Seven Types of CHURCHES Displease God Republicans!

It's time to ask, "WHAT'S GOING ON IN AMERICA?" You already know the answer, right? Where is the CHURCH when it comes to this administration? You know that answer too.

If you know anything about Christianity, then you know God can be displeased with CHRISTIANS. Did you know that he can also be displeased with CHURCHES? 

If you watch Turner Broadcasting Network, you will notice right away, they teach Donald Trump instead of God. They repeat the phoney media stuff just like MAGA. Somehow, they have the FALSE idea you can CREATE a Christian country by getting rid of the poor and minorities who are responsible for all the ills of America. They have LOST their way. But are they like any of the seven churches named in the book of Revelation in the Bible?

The seven churches in Revelation did wrong in various ways, such as the Ephesus church for leaving its "first love," Perga, Pergamun and Thyatira for tolerating FALSE teachings and immorality, Sardis, for being spiritually dead, and Laodicea for being lukewarm and self-suffecient, The churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia were praised without significant rebuke. 

The church is forgetting about Jesus and God it seems. It has turned it's back on the poor, widow, foreigner, and fatherless. They only see dollars and racism. Sunday morning service on television is gripes of old white men with white women nodding in agreemeent. White men are joining the church in droves, bringing their complaining and hate along with them. The disgruntled has found an listening ear in the church and Donald Trump. The rest of America has to suffer from their idea of who is good and who is bad. The Democrat party has been labled as not Christian. The church joins in calling anyone NOT Republican not a Christian. Judge not least you be judged. If I'm lying, tune in and listen for yourself. TBN is fanning racism and hate for the poor and non-Whites. There is no brotherly love going on over there even though they PROFESS IT with gentle language appearing safe and innocent.

Back to the churches. Ephesus wrongdoing: left their "first love" and lost their initial passion for God. The church has a PASSION for Donald Trump now as a savior figure. Excusing his horrible character with, God selects flawed people to do God's work such as King David and the Apostle Paul. David had AN affair and murdered an man. Before and after the incident, he was totally faithful to God. Paul killed Christians until his CONVERSION. After, he was the most effective disciple of Jesus. Trump is a DAILY horror show!

Smyrna's wrongdoing: No rebuke was given to this church. Praise: commended for their spiritual richness despite poverty and for enduring persecution and slander. Who is holding the church accountable for supporting Donald Trump and his underqualified lying administration? Christians are supposed to ENDURE persecution, not eradicate the country of non-Christians or who they label as bad people. They complain like they have no hope in the Lord. Their hope lies in Trump now.

Pergamum"s wrongdoing: Tolerated those who held to the teaching of Balaam and the Nicolaitans, which led to moral compromise and idolatry. Christians are a new creature in Christ. They do not do what the world does. They are called to separate themselves from the world, not deport people in a cruel way and terrorized cities trying to find people in the country illegally. There is a Scripture about the foreigner.

The Bible commands the entertainment of foreigners, emphasizing that thishospitality is the tenet of faith rooted in the Isrealite's own experience as foreigners in Egypt. That is not the example of Isreal given by American preachers on TBN. Key passages like Leviticus 19:33-34 and Deuteronomy 10:19 instruct believers to love and treat the foreigner as themselves. New Testament passages, such as Hebrews 13:2 and the parable of the sheep and goats in Matthew 25, reinforce this by urging the practice of hospitality and linking kindness to strangers with service to God.   

Thyatira's wrongdoing: Tolerated "Jezebel," a false prophet who misled people into sexual immorality and idolatry. Praise: praised for their love, faith, service, and patient endurance. Pastors are standing in pulpits on Sunday's promoting Republican ideology, leading people to the Republican party instead of God. Their ideology does not line up with the Bible no matter how they spin it. Even if it does, it's not for the pulpit. Leading people in a political way, where their salvation is put in question if they don't go along with "Cleaning up America" for God. No Christian has been told that. They are to count themselves BLEESED if persecuted for Jesus name. Persecution is too close to living like MINORITIES for them. They say they are targeted and by Democrats and they are FIGHTING back. Forget the turn the other cheek that Jesus taught. They are fed up and not going to take it anymore just like the disciple Judas who demanded government reform. How'd that work out?

Sardis's wrongdoing: Spiritually dead, with only a few who were awake and alive in faith. To demonstrate faith in God, Christians shouldn't be getting rid of the "Deep State," so their lives will be better. This shows they will fix things along with the help of Donald Trump for Christians. No longer are they depending on God. Trump is the new God for many. They know it because they must lie no matter how foolish they look to support THEIR selected elected God.

Philadelphia Wrongdoing: No rebuke was given to this church. Praise: praised for keeping God's word and never denying Jesus, and promised a reward for their perseverance. Notice how the church earlier is looked down upon for not rebuking itself. The church is ACCOUNTABLE for what it does. It is a entity that should always be trusted. The church supporting such right-winged extremes, and encouraging their congregation to rally behind the pain being caused by Trump is RIDICULOUS and not CHRISTIAN no matter how they spin it. Churches are teaching Republicanism instead of the Gospel to a hurting land. They are teaching REVENGE instead of love. Don't believe me. Watch TBN, especially on Sundays.

Laodicea's wrongdoing: Were "lukewarm," lacking spiritual fervor, and self-sufficient due to their wealth, which resulted in a halfway faith. Praise: none. Spiritual ferver is for Trump among Christians. Right now Donald Trump has CONTEMPT for the POOR and the CHURCH supports him. Wealth is the GAME of Trump and the Republicans. Poor people should suffer because they are LAZY in their minds. They are mad at people being poor stating they are criminals and if they can't do better they need to leave the country or die. Bible scripture such as, "If a man doesn't work, he doesn't eat" make Pastor Hagee type Christians justified in their dislike for poor people who need assistance. The CHURCH builds and feeds people in foreign lands while detesting the poor and hungry at their doorstep. No reason is acceptable for people needing help from their country. This is the blanket they sleep with at night. Their WEALTH and desire for more wealth, has HARDENED their HEARTS.

The church is the body which contains the Christians. We all are sinners. No one can point to who is heaven bound or not, because God chooses who he chooses. And Black and Brown poor people will be in heaven. Where do they think thye go when dead? Their won't be a section for the rich and one for the poor. God said store up your treasures in heaven. Trying to make heaven on Earth is just as stupid as those who loved God trying to build a tower to where he was. 

I don't know what is on the minds of today's Christian. I know there is White fright of being a minority and having to live like minorities have done for years. They have gone back to the SUPERIORITY of Whites which is NOT Christian. And yes, they are asked to PERSEVERE through difficult times in a sinful world. There has never been a mandate to CHANGE the world. The commission is to share the Gospel, not Right wing ideation.

If I were these people sitting in church being led by such a pastor, minister, preacher, I wouldn't be clapping at their CRUEL jokes. In seminary, I noticed the cruel humor of many of the pastors getting their Master Degree. At the time Rush Limbaugh, the street drug addict was envogue. They would laugh at his mean-spirited jokes about Democrats and debasing people in the Democratic party. I listened to him too to the shock of many. My listening to Rush, was to confirm the ugly hearts of my fellow Seminarians. At seminary they asked enrollees not to watch TBN or mainstream media. Yeah. Listen and feed yourself with name-calling and cruel dry humor jokes, which the Right has happily adopted on Twitter. They only trust news that ridicule people nonstop and then point to MSNBC who has accredited journalist not opinion mongers. Opinions are facts on Fox News and TRUTH is FAKE news and attacks on main-stream media is encouraged. They turn every serious concern into a cruel dry joke that only they laugh at with their Christian hearts.

The Church and Christians are giving Christianity a black eye turning hundreds away daily with their laughing at human tragedy ways. Fox News feeds a steady diet of hate even though they were successfully sued for lible and slander, lying knowingly, even though peers asked them to stop. Did Fox lose viewership? No! Because who else will keep them fired up with hate, fear, demeaning talking points and lies about their opposition. With baited breath, they sue people without credible cause. If one person refuses to do as Trump want, they are fired. Men are NO LONGER men when dealing with Trump and they worry about the trans community. He emasculates them and abandons them. Sorry, he PARDONS criminals for LOYALTY. Christians love that too.

I ask all Christians to examine your heart. Pretend you are standing in JUDGEMENT before God. Explain to him why the Republicans are Christians and the Democrats are sinners to God. Tell Him how you took matters in your own hands supporting Trump and ICE and MAKING lazy people work and illegal aliens deported in a humiliating and embarrising way for fun. Tearing families apart. Not following the law of the land. The Bible said, Jesus gave Ceaser what was due Ceaser. Jesus didn't break laws and lie as he demonstrated how to live a holy life on Earth. HE STOOD WITH THE POOR.

I rebuke the churches. I say that mandatory legislated Christianity is not GODLY and you know it. You no longer evangilize to those needing salvation, you evangelize more for soldiers into the Army of Trump preying on the vulnerable saying how the CHURCH is going to straighten out America with the help of Trump not God.

The Republicans are against anything labeled 'woke' which they label everything these days. The Christian Republicans on social media are NASTY and RACIST proclaiming God and how superior they are to others. Yes, they say a country with Black people should not be taken seriously. I ask practicing Christians, who have not forgot their first love to persevere knowing there is damage being done to our faith. Only our Christian example, exampled by Jesus, will save Christianity. Speak up about the abuse of the church that is occuring now being led by Right-Wing Republicans instead of God-fearing Christians. 

You know God when you see him. You know people by their fruit. But you are never called to CRUELTY and RACISM. There is no excuse. I don't care who all you name as CRIMINALS. You have been warned by the ONE book of the Bible that says not to add or remove a word. In Revelation 22:18 this verse offers a stern warning not to add to the words of Revelation; the next verse also condemns those who would attempt to censor it. Adding to the book of Revelation brings God's judgment: plagues will fall on the one who adds to Revelation. The Church is an ARM of Trump's using the SAME buzz words given to the Republican party on FOX NEWS each morning with smiles and jokes. America is not laughing at how the Church USES God.

It's time to call out the Church, especially Evangelicals for their actions on the public stage. Spreading the Gospel has become SECOND to spreading Donald Trump. SHAME! I know what my eyes SEE and my ears HEAR.

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Christian Women and Depression

    

Seven million Christians in the US experience major depression each year. It is estimated that 106.8 million Christians attend church at least once or twice a month. The National Institute of Mental Health lists the prevalence of having a major depressive episode in 2017 at 7.1%. Being a Christian does not guarantee a lower risk of depression. Another study shows nearly one in six (15.6%) very religious American adults have been diagnosed with depression in their lifetime. This group is about 24% less likely to be diagnosed with depression than those who are moderately religious and 17% less likely to be diagnosed with depression than those who are nonreligious. WHY ARE CHRISTIANS DEPRESSED?

    I used to live in a small rural community. On every corner there was a church. For every large family group there was a church that goes back from generation to generation. Everyone knew the family you belonged to if not you personally. It was a die-hard Christian community. There was a secret though. Look into the eyes of the many God-fearing women and you would notice fixed dilated pupils. The majority of the women 30 and over were on antidepressants. After the age of 29, it was pretty much standard procedure to be prescribed something for depression. With such a large Christian population it would seem there would be no time for sadness for the saved. The women followed the Proverbs account of a Godly woman and taught the little ones in Sunday school to revel in being a great southern cook and housekeeper, Butttttttttt.    In small groups away from the Christian man, there were whispers of discontent mingled with the fear of missing heaven. Anger and confusion turned inward led to depression. The inability to say what's on their mind built up over time. I was privy to a post of a woman who was a part of the Quiversful Movement (an online community) and she said she was a closet alcoholic. Her inability or the overwhelming demand of being the perfect Christian wife, mother, and woman left her to find solace in being absent in life through drinking.

    Faith and depression have a connection in that religious women have a higher incidence of the condition. Clinical Depression is a medical issue. While women are more likely to get depressed than men, they don’t have what has been derisively termed as a “weak gene.”  The mistaken train of thought is that they are predisposed to be depressed because of their gender. But it’s true that they are twice as likely to become depressed, and the risk factor just balloons when they are deeply religious. 

1 in 8 women may experience depression at least once in their lifetime.

    In general, people of Jewish descent, Pentecostals, and those with no affiliation experience higher rates of depression than other religious groups. Religious affiliations were categorized into six groups: mainline Protestant (27 percent), conservative Protestant (59 percent), Pentecostal (4.2 percent), Catholic (2.4 percent), other religions (2.6 percent), and no affiliation (4.4 percent). The six-month prevalence of major depression among Pentecostals was 5.4 percent, compared with 1.7 percent for the entire sample. Even after psychosocial factors such as gender, age, race, socioeconomic status, negative life events, and social support were controlled for, the likelihood of major depression among Pentecostals was three times greater than among persons with other affiliations. 

    Can the demands of being a Godly Christian woman be leading to the large number of antidepressants being prescribed for these women? In Utah, there is a high incidence of antidepressant use by those women of the Mormon faith. Is there a link? Statistics indicate that 11% of women and 5% of men are taking antidepressants. I believe that total is low. Are Christian women trying to just get through their Christian lives? Surveys of alcohol use among African Americans point to the positive relationship between religious participation and abstaining from alcohol, for both women and men (Caetano and Herd 1984; Herd 1988; Herd and Grube 1996). 

    A strong commitment to religious values and church participation has been a significant component of family life for many African Americans. As the central pillar supporting the African American community, the black church provides spiritual, social, emotional, and economic resources (Lincoln and Mamiya 1990). Most African Americans are affiliated with Baptist denominations, which are characterized by a lack of tolerance for consuming alcohol (Herd 1996). In addition, African American women participate in religious activities to a higher degree than African American men (Taylor et al. 1999). Their high rate of abstention from is consistent with the norms of their religious denominations. Thus, African American women’s level of religious participation may serve a protective function, buffering them from higher rates of alcohol use. 

    Well, regular alcohol use is a no-no for Christians, but antidepressants are more acceptable. PLEASE do not take from this post that those needing medical help for depression and other mental illnesses should not seek help. PLEASE always seek help for any emotional difficulties you may be going through. Women within the Christian community may be using antidepressants just to make it through an existence that would cause any person to become depressed trying to always be a"superwoman."

    Women are more than likely to be prescribed antidepressants than men. 5.3% of the men and 9.8% of the women were prescribed at lest one antidepressant. As of 2023, around 24 percent of women in the United States reported currently having or being treated for depression, compared to 11 percent of men. Women are more than twice as likely as men to use antidepressants, and use among White women is at least double that of other races/ethnicities, according to a new analysis from the National Center for Health Statistics.

    Being able to talk about life as a Christian woman and all it entails should be a natural part of the Christian experience before it leads to alcoholism and other drug addictions. Be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem.

    Many Christian women may become depressed from the definition given of a Christian woman in the Bible. By biblical standards the woman has the role of being a wife and a mother, rearing godly children, and teaching her children in God's laws (Genesis 1:28; Proverbs 1:8; 6:20; 22:6; 23:22). She is expected to have habits such as prayer, reading the Bible, being thankful, being joyful, not worrying, being generous, living simpler lives, serving others, and having self-control. Her virtue shows as she strives steadfastly. All that she does through her work and her diligence are to insure that her family will not suffer in the future. Clothes, food, and shelter will be provided by her hard work, but she also realizes that there are other needs for the future in addition to material security. The ideal woman is a woman who is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

    A godly woman does not dress in public in ways ungodly, suggestive, slovenly, or slipshod. Her outer adornment reflects her inner demeanor. She girds herself with strength and makes her arms strong (Proverbs 31:17). Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she smiles at the future (Proverbs 31:25).

There is a lot of pressure on the Christian woman to face life's obstacles with joy and smiles. But many of life's experiences bring forth tears. Not acknowledging or supressing emotions can lead to unwanted affects. Suppression gets held in the body and creates a host of downstream effects, including anxiety, depression, stress-related illness, all the way to substance abuse and suicide. Holding back your emotions can actually intensify them. A classic example of this involves anger. Many people believe it's better to tamp down anger than express it. But suppressing your anger means you don't address it, so it continues to build and seethe under your mask of calm.

    Why should you stop hiding your feelings? Although it may not feel comfortable or “safe” to express one's emotions, suppressing, suffocating or hiding feelings can harm one's mental health. It can lead to harmful behaviours such as using drugs, alcohol, food, or sex to numb any emotion. Moreover, suppressing emotions can manifest in physical symptoms like frequent headaches or stomach aches. These physical manifestations serve as reminders that the mind and body are intricately connected. When emotional distress is not addressed, it can take a toll on our overall health. 

    Emotions are physiological states that mobilize us for particular behaviors and communicate important information about our internal and external environments to ourselves and others. Anger mobilizes us to attack, and signals that a boundary, value, or rule has been violated. Fear mobilizes us to freeze or flee and signals threat or danger. Shame mobilizes us to hide and signals low social status. Guilt mobilizes us to make amends and signals remorse. Joy motivates us to approach and signals reward.

    Accepting and responding to an emotion entails noticing its presence (often, its physical presence in our body), softening our resistance to it, tuning into what it's trying to tell us, and using that information to inform (but not dictate) our behavior.The more we recognize, allow, and make space for our emotions, the greater tolerance we build for them. With greater tolerance, we're better able to modulate our emotions so they don't overwhelm our decision-making abilities or reason, or seem so unbearable that we have to suppress them. It may not always feel easy to respond rather than react to our emotions, but each time we try to do so, we get that much better at it. 

    ALWAYS seek professional help when you believe your emotions may be affecting your daily life and relationships negatively.

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