Occultic Observations

   Today is a sick day, and it looks like tomorrow is going to be one too, and as usual when I'm sick I do a lot of reading and internet searching. I came upon videos talking about a guy named Alan John Miller. There are only two things you need to know about this guy:

1. He thinks he's Jesus

2. He's a pretty convincing person

   Alan is the leader of a small cult movement in Australia. His small but devoted group of followers live with him at a compound in the wilderness somewhere, and love him and his teachings. His teachings center around the same old re-hashed emotionally driven new-age crap-ola you would expect, but his laid back nature and unassuming demeanor lower your defenses. Alan rolled a 12 on charisma, and it shows.

   And his followers are very emotionally convinced that he is who he says he is. In an interview when one guy is asked who Alan is to them, he breaks down in tears within a matter of seconds. Eerily enough, these seem to be normal people. They don't look crazy at all, and they don't seem deficient in any way.

   Just prior to this I happened to read an article from the Christian Post on my man John Piper. All this made me marvel at the grace of God for keeping me in his good graces.

   Not the thing you might expect to hear from me while I'm currently in the field doing missions stuff, but it's true. The only reason I'm still a Christian is because God is "..able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy." (Jude 1:24 ESV)

   The logical conclusion for me is that since I am so reliant on God for just keeping me in the ring, how much more dependent am I for the strength to fight?

God help me [literally]!