Peter Popoff ... Profit

By Reap Paden

Got debts? Do you owe money to someone? Can't figure out how to out from under that mortgage payment? Would you try ANYTHING to relieve yourself from those damn bills?

Well some people will. And other people, like Peter Popoff, will do about anything to help pay their bills too. Anything in this case includes ripping off people who can afford it the least.

As the television murmured in the background I was working at my desk editing a podcast. Suddenly a booming voice came across the room " I HAVE BEEN ANOINTED BY GOD TO RELIEVE YOUR DEBTS SSUUPPEERRNNAATTUURRAALLYYYYYY!!!"

I jumped and was instantly pissed off, what the hell was that racket? Looking at the TV I watched as Peter Popoff spoke (and yelled) at a lady sitting across from him. He was telling her god wanted to release people from their debts, he knew this because god had told him. I vaguely knew of Peter Popoff. I had heard about James Randi giving him a quick hard kick in the pants on the Tonight Show. Other than that I hadn't seen anything of him, until now.

On the screen the shot had changed to a line of people taking turns holding a microphone. If I had to guess I would say about 90% were African Americans, the other 10% made up of various other races. 95% were women.

They took turns walking up and telling their story of how god had eliminated the bills which had been piling up around them. Every person who stepped up to speak had an incredible story of some kind. One lady was about to lose her home but she had got a check in the mail for exactly the amount needed to keep her home just in time to avoid foreclosure. Another had finally managed to find a job but her car had broken down. Without the car she wouldn't be able to take the job...but wait.....YES! A check had come to her also. The amount was enough to pay for the car repairs. THANK GOD!!!

I watched and the more I watched the more sickening the whole ordeal became. Peter would come on and stare into your eyes promising the love of god would solve your money problems. It was as if he was staring at his prom date telling her whatever was needed to get his hand up her dress.

Quite a number of people were giving testimonials. I watched closely to see if there was any indication they were not being honest, I didn't see anything obvious, but that didn't mean a whole lot.

This back and forth between Peter Popoff and the people who had taken god's money to pay bills went on for about 45 minutes. Occasionally a booming voice would cut in and tell you how to get your own bills paid by god.

I figured what the hell. I was curious exactly what it was that Peter Popoff was up to. I went to the website and applied for a windfall of cash from god himself , then I made a peanut butter & jelly sandwich. I ate the sandwich while I waited for my new friend Peter to use his connections and relieve me from debt.

About a week and a half later (and several more sandwiches)I got a envelope from Peter Popoff he has spoken with god and has a plan, or god does I'm not sure which. I'm going to send Mr Popoff some cash and see what comes of it. It seems I am an important figure on his mailing list.......must be god's will.

The Paranormal Christian – Capernaum

By Pastor Michael Frisbee

Capernaum will mean little to those that have not studied their Bibles, specifically, the New Testament.  It was a small fishing village that existed from second century BC and thrived until the seventh century AD.  It was located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, and it was here that Christ’s first disciples James, John, Peter, and Andrew lived and Jesus chose this village as his “home base” for most of his public ministry.  Matthew also lived and worked here as a tax collector.

It was here in Capernaum that Jesus healed the servant of a Roman Centurion (Matthew 8:5-13).  So grateful was he, the officer had a small synagogue built in Jesus name there in Capernaum, the remains of which can be found under the larger, newer synagogue that was built later.  It was in the local synagogue that Jesus taught on the Sabbath, and where He confronted the demon possessed man (Mark 1:21-28).  It was here that people recognized the authority in Jesus ministry and teachings, and of the man himself, as Son of God.

Today marks Good Friday, which seems to be ironic since today is celebrated the crucifixion of our Lord, Jesus Christ.  Why would we celebrate the brutal torture and killing of a man of God, the Son of God?  Does that not seem to be twisted in light that what should be focused on is His resurrection.  The man Jesus Christ, born of a virgin, father whom is God, had that sovereign deity within himself, had to DIE and BLEED because mankind could not follow the commandments and laws of God, given to us in the Old Testament.  He had to bear the sins of not only those that had already come and gone, but of those alive then, and all who were to follow.  That means YOU and ME.

It is that knowledge, that recognition of the immense pain and conflict that Jesus had to endure on our behalf, takes from me any joy of a celebratory nature, and makes me weep inside knowing that none of us are truly worthy of that sacrifice.  Yet – Jesus believed we did.  God believed we did.  And through that elemental and ultimate sacrifice, we have Jesus Christ rising three days later, from the pits of hell, VICTORIOUS!  He broke the chains of sin, broke the chains of rebellion, and arose with a resurrected and glorified body, inviolate and without any sin.  He arose ALIVE – not in spirit, not as a Ghost.

Of course, this Sunday, it is then which we should celebrate with JOY.  When we accept Jesus Christ into our heart and spirit, and make Him our Savior, it is then we receive the Salvation that He promises us.  We have to rebuke our sinful ways, repenting of them, and asking forgiveness for them.  We are washed clean by the blood that Christ spilled for us, and we are covered by grace.  It is so sad that commercial America has had to lessen the message of Easter with this silly Easter bunny business, which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

It was this victory over death, and Christ’s authority over all things of heaven, earth, and hell – that we who are believer’s in Christ, that seek to walk in His Spirit, and follow the call that God places upon our hearts and souls to lead out and help other Christians oppressed by the demonic, to help teach others how to be armed and guilded for the spiritual battle that many of our churches today have fallen away from teaching.

That’s much of what I try to do within my deliverance and demonology work.  It is why I launched The Paranormal Christian, and I greatly appreciate the Lord putting me in partnership with Reverend Mark Hunnemann.  His work on “Seeing Ghosts Through God’s Eyes” and his knowledge theologically has been a God send to our combined ministry.
We moved to BTVN TV a few weeks ago, and the response has been phenomenal.  It has opened up some doors to allow us to reach out to thousands of new listeners/viewers.  One such door that opened, is my being given a green light to create a Christian content network within BTVN TV.  I have chosen to name this network, the Capernaum Restoration Network.  It will be developing, producing, and airing content for Christians, that will teach, inform, and minister using the FULL teachings of Jesus Christ, not just a few which fit a politically correct notion that seems to be swallowing up our churches.  It will help arm our fellow Christians for the spiritual battle they knowingly and unknowingly enter into when they accept Jesus Christ as their Savior.

The Paranormal Christian will be the first show to cross over and be part of the new Network when it launches May 1st.  I will also be re-launching my weekly church webcast Liberty Gospel Ministries on this new network.  I’m going to be scouting for and recruiting Christians out there that serve the paranormal realm that share a call to help Christians being oppressed by the demonic.  If you know of someone you would like to have considered to be brought to this network and a show created around their work, please feel free to contact me at development@crn-tv.com

This week on The Paranormal Christian we will be welcoming back Patrick Meechan, author of “220 Fifth Street”, to discuss his soon to be released book, “Nightmare in Holmes County”.  The new book covers the eight years prior to events written about in “220 Fifth Street”, and gives a detailed accounting of Patrick’s real life struggle to learn spiritual warfare and to battle the demonic entities that had taken over his home.

Join us tomorrow night, Saturday 4/7/2012, at 7 PM EST.  Go to http://www.TheParanormalChristian.com to link to our show page at BTVN TV.

Let Me Introduce You to My Jesus

By Kirby Robinson

copyright 2008-2012

Over the past few years there has been an effort to alter the story of Jesus Christ, His life, and how he died. These fictitious alterations have more often been wrong than right, and have confused and bewildered people, thus causing inner conflict and doubt.

I’m going to write about my Jesus, the Jesus that I have grown to love, admire, respect, but never completely comprehend. My Jesus is the only Son of God. Sent here to earth to end the need for the Law of Perfection that the world suffered under until the day He was nailed to the cross. Born of Mary, a virgin, and Joseph, his earthly father, He was not a child of some rabbi or spiritual leader, or of a Roman centurion. Jesus, the child, turned into a man who under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the Lord himself, was taught all the knowledge to understand and comprehend His role in the struggle of good over evil, of light over darkness, of love over anger, and of peace over unrest. 

If He did travel to India and Tibet to study under great masters, that’s fine, but it’s not important. If He didn’t, that’s good as well. If He got caught up in politics and wanted to see Israel free of Roman power, so what? He was a man, He had the power to think, and speak His own thoughts. But none of that really matters. Was he married to Mary Magdalene? Had children, even? Again, that’s not an issue that I hang any great importance upon. For what is the greatest expression of being a man loving a woman and giving life to a child? So if he experienced this, great. If not, then He sacrificed a normal family life so that he could serve all of mankind. Did He come up with totally original and new ideas about the world? Some bold, brave, and new kind of thinking? No. Does that make him less a teacher if His message is simply one of love and compassion? Caring for your fellow man? That there can be victory over illness, suffering, and bondage in this very life and in death? That there is the reward of being one with the Father and being reunited with your loved ones? The most excellent truths we can seek are often the old ones. And when He learned what the final act of His earthy life had to be, the betrayal, the trial, the beatings and floggings, carrying His own instrument of death, and finally, hours of suffering, being nailed up on the cross. Nails driven through both His hands and feet. With bones broken, organs bruised, blood flowing from countless cuts, He knew what He had been born to do. Not only had He come to give a message to an unlistening world, but also He came to this earth to live and die for all of us.

As His last breath left his body, He spoke: "Why hast thou forsaken me?" and "Blame them not for what they do for they know not." His blood flowing to the ground to pay a price so we can seek healing and salvation. With His breath gone, His body moved into a tomb, the darkest hours of Christ’s life was at hand. There was one final task He had to do. The hardest and most challenging task still lay ahead.

Christ had to descend and stay in hell for 72 hours. Alone, cut off from angels, the Holy Spirit, and the Lord Himself. He had to endure 72 hours of torment. What deepest recesses of hell He must have been cast down into. What manner of demons must have been unleashed upon Him? His spiritual body must have been torn to shreds. The devil, Lucifer and Satan only had 72 hours to force Christ into forsaking His power. Understand that Lucifer has access to the heavens. He knew about Revelation and the final conflict to be played out in Armageddon, and he knew that unless he broke Christ, he was going to lose the battle.

Jesus Christ is and was the ultimate Bodhisattva, (the Sanskrit term Bodhi [enlightenment] and sattva [being], meaning someone who releases all sentient beings from suffering). He had to take on all forms of physical illnesses during those hours on the cross. Every infirmity ever known to man, Christ had to endure. So we could be healed. Think of that, will you? Every form of cancer, every infection, virus, and germ released on his body. Every form of mental illness was unleashed on his mind. Each and every major and minor sin He endured. He had to go to hell and suffer the full might of evil for every single person that had been born, for all times, past, present and future. He paid the price for believers and nonbelievers. This is what grants us the grace of salvation for those who seek it. This is what grants us dominion to cast out demons. If Kirby Robinson’s name were used to cast out a demon, the dark forces would laugh, as I have no spiritual authority. But because of the dark hours that Christ spent in hell, He never gave up. He could have, but He didn’t. He knew that if HE could not withstand the onslaught of evil, then who could? Not you, nor I, but only Him.

Why is it that more and more people are trying to take Jesus off the cross and turn His works and teachings into myths and lies? His life was led to the fullest for every single person that has and will ever inhabit this planet. Some have been insinuating that His life was part of some wild conspiracy. He used the cross as a means of escape. He snuck out of Israel and lived under an assumed name in another country. A wise man once said that the smartest thing that the devil ever did was to convince people that he did not exist. I say, the smartest thing the devil ever did is convince people that Christ did not pay the ultimate price. He may sell that bill of goods to others, but not to me. I have Christ in my heart, spirit, and mind. My Christ lived for me, my Christ taught for me, my Christ suffered for me, my Christ died for me, my Christ rose for me, and my Christ will always be there for me. Will yours?

From the book Paranormal Teachings: The Best of Shedding Some Light

Thinking Globally: A Universal Task

By the Dalai Lama

Scientific predictions of environmental change are difficult for ordinary human beings to comprehend fully. We hear about hot temperatures and rising sea levels, increasing cancer rates, vast population growth, depletion of resources, and extinction of species. Human activity everywhere is hastening to destroy key elements of the natural eco-systems all living beings depend on.


These threatening developments are individually drastic and together amazing. The world's population has tripled in this century alone and is expected to double or triple in the next. The global economy may grow by a factor of five or ten including with it extreme rates of energy consumption, carbon dioxide production, and deforestation. It is hard to imagine all things actually happening in our lifetime and in the lives of our children. We have to consider the prospects of global suffering and environmental degradation unlike anything in human history.

I think, however, there is good news in that now we will definitely have to find new ways to survive together on this planet. In this century we have seen enough war, poverty, pollution, and suffering. According to Buddhist teaching, such things happen as the result of ignorance and selfish actions, because we often fail to see the essential common relation of all beings. The earth is showing us warnings and clear indications of the vast effects and negative potential of misdirected human behavior.

To counteract these harmful practices we can teach ourselves to be more aware of our own mutual dependence. Every sentient being wants happiness instead of pain. So we share a common basic feeling. We can develop right action to help the earth and each other based on a better motivation. Therefore, I always speak of the importance of developing a genuine sense of universal responsibility. When we are motivated by wisdom and compassion, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves or some immediate convenience. When we are able to recognize and forgive ignorant actions of the past, we gain the strength to constructively solve the problems of the present.

We should extend this attitude to be concerned for our whole environment. As a basic principle, I think it is better to help if you can, and if you cannot help, at least try not to do harm. This is an especially suitable guide when there is so much yet to understand about the complex interrelations of diverse and unique eco-systems. The earth is our home and our mother. We need to respect and take care of her. This is easy to understand today.

We need knowledge to care for ourselves, every part of the Earth and the life upon it, and all of the future generations as well. This means that education about the environment is of great importance to everyone. Scientific learning and technological progress are essential for improving the quality of life in the modern world. Still more important is the simple practice of getting to know and better appreciate our natural surroundings, and ourselves whether we are children or adults. If we have a true appreciation for others and resist acting out of ignorance we will take care of the Earth.

In the biggest sense, environmental education means learning to maintain a balanced way of life. All religions agree that we cannot find lasting inner satisfaction based on selfish desires and acquiring the comforts of the material things. Even if we could, there are now so many people that the earth would not sustain us for long. I think it is much better to practice enjoying simple peace of mind. We can share the earth and take care of it together, rather than trying ro possess it, destroying the beauty of life in the process.

Ancient cultures that have adapted to their natural surroundings can offer special insights on structuring human societies to exist in balance with the environment. For example, Tibetans are uniquely familiar with life on the Himalayan Plateau. This has evolved into a long history of a civilization that took care not to overwhelm and destroy its fragile eco-system. Tibetans have long appreciated the presence of wild animals as symbolic of freedom. A deep reverence for nature is apparent in much of Tibetan art and ceremony. Spiritual development thrived despite limited material progress. Just as species may not adapt to relatively sudden environmental changes, human cultures also need to be treated with special care to ensure survival. Therefore, learning about the useful ways of people and preserving their cultural heritage is also a part of learning to care for the environment.

I try always to express the value of having a good heart. This simple aspect of human nature can be nourished to great power. With a good heart and wisdom you have right motivation and will automatically do what needs to be done. If people begin to act with genuine compassion for every one, we can still protect each other and the natural environment. This is much easier than having to adapt to the severe and incomprehensible environmental conditions projected for the future.

Now on a close examination, the human mind, the human heart, and the environment are inseparably linked together. In this sense, environmental education helps to generate both the understanding and love we need to create the best opportunity there has ever been for peace and lasting coexistence.

[Reprinted from EPA Journal: A Magazine on National and Global Environmental Perspectives, Published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D. C, September/October 1991, vol. 17, Number 4.]

God In the Hands of Angry Sinners...Or Why Is Christianity So Narrow?

By Rev. Mark Hunnemann

Chris- "Good morning!"
Bill- "Hey Chris!...uhh, where are we?"
Chris-"In a computer! Wanna know how we got here?"
Bill- "Nope...just happy to see you again. You are patient with my questions. This has been on my mind since last time...umm."
Chris- "Why are you hesistant my friend; usually you just ask away?...which I admire about you...you really seem to be an honest seeker of truth."
Bill- "Thanks man...I DO want to know the truth, but the more we talk about it, there is something bothering me. I see that since Jesus claimed to be God, I can't just act like He is merely another good man. But I just don't like the exclusive claims bit."
Chris- "You mean, like where Jesus said, ":I am the way, the truth, and the life; nobody comes to the Father but through Me."?"
Bill- "Yea, that's it. Please don't get mad at me, but why is He so narrow? You showed me last time it was Jesus, and not you Christians, who created the narrowness. You are just following what He said. Sooo...why is your loving God so intolerant. There..I said it."
Chris- "And I'm glad you did, and no, I'm not angry at all. It is a question alot of people have. Can I tell you a story?"
Bill- "We're in a computer Chris, remember? You can do whatever you want...but sure, if you think it will answer my question"
Chris- "Haha, you're right! This is an Imagine story. Sit back, close your eyes, my friend, and imagine this...."
Bill- "Hold on a minute; you're not getting New Agey on me, are you?"
Chris-"Hehehehe...naw man! God created the imagination...it is....holy.We can talk about biblical meditation another time...


Imagine there existed for all eternity a self-existent and eternal God. He is perfectly happy and perfectly holy. Since He is a Trinity of Persons He never gets lonely; infinite devotion and delight in each other..lots and lots of laughter! Imagine one day, they freely decide to create; not because they were lonely, but because they simply wanted to. Kind of like the guy writning this; he didn't have to.write....he simply and freely decided to do so. Anyway, He created the moon and countless stars, animals, fish-everything. Then this God made man in His image..His highest creation--even higher than the angels.He placed a man and woman in a perfect, lush garden. The lovliest garden imaginable, with every kind of tasty vegetable food. And when He was finished, this self-existent God was excited! He said it was all very good!

Then imagine He says to the man and woman. "You are the apple of my eye.I love you as much as I love the Father and Holy Spirit. You are to mirror to the cows, dogs, and my other creatures what I am like...mirror my love and holiness to them." He further tells them they are perfect and the garden they live in is perfect. And it was.....a theatre of beauty.Then God tells them that His desire is to walk in close fellowship with them. They have everything!

Imagine this God says to them, "All of this is yours...all these pleasures--enjoy them and each other. The only thing I ask is that you not eat from plant # 3,890,216...all the other 3,890,215 are yours to eat, but if you eat from the forbidden fruit, you will immediately die.If you pass this test of your obedience, then you and all your descendants will never die nor any sorrow.

Imagine God does all that. And then imagine that instead of being thankful, they make a bee-line for the forbidden tree and eat. Now, this eternally happy God is sad for the first time...ever. But instead of killing them on the spot as he had said, in His grace God allows them to live a long time.He clothes them, and though they will experience sorrow, He promises that one day a Messiah would come--God would come--and die as a substitue for their sins.Believe in that and you can have your relationship with Him restored. He also promises to mortally wound the serpant that had tempted them.

Now imagine that after God had done all this, most of Adam and Eve's kids, who had heard the gospel, rejected Him. Mankind became so corrupt, evil, and savage that it grieved God;s heart that He had even created us. Except for a small number of believers, most people thought all day long about nothing except for how they could rebel further against God. He sends a flood to destroy everyone, except for one family whose leader was the only person who loved God As times passes this God chooses a certain group of sinful people and tells them that they are going to be special; as God's chosen people they were to believe in the coming Meeiah, and mirror to the surrounding nations the holiness and love of God.Imagine God did all that.

And imagine that God pursued these people like they were His lovers.The self-existent and eternal, and eternally joyous God, mysteriously and freely wraps up His own emotional life and welfare with our welfare. He loves them so much He actually writes to them a love letter, which tells them things they could never had known otherwise. And in His kindness and love He raises up prophets to write down His words of love. He longs for intimate communion with us.

Imagine that, instead of listening to His love letter, they write Him a "Dear John" letter and mock His love, They suppress the knowlege they have for God and they exchange the truth of God for a lie; they worship the creation, instead of the Creator.But imagine that God sends prophets to them again,again,, and again; but one after another, we either beat or killed these prophets.And when people do seek for God, it is usually just for His benefits, and not God Himself. So, imagine that this God says, :"They won;t listen to Me, they won't listen to my prophets, so I will send My only Son--whom I love and take infinite delight in, Surely they will listen to Him."

Imagine now the unimaginable: as God takes on human flesh, He finds Himself in the hands of angry sinners who want to kill God.Imagaine this God/Man teaches and minsters publicly for 3 years.He heals the sick, exorcises demons, and teaches from town to town about God's forgiveness. All of these are convincing proofs which validate His truth claims..But like the prophets before Him, He is rejected and killed...by His own people..by all people.But imagine that God had planned this death from the beginning. God freely chose to save us. He did not have to, but once He freely chose to, there was no other way.

For backwards eternity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit erupted in raucus laughter , love, and infinite devotion. But He is holy, holy, holy...Now, imagaine the Father actually having to savagely punish and kill His only Son. Imagine that every filthy thought, word, and action of guilty sinners were transferred to this infinitely holy Savior; the promised Messiah mentioned in the garden. In His human nature (perfectly united with the Divine), He dies an unimaginably horrible death. This was the most obscene act in human or cosmic history; as the sinless One, became sin, and a living, breathing hell while on the cross.Fellowship in the Trinity was broken, as the Father poured out His unmitigated fury upon His dearly loved Son and beat Him to death.

Imagaine, Bill, a God who did all that. And imagaine further that He promises eternal salvation and forgiveness,eternal love, perfect and uninterrupted happiness, and security....He promises all that and much more...IF ..we will do one simple thing; trust in Jesus, and Him alone, to forgive you of all your sins. If you do that, then you have eternal life."

Chris- "Why are you shaking your head my friend?"
Bill- "Because, after all God has done for us..and.the rejection we have shown to God, He did not OWE us even one way of salvation...right?"
Chris- "Right...."
Bill- "And if He does not owe us any means of being forgiven, then I suppose it is arrogant of me to complain about the arrogance of Christians...or the narrowness of Jesus being kind enough to offer even one way.If God gave us justice or what we deserved, then...Chris...?
Chris- "Yes, Bill...you seem to have finally grasped it. But what is on your mind?"
Bill- "All of these talks...I see now my major mistake was having a deficient view of God; especially His holiness and grace...but without a depth view of His holiness, then grace makes no sense, and the narrrowness makes no sense. I was blind, but now I see! Thank God, in His unfailing love and merciful patience, He has provided the only way. Chris, I will never dare to accuse God or Christians of being narrow again."
Chris- "Amen! I think you are right Bill..Our view of God determines alot of things; salvation being first, but a depth view of God's character, as you aptly put it, goes a long way to answering the ghost debate, but...."
Bill- "But that is for next time...."
Chris-"I reckon...I love you my friend. After all God has done,if we never recieved another blessing from God, if we suffered for the rest of our lives, we would have no right, but to praise God for what he has already done for us.,,,but of course He will continue to lavish His blessings on us through eternity..." Amen


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"Paranormal State" made its debut on the A&E network in December 2007. This documentary program was comprised of a team of college students from Penn State University who wanted to help those troubled by unexplained phenomena. The Paranormal State/Paranormal Research Society's motto was, "To trust, honor, and always seek the truth." The show starred founder and director Ryan Buell along with his group of technicians, investigators and occult specialists. On most of his investigations he was assisted by such paranormal celebrities as Chip Coffey, Lorraine Warren, Chad Calek, and Michelle Belanger. The team was involved with helping frightened people and collecting evidence of the unexplained.

After five seasons and more than 75 episodes, the rumors of staged scenes, questionable evidence, misleading editing, and dissatisfied clients are explored. As other paranormal programming comes along imitating this style of presentation, it's vital that the problems are investigated.

"Investigating Paranormal State" is the first book to take an independent look inside this paranormal reality TV show. The authors uncover both positive and negative elements. In their quest to reveal the foundation on which this show was built, they unearth some startling secrets. With a step-by-step analysis of every episode, the authors present the facts. They give voice to those present on the set ranging from production staff, former clients, and various para-celebrities. 

Authors Kirby Robinson and Lisa Maliga spent countless hours interviewing former clients, production team members, current and former PRS crew members, and various para-celebrities. The reader journeys behind the scenes of this controversial paranormal reality show.

"Investigating Paranormal State" will keep the reader up past Dead Time – not trembling in fear but discovering the truth of paranormal reality.

INVESTIGATING PARANORMAL STATE 

A Memoriam and Paranormal Christian Update

By Pastor Michael Frisbee

This week has been an incredibly difficult one for me.  

This past Monday, a dear friend of mine, whom had been in a four year battle with his local city council, ended his life.  The city council had maneuvered and backed him into a corner, with nowhere to turn or escape, and he perceived he only had two choices; allow them to take everything he loved and owned and see it become just another park for their 2036 plan, or end his life and take out as much as he could when he did.  He went with the latter.

His lawyer was at the District courthouse in Atlanta, trying desperately to see a judge to secure an injunction against the city and the man that bought my friend’s mortgage in order to force him out of his 12 year home thus buying some time to prove the city and associates maliciously used various loop holes and purposely refused to assist in getting my friend FEMA help when he distinctly qualified after his home had been flooded 4 times in 3 years, because the city refused to fix the water drainage issues from over building.  The city and Marshall’s service moved fast Monday morning to physically remove my friend before his lawyer could get the injunction.

He refused to leave his barricaded home, argued with them for two hours to buy time for his lawyer, but they were preparing to come in with force.  So he told them to get off his property or he was going to start firing on them (it was known he had a large cache of legally owned and registered firearms and pistols).  They backed off, and at 12:44 pm, as soon as the last man cleared the property at a safe distance, the house exploded.  He had poured gasoline throughout the house, and at that moment – lit it.  His body was later found in the home, and identified.

I met Andrew in 2009, when I started my campaign for Congress on a Constitutionist platform.  Though he was not in my Congressional District, he supported what I stood for as a patriot, and helped me with man power, finances, and the occasional loan of his antique Mercedes Benz for Congressional events.  We would talk long and often by phone and online about where this country is heading, what needs to be done to turn it around, etc.

He had a great love for animals as well, and simple living.  It was his animals that led to his legal fight with the city council.  When the city annexed his neighborhood from the county, he and his animals were grandfathered in.  However, someone related to a member of the city council moved in next door, and thus began the constant complaints over his chickens.  They tried to fine him, he fought it, and won.  Then they tried to use all kinds of regulations and such that were rather obscure, and each time, he defeated them in court.  His last battle on that issue came when they passed a new law restricting barn yard animals.  They tried using it against him – and the judge laughed them out of the court.

Where they got him, was after 3 years of begging them to fix the drainage issues in that area, and having his home flooded a few times, he finally graded his land one storm fall, to keep the flood waters out, and they charged him with illegal grading of his own property.  He was older and of ill health, unable to meet the requirements of community service, and thus – the city moved to have his probation revoked, and he did 99 days in jail.  While in jail, they put a lot of pressure and threats to the elderly woman that held the mortgage he was paying on, and she sold it to a third party associated with members of the city council.  The new mortgage owner, when Andrew was unable to pay his mortgage because he was in jail, immediately began foreclosure proceedings.

He was fighting that foreclosure, and in the fourth month of that battle when tragedy struck this past Monday.  I hold the city and all of the associates that were a part of persecuting this man, my friend accountable for his death.  They drove him to such a desperate act.  Today, at 10:30 am EST, I and well over 200 expected friends, family and associates will lay him to rest.  You would not think such a persecution was possible in America.  Wake up people – the tyranny is here.

On a more positive note, some news regarding The Paranormal Christian Show that I host with Reverend Mark Hunnemann.  We have only had two shows so far at our new home, BTVN TV, and already, we have had over 268,000 hits on our show page, of the over 2 million total the network received through the whole month, and our hits only account for 17 days.  With our first show, March 17th, we had 1546 hits with 87% retention rate, coming to 1345 total viewers.  On last week’s show, even with server and network issues, we had 8009 hits with an average 76% retention, coming to 6086 total viewers.  The switch to the new video format has definitely made a huge difference in the outreach of our ministry.

We are now discussing the creation of a subsidiary network dedicated to Christian programming, of which we will help in developing and recruiting for.  It will allow us to further impact people and bring the Truth of God’s Word in a format and media that is exploding.

This week, we will be having guest speaker Kristie McGuire, author of the soon to be released, “Escaping The Cauldron”.  Though Kristine McGuire was raised in a traditional Christian home, at an early age she became fascinated by the occult. At sleepovers her friends told fortunes and held séances. As a teenager, she was convicted and put all games of mysticism aside.

She went to a Christian college and married a Christian man. Despite her decision to follow God, a longing for the occult persisted. This desire eventually led her to leave her church and husband, and to fully embrace witchcraft. Later, unable to abandon her church upbringing, she decided to revert partly back to Christianity—becoming a Christian witch.

Escaping the Cauldron exposes the subtle occult influences that affect 21st century Christians. Part Bible study, part memoir, this book takes the reader deep inside Kristine's eight year journey as a witch, medium, and ghost hunter and reveals how God mercifully restored her faith and life in Christ.

This will prove to be a very interesting show, and one that draws close to my heart, having had my own journey and escape from witchcraft, delivered up from it by the power and love of Jesus Christ, and to follow God's calling to help others transfixed and oppressed by the demonic.

Join us at 7 pm EST, Saturday March 31st.  You can link to the show at http://www.TheParanormalChristian.com  Come check out our new format.