SOCIALISTIC IDOLATRY

I am sorry to say that my life has been a part of the grand experiment of socialism in the United States. I was born and raised and have spent the most part of my life living on reservations. I have lived on four reservations and have ministered on dozens of others. They are all the same and display the same poverty characteristics and problems. The main problem I see is the pythons grip of socialism that has decayed the talents and initiative of our Native People. Right now we are being set up for another round of disappointment and failure with the emergence of Barak Obama. Now I love Barak and would love to see him become president, but I can see the writting on the wall. Beneath the messianic image and rhetorical hype Barak offers empty promises of more government intervention and control over the lives of Indian People. Barak inspires images of robbing the rich to take care of the poor; images of more government programs (we are domestically dependent nations). Unfortunately, the government socialism experiment on our reservations has done nothing but destroy my people. The problem with taking from the rich to give to the poor results in everybody becoming poor, even the tribal governments. Tribal governments do not generate enough income to pay for themselves, they are a poverty entity and they perpetuate the socialist system to perpetuate their own existance. Indian people we don't need tribal councils! On reservations the Tribe owns the businesses. Anytime an enterprising individual tries to stand up they are slapped down with tribal regulations, federal regulations, state regulations, county regulations, tax regulations, and if Barak has his way United Nations regulations. On the reservation the government runs and owns the housing. A couple of years ago my son and I built the first privately financed house, in our home town ,that has been built in many years. On the rez we have government run health care. They tell you what treatmants you can receive and if it is not in the budget to pay for your care you are not allowed the treatment. You stand in line for services (literally stand in line). Now I am thankful for the health care I receive, but for you America there is a better way. On the rez we are waiting for the next tribal program to help us out. We are a shell of an economy. If you want socialism, I am telling you, it is a trap to lower the standard of living for every American, and to empower the elite few, who know better, to tell us what is best for us.

"HEALING THE LAND"

Romans 8:21 "Creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption"

I have been amazed at the lack of attention and insight of the modern Christian community concerning THE HEALING OF THE LAND! Romans chapter eight makes it clear that the whole creation is groaning for the manifestation of the sons of God. I have found in scrpture that healing the land is a vital part of redemption; I believe that it will be God's sons who will restore the blessing that the Creator intended for His creation. It is not hard to figure out that creation is convulsing and revolting because of the defilement of its inhabitants. So called eco-scientists are calling for worldwide reduction in carbon emissions and pollution to stem global warminig. But let me tell you it is not because of the car you are driving nor your carbon footprint; no, it is because of your sins. The Spirit tells us that the land is defiled; and the land itself vomits out her inhabitants (Lev 18:25). The land is defiled when man refuses to worship the one true Creator God, YHWH, and turns to other idolatrous practices, such as; idolatry, the worship of riches, innocent bloodshed, sexual perversions, and broken covenants (Isai 24:5). These are some of the root causes for the defilement of the land which gives legal ground for the demonic to gain a foothold and to operate in the local cultures (Jer 23:10). This also includes institutionalized demonic strongholds. Defilements layered on top of each other and the curse of original sin lends to an earth that is reeling under a load that is ready to topple. Now the question of why the church has not paid more attention to bringing the redemptive promise to the land? First of all, the church is blinded to God's redemptive purpose for the land. Blindness has come in part because she is complicit in promoting defilement and corruption through the support and promotion of the Doctrine of Discovery and colonialism. If the church were to understand God's redemptive purpose for the land hidden sins would be uncovered and that would embarrace Christian religious hirarchies and expose religious doctrine that empowers greed and the illegal occupation of the land. Can you immagine the church telling its financial supporters to repent and to give the land back to God? Instead the churches preach a feel good message that never exposes the real issues that defile the land and cause revival to tarry. Give me a call when you decide to get serious about the Kingdom of God, until then hold on tight because this old earth is going to take us for a ride.