority and the citizen’s duty toward “lawless, unreasonable” tyranny: Those who resist a reasonable and just authority, which is agreeable to the will of God, do really resist the will of God himself; and will, therefore, be punished by him. But how does this prove, that those who resist a lawless, unreasonable power, which is contrary to the will of God, do therein resist the will and ordinance of God? - Eric Patterson, Jonathan Mayhew: Colonial Pastor against Tyranny https://providencemag.com/2020/10/jonathan-mayhew-colonial-pastor-against-tyranny/

The days are very dim and very dark. Satan is attempting to build hell on earth. His servants significantly outnumber God's children. They have all the world's money, power, and influence at their command. But, you have Christ, the one who has defeated sin, death, and hell. He has overcome the world.