Comments on: The Captivity Of Religious Thought http://martinschmaltz.com/2010/01/28/the-captivity-of-religious-thought/ Empowering the body of Christ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:56:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matt Anderson http://martinschmaltz.com/2010/01/28/the-captivity-of-religious-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-1152 Matt Anderson Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:22:03 +0000 http://martinschmaltz.com/?p=1569#comment-1152 Yes, yes, yes!!! Brother Martin, you hit it right on the head. Great insight and teaching. As a new Pastor and an established media professional, I truly understand this concept of being "stuck". Many have been handed their thoughts and given their opinions. When asked what it means or what is the purpose, they cannot think past what they've been programmed to think. I'm currently teaching a series called "Great Expectations" based on the life of Joseph in Gen. 37-39. His great expectations, his dreams, got him thrown in a pit and sold into slavery because his brothers couldn't see past they way things had always been. Yet, even through all of the hate and envy he kept his mind on the great expectation of what God had shown him in a dream. Dreamers SEE things that don't exist yet and SAY things that they believe can be. Unfortunately, most folks these days are sleep walking. A great book to check out is called "Propaganda" by Edward Bernays, the father of Public Relations. He devised a way to use some to the techniques developed by his uncle Sigmund Freud to program the masses to respond emotionally and instinctively as opposed to thoughtfully. It's amazing that this book, written back in 1928, brings so much clarity to the zombie culture that we live in. If effects business, families, media, government and even the church. The masses are stuck and malnourished dining daily on TV dinners made of Reality TV, professional sports and Soaps. I'll leave you with this: "truth spoken in a time of universal deceit is considered an act of revolution" ~ George Orwell, 1984. You, sir, are a revolutionary with your writing! Keep it up, we're praying for you! Matt Anderson Grace and Truth Bible Church, Senior Pastor Missing Peace Productions, Founder/President www.graceandtruthbc.org www.missingpeacepro.com Yes, yes, yes!!! Brother Martin, you hit it right on the head. Great insight and teaching. As a new Pastor and an established media professional, I truly understand this concept of being “stuck”. Many have been handed their thoughts and given their opinions. When asked what it means or what is the purpose, they cannot think past what they’ve been programmed to think.

I’m currently teaching a series called “Great Expectations” based on the life of Joseph in Gen. 37-39. His great expectations, his dreams, got him thrown in a pit and sold into slavery because his brothers couldn’t see past they way things had always been. Yet, even through all of the hate and envy he kept his mind on the great expectation of what God had shown him in a dream. Dreamers SEE things that don’t exist yet and SAY things that they believe can be. Unfortunately, most folks these days are sleep walking.

A great book to check out is called “Propaganda” by Edward Bernays, the father of Public Relations. He devised a way to use some to the techniques developed by his uncle Sigmund Freud to program the masses to respond emotionally and instinctively as opposed to thoughtfully. It’s amazing that this book, written back in 1928, brings so much clarity to the zombie culture that we live in. If effects business, families, media, government and even the church. The masses are stuck and malnourished dining daily on TV dinners made of Reality TV, professional sports and Soaps.

I’ll leave you with this: “truth spoken in a time of universal deceit is considered an act of revolution” ~ George Orwell, 1984. You, sir, are a revolutionary with your writing! Keep it up, we’re praying for you!

Matt Anderson
Grace and Truth Bible Church, Senior Pastor
Missing Peace Productions, Founder/President
http://www.graceandtruthbc.org
http://www.missingpeacepro.com

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