Why we losing our generation of "Millennials" in Church.

-Only 2 in 10 Americans under 30 believe attending a church is important or worthwhile (an all time low)
-59% of millennials raised in church have dropped out
-35% of millennials have an anti-church stance
-Millennials are the least likely age group of anyone to attend church.
Despite the steep drop off in millennials. most church's seem to be continuing on with business as usual. Sure, maybe add a bowling night here or there but no one seems to be reacting with any level of concern that matches these STAGGERING statistics. Q: Where is the task-force searching for the lost generation? Where is the introspective reflection necessary when 1/3 of a generation is ANTI-CHURCH? I read a blog recently that offered solutions in chronological order: 1. Problem: Nobody is listening to us: Millennials value voice and receptivity above all else. Solution: create outlets: involve millennials in more regular leadership opportunities to serve the outside communities needs, opposed to creating an exclusive "clickish" hierarchy. Fraternities do a better job of this than many churches. 2. We are sick of hearing about values and mission statements: "Why does every church need its own mission statement anyway? Sweet Moses, people give it a rest. Jesus was insanely clear about our purpose on earth. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is love thy neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these. "Love God, love others, task completed. Why does every church need its own mission statement anyway? Aren't we all one body of Christ serving one God? What would happen if the entire American church came together in our commonalities and used the same, concise mission statement?

The solution is simple. Stop wasting time on the religious, mambo jambo and get back to the heart of the gospel. If you have to explain your mission and values to the church, it's overly religious and too complicated. And when we enact "church membership" it becomes exclusive, and "cultish". Were not impressed with the hours you brag about spending behind closed doors wrestling with "Christianese" words on a paper. We're impressed with actions and service. Helping the poor has become not a priority anymore. Just clock the hours members spend in bible studies, meetings, groups, social functions, book clubs, church funding events vs....the hours spent serving the least of these........ugh awkward. If the numbers are not at least equal please check your bible for better comprehension "If our lives do not reflect radical compassion for others in need, there is cause to wonder if Christ is even in us at all" Lastly everyone is tired of the church blaming the culture. Perhaps its easier to focus on how terrible the world is out there than actually address the mess within. Put the "end times" rhetoric to rest and focus on real solutions and real impact in the immediate community while explicitly showing how our lives should differ from the mainstream cultures Example: Organize a group of millennials to visit the jailhouse once or twice a week and reach out to those people.

Most millennials want to be mentored not preached at. Preaching just doesn't reach our techno-savvy generation the same way it did our grandparents and great-grandparents. We have millions of podcast and YouTube videos for that reason the currency of good preaching is at its lowest value in history -- Millennials crave relationship, to have someone walking beside them through the muck. They are looking for mentors authentically invested in their lives, if we don't have real people who actually care about us, why not listen to a sermon from the couch with the ecstasy of doughnuts and sweatpants. Create a network base of mentors and younger millennial's looking for someone to talk with them about controversial issues, because people want to feel valued....Only then can real change to the public perception of the church as a whole begin to happen. I read Paul's blueprint in the New Testament on how a church should behave and I think...wow, in America...we aren't doing this.. We are failing at being the aroma of Christ because we've made it into an aroma of Doctrine, abandoned our spiritual moorings and drifted far from true religion which is described by James as this: looking after the orphans and widows in their distress, serving everyone in need regardless of culture, color, class or capactiy....end rant.

They sold their souls for Rock N' Roll" and the "Stairway to Hell"

     I recently watched all 5 episodes of the documentary and Youtube series: "They sold their souls for Rock N' Roll". It was pretty alarming to me how many famous artists did actually sell their soul to the devil for $ and fame. For example, even the Beatles were heavily influenced by Satanist "Aleister Crowley". Hitler (a Crowley disciple) and Crowley himself were both displayed on the Beatle’s “Sergeant Pepper” Album. The undercurrents can be found in the composition of the song “My Sweet Lord” (with the chorus headlining) "Hallelujah..Hare Krishna." Krishna is a dark underworld god/demon that is prominent in the Buddha and Hindu religions. It’s easy to get lulled into a spiritual slumber by the lyrics “my sweet lord” and “hallelujah” while feeling the pleasurable dopamine releases in the brain, not realizing you are unwittingly paying homage to dark gods. Even famous guitarist Jimmy Hendrix admitted to a spirit taking over his fingers and controlling his onstage movements. He notes after he dropped acid at Woodstock: “The guitar turned into a snake and my fingers were not my own”. A dark entity was evidently behind his rise to fame as he admitted to being possessed and not his own on stage and subject to violent and unpredictable mood swings. 

Robert Johnson, who many call "The grandfather of Rock N' Roll" stands at the crossroads

of American music, due in no small part to a popular folk legend that he once stood at a Mississippi crossroads and sold his soul to the devil in exchange for guitar-playing prowess. Yet this story has gained weight through his own family members saying overnight he turned from a "wannabe" with a screechy voice and terrible guitar skills to the most gifted guitarist the world had yet seen, equipped with an uncanny ability to play both rifts and cords simultaneously. Those who heard him perform live would say "It was almost as if two guitars were being played at the same time and the rare combination was beautiful". To who does he owe this powerful transformation? We can only guess he had aide..

The more you dig into the personal biographies and on-stage testimonies, you will be intriqued by the discovery that a large portion of the lyrics for famous rock n’ roll songs were accompliched through sorcery, channeling and automatic handwriting. Many composers will tell a similar story of a spirit taking over the writing of the lyrics, the stage and even the choreographed rhymthic movements of the performers as well. They will also give credit to that mysterious spirit who occassionally visits them in their homes to whisper "sweet nothings" in their ears for the next batch of successful composition. Many will admit to ethereal encounters as the bluepring for their  notoriety and smashing success. The sad part is humanity is a mere illusional backdrop for them as they work behind the scenes. Many, if not all of these famous Rock n’ Roll “legends” are mere puppets/ mediums /conduits, if you will, for dark underworld gods to channel for their sinister purposes, all in order to promote an unbiblical demonic agenda. Lead Satanist Aleister Crowley’s  “Do what thou will” motto, prominent through the hippie/psychedelic movement in the 60’s-70’s has deceived and influenced millions. The more psychedelic drugs one does, the more doors one opens for mental and physical manipulation. 

For example, when Carlos Santana plays guitar it appears as if he were a man possessed, and that the guitar itself is a wailing spirit. It may sound ethereal to say that, but keep in mind, he DOES get possessed when he plays. So as much as it may seem silly, it is not something Carlos Santana denies. He very much considers himself a conduit for a larger being that chooses to play through him. Many would say he is just a vessel. He, himself, would admit to this. Let us start our journey on that note. 

Now flash back a bit with me, to 1998. Carlos Santana is meditating. There are candles lit around him, and he is in a deeply meditative state. A being he refers to as Metatron comes to him in a very clear vision and says:

"We want to hook you back in to the radio air-wave frequency. We want you to reach junior high schools, high schools, and universities. Once you reach them –  we are going to connect you with the best artists of the day – then we want you to present them a new menu. Let them know that they are, themselves, multi-dimensional spirits with enormous possibilities and opportunities. We want you to inform them with a new form of existence that transcends religion, politics, or the modus operandi of education today."

I would love to tell you I made that up. That I just came up with that, but the fact is, it was in a Rolling Stone interview. As a matter of fact. Pretty much any interview or article you read about Santana will have references to Metatron and how the Supernatural album came to be. What I am telling you now is not private news. It is just news most people ignore or glance over. But I’m sorry. I tend to not glance over someone telling me something came to them and told him to win them teens over (and win them away from politics and organized religion?). I am sorry, but that is basic Antichrist stuff, right there. Why don’t we take a moment to really talk about the above quote?

First off, he says his “angel” is Metatron. Sure enough, if you look up Metatron, there is a great amount of info about him being an archangel and, potentially, the ruler of the Tree of Life. But if you look deeper into demon possession, you will see in most cases the demon gives off a fake name. A name that will lull the person seeking them into a false sense of safety. It seems as Santana sold his soul in seeking riches, he was also blind to the fact that was being played by them like an instrument in the same way he plays his guitar. 

Jim Van Morrison, artist of the hit single "brown eyed girl" was quoted by his fellow band mates to have many different voices while performing on stage and his erratic behavior terrified them at times. In one of his biographies, and I quote "On stage (Morrison) came alive and was the most exciting and dynamic performer I'd ever seen. He would go through trips on stage, you woudn't believe the personalities that would come out of him. the intensity that would speak to the audience. 15,000 people would just be hushed, stopped, not even breathing. Man, when I was on stage with that guy I don't know who was playing the organ. Sure it was my fingers, but...? Implying that the same forces who took control of Jim Morrison took control of his fingers. Jim Morrison biographers in the book  "The last Waltz" point out "he was opening himself to be used and abused by any spiritual entity that happened to come along. The result may have been  some amazing inspirations, but also a tragically restless, misdirected life"

Bob Dylan as well during a nationally televised interview on 60 minutes admitted candidly in a cryptic message, to making a pact with the devil:

Ed Bradley: Why do you still do it? Why are you still out here?

Dylan: It goes back to that destiny thing. I made a bargain with it a long time ago, and I’m holding up my end.

Bradley: What was your bargain? 

Dylan: To get where I am now.

Bradley: Should I ask whom you made the bargain with?

Dylan: With the chief commander.

Bradley: On this earth?

Dylan: (laughing) On this earth and the world we can’t see"

And then there was the Beyonce' Super bowl 2013 performance where millions saw her

physical appearance transform onstage after she flashed several luciferean and

occultic signs. Beyonce' herself admitted to being possessed onstage by the dark spirit "Sasha Fierce". As you can clearly see nobody home in exhibit A to the right.

Even arguably, the most famous Rock N' Roll song of all time "Stairway to Heaven" was composed in a 10 minute span by Jimmy Page, who later goes on to say he was writing so quickly and without thought he doesn’t recall what he wrote. “The lyrics just came to me and my hands flew off the page. I didn’t write it. The idea was not my own”. The song is mere byproduct of the mystic, new age movement and promotes a false way to heaven. The song pays homage to the dark god "hamelin" displayed in ancient literature with a pipe in his hand. And a new day will dawn for those who stand with him long, the forests will echo with laughter. (the new-age anti-Christ is the piper that will lead all who will follow the tune of the devil into hell - the new day is the new-age - it's a counterfeit of the Bible verses that tell us those who stand for Jesus to the end will be saved.) Further lyrics in this song further illiterate the thick spidery web of deception, such as "Its just a spring clean for the May queen". (the queen of heaven again, mayday was an ancient pagan fertility celebration)

Your head is humming and it won’t go, In case you don’t know: The pipers calling you to join him. (once again, I reiterate, the piper is not your friend) 

Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, And did you know: Your stairway lies on the whispering wind. (the wind is a spirit - you can choose to follow the Holy Spirit or evil spirits.)  

Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven. (demons try to turn us away from God and toward sin through our thoughts.)

There's more lyrics about the evil lady however..."There’s a lady whose sure all that glitters is gold and she’s buying a stairway to heaven. When she gets there, she knows if the stores are all closed with a word she can get what she came for.

(Occult alchemy.  Some people live as though material things have lasting value. Some believe they can buy, with money or sex, whatever they want.  An ancient fertility goddess called the queen of heaven - ancient devil worship.  It's a blasphemy verse as money, material things and sex have no place or value in God's heaven.)

Lyrics (cont..) There's a feeling I get when I look to the west, And my spirit is crying for leaving. (in ancient times, the west, the direction of the sunset, was the direction of hell - sadly, children of darkness long to return home to their master where death and destruction awaits them)

The “Red HotChili Peppers” for one, publicly thanked Satan after winning a Grammy award.
It’s really quite tragic and sad at how deceived most of us are when you peel the layers back 😔