If a customer owes your local business money, it's hard not to
feel angry, like you want to do anything possible to get your
money back. But the days of going all out to collect on a debt
over.
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, designed to protect
consumers from harassment or intimidation, sets firm limits on
what you can do to collect a debt from a consumer. The federal
debt collections law even prohibits practices that were once
standard, and that you might not consider harassment at all.
Besides, as a local business, you have an even more powerful
reason to be especially careful about legal debt collection
issues. You have something much more valuable at stake than a
lawsuit: your business's reputation in the community.
Legal Debt Collection Best Practices
There are plenty of articles on the web that lay out in plain
English what the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act says you
can and cannot do. For instance, this article: [link to small
business debt collection law cheat sheet] Just to give you some
idea of the law's requirements, here are some of the biggest:
1. No telling any third party about the debt (except collection
bureaus, collection agencies, or the debtor's attorney).
2. No calling on the telephone 9 pm - 8 am, or calling
repeatedly in a way that is annoying.
3. No postcards or envelopes that mention the debt.
4. No threats to take actions you cannot or will not really
take, such as seizing property, in the case of an unsecured
debt.
5. No misrepresenting yourself (e.g., "Hi! This is the
Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes. May I speak to John?").
6. No paying down the debt with payments the customer has
directed be applied to other debts
Tips and Tricks for Legal Debt Collections
With all these limits on what you can do to collect a debt,
what can you do legally?
1. Speak with the debtor personally on the telephone; most
likely he or she wants to pay but is in over his or her head.
Begin by asking what circumstance has kept him or her from
paying. Offer to set up a repayment plan.
2. You should both send letters and make telephone calls. Many
people will only respond to one or the other.
3. Document every part of the collections process. Take notes
for each call and keep a copy of each letter. If the debt does
ever go to court, you will have proof you acted legally.
4. Look into reporting the debt to credit bureaus. If you can,
and are willing to do it, you can tell the debtor that not
paying will impact his credit rating.
5. Best tip of all: hand over the job to a dedicated collection
agency. Small business debt collection services start at as
little as $20 per debt.
The fight to get paid is a fight no business should have to
involve itself in. Unfortunately, debt collections are a part
of business. Just make sure that for your local business debt
collection law is followed to the letter, or legal proceedings
may become part of your business, too.Joel Walsh has written more tips on debt
collection law:
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Saturday, June 30, 2007
How Do I Determine How Much to Charge?
How Do I Determine How Much to Charge?
There really is no easy answer for this question. The best advice is
to research what at-home workers in your geographic area are
charging for services similar to those you intend on offering, and
then determine what pricing strategy works best for you.
Don't Underprice Yourself!
Consumers today are savvy enough that price is generally regarded as
equated to quality, that is, the more you pay for something, the
better the quality is expected to be. If you think that a strategy
of underpricing your services will be a sure way of bringing in more
business than you can handle, think again. Consumers are likely to
consider services that are priced well below the average for the
same or similar services is an indication that your services are
inferior to those of your peers or that the product you have to
offer is not of good quality.
On the other hand, don't adopt a policy of charging the highest rate
you find when you do your research. You must definitely consider
your geographic location, who is likely to contract with you to
provide your services, and generally "what the market will bear" in
your area.
Set your rates somewhere comfortably in the mid-range of what you
find being charged for the services you are going to offer. If you
find that work is coming in, and keeps coming in, then you can post
a rate increase at some reasonable time interval. If no work comes
in at all, you can offer reduced rates for a limited time to attract
business.
By setting your rates mid-range, you have some negotiation room for
contracting with a client who wants to hire you, but hesitates
because of the price. You can be a hero and offer a one-time
reduction of your rates in order to accommodate your client's
budget. You might be able to get the job, and then convince the
client to continue to use your services at your regular rates.
Review Your Rates on a Regular Basis
Don't make the mistake of never raising your rates! At some regular
interval, you should review your rates and increase one or all of
your rates, according to the current economy.
If you allow yourself to get into a situation with any client for
whom you've worked for more than two years (or more) and have never
raised your rates, you might find it very hard to explain to them
why you are suddenly raising your rates 30% in year four of your
relationship. Better to raise your rates some small percentage every
year and keep pace with the economy than to risk losing the client
because suddenly you find yourself working at a loss (or at no
profit) and need a drastic rate hike to compensate.
Should I Require a Deposit or a Down Payment?
Generally, if you are contracting with a known business entity that
has been in business and has an established history (either in the
community, the state, or nation), then a deposit probably is not
required (and may be a deal breaker when it comes to landing the
client).
If you are contracting with an individual (that is, providing a
service to a non-business entity), and getting paid is going to be a
matter of getting a personal check, then you might want to request a
small deposit and explain that you will not commence providing the
service until the deposit has been received. Even if you ask for
$10, you are getting your prospective client to commit to paying
you. (My personal rule of thumb is that if an individual balks at
sending a deposit, then this is someone who might just end up not
paying me at all.) This is strictly a matter of personal preference
and judgment. It is your business, you must run it as you see fit.
How Will I Know When I Will Get Paid?
Being paid, how and when, should be something that is addressed in
your first contact with the client. Get a clear explanation of how
payment is going to be made, make note of it in your records, and
then ask your client to confirm the process.
If you are working for a large company, you will likely have to wait
out their normal accounts payable processing cycle. If you are
working for an individual, especially if another at-home worker has
subcontracted work to you, you might have to wait for your client to
be paid by the end client before you can be paid.
These scenarios should be addressed during your first conversations
with a prospective client. Don't be shy about having the "How will I
get paid?" discussion! Handle it in a business-like manner, and
before you accept the job, be sure both you and the client have a
clear understanding about when the work will be done, how much it
will cost, and when you will be paid. I prefer to tell a prospective
client what my expectations are for being paid, rather than to ask
them how they plan on paying me. The discussion continues on until I
have a clear outlook on how and when payment will be made.
Things to Remember When Deciding How Much to Charge
Research the market. What are your peers charging for the same or
similar services?
Set your prices at mid-range, and then adjust them accordingly
Review your rates on a regular basis, and increase your rates if/as
supported by the economy
Have the "How will I get paid?" discussion with every prospective
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There really is no easy answer for this question. The best advice is
to research what at-home workers in your geographic area are
charging for services similar to those you intend on offering, and
then determine what pricing strategy works best for you.
Don't Underprice Yourself!
Consumers today are savvy enough that price is generally regarded as
equated to quality, that is, the more you pay for something, the
better the quality is expected to be. If you think that a strategy
of underpricing your services will be a sure way of bringing in more
business than you can handle, think again. Consumers are likely to
consider services that are priced well below the average for the
same or similar services is an indication that your services are
inferior to those of your peers or that the product you have to
offer is not of good quality.
On the other hand, don't adopt a policy of charging the highest rate
you find when you do your research. You must definitely consider
your geographic location, who is likely to contract with you to
provide your services, and generally "what the market will bear" in
your area.
Set your rates somewhere comfortably in the mid-range of what you
find being charged for the services you are going to offer. If you
find that work is coming in, and keeps coming in, then you can post
a rate increase at some reasonable time interval. If no work comes
in at all, you can offer reduced rates for a limited time to attract
business.
By setting your rates mid-range, you have some negotiation room for
contracting with a client who wants to hire you, but hesitates
because of the price. You can be a hero and offer a one-time
reduction of your rates in order to accommodate your client's
budget. You might be able to get the job, and then convince the
client to continue to use your services at your regular rates.
Review Your Rates on a Regular Basis
Don't make the mistake of never raising your rates! At some regular
interval, you should review your rates and increase one or all of
your rates, according to the current economy.
If you allow yourself to get into a situation with any client for
whom you've worked for more than two years (or more) and have never
raised your rates, you might find it very hard to explain to them
why you are suddenly raising your rates 30% in year four of your
relationship. Better to raise your rates some small percentage every
year and keep pace with the economy than to risk losing the client
because suddenly you find yourself working at a loss (or at no
profit) and need a drastic rate hike to compensate.
Should I Require a Deposit or a Down Payment?
Generally, if you are contracting with a known business entity that
has been in business and has an established history (either in the
community, the state, or nation), then a deposit probably is not
required (and may be a deal breaker when it comes to landing the
client).
If you are contracting with an individual (that is, providing a
service to a non-business entity), and getting paid is going to be a
matter of getting a personal check, then you might want to request a
small deposit and explain that you will not commence providing the
service until the deposit has been received. Even if you ask for
$10, you are getting your prospective client to commit to paying
you. (My personal rule of thumb is that if an individual balks at
sending a deposit, then this is someone who might just end up not
paying me at all.) This is strictly a matter of personal preference
and judgment. It is your business, you must run it as you see fit.
How Will I Know When I Will Get Paid?
Being paid, how and when, should be something that is addressed in
your first contact with the client. Get a clear explanation of how
payment is going to be made, make note of it in your records, and
then ask your client to confirm the process.
If you are working for a large company, you will likely have to wait
out their normal accounts payable processing cycle. If you are
working for an individual, especially if another at-home worker has
subcontracted work to you, you might have to wait for your client to
be paid by the end client before you can be paid.
These scenarios should be addressed during your first conversations
with a prospective client. Don't be shy about having the "How will I
get paid?" discussion! Handle it in a business-like manner, and
before you accept the job, be sure both you and the client have a
clear understanding about when the work will be done, how much it
will cost, and when you will be paid. I prefer to tell a prospective
client what my expectations are for being paid, rather than to ask
them how they plan on paying me. The discussion continues on until I
have a clear outlook on how and when payment will be made.
Things to Remember When Deciding How Much to Charge
Research the market. What are your peers charging for the same or
similar services?
Set your prices at mid-range, and then adjust them accordingly
Review your rates on a regular basis, and increase your rates if/as
supported by the economy
Have the "How will I get paid?" discussion with every prospective
client prior to agreeing to do the workJan K., The Proofer is freelance proofreader and copyeditor. Visit
http://www.jansportal.com for more information about Jan's
proofreading and copyediting services and Jan's other free
resources. Please visit Mom's Break (http://www.momsbreak.com/) for
free printable crafts and projects. © Copyright 2005. All rights
reserved.
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HITLER'S POSITIVE CHRISTIANITY...Unleashing The Patriotic Church
HITLER'S POSITIVE CHRISTIANITY...Unleashing The Patriotic Church
By
Douglas William Krieger
NEVER IN AMERICA?
This article was written by one of German ancestry whose forebears on
his mother's side can be traced to Martin Luther himself; thence, the
incessant interest in the rise of Adolf Hitler and, in particular
(through years of research) the under girding support he derived in
his ascendancy from the Christian religion in the heart of Europe.
How could this possibly happen? Alas! Could we in America be as
deceitfully predisposed to such a malevolent curse-driven by the same
demons? Do we today witness camouflaged strategies designed to
accomplish a greater horror of unimaginable consequence and upon
Christendom of like vulnerability?
The remotest thought of such an evil plot akin to what seduced the
German people could somehow be foisted upon our beloved America
boggles the senses . . . yet, each day, each month, the same cultural
polarization eerily divides; the similitude of its military-
industrial complex mirrors that of Rome's expansions; its cries for
greater and more restrictive security for its citizenry clamors; its
tenuous economic factors now threatening the globalism it created as
a result of the insatiable consumption of all things luxurious
persist-all this while within the walls of our crystal city, the
party is oblivious to the multitude of the wretched outside who
admire and distain its opulence. Are there comparisons? Be not
quick in your rejection that alleged "systems" now in place-with
histories of wide disparity-insure Americans absolute relief from the
extremities of Nazi Germany . . . look again, look carefully, very
carefully . . . history's mercurial habit at repetition seeks to warn
us all . . . "broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many
there be that go in thereat."
THE INTOXICATING APPEAL
To understand the appeal, the absolute, mesmerizing, and intoxicating
drive behind Hitler's success, one must go beyond the inequities of
the Versailles Treaty and delve into the mysterious association that
Herr Hitler placed upon the Christian religion. Don't think that
Adolf was way off into some cultic, overtly demonic world of fantasy
and influence. True, the occult most assuredly was deeply engaged in
his thinking and outlook-but the use of legitimate Christian imagery
was his forte. He both understood the need to mobilize the masses and
the religion that alone could sway their fidelity to his cause.
Furthermore, throughout his declarations and apparent pontifications,
is a unique ability to uplift and galvanize the German people-to so
highly esteem them, and to generate within them the self-esteem that
would produce a people whose image reflected the one who had so
unalterably changed and transformed them into the awesome enunciation
of der Fuhrer himself. They became transfixed and transported into
another state of mind and being-from despair and rejection, to an
exhilarating euphoria and total acceptance. They could BE ALL THAT
THEY COULD BE and then some. Here is no buffoon strutting upon the
stage of German dejection cavalierly riveting the German mind and
will upon himself-no, no, no!
Here is the uniqueness of Adolf Hitler-one who could so verbalize
with utter clarity what the German soul could be in its fullness and
creative genius. Neither did his spoken word proclaim his own
commitment and genius-it climaxed within the Germany he envisioned in
such a rapturous expression and discovery of who they were, and what
they could become, with God Almighty vindicating every breath they
would take! Hitler injected into nearly every German heart a DIVINE
SPARK, which regrettably morphed into an inferno of destruction and
death unforeseen in human history-but its initial dissension upon its
benefactors was replete with a baptism of power and light utterly
transcendent that it captured an entire nation in the heart of
Christian Europe. Its pristine message created the IMAGE of DAS VOLK,
a people who were destined by the very triumph of their corporate
will to be the consummation and commencement of the Kingdom of God-
DAS THOUSANDE JAHRE REICH! (The promised millennial reign-one
thousand year kingdom)!
But, firstly, the Weimar Republic's failure was predictable. Its
liberalism was far too watered down, far too immersed in its
diversity and acceptance to galvanize the enthusiasm and concerted
consecration of common folk, who longed for a winner, a leader,
a "national champion." Democracy, gone awry, alone can produce
dictatorship-de facto, or elected! Ultimately, the Left (Weimar or
Hollywood)-again by its very nature-simply cannot SUSTAIN the caliber
of commitment and vision that can be produced by absolutism and rigid
conservatism to which we allude here.
Today a growing number of truly evangelical faithful observe the
Christian Right in America, assisted by its current allies among the
so-called neocons (i.e., neoconservatives-pragmatic politicos),
forging a formidable alliance of convenience that wholly supports the
rise of the New American World Order System. Its striking resemblance
to Hitler's appeals is frightful! Liberalism may rant and rave about
societal freedoms and renounce governmental restrictions-but their
voices and challenges are hollow sounding and even adjudged
fallacious, when the triumph of his armies have so prevailed upon the
Plains of Shinar! Libertarians and Constitutionalists-you do well to
listen to this diatribe.
ADOLF HITLER-THE GERMAN SOLUTION IS A CHRISTIAN ONE
The tone and substance coming from the mouth of Herr Hitler, although
the context is, of course, unique to European Christianity, is eerily
compatible to what we are increasingly hearing today from certain
political leaders within the American New World Order System. What
you are about to read will shock many of you-will utterly cause you
to have a spiritual seizure; a revulsion akin to a full-blown,
stomach-bending, vomit-but you must come to terms with why this is
happening and how religion-the Christian religion-is the most
powerful tool that can be utilized in order to capture
the "believing" masses and to promote, through "moral covering" and
political dedication, an agenda that resounds within the heart of the
common man in the context of Western Civilization.
Hitler, like today's champions of Americana, knew that the "believing
masses" had been beaten down; had suffered their World War (Viet
Nam), had their beloved Germany (America) battered about with moral
decline and "radical secularism" that caused the "moral fiber" of the
nation to collapse-something had (has) to be done-someone with guts
and glory had (has) to arise to capture the imagination of the nation
to arise from its depravity and crimes, from its vulnerability (be it
from "them socialists" or "terrorists"), from its self-inflicted and
debilitating social ills . . . someone is needed to alter our self-
perceptions!
The problem was created by the Devil himself-The Cabaret Society of
the Weimar Republic (They never represented true Germany!). "We'd
been maligned by every creeping thing imaginable upon our streets:
Socialists, Communists, radical Unionists, Jews, Secularists, Liberal
Theologians, Homosexuals, Raunchy Entertainment, ad nausea-and this
upon our wretched economic woes and that `Paper from Hell' (i.e., the
Versailles Treaty)."
Now-the Devil would provide the solution to the aforementioned
problem. He would provide the solution through a man, a party, that
would reach down to the common man and pull upon his heart strings-
upon that which is made to respond to the highest ideals of man: His
religious conscience would be the springboard to launch a fully
consecrated and absolutely committed people, sold out to the one who
could uplift and empower them. Thence, this resolution to Germany's
defeat must be ensconced within the language of power and persuasion-
it must carry the fervor of the EVANGELIST, the power of the PROPHET,
the message of the APOSTLE! Yes, convoluted-but done with such
passionate skill, that the unwitting and desperate would believe the
LIE. Indeed, a true LIE is so close to reality that its frightening
resemblance obscures all semblances to the truth!
Ultimately, a lie told long enough, and amplified to the uttermost,
resounds with familiarity-YE SHALL BE AS GODS, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL!
This original deceit confounded our original forebears. This is no
ordinary lie-it is THE LIE. Godhood, the ultimate UBERMENSCH, is the
final destiny of the German race-of Hitler's "Religion." But first,
the people must be prepared, until they realize their supreme
destination and status as DAS VOLK!
HITLER-I CAN'T BELIEVE HE SAID IT! (Hitler/Nazi Comments in quotes)
"We demand liberty for all religious denominations in the State, so
far as they are not a danger to it and do not militate against the
morality and moral sense of the German race. The Party, as such,
stands for positive Christianity, but does not bind itself in the
matter of creed to any particular confession." (Item 24 of the German
Worker's Party "Program" cir. 1920s)
At the earliest formation of the Nazi Party, Hitler expressed his
Christian support to the German people and soldiers. In the 1920s,
Hitler's German Workers' Party (pre Nazi terminology) adopted a
twenty-five-point program with the clear intent to persuade the
German people that "positive Christianity" was in full conformity to
the "moral" convictions of the Party-i.e., the Party fully embraced
the morality of Christianity and that Christianity was viewed
as "singular" in the minds of that Party-Catholic and Protestants
were considered as the foundation of German Christianity in its
fullness and jurisdiction (the Party embraced both as one).
"MY LORD AND SAVIOR . . . IN THE BOUNDLESS LOVE AS A CHRISTIAN . . .
HE HAD TO SHED HIS BLOOD UPON THE CROSS. My feelings as a Christian
point me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man
who once in loneliness, surrounded only by a few followers,
recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight
against them. This is God's truth! He was greatest not as a sufferer
but as a fighter. In boundless love as a Christian and as a man I
read through the passage which tells us how the Lord at last rose in
His might and seized the scourge to drive out of the Temple the brood
of vipers and adders. How terrific was His fight for the world
against the Jewish poison. Today, after two thousand years, with
deepest emotion I recognize more profoundly than ever before in the
fact that it was for this that He had to shed His blood upon the
Cross. As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated,
but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice....
"And if there is anything which could demonstrate that we are acting
rightly it is the distress that daily grows. For as a Christian I
have also a duty to my own people.
"When I go out in the morning and see these men standing in their
queues and look into their pinched faces, then I believe I would be
no Christian, but a very devil, if I felt no pity for them, if I did
not, as did our Lord two thousand years ago, turn against those by
whom today this poor people is plundered and exploited."
[Note, "Brood of vipers" appears in Matt. 3:7 & 12:34. John 2:15
depicts Jesus driving out the moneychangers (adders) from the
temple.] Adolf Hitler, in his speech on 12 April 1922.
"We were convinced that the people needs and requires this faith. We
have therefore undertaken the fight against the atheistic movement,
and that not merely with a few theoretical declarations: we have
stamped it out." --Adolf Hitler, in a speech in Berlin on 24 October
1933
Indeed, Hitler's speeches and proclamations, even more clearly,
reveal his faith and feelings toward a Christianized Germany. Nazism
presents an embarrassment to Christianity and demonstrates the danger
of blending "faith with politics." Do you find it "spiritually
disconcerting" to discover the depth of Hitler's hermeneutic? How
about his exegesis of Matthew 3:7, 12:34 and John 2:15? Hitler's
depiction of Jesus as the FIGHTER, not as the sufferer, is a
distortion of the Scriptural intent of this reading; however, without
knowing the full contextual nature of the Word, one could (as Hitler
did) surmise a MILITANT JESUS is in view, and not a suffering Jesus.
It has been said, "The Bible can be read to say anything!" Examples
abound: "Judas hung himself . . . go thou and do likewise!" This
classic piece of cut and paste, though stupid, is precisely what many
so-called expositors do with the Word of God-Hitler was no exception.
But, the shedding of the blood of Jesus as the ultimate payment
for "truth and justice and the German way" is frightening and turns
true Christianity on its head! Note that Hitler claims to be a
Christian and, as such, he has a duty to his own people-he too, like
Jesus, must be a fighter for truth and justice-he must rid the Temple
of the moneychangers, of the abominable Jews who harass his people,
like Jesus did. The German people, according to Hitler, were
being "plundered and exploited" and he would be NO CHRISTIAN if he
didn't do something about it. Hitler's identification as a Christian
was one of activism-not in name only! In this artful persuasion he
under girded the German people in their predisposition to anti-
Semitism, the full spiritual justification for their participation in
the "Final Solution."
In sum: Hitler showed his disdain for atheism, and pagan cults, and
revealed the strength of his Christian feelings-make no doubt about
that. Likewise, his was no meaningless and superficial theology-it
was clearly demarcated and set forth in all its hideous implications
with righteous gusto.
CHURCH UNITY-HITLER WAS A FIRM BELIEVER IN IT
"It will at any rate be my supreme task to see to it that in the
newly awakened NSDAP, the adherents of both Confessions can live
peacefully together side by side in order that they may take their
stand in the common fight against the power, which is the mortal foe
of any true Christianity."---Adolf Hitler, in an article headed "A
New Beginning," 26 Feb. 1925
"This is for us a ground for satisfaction, since we desire that the
fight in the religious camps should come to an end... all political
action in the parties will be forbidden to priests for all time,
happy because we know what is wanted by millions who long to see in
the priest only the comforter of their souls and not the
representative of their political convictions."--Adolf Hitler, in a
speech to the men of the SA at Dortmund, 9 July 1933, on the day
after the signing of the Concordat (Agreement with the Roman Catholic
Church, the Papacy).
The unity of the Church is a recurrent message delivered by Hitler.
His object, of course, was "against the power"-i.e., the
international Jewish conspiracy against the Church, and, of course,
the German people and the world in general. The technique of
solidifying the churches into the "Hammer of God" was a strategy that
appealed to the vast majority of German Christians. That he would see
in them such an instrument of righteous indignation was commending-
both to them as the object of his insight, and to himself for his
discernment of such.
It is my firm conviction that this is precisely what is happening in
America today. The appeal to the Christian religion in the
battle "against evil" within the West is NOT an historic first!
Don't be so quick to terminate this reading-let me explain. Who are
those who most clearly understand the language of THE AXIS OF EVIL?
Who are those who clearly grasp the "spiritual reality" behind
Islamic terrorism? The current President is no fool in appealing to
the most religious in leading his charge against the forces of evil
that assail the current drama. The appeal to religious unity in the
face of extremity is manifested in Islamic Jihad-Holy War. But, this
appeal is far more sinister and powerful when placed in the hands of
a "Christian President" about to inspire the faithful-far more potent
is its impress. There is a righteous finality connected with it-a
more sure word-an unseen and unmistaken cause behind this necessary
action whose appeal is Ultimate and Conclusive. God, and God alone,
is my judge-and you are "either for us or against us"-there is no
compromise, there is no wavering between two opinions-LOVE IT OR
LEAVE IT-OUR CAUSE IS JUST!
And, believers who are so deeply embarrassed by today's divisions
within the Church-actually do appreciate a leader who recognizes
their spiritual unity. Yes, understands their "confessions" are
unique-but ascribes singularity of purpose and POSITION to the Church-
that's leadership which manifests such excellence and
even "theological understanding" behind what the Church really is in
nature and purpose.
Today's quest for Christian unity-especially among evangelicals
and "social conservatives" (i.e., Mormons, Catholics, Protestants,
evangelicals, Charismatics, Pentecostals, black and white churches
alike, etc.) is a unity that, because of leadership like
the "Apostles and Prophets" and so much of the Mega-Ministries/Meta-
Churches of today-is able to center on our common bonds in Christ-and
will not allow the "confessions" of our faith to interfere with the
strength of our unity which we have in the Lord. Leadership that
brings in the unity of the faith is leadership indeed! And, a
President who acknowledges that type of leadership is not only to be
commended-he is to be admired and followed into battle, especially
when it is against EVIL DOERS!
To abrogate this fight against evil to any other than a united Church
would be altogether foolhardy-for it would not resound within the
hearts of the "unlearned," as clearly as it responds within the heart
of the true believer! Transcending America's denominational
disputes, as Hitler did Germany's chasm between Protestants and
Catholics, indisputably places the
Alas! Hitler has defined the "true foe of Christianity!" In a much
more subtle fashion we see the ultimate FOE of today's Christianity
lurks behind the fanaticism of an "evil religion"-notwithstanding the
ecumenical protestations to the contrary-the CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG:
This is a CRUSADE! Let freedom ring within the 10/40 corridor! At
last, a leader that understands what real freedom is all about-for
true freedom is RELIGIOUS in nature and outlook. Religious freedom is
at the heart and soul of whatever freedom can possibly mean-without
it, there is no freedom! A united Church is the most critical tool in
forging a nation's will in the spread of this freedom-and in subduing
every militant foe that would come against us.
A Church divided-a nation's religious soul at odds-cannot surmount
the challenges of relativism and secularism, never! And, worse yet,
freedom's recipients will be released when those who embrace these
ideals are allowed to free the captives in the first place! Just as
the German people were "released" by Hitler-even so, the American
people must be freed from the "cultural bias" of their critics and
naysayers who are determined to change the course of America's
traditions and culture to fit Hollywood's image of what America
should be. Today we tolerate their criticisms-may they bear, however,
the wrath of the consumer (i.e., we will not frequent their films nor
buy their records/products). The "traitors" must be confined to the
outskirts of society-for they have been the obstacles of our true
culture and identity-banish their "traitorous" designs! They are anti-
American, anti-God, and anti-Country.
HITLER-THE "PRAYER WARRIOR"
"Except the Lord build the house they labor in vain.... The truth of
that text was proved if one looks at the house of which the
foundations were laid in 1918 and which since then has been in
building.... The world will not help, the people must help itself.
Its own strength is the source of life. That strength the Almighty
has given us to use; that in it and through it we may wage the battle
of our life.... The others in the past years have not had the
blessing of the Almighty-of Him Who in the last resort, whatever man
may do, holds in His hands the final decision. Lord God, let us never
hesitate or play the coward, let us never forget the duty which we
have taken upon us.... We are all proud that through God's powerful
aid we have become once more true Germans. --Adolf Hitler, in a
speech in March 1933 [Note, "Except the Lord built the house, they
labor in vain" comes from Psalms 127:1]
Do you not see one here whose "strength is in the Lord?" Surely, our
nightmare is over-those of the Weimar-imposed government were the
kiss of death upon our people. In vain did they build this house of
cards upon their own efforts and strength-but we, the German people,
shall "gird up our loins" and with GOD'S POWER we shall build! How
eloquent did he express it-what courageous outbursts of revelation
have we here: THAT STRENGTH THE ALMIGHTY HAS GIVEN US TO USE-THAT IN
IT AND THROUGH IT WE MAY WAGE THE BATTLE OF OUR LIFE!
The "blessing of the Almighty" was NOT the purview of the Weimar
Republic-nor of the allies who laid this horrific burden upon us-but
the Almighty has enjoined us to cast it off by His almighty strength
and cease Weimar's vain efforts to rebuild our nation; instead, we
appeal to our LAST RESORT, to the ONE WHO HOLDS IN HIS HANDS THE
FINAL DECISION. What insight! What acclamation of truth! What
boldness of spirit is witnessed before the whole world!
God, and God Almighty alone, is our ultimate recourse and judge-LET
US NEVER FORGET THE DUTY TO WHICH HE HAS CALLED US AND LET US TAKE
THIS RESPONSIBILITY UPON US TO BUILD WITH ALL HIS POWER AND MIGHT!
This is the spirit that swept Nazi Germany-this is the religious
fervor that enthralled a people-don't think that its appeal to the
religiosity of the American spirit is so distant. Its astonishing
appeal is much greater, much stronger than it ever was for those who
lived through the Hitlerian nightmare of Nazi Germany. Why? Because
American Christianity is far more evangelical than Germany's ever
thought of being-far more committed, far more resolute. The language
of German Christianity was steeped in a tradition that had been
ravaged by higher Biblical criticism and rank liberalism-in point of
fact; it was a "Cultural Christianity" in name only, without power,
and without conviction. Not so with mainstream American Christianity
and its evangelical fervor-its leadership is legion; its financial
coffers are full; its involvement is aggressive; its message is
universally accepted; and, its powers of communication are
unprecedented in modern history!
HITLER: "WE REGARD CHRISTIANITY AS THE UNSHAKABLE FOUNDATION OF
MORALITY!"
"The Government, being resolved to undertake the political and moral
purification of our public life, are creating and securing the
conditions necessary for a really profound revival of religious
life . . . .
"The National Government regards the two Christian Confessions as the
weightiest factors for the maintenance of our nationality. They will
respect the agreements concluded between them and the federal States.
Their rights are not to be infringed....
"It will be the Government's care to maintain honest co-operation
between Church and State; the struggle against materialistic views
and for a real national community is just as much in the interest of
the German nation as in that of the welfare of our Christian faith.
"The Government of the Reich, who regard Christianity as the
unshakable foundation of the morals and moral code of the nation,
attach the greatest value to friendly relations with the Holy See and
are endeavoring to develop them." --Adolf Hitler, in his speech to
the Reichstag on 23 March 1933
The partnership of Church and State constructed by Hitler was
remarkable in many ways-for he appealed to their most self-righteous
aspirations and accredited to them the very "moral soul" of the
nation-i.e., without TRUE CHRISTIANITY'S FOUNDATIONS OF MORALITY,
there is no German morality. This pronouncement was further enhanced
when Hitler acclaimed the Church's view of "materialism" as primary
in the consciousness of a revived Germany. There was a depth to the
Germanic soul that denounced secular materialism as downright
superficial and dangerous to the German psyche. It was the Church,
which brought us this revelation, and it is the Church that must be
protected in order for us to maintain such revulsion to such
materialistic realms-only a Germany with SPIRITUAL DEPTH is worthy of
recognition and promotion. What insight Hitler possessed! To evoke
the cause of spirituality juxtaposed to rank materialism, and to
recognize this discernment as the purview of the Church-this
is "marvelous in our eyes!"
His audience, at the time was Catholic and Protestant (mostly in
name)-but his announcement of the CONCORDAT with Rome is obvious and
clear. Friendly relations-yea, relations that are inclusive of the
Church are and must be the norm in a resurgent Germany. Hitler's
famous statement concerning Germany resounds to this day: WE WILL
RESTORE THE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT!
Similarities? Indeed, for the intrusive nature of rampant secular
humanism and relativism have shaken the foundations of what was once
an assured Americana-now, it's pay back time. Why has our
nation "gone to hell in a hand basket?" Why? Because we have forsaken
our God and, thence, we have abandoned what little claim we held to
morality-now, our families and our culture have been shipwrecked by
the proponents from Dewey on down. It is time we cast off their
bounds and freed ourselves from their depravities-let us arise and
put on our moral amour! Thank God we have a man in the White House
who understands our groaning and aspires to a higher cause and to a
world of absolutes, instead of grays and murky morality (e. g., if it
feels good, do it). Finally, there's one who knows good from evil,
right from wrong and is not afraid to call it like it is. Relativism
is the bane of morality-relativism breeds discrepancies in moral
judgment and, ipso facto, moral decay and a nation's decline.
Notwithstanding the facetious nature of the above (and I'm not
suggesting that relativism has any merit whatsoever)-it's the USE of
what is good and godly that provokes. Please understand-morality that
is from above is altogether noble and cherished by all believers-but
the use of morality for political goals is the worst embrace that the
Christian religion needs or should countenance.
PAPAL COMPLICITY?
After the death of Pius XI, the electoral procedure to elect another
Pope had begun. The March 1939 election favored Pacelli and four days
later, Pacelli made it clear that he would handle all German affairs
personally. He proposed the following affirmation of Hitler:
"To the Illustrious Herr Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer and Chancellor of the
German Reich! Here at the beginning of Our Pontificate We wish to
assure you that We remain devoted to the spiritual welfare of the
German people entrusted to your leadership.... During the many years
we spent in Germany, We did all in Our power to establish harmonious
relations between Church and State. Now that the responsibilities of
Our pastoral function have increased Our opportunities, how much more
ardently do We pray to reach that goal. May the prosperity of the
German people and their progress in every domain come, with God's
help, to fruition!"
Pacelli became a crowned Pope on March 12, 1939 (Pius XII). The
following month on April 20, 1939, at Pacelli's express wish,
Archbishop Orsenigo, the nuncio in Berlin, opened a gala reception
for Hitler's fiftieth birthday. The birthday greetings thus initiated
by Pacelli immediately became a tradition; each April 20 during the
few years left to Hitler and his Reich, Cardinal Bertram of Berlin
would send "warmest congratulations to the Fuhrer in the name of the
bishops and the dioceses in Germany," to which he added "fervent
prayers which the Catholics in Germany are sending to heaven on their
altars." [Cornwell, John, Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius
XII, Viking, 1999, p. 209]
HITLER: "LORD, WE WILL NOT LET THEE GO--BLESS NOW OUR FIGHT FOR OUR
FREEDOM"
"We want honestly to earn the resurrection of our people through our
industry, our perseverance, and our will. We ask not of the
Almighty, 'Lord, make us free!'-we want to be active, to work, to
agree together as brothers, to strive in rivalry with one another to
bring about the hour when we can come before Him and when we may ask
of Him: `Lord, Thou seest that we have transformed ourselves, the
German people is no longer the people of dishonor, of shame, of war
within itself, of faintheartedness and little faith: no, Lord, the
German people has become strong again in spirit, strong in will,
strong in endurance, strong to bear all sacrifices.' `Lord, we will
not let Thee go: bless now our fight for our freedom; the fight we
wage for our German people and Fatherland.'"
Adolf Hitler, giving prayer in a speech on May Day, 1933
"If we pursue this way, if we are decent, industrious, and honest, if
we so loyally and truly fulfill our duty, then it is my conviction
that in the future as in the past the Lord God will always help us.
In the long run He never leaves decent folk in the lurch. Often He
may test them, He may send trials upon them, but in the long run He
always lets His sun shine upon them once more and at the end He gives
them His blessing.
Adolf Hitler, at the Harvest Thanksgiving Festival on the Buckeburg
held on 3 Oct. 1937
My friend, this is not someone faint of heart and improvised in
spirit-NO! Here is one who exudes a "God-like confidence," that
instills the finest and best into his people. No, again, he does not
commend his own capacities for valor nor courage-but he imbues the
German soul with an uplifted aspiration replete with transforming
might and empowerment beyond one's wildest imagination. He
crystallizes their wholeness, he encapsulates a profound insight into
what it means to be distinctly German in every noble way-and he does
it all with a cacophony of praise and adulation upon his people, who
resoundingly reflect his image and become the very image they behold!
No wonder they must adore him, no wonder they must follow him-he
alone is worthy to be their Fuhrer, their indomitable LEADER; their
Moses who must lead them out of their wilderness into their Promised
Land of fullness!
Don't be so foolish to adjudge them so gullible and childish in their
adoration of such a man-to be German in such an age of humiliation
was a tragic shame. Yet, here was one who out of his poverty and
German despair, infused them with such a vision of what they could be
and should be that they literally came out of their impoverished
selves into the wealth of his embrace-THEY WERE BORN AGAIN!
Represented throughout these quotes is a man who demonstrates "faith
at work" on the noblest of levels. Working hand and glove with the
Almighty in a DIVINE COOPERATION upon the earth-here is one who
exemplifies a vital dependence, expectant of God's richest blessings
upon all who merit His care through utter dependence upon His good
graces. He is a witness to the Scriptural pattern of testing,
tribulation, and trials that lead to intimate reliance upon the
Almighty. Dear friend, Hitler projected his God as wholly empathetic
to the most sacred needs of humanity-a personal, close-in God of
infinite understanding and compassion upon those whom the Almighty
molds into His useful vessel-if you cannot see this on the surface of
his words, then perhaps you would have been one of the very few who
did not!
"SEPARATION" OF CHURCH AND STATE or "INSEPARABLE" SEPARATION
"National Socialism has always affirmed that it is determined to take
the Christian Churches under the protection of the State....
"The decisive factor which can justify the existence alike of Church
and State is the maintenance of men's spiritual and bodily health,
for if that health were destroyed it would mean the end of the State
and also the end of the Church....
"It is my sincere hope that thereby for Germany, too, through free
agreement there has been produced a final clarification of spheres in
the functions of the State and of one Church." --Adolf Hitler, on a
wireless on 22 July, the evening before the Evangelical Church
Election
"The German Church and the People are practically the same body.
Therefore there could be no issue between Church and State. The
Church, as such, has nothing to do with political affairs. On the
other hand, the State has nothing to do with the faith or inner
organization of the Church. The election of November 12th would be an
expression of Church constituency, but not as a Church."--Adolf
Hitler, answering C. F. MacFarlane about Church & State (in his book,
The New Church and the New Germany)
"The National Socialist State professes its allegiance to positive
Christianity. It will be its honest endeavor to protect both the
great Christian Confessions in their rights, to secure them from
interference with their doctrines (Lehren), and in their duties to
constitute a harmony with the views and the exigencies of the State
of today." --Adolf Hitler, on 26 June 1934, to Catholic bishops to
assure them that he would take action against the new pagan
propaganda.
"So long as they concern themselves with their religious problems the
State does not concern itself with them. But so soon as they attempt
by any means whatsoever-by letters, Encyclical, or otherwise-to
arrogate to themselves rights which belong to the State alone we
shall force them back into their proper spiritual, pastoral
activity."---Adolf Hitler, in a speech delivered in Berlin on the May
Day festival, 1937
Here is a most deliberate attempt to separate the "spheres of
influence" through double speak. To say that "separate but equal" was
truly equal in America's school systems was a falsehood perpetrated
by our highest court--the Supreme Court (later it was overturned).
Hitler's "spheres of function" were altogether up building insofar as
the Church's sphere was concerned--for without the spiritual health
of Germany, there would be no bodily health!
How essential had become the Church's role in building a new Germany
from the ashes of the Weimar curse? Plenty, in every way. The
accolades heaped upon the spirituality of the German Church appear
foremost in Hitler's quest to ingratiate himself with the IMAGE of
his creation-though unbeknownst to his followers. In practicality-and
if one took him at his word-there was no separation of Church and
State. Perhaps in name only-but to view the State without the Church,
would be to actualize a SOULESS STATE-inwardly dead, without a
spirit, utterly lifeless; without meaning, and moral compass.
Could we not conclude that Hitler's National Socialism had fused
Church and State so closely together that to see one, you'd have to
see the other-he that hath seen ME (i.e., the German State
personified in Hitler) has seen the Fatherland (whose spirit was the
Church)? No shallow theology here-a captivating indignity to Holy
Writ was born in this devilish collaboration and identification. Yet,
was his subtlety so fine that the appearance of Church & State
separation was his theme-but was it? I don't think so-not in the
final analysis; until the day he fully turned and devoured her.
THE CONCORDAT WITH ROME
"The fact that the Vatican is concluding a treaty with the new
Germany means the acknowledgement of the National Socialist state by
the Catholic Church. This treaty shows the whole world clearly and
unequivocally that the assertion that National Socialism [Nazism] is
hostile to religion is a lie."--Adolf Hitler, 22 July 1933, writing
to the Nazi Party (quoted from John Cornwell's "Hitler's Pope"
The Vatican, a far easier catch for Hitler than the splintering of
their Protestant counterparts, could easily conclude such an
agreement because of its own political viability and embrace of
Statehood. Who rides the Beast? Or, better yet, who seeks moral
legitimacy and acceptance? Clearly, Hitler's State welcomed such
acknowledgement-and did so wholeheartedly and with celebration.
The desire for moral covering by the State to prosecute its agenda of
evil was precisely the ticket given to Hitler-and he used the free
ride to the uttermost! Now, Kristal Nacht (i.e., the Night of Broken
Glass) could take place, now open season on Jews, Gypsies, and all
counter-culture pests and vermin could be unleashed with moral
impunity, and so it was.
HITLER'S PROVIDENTIAL INTERVENTIONS
"I believe that Providence would never have allowed us to see the
victory of the Movement if it had the intention after all to destroy
us at the end."
Adolf Hitler, in a speech to old members of the Party at Munich on 8
Nov. 1933
"What we are we have become not against, but with, the will of
Providence. And so long as we are true and honorable and of good
courage in fight, so long as we believe in our great work and do not
capitulate, we shall continue to enjoy in the future the blessing of
Providence."
--Adolf Hitler, at Rosenheim in Bavaria, 11 Aug. 1935
"Providence has caused me to be Catholic and I know therefore how to
handle this Church." --Adolf Hitler, reportedly to have said in
Berlin in 1936 on the enmity of the Catholic Church to National
Socialism
"I believe in Providence and I believe Providence to be just.
Therefore I believe that Providence always rewards the strong, the
industrious, and the upright."Adolf Hitler, in a speech to National
Socialist women at the Nuremberg Parteitag of 1936 [11 Sept. 1936]
"We National Socialists, too, have deep in our hearts our own faith.
We cannot do otherwise. No man can mould the history of peoples or of
the world unless he has upon his will and his capacities the blessing
of Providence." --Adolf Hitler, to Nazi leaders on 2 June 1937, as
reported by a correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph"
"I will never allow anyone to divide this people once more into
religious camps, each fighting the other....You, my Brown Guard, will
regard it as a matter of course that this German people should go
only by the way which Providence ordained for it when it gave to
Germans the common language. So we go forward with the profoundest
faith in God into the future. Would that which we have achieved have
been possible if Providence had not helped us?"---Adolf Hitler, in a
speech at Regensburg on 6 June1937
Hitler's constant appeal to divine intervention (i.e., providence),
and Germany's resurrection through the birth of the National
Socialist Party, were incessant and expected. The movement curried
the favor of the divine blessing and presence. The smile of God was
upon Germany because God Almighty, with His unseen hand and
direction, had provided all that was necessary and spiritual to
create the New Germany of Adolf Hitler.
Some naïve souls out there, whose academic endeavors attempt to
reinterpret history, assume that the inevitability of Nazi Germany
would have occurred regardless if there would have been a Hitler or
not-what naivety! Conjecture all you wish: Without Hitler, there
would NOT have been Nazi Germany, and that's my final answer. In
retrospect and from the fallen perspective of Nazi Germany-Hitler was
God's man for the hour!
SPIRITUAL UNITY THROUGH HITLER
"While we destroyed the Center Party, we have not only brought
thousands of priests back into the Church, but to millions of
respectable people we have restored their faith in their religion and
in their priests. The union of the Evangelical Church in a single
Church for the whole Reich, the Concordat with the Catholic Church,
these are but milestones on the road, which leads to the
establishment of a useful relation and a useful co-operation between
the Reich and the two Confessions."---Adolf Hitler, in his New Year
Message on 1 Jan. 1934
"So far as the Evangelical Confessions are concerned we are
determined to put an end to existing divisions, which are concerned
only with the forms of organization, and to create a single
Evangelical Church for the whole Reich....
"And we know that were the great German reformer [Martin Luther] with
us today he would rejoice to be freed from the necessity of his own
time and, like Ulrich von Hutten, his last prayer would be not for
the Churches of the separate States: it would be of Germany that he
would think and of the Evangelical Church of Germany."---Adolf
Hitler, in his Proclamation at the Parteitag at Nuremberg on 5 Sept.
1934
"Remain strong in your faith, as you were in former years. In this
faith, in its close--knit unity our people today goes straight
forward on its way and no power on earth will avail to stop it."---
Adolf Hitler, in a speech at Coburg on 15 Oct. 1937
In order to secure the full moral covering of the Church, Hitler had
to coronate her unity through the Concordat with Rome and the
establishment of a unified Evangelical Church expression. Thence, all
priests and ministers were brought together as one faith in two
confessions.
Eventually (but no matter) the evangelical wing of this twosome was
impossible to solidify-but this didn't stop Hitler's march toward
Church unity. He simply claimed victory no matter what the
Protestants looked like on paper-as far as he was concerned, the
union of the Evangelical Church was complete; and, so was the
Catholic and Protestant union of faith. The cooperation between the
two Confessions to legitimize the State's agenda was accomplished-
details would come later. And, do you think that such union came
about through decrees alone? Not so, the man many of you presumed had
not a spiritual bone in his body was ubiquitous in his appearance and
in hustling of German Protestants and Catholics-likewise did his
political ministers curry the favor of the religious leadership of
the nation, let alone its pew members. The "wine and dine"
methodologies, which work so well in today's Churchianity, were
extremely effective in Hitler's Germany-there is nothing new under
the sun.
What we witness today in the halls of our Capitol and White House is
regretfully similar-but then, again, does not our government
represent all the people? And, with such vast constituencies, should
not the "elect" gain access to those who lead them in civil affairs?
Today, those evangelical leaders who anointed our President with oil,
and laid their "holy hands" upon his head and shoulders in the Texas
Governor's Mansion on that fateful day in 1999, as he declared his
intentions to run for President of this great land, are they not the
same ones who have repeated invitations to counsel with the highest
office in the land? Shut out are the likes of the Roman Catholic
Bishops and the National Council of Churches. Gone are the days of
futile moral covering-welcome are those who have learned to stand in
the gap and provide both votes and victory to the Commander-in-Chief.
Furthermore, it pays to pray-to pray for the one who reflects your
values and your spirituality!
GERMANY'S WORST NIGHTMARE COULD BE AMERICA'S
"Imbued with the desire to secure for the German people the great
religious, moral, and cultural values rooted in the two Christian
Confessions, we have abolished the political organizations but
strengthened the religious institutions."--Adolf Hitler, speaking in
the Reichstag on 30 Jan. 1934
So enshrined was Germany's spirituality in the mind of Hitler, that
he took a quantum leap and linked the elimination of all political
parties (save his National Socialist Party), as barriers to Germany's
religious rebirth and awakening. By the sacrifice of political
competition, the enthronement of Germany's spirituality could be
realized! Imagine using religion to such an extent that it somehow
legitimized the abolition of all political parties in Nazi Germany!
This is unbelievable chutzpah on a scale so far out there that even
the Pope cannot attain to it.
It would appear that by such elimination, Christianity's greatest
hour had arrived-or was told it had arrived. But if you are going to
tell a lie so immense and all encompassing, so absurd and ridiculous-
why not shoot the gap, as they say, and blow the whole thing totally
out of proportion to any reality? And so blatant was this lie that
the people relished the thought and succumbed to its insanity! That's
how absurd things had become-but I bet you never guessed that this
was the reason he abolished all those political parties, did you?
No, I must confess, I can't see America sliding down the same pathway-
not exactly in this way; although the thought, in the minds of some,
that our current political parties are one in the same, disturbs me a
little and the absurd nature of the American independent Party, the
Libertarian Party, and the Green Party, etc., is of no small
consolation either-in essence, some think we have but one political
party of elites governing the masses in any event! But, I would have
to conclude the religious card has, as yet, not been so dramatized
nor discovered to the extent that Hitler utilized it before the
Reichstag.
CARING FOR THE VULNERABLE-HITLER VS. THE CHURCH
"It would have been more to the point, more honest and more
Christian, in past decades not to support those who intentionally
destroyed healthy life than to rebel against those who have no other
wish than to avoid disease. Moreover, a policy of laissez faire in
this sphere is not only cruelty to the individual guiltless victims
but also to the nation as a whole.... If the Churches were to declare
themselves ready to take over the treatment and care of those
suffering from hereditary diseases, we should be quite ready to
refrain from sterilizing them."---Adolf Hitler, in his speech on 30
Jan. 1934
Quite the challenge-wouldn't you say? Even so, what have we here? The
Church is enjoined to "care for the sick" lest they procreate and
produce offspring who, because of their parents, cannot care for
themselves? Indeed, the State "at least" has compassion to eliminate,
through sterilization, such babes (before they are ever born) whose
parents are mentally and/or physically remiss to care for their own-
so what should the Church do to lift this burden from society? Think
about it. Hitler was the master of such social engineering with the
Church. The point here is challenging the keepers of the moral fiber
of the nation-Hitler really did believe that the Church should pick
up this burden-it is difficult to believe they did-witness the
exhaust gasses that poured into the cabins of trucks filled with the
mentally ill and the physically challenged. Such was the "social
consciousness" of Nazi Germany's "mercy killings."
WE ARE GOD'S PEOPLE--HIS REDEEMER NATION-HITLER
"We have experienced a miracle, something unique, something the like
of which there has hardly been in the history of the world. God first
allowed our people to be victorious for four and a half years, then
He abased us, laid upon us a period of shamelessness, but now after a
struggle of fourteen years he has permitted us to bring that period
to a close. It is a miracle, which has been wrought upon the German
People.... It shows us that the Almighty has not deserted our people,
that He received it into favor at the moment when it rediscovered
itself. And that our people shall never again lose itself, that must
be our vow so long as we shall live and so long as the Lord gives us
the strength to carry on the fight."---Adolf Hitler, in a speech to
the "Old Guard" of the Party at Munich on 19 March 1934
Throughout these "spiritual quotations" of Adolf Hitler, there is a
keen awareness that in some mysterious fashion, this man actually
believed what he was saying. Raised a Catholic, he did aspire to some
form of spirituality-and, he certainly took his own spirituality
seriously. To Hitler, the acknowledgement of one's spirituality, of
German spirituality, was recognition of divine intervention in the
affairs of man, and in his case, of the German nation.
A great deal has been made by many of Hitler's love affair with the
occult. We do not deny his absorption therewith (e.g., Joseph Carr's
THE TWISTED CROSS). However, the "public persona" of one Adolf Hitler
was one steeped in Christian tradition-German traditional religious
practice and imagery. He somehow knew what made the German soul tick
and what really made most of mankind tick. His realization of what
could motivate the human soul (mind, will and emotion) to its
grandiose heights was decisively religious (i.e., the Christian
religious expression) in its public manifestation.
Hitler's resort to divine participation in the affairs of the German
people was brilliant and even strangely sincere. "God brought Germany
4.5 years of victory and then the shame of defeat for the next
fourteen. Now, the same God who foreordained our demise has deemed us
worthy of a far greater future than we could imagine-it is a
miracle!" (My quotes) Hitler gives the Almighty all praise and honor
for His intervention and Germany's rebirth. No surprise, if you've
read everything that has gone before.
Simultaneously, as Germany came to itself, the Almighty declared His
favor upon the nation! Hitler proposed that divine cooperation was
mandatory for the German people to prolong their blessedness and
rebirth. Here we have a profound spiritual truth wherein man can
cooperate with God and literally move the hand of God Himself through
obedience, sacrifice, and struggle. There is no easy way to secure
God's blessing-it is given to those who would aspire to receive it.
No, this was not a superficial regurgitation of "God helps those who
help themselves." It was far deeper and much more profound that such
simplistic verbiage and inane chatter. Hitler's pragmatic theology
was lofty enough to capture the intellectually elite of the land, as
well as scores of theologians who admired his grasp of theological
truths and Hitler's ability to apply them to the real world. Yes,
here was a man who could comprehend the incomprehensible through the
eyes of God Himself!
So you construe that economic satisfaction alone persuaded the vast
majority of Germans to enthusiastically embrace their Leader? Not
so, look more earnestly, more deeply . . . leap into the spiritual
dimension projected by a man who knew the deepest environs of the
soul and spirit of a people. Then, you will surely behold the
biblical contemplation: "Walk we not in the same steps, in the same
spirit."
GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERIKA, (I mean) . . . GERMANY!
"No, it is not we that have deserted Christianity; it is those who
came before us who deserted Christianity. We have only carried
through a clear division between politics, which have to do with
terrestrial things, and religion, which must concern itself with the
celestial sphere. There has been no interference with the doctrine
(Lehre) of the Confessions or with their religious freedom
(Bekenntnisfreiheit), nor will there be any such interference. On the
contrary the State protects religion, though always on the one
condition that religion will not be used as a cover for political
ends....
"For their interests cannot fail to coincide with ours alike in our
fight against the symptoms of degeneracy in the world of today, in
our fight against a Bolshevist culture, against atheistic movement,
against criminality, and in our struggle for a consciousness of a
community in our national life... These are not anti--Christian,
these are Christian principles! And I believe that if we should fail
to follow these principles then we should be able to point to our
successes, for the result of our political battle is surely not
unblest by God."---Adolf Hitler, in his speech at Koblenz, to the
Germans of the Saar, 26 Aug. 1934
The repeated injunction to Germany's Christianity as the core of
Germany's soul and heritage is undeniable in all of Hitler's
proposals and polemics. He allegedly differentiated between the holy
and the profane; between the secular and the divine; the heavenly and
earthly; the celestial and the terrestrial. Again, here is one who
understood the language of theology and the politics of religion.
Freedom of religious practice is what we hear-full commitment to the
major confessions of the faith, without prejudice. The State would
protect religion and its freedoms-as long as religion would keep its
nose out of politics. Now, that's of great interest to some who
welcome the support of the State today and are more than happy to
express their political opinions-not so bad now that the State
welcomes such spiritual approbation and adulation. But what of
different times and places-then shall religion be otherwise so judged
by the State if the State "feels" that the Church has left its sphere
of influence? Think about it-it's a bit unnerving to contemplate a
State that protects religious expression, as long as that religious
expression does not criticize the State-now you know the rest of the
story and your freedom. Or, will you loose your 501-C-3 (not-for-
profit religious status) if you delve into the political realms too
much. Some have-but they have only Hitler to follow when push comes
to this shove, don't they?
PRAYER AND PERSEVERANCE--HITLER'S APPEAL
"Only so you can appeal to your God and pray Him to support and bless
your courage, your work, your perseverance, your strength, your
resolution, and with all these your claim on life."---Adolf Hitler,
in a speech at Frankfurt on 16 March 1936
"In this world him who does not abandon himself the Almighty will not
desert. Him who helps himself will the Almighty always also help; He
will show him the way by which he can gain his rights, his freedom,
and therefore his future."--Adolf Hitler, in a speech at Hamburg on
20 March 1936
How inspiring are his utterances? Again, can you fault the man for
such impeccable appeals to the conscience of Germany's Christian
populace? I don't imagine you can nor would you want to thwart his
efforts by claiming they appear disingenuous. He truly believed in
this type of prayer and cooperation with the divine-it appears a
latent form of Augustinian and Calvinistic perseverance is understood
in this illumination. No, you say, I give him too much credit-look
more closely, I think some saintly spike upholds his rhetoric.
The "Triumph of the Will" (Triumph des Willes)-Leni Riefenstahl's
Nazi propaganda classic filmed in 1935-captures the corporate will of
an entire people marching lock step beneath the image of their
Fuhrer. But, behind this vibrato--this hysterical display of unity-
is a spiritual concept perpetrated by Hitler himself: Our will must
be merged in cooperation with the divine will-then, and only then,
God and man are joined together in purpose and destiny. Without the
two found in sync, there is no manifestation of God's plan and
purpose for His people upon the earth!
HITLER'S MANIFEST CHRISTIANITY-IN DEED, NOT WORD
"This Winter Help Work is also in the deepest sense a Christian work.
When I see, as I so often do, poorly clad girls collecting with such
infinite patience in order to care for those who are suffering from
the cold while they themselves are shivering with cold, then I have
the feeling that they are all apostles of a Christianity-and in truth
of a Christianity which can say with greater right than any other:
This is the Christianity of an honest confession, for behind it stand
not words but deeds."--Adolf Hitler, speaking of the Winter Help
Campaign on 5 Oct. 1937
Perhaps Hitler was reading the Epistle of St. James-"I will show you
my faith by my works." Hitler's Christianity was one of aggressive
activity, characterized by "good deeds"-again, as he so often did, he
commended such deeds, giving credit to his POSITIVE CHRISTIANITY. He
was all about vibrancy, especially in religious activity-it was
encouraged and continuously celebrated among the people and they
loved him for it. Such respect for sacrifice and unselfish devotion
to the German people were heralded by one who knew what it meant to
be a true Christian-again, and I know it's difficult to fathom the
depth of his recognition of Christianity in this way, but his words
and deeds manifested to the German people (and I mean "German") were
incessant and profoundly sincere to the ear of these people.
HITLER'S UNSHAKABLE FAITH IN THE ALMIGHTY
"In this hour I would ask of the Lord God only this: that, as in the
past, so in the years to come He would give His blessing to our work
and our action, to our judgment and our resolution, that He will
safeguard us from all false pride and from all cowardly servility,
that He may grant us to find the straight path which His Providence
has ordained for the German people, and that He may ever give us the
courage to do the right, never to falter, never to yield before any
violence, before any danger.... I am convinced that men who are
created by God should live in accordance with the will of the
Almighty.... If Providence had not guided us I could often never have
found these dizzy paths.... Thus it is that we National Socialists,
too, have in the depths of our hearts our faith. (Many of the Photos/Graphics Find Their Source in: A Moral
Reckoning: The Role of the Catholic Church in the Holocaust and Its
Unfulfilled Duty of Repair by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen-please go to
www.the-tribulation-network.com for full graphics).
Doug is a member of the "Last Days Network" . . . a group of
evangelical pundits providing news and analysis on Religion in
Politics. "Applied Biblical prophecy," apostasy and deception, the
impact of the New American World Order System, and the influences of
the Religious Right and Left upon American culture--are topics
discussed by the group. He is an educator in the public schools
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Douglas William Krieger
NEVER IN AMERICA?
This article was written by one of German ancestry whose forebears on
his mother's side can be traced to Martin Luther himself; thence, the
incessant interest in the rise of Adolf Hitler and, in particular
(through years of research) the under girding support he derived in
his ascendancy from the Christian religion in the heart of Europe.
How could this possibly happen? Alas! Could we in America be as
deceitfully predisposed to such a malevolent curse-driven by the same
demons? Do we today witness camouflaged strategies designed to
accomplish a greater horror of unimaginable consequence and upon
Christendom of like vulnerability?
The remotest thought of such an evil plot akin to what seduced the
German people could somehow be foisted upon our beloved America
boggles the senses . . . yet, each day, each month, the same cultural
polarization eerily divides; the similitude of its military-
industrial complex mirrors that of Rome's expansions; its cries for
greater and more restrictive security for its citizenry clamors; its
tenuous economic factors now threatening the globalism it created as
a result of the insatiable consumption of all things luxurious
persist-all this while within the walls of our crystal city, the
party is oblivious to the multitude of the wretched outside who
admire and distain its opulence. Are there comparisons? Be not
quick in your rejection that alleged "systems" now in place-with
histories of wide disparity-insure Americans absolute relief from the
extremities of Nazi Germany . . . look again, look carefully, very
carefully . . . history's mercurial habit at repetition seeks to warn
us all . . . "broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many
there be that go in thereat."
THE INTOXICATING APPEAL
To understand the appeal, the absolute, mesmerizing, and intoxicating
drive behind Hitler's success, one must go beyond the inequities of
the Versailles Treaty and delve into the mysterious association that
Herr Hitler placed upon the Christian religion. Don't think that
Adolf was way off into some cultic, overtly demonic world of fantasy
and influence. True, the occult most assuredly was deeply engaged in
his thinking and outlook-but the use of legitimate Christian imagery
was his forte. He both understood the need to mobilize the masses and
the religion that alone could sway their fidelity to his cause.
Furthermore, throughout his declarations and apparent pontifications,
is a unique ability to uplift and galvanize the German people-to so
highly esteem them, and to generate within them the self-esteem that
would produce a people whose image reflected the one who had so
unalterably changed and transformed them into the awesome enunciation
of der Fuhrer himself. They became transfixed and transported into
another state of mind and being-from despair and rejection, to an
exhilarating euphoria and total acceptance. They could BE ALL THAT
THEY COULD BE and then some. Here is no buffoon strutting upon the
stage of German dejection cavalierly riveting the German mind and
will upon himself-no, no, no!
Here is the uniqueness of Adolf Hitler-one who could so verbalize
with utter clarity what the German soul could be in its fullness and
creative genius. Neither did his spoken word proclaim his own
commitment and genius-it climaxed within the Germany he envisioned in
such a rapturous expression and discovery of who they were, and what
they could become, with God Almighty vindicating every breath they
would take! Hitler injected into nearly every German heart a DIVINE
SPARK, which regrettably morphed into an inferno of destruction and
death unforeseen in human history-but its initial dissension upon its
benefactors was replete with a baptism of power and light utterly
transcendent that it captured an entire nation in the heart of
Christian Europe. Its pristine message created the IMAGE of DAS VOLK,
a people who were destined by the very triumph of their corporate
will to be the consummation and commencement of the Kingdom of God-
DAS THOUSANDE JAHRE REICH! (The promised millennial reign-one
thousand year kingdom)!
But, firstly, the Weimar Republic's failure was predictable. Its
liberalism was far too watered down, far too immersed in its
diversity and acceptance to galvanize the enthusiasm and concerted
consecration of common folk, who longed for a winner, a leader,
a "national champion." Democracy, gone awry, alone can produce
dictatorship-de facto, or elected! Ultimately, the Left (Weimar or
Hollywood)-again by its very nature-simply cannot SUSTAIN the caliber
of commitment and vision that can be produced by absolutism and rigid
conservatism to which we allude here.
Today a growing number of truly evangelical faithful observe the
Christian Right in America, assisted by its current allies among the
so-called neocons (i.e., neoconservatives-pragmatic politicos),
forging a formidable alliance of convenience that wholly supports the
rise of the New American World Order System. Its striking resemblance
to Hitler's appeals is frightful! Liberalism may rant and rave about
societal freedoms and renounce governmental restrictions-but their
voices and challenges are hollow sounding and even adjudged
fallacious, when the triumph of his armies have so prevailed upon the
Plains of Shinar! Libertarians and Constitutionalists-you do well to
listen to this diatribe.
ADOLF HITLER-THE GERMAN SOLUTION IS A CHRISTIAN ONE
The tone and substance coming from the mouth of Herr Hitler, although
the context is, of course, unique to European Christianity, is eerily
compatible to what we are increasingly hearing today from certain
political leaders within the American New World Order System. What
you are about to read will shock many of you-will utterly cause you
to have a spiritual seizure; a revulsion akin to a full-blown,
stomach-bending, vomit-but you must come to terms with why this is
happening and how religion-the Christian religion-is the most
powerful tool that can be utilized in order to capture
the "believing" masses and to promote, through "moral covering" and
political dedication, an agenda that resounds within the heart of the
common man in the context of Western Civilization.
Hitler, like today's champions of Americana, knew that the "believing
masses" had been beaten down; had suffered their World War (Viet
Nam), had their beloved Germany (America) battered about with moral
decline and "radical secularism" that caused the "moral fiber" of the
nation to collapse-something had (has) to be done-someone with guts
and glory had (has) to arise to capture the imagination of the nation
to arise from its depravity and crimes, from its vulnerability (be it
from "them socialists" or "terrorists"), from its self-inflicted and
debilitating social ills . . . someone is needed to alter our self-
perceptions!
The problem was created by the Devil himself-The Cabaret Society of
the Weimar Republic (They never represented true Germany!). "We'd
been maligned by every creeping thing imaginable upon our streets:
Socialists, Communists, radical Unionists, Jews, Secularists, Liberal
Theologians, Homosexuals, Raunchy Entertainment, ad nausea-and this
upon our wretched economic woes and that `Paper from Hell' (i.e., the
Versailles Treaty)."
Now-the Devil would provide the solution to the aforementioned
problem. He would provide the solution through a man, a party, that
would reach down to the common man and pull upon his heart strings-
upon that which is made to respond to the highest ideals of man: His
religious conscience would be the springboard to launch a fully
consecrated and absolutely committed people, sold out to the one who
could uplift and empower them. Thence, this resolution to Germany's
defeat must be ensconced within the language of power and persuasion-
it must carry the fervor of the EVANGELIST, the power of the PROPHET,
the message of the APOSTLE! Yes, convoluted-but done with such
passionate skill, that the unwitting and desperate would believe the
LIE. Indeed, a true LIE is so close to reality that its frightening
resemblance obscures all semblances to the truth!
Ultimately, a lie told long enough, and amplified to the uttermost,
resounds with familiarity-YE SHALL BE AS GODS, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL!
This original deceit confounded our original forebears. This is no
ordinary lie-it is THE LIE. Godhood, the ultimate UBERMENSCH, is the
final destiny of the German race-of Hitler's "Religion." But first,
the people must be prepared, until they realize their supreme
destination and status as DAS VOLK!
HITLER-I CAN'T BELIEVE HE SAID IT! (Hitler/Nazi Comments in quotes)
"We demand liberty for all religious denominations in the State, so
far as they are not a danger to it and do not militate against the
morality and moral sense of the German race. The Party, as such,
stands for positive Christianity, but does not bind itself in the
matter of creed to any particular confession." (Item 24 of the German
Worker's Party "Program" cir. 1920s)
At the earliest formation of the Nazi Party, Hitler expressed his
Christian support to the German people and soldiers. In the 1920s,
Hitler's German Workers' Party (pre Nazi terminology) adopted a
twenty-five-point program with the clear intent to persuade the
German people that "positive Christianity" was in full conformity to
the "moral" convictions of the Party-i.e., the Party fully embraced
the morality of Christianity and that Christianity was viewed
as "singular" in the minds of that Party-Catholic and Protestants
were considered as the foundation of German Christianity in its
fullness and jurisdiction (the Party embraced both as one).
"MY LORD AND SAVIOR . . . IN THE BOUNDLESS LOVE AS A CHRISTIAN . . .
HE HAD TO SHED HIS BLOOD UPON THE CROSS. My feelings as a Christian
point me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man
who once in loneliness, surrounded only by a few followers,
recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight
against them. This is God's truth! He was greatest not as a sufferer
but as a fighter. In boundless love as a Christian and as a man I
read through the passage which tells us how the Lord at last rose in
His might and seized the scourge to drive out of the Temple the brood
of vipers and adders. How terrific was His fight for the world
against the Jewish poison. Today, after two thousand years, with
deepest emotion I recognize more profoundly than ever before in the
fact that it was for this that He had to shed His blood upon the
Cross. As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated,
but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice....
"And if there is anything which could demonstrate that we are acting
rightly it is the distress that daily grows. For as a Christian I
have also a duty to my own people.
"When I go out in the morning and see these men standing in their
queues and look into their pinched faces, then I believe I would be
no Christian, but a very devil, if I felt no pity for them, if I did
not, as did our Lord two thousand years ago, turn against those by
whom today this poor people is plundered and exploited."
[Note, "Brood of vipers" appears in Matt. 3:7 & 12:34. John 2:15
depicts Jesus driving out the moneychangers (adders) from the
temple.] Adolf Hitler, in his speech on 12 April 1922.
"We were convinced that the people needs and requires this faith. We
have therefore undertaken the fight against the atheistic movement,
and that not merely with a few theoretical declarations: we have
stamped it out." --Adolf Hitler, in a speech in Berlin on 24 October
1933
Indeed, Hitler's speeches and proclamations, even more clearly,
reveal his faith and feelings toward a Christianized Germany. Nazism
presents an embarrassment to Christianity and demonstrates the danger
of blending "faith with politics." Do you find it "spiritually
disconcerting" to discover the depth of Hitler's hermeneutic? How
about his exegesis of Matthew 3:7, 12:34 and John 2:15? Hitler's
depiction of Jesus as the FIGHTER, not as the sufferer, is a
distortion of the Scriptural intent of this reading; however, without
knowing the full contextual nature of the Word, one could (as Hitler
did) surmise a MILITANT JESUS is in view, and not a suffering Jesus.
It has been said, "The Bible can be read to say anything!" Examples
abound: "Judas hung himself . . . go thou and do likewise!" This
classic piece of cut and paste, though stupid, is precisely what many
so-called expositors do with the Word of God-Hitler was no exception.
But, the shedding of the blood of Jesus as the ultimate payment
for "truth and justice and the German way" is frightening and turns
true Christianity on its head! Note that Hitler claims to be a
Christian and, as such, he has a duty to his own people-he too, like
Jesus, must be a fighter for truth and justice-he must rid the Temple
of the moneychangers, of the abominable Jews who harass his people,
like Jesus did. The German people, according to Hitler, were
being "plundered and exploited" and he would be NO CHRISTIAN if he
didn't do something about it. Hitler's identification as a Christian
was one of activism-not in name only! In this artful persuasion he
under girded the German people in their predisposition to anti-
Semitism, the full spiritual justification for their participation in
the "Final Solution."
In sum: Hitler showed his disdain for atheism, and pagan cults, and
revealed the strength of his Christian feelings-make no doubt about
that. Likewise, his was no meaningless and superficial theology-it
was clearly demarcated and set forth in all its hideous implications
with righteous gusto.
CHURCH UNITY-HITLER WAS A FIRM BELIEVER IN IT
"It will at any rate be my supreme task to see to it that in the
newly awakened NSDAP, the adherents of both Confessions can live
peacefully together side by side in order that they may take their
stand in the common fight against the power, which is the mortal foe
of any true Christianity."---Adolf Hitler, in an article headed "A
New Beginning," 26 Feb. 1925
"This is for us a ground for satisfaction, since we desire that the
fight in the religious camps should come to an end... all political
action in the parties will be forbidden to priests for all time,
happy because we know what is wanted by millions who long to see in
the priest only the comforter of their souls and not the
representative of their political convictions."--Adolf Hitler, in a
speech to the men of the SA at Dortmund, 9 July 1933, on the day
after the signing of the Concordat (Agreement with the Roman Catholic
Church, the Papacy).
The unity of the Church is a recurrent message delivered by Hitler.
His object, of course, was "against the power"-i.e., the
international Jewish conspiracy against the Church, and, of course,
the German people and the world in general. The technique of
solidifying the churches into the "Hammer of God" was a strategy that
appealed to the vast majority of German Christians. That he would see
in them such an instrument of righteous indignation was commending-
both to them as the object of his insight, and to himself for his
discernment of such.
It is my firm conviction that this is precisely what is happening in
America today. The appeal to the Christian religion in the
battle "against evil" within the West is NOT an historic first!
Don't be so quick to terminate this reading-let me explain. Who are
those who most clearly understand the language of THE AXIS OF EVIL?
Who are those who clearly grasp the "spiritual reality" behind
Islamic terrorism? The current President is no fool in appealing to
the most religious in leading his charge against the forces of evil
that assail the current drama. The appeal to religious unity in the
face of extremity is manifested in Islamic Jihad-Holy War. But, this
appeal is far more sinister and powerful when placed in the hands of
a "Christian President" about to inspire the faithful-far more potent
is its impress. There is a righteous finality connected with it-a
more sure word-an unseen and unmistaken cause behind this necessary
action whose appeal is Ultimate and Conclusive. God, and God alone,
is my judge-and you are "either for us or against us"-there is no
compromise, there is no wavering between two opinions-LOVE IT OR
LEAVE IT-OUR CAUSE IS JUST!
And, believers who are so deeply embarrassed by today's divisions
within the Church-actually do appreciate a leader who recognizes
their spiritual unity. Yes, understands their "confessions" are
unique-but ascribes singularity of purpose and POSITION to the Church-
that's leadership which manifests such excellence and
even "theological understanding" behind what the Church really is in
nature and purpose.
Today's quest for Christian unity-especially among evangelicals
and "social conservatives" (i.e., Mormons, Catholics, Protestants,
evangelicals, Charismatics, Pentecostals, black and white churches
alike, etc.) is a unity that, because of leadership like
the "Apostles and Prophets" and so much of the Mega-Ministries/Meta-
Churches of today-is able to center on our common bonds in Christ-and
will not allow the "confessions" of our faith to interfere with the
strength of our unity which we have in the Lord. Leadership that
brings in the unity of the faith is leadership indeed! And, a
President who acknowledges that type of leadership is not only to be
commended-he is to be admired and followed into battle, especially
when it is against EVIL DOERS!
To abrogate this fight against evil to any other than a united Church
would be altogether foolhardy-for it would not resound within the
hearts of the "unlearned," as clearly as it responds within the heart
of the true believer! Transcending America's denominational
disputes, as Hitler did Germany's chasm between Protestants and
Catholics, indisputably places the
Alas! Hitler has defined the "true foe of Christianity!" In a much
more subtle fashion we see the ultimate FOE of today's Christianity
lurks behind the fanaticism of an "evil religion"-notwithstanding the
ecumenical protestations to the contrary-the CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG:
This is a CRUSADE! Let freedom ring within the 10/40 corridor! At
last, a leader that understands what real freedom is all about-for
true freedom is RELIGIOUS in nature and outlook. Religious freedom is
at the heart and soul of whatever freedom can possibly mean-without
it, there is no freedom! A united Church is the most critical tool in
forging a nation's will in the spread of this freedom-and in subduing
every militant foe that would come against us.
A Church divided-a nation's religious soul at odds-cannot surmount
the challenges of relativism and secularism, never! And, worse yet,
freedom's recipients will be released when those who embrace these
ideals are allowed to free the captives in the first place! Just as
the German people were "released" by Hitler-even so, the American
people must be freed from the "cultural bias" of their critics and
naysayers who are determined to change the course of America's
traditions and culture to fit Hollywood's image of what America
should be. Today we tolerate their criticisms-may they bear, however,
the wrath of the consumer (i.e., we will not frequent their films nor
buy their records/products). The "traitors" must be confined to the
outskirts of society-for they have been the obstacles of our true
culture and identity-banish their "traitorous" designs! They are anti-
American, anti-God, and anti-Country.
HITLER-THE "PRAYER WARRIOR"
"Except the Lord build the house they labor in vain.... The truth of
that text was proved if one looks at the house of which the
foundations were laid in 1918 and which since then has been in
building.... The world will not help, the people must help itself.
Its own strength is the source of life. That strength the Almighty
has given us to use; that in it and through it we may wage the battle
of our life.... The others in the past years have not had the
blessing of the Almighty-of Him Who in the last resort, whatever man
may do, holds in His hands the final decision. Lord God, let us never
hesitate or play the coward, let us never forget the duty which we
have taken upon us.... We are all proud that through God's powerful
aid we have become once more true Germans. --Adolf Hitler, in a
speech in March 1933 [Note, "Except the Lord built the house, they
labor in vain" comes from Psalms 127:1]
Do you not see one here whose "strength is in the Lord?" Surely, our
nightmare is over-those of the Weimar-imposed government were the
kiss of death upon our people. In vain did they build this house of
cards upon their own efforts and strength-but we, the German people,
shall "gird up our loins" and with GOD'S POWER we shall build! How
eloquent did he express it-what courageous outbursts of revelation
have we here: THAT STRENGTH THE ALMIGHTY HAS GIVEN US TO USE-THAT IN
IT AND THROUGH IT WE MAY WAGE THE BATTLE OF OUR LIFE!
The "blessing of the Almighty" was NOT the purview of the Weimar
Republic-nor of the allies who laid this horrific burden upon us-but
the Almighty has enjoined us to cast it off by His almighty strength
and cease Weimar's vain efforts to rebuild our nation; instead, we
appeal to our LAST RESORT, to the ONE WHO HOLDS IN HIS HANDS THE
FINAL DECISION. What insight! What acclamation of truth! What
boldness of spirit is witnessed before the whole world!
God, and God Almighty alone, is our ultimate recourse and judge-LET
US NEVER FORGET THE DUTY TO WHICH HE HAS CALLED US AND LET US TAKE
THIS RESPONSIBILITY UPON US TO BUILD WITH ALL HIS POWER AND MIGHT!
This is the spirit that swept Nazi Germany-this is the religious
fervor that enthralled a people-don't think that its appeal to the
religiosity of the American spirit is so distant. Its astonishing
appeal is much greater, much stronger than it ever was for those who
lived through the Hitlerian nightmare of Nazi Germany. Why? Because
American Christianity is far more evangelical than Germany's ever
thought of being-far more committed, far more resolute. The language
of German Christianity was steeped in a tradition that had been
ravaged by higher Biblical criticism and rank liberalism-in point of
fact; it was a "Cultural Christianity" in name only, without power,
and without conviction. Not so with mainstream American Christianity
and its evangelical fervor-its leadership is legion; its financial
coffers are full; its involvement is aggressive; its message is
universally accepted; and, its powers of communication are
unprecedented in modern history!
HITLER: "WE REGARD CHRISTIANITY AS THE UNSHAKABLE FOUNDATION OF
MORALITY!"
"The Government, being resolved to undertake the political and moral
purification of our public life, are creating and securing the
conditions necessary for a really profound revival of religious
life . . . .
"The National Government regards the two Christian Confessions as the
weightiest factors for the maintenance of our nationality. They will
respect the agreements concluded between them and the federal States.
Their rights are not to be infringed....
"It will be the Government's care to maintain honest co-operation
between Church and State; the struggle against materialistic views
and for a real national community is just as much in the interest of
the German nation as in that of the welfare of our Christian faith.
"The Government of the Reich, who regard Christianity as the
unshakable foundation of the morals and moral code of the nation,
attach the greatest value to friendly relations with the Holy See and
are endeavoring to develop them." --Adolf Hitler, in his speech to
the Reichstag on 23 March 1933
The partnership of Church and State constructed by Hitler was
remarkable in many ways-for he appealed to their most self-righteous
aspirations and accredited to them the very "moral soul" of the
nation-i.e., without TRUE CHRISTIANITY'S FOUNDATIONS OF MORALITY,
there is no German morality. This pronouncement was further enhanced
when Hitler acclaimed the Church's view of "materialism" as primary
in the consciousness of a revived Germany. There was a depth to the
Germanic soul that denounced secular materialism as downright
superficial and dangerous to the German psyche. It was the Church,
which brought us this revelation, and it is the Church that must be
protected in order for us to maintain such revulsion to such
materialistic realms-only a Germany with SPIRITUAL DEPTH is worthy of
recognition and promotion. What insight Hitler possessed! To evoke
the cause of spirituality juxtaposed to rank materialism, and to
recognize this discernment as the purview of the Church-this
is "marvelous in our eyes!"
His audience, at the time was Catholic and Protestant (mostly in
name)-but his announcement of the CONCORDAT with Rome is obvious and
clear. Friendly relations-yea, relations that are inclusive of the
Church are and must be the norm in a resurgent Germany. Hitler's
famous statement concerning Germany resounds to this day: WE WILL
RESTORE THE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT!
Similarities? Indeed, for the intrusive nature of rampant secular
humanism and relativism have shaken the foundations of what was once
an assured Americana-now, it's pay back time. Why has our
nation "gone to hell in a hand basket?" Why? Because we have forsaken
our God and, thence, we have abandoned what little claim we held to
morality-now, our families and our culture have been shipwrecked by
the proponents from Dewey on down. It is time we cast off their
bounds and freed ourselves from their depravities-let us arise and
put on our moral amour! Thank God we have a man in the White House
who understands our groaning and aspires to a higher cause and to a
world of absolutes, instead of grays and murky morality (e. g., if it
feels good, do it). Finally, there's one who knows good from evil,
right from wrong and is not afraid to call it like it is. Relativism
is the bane of morality-relativism breeds discrepancies in moral
judgment and, ipso facto, moral decay and a nation's decline.
Notwithstanding the facetious nature of the above (and I'm not
suggesting that relativism has any merit whatsoever)-it's the USE of
what is good and godly that provokes. Please understand-morality that
is from above is altogether noble and cherished by all believers-but
the use of morality for political goals is the worst embrace that the
Christian religion needs or should countenance.
PAPAL COMPLICITY?
After the death of Pius XI, the electoral procedure to elect another
Pope had begun. The March 1939 election favored Pacelli and four days
later, Pacelli made it clear that he would handle all German affairs
personally. He proposed the following affirmation of Hitler:
"To the Illustrious Herr Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer and Chancellor of the
German Reich! Here at the beginning of Our Pontificate We wish to
assure you that We remain devoted to the spiritual welfare of the
German people entrusted to your leadership.... During the many years
we spent in Germany, We did all in Our power to establish harmonious
relations between Church and State. Now that the responsibilities of
Our pastoral function have increased Our opportunities, how much more
ardently do We pray to reach that goal. May the prosperity of the
German people and their progress in every domain come, with God's
help, to fruition!"
Pacelli became a crowned Pope on March 12, 1939 (Pius XII). The
following month on April 20, 1939, at Pacelli's express wish,
Archbishop Orsenigo, the nuncio in Berlin, opened a gala reception
for Hitler's fiftieth birthday. The birthday greetings thus initiated
by Pacelli immediately became a tradition; each April 20 during the
few years left to Hitler and his Reich, Cardinal Bertram of Berlin
would send "warmest congratulations to the Fuhrer in the name of the
bishops and the dioceses in Germany," to which he added "fervent
prayers which the Catholics in Germany are sending to heaven on their
altars." [Cornwell, John, Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius
XII, Viking, 1999, p. 209]
HITLER: "LORD, WE WILL NOT LET THEE GO--BLESS NOW OUR FIGHT FOR OUR
FREEDOM"
"We want honestly to earn the resurrection of our people through our
industry, our perseverance, and our will. We ask not of the
Almighty, 'Lord, make us free!'-we want to be active, to work, to
agree together as brothers, to strive in rivalry with one another to
bring about the hour when we can come before Him and when we may ask
of Him: `Lord, Thou seest that we have transformed ourselves, the
German people is no longer the people of dishonor, of shame, of war
within itself, of faintheartedness and little faith: no, Lord, the
German people has become strong again in spirit, strong in will,
strong in endurance, strong to bear all sacrifices.' `Lord, we will
not let Thee go: bless now our fight for our freedom; the fight we
wage for our German people and Fatherland.'"
Adolf Hitler, giving prayer in a speech on May Day, 1933
"If we pursue this way, if we are decent, industrious, and honest, if
we so loyally and truly fulfill our duty, then it is my conviction
that in the future as in the past the Lord God will always help us.
In the long run He never leaves decent folk in the lurch. Often He
may test them, He may send trials upon them, but in the long run He
always lets His sun shine upon them once more and at the end He gives
them His blessing.
Adolf Hitler, at the Harvest Thanksgiving Festival on the Buckeburg
held on 3 Oct. 1937
My friend, this is not someone faint of heart and improvised in
spirit-NO! Here is one who exudes a "God-like confidence," that
instills the finest and best into his people. No, again, he does not
commend his own capacities for valor nor courage-but he imbues the
German soul with an uplifted aspiration replete with transforming
might and empowerment beyond one's wildest imagination. He
crystallizes their wholeness, he encapsulates a profound insight into
what it means to be distinctly German in every noble way-and he does
it all with a cacophony of praise and adulation upon his people, who
resoundingly reflect his image and become the very image they behold!
No wonder they must adore him, no wonder they must follow him-he
alone is worthy to be their Fuhrer, their indomitable LEADER; their
Moses who must lead them out of their wilderness into their Promised
Land of fullness!
Don't be so foolish to adjudge them so gullible and childish in their
adoration of such a man-to be German in such an age of humiliation
was a tragic shame. Yet, here was one who out of his poverty and
German despair, infused them with such a vision of what they could be
and should be that they literally came out of their impoverished
selves into the wealth of his embrace-THEY WERE BORN AGAIN!
Represented throughout these quotes is a man who demonstrates "faith
at work" on the noblest of levels. Working hand and glove with the
Almighty in a DIVINE COOPERATION upon the earth-here is one who
exemplifies a vital dependence, expectant of God's richest blessings
upon all who merit His care through utter dependence upon His good
graces. He is a witness to the Scriptural pattern of testing,
tribulation, and trials that lead to intimate reliance upon the
Almighty. Dear friend, Hitler projected his God as wholly empathetic
to the most sacred needs of humanity-a personal, close-in God of
infinite understanding and compassion upon those whom the Almighty
molds into His useful vessel-if you cannot see this on the surface of
his words, then perhaps you would have been one of the very few who
did not!
"SEPARATION" OF CHURCH AND STATE or "INSEPARABLE" SEPARATION
"National Socialism has always affirmed that it is determined to take
the Christian Churches under the protection of the State....
"The decisive factor which can justify the existence alike of Church
and State is the maintenance of men's spiritual and bodily health,
for if that health were destroyed it would mean the end of the State
and also the end of the Church....
"It is my sincere hope that thereby for Germany, too, through free
agreement there has been produced a final clarification of spheres in
the functions of the State and of one Church." --Adolf Hitler, on a
wireless on 22 July, the evening before the Evangelical Church
Election
"The German Church and the People are practically the same body.
Therefore there could be no issue between Church and State. The
Church, as such, has nothing to do with political affairs. On the
other hand, the State has nothing to do with the faith or inner
organization of the Church. The election of November 12th would be an
expression of Church constituency, but not as a Church."--Adolf
Hitler, answering C. F. MacFarlane about Church & State (in his book,
The New Church and the New Germany)
"The National Socialist State professes its allegiance to positive
Christianity. It will be its honest endeavor to protect both the
great Christian Confessions in their rights, to secure them from
interference with their doctrines (Lehren), and in their duties to
constitute a harmony with the views and the exigencies of the State
of today." --Adolf Hitler, on 26 June 1934, to Catholic bishops to
assure them that he would take action against the new pagan
propaganda.
"So long as they concern themselves with their religious problems the
State does not concern itself with them. But so soon as they attempt
by any means whatsoever-by letters, Encyclical, or otherwise-to
arrogate to themselves rights which belong to the State alone we
shall force them back into their proper spiritual, pastoral
activity."---Adolf Hitler, in a speech delivered in Berlin on the May
Day festival, 1937
Here is a most deliberate attempt to separate the "spheres of
influence" through double speak. To say that "separate but equal" was
truly equal in America's school systems was a falsehood perpetrated
by our highest court--the Supreme Court (later it was overturned).
Hitler's "spheres of function" were altogether up building insofar as
the Church's sphere was concerned--for without the spiritual health
of Germany, there would be no bodily health!
How essential had become the Church's role in building a new Germany
from the ashes of the Weimar curse? Plenty, in every way. The
accolades heaped upon the spirituality of the German Church appear
foremost in Hitler's quest to ingratiate himself with the IMAGE of
his creation-though unbeknownst to his followers. In practicality-and
if one took him at his word-there was no separation of Church and
State. Perhaps in name only-but to view the State without the Church,
would be to actualize a SOULESS STATE-inwardly dead, without a
spirit, utterly lifeless; without meaning, and moral compass.
Could we not conclude that Hitler's National Socialism had fused
Church and State so closely together that to see one, you'd have to
see the other-he that hath seen ME (i.e., the German State
personified in Hitler) has seen the Fatherland (whose spirit was the
Church)? No shallow theology here-a captivating indignity to Holy
Writ was born in this devilish collaboration and identification. Yet,
was his subtlety so fine that the appearance of Church & State
separation was his theme-but was it? I don't think so-not in the
final analysis; until the day he fully turned and devoured her.
THE CONCORDAT WITH ROME
"The fact that the Vatican is concluding a treaty with the new
Germany means the acknowledgement of the National Socialist state by
the Catholic Church. This treaty shows the whole world clearly and
unequivocally that the assertion that National Socialism [Nazism] is
hostile to religion is a lie."--Adolf Hitler, 22 July 1933, writing
to the Nazi Party (quoted from John Cornwell's "Hitler's Pope"
The Vatican, a far easier catch for Hitler than the splintering of
their Protestant counterparts, could easily conclude such an
agreement because of its own political viability and embrace of
Statehood. Who rides the Beast? Or, better yet, who seeks moral
legitimacy and acceptance? Clearly, Hitler's State welcomed such
acknowledgement-and did so wholeheartedly and with celebration.
The desire for moral covering by the State to prosecute its agenda of
evil was precisely the ticket given to Hitler-and he used the free
ride to the uttermost! Now, Kristal Nacht (i.e., the Night of Broken
Glass) could take place, now open season on Jews, Gypsies, and all
counter-culture pests and vermin could be unleashed with moral
impunity, and so it was.
HITLER'S PROVIDENTIAL INTERVENTIONS
"I believe that Providence would never have allowed us to see the
victory of the Movement if it had the intention after all to destroy
us at the end."
Adolf Hitler, in a speech to old members of the Party at Munich on 8
Nov. 1933
"What we are we have become not against, but with, the will of
Providence. And so long as we are true and honorable and of good
courage in fight, so long as we believe in our great work and do not
capitulate, we shall continue to enjoy in the future the blessing of
Providence."
--Adolf Hitler, at Rosenheim in Bavaria, 11 Aug. 1935
"Providence has caused me to be Catholic and I know therefore how to
handle this Church." --Adolf Hitler, reportedly to have said in
Berlin in 1936 on the enmity of the Catholic Church to National
Socialism
"I believe in Providence and I believe Providence to be just.
Therefore I believe that Providence always rewards the strong, the
industrious, and the upright."Adolf Hitler, in a speech to National
Socialist women at the Nuremberg Parteitag of 1936 [11 Sept. 1936]
"We National Socialists, too, have deep in our hearts our own faith.
We cannot do otherwise. No man can mould the history of peoples or of
the world unless he has upon his will and his capacities the blessing
of Providence." --Adolf Hitler, to Nazi leaders on 2 June 1937, as
reported by a correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph"
"I will never allow anyone to divide this people once more into
religious camps, each fighting the other....You, my Brown Guard, will
regard it as a matter of course that this German people should go
only by the way which Providence ordained for it when it gave to
Germans the common language. So we go forward with the profoundest
faith in God into the future. Would that which we have achieved have
been possible if Providence had not helped us?"---Adolf Hitler, in a
speech at Regensburg on 6 June1937
Hitler's constant appeal to divine intervention (i.e., providence),
and Germany's resurrection through the birth of the National
Socialist Party, were incessant and expected. The movement curried
the favor of the divine blessing and presence. The smile of God was
upon Germany because God Almighty, with His unseen hand and
direction, had provided all that was necessary and spiritual to
create the New Germany of Adolf Hitler.
Some naïve souls out there, whose academic endeavors attempt to
reinterpret history, assume that the inevitability of Nazi Germany
would have occurred regardless if there would have been a Hitler or
not-what naivety! Conjecture all you wish: Without Hitler, there
would NOT have been Nazi Germany, and that's my final answer. In
retrospect and from the fallen perspective of Nazi Germany-Hitler was
God's man for the hour!
SPIRITUAL UNITY THROUGH HITLER
"While we destroyed the Center Party, we have not only brought
thousands of priests back into the Church, but to millions of
respectable people we have restored their faith in their religion and
in their priests. The union of the Evangelical Church in a single
Church for the whole Reich, the Concordat with the Catholic Church,
these are but milestones on the road, which leads to the
establishment of a useful relation and a useful co-operation between
the Reich and the two Confessions."---Adolf Hitler, in his New Year
Message on 1 Jan. 1934
"So far as the Evangelical Confessions are concerned we are
determined to put an end to existing divisions, which are concerned
only with the forms of organization, and to create a single
Evangelical Church for the whole Reich....
"And we know that were the great German reformer [Martin Luther] with
us today he would rejoice to be freed from the necessity of his own
time and, like Ulrich von Hutten, his last prayer would be not for
the Churches of the separate States: it would be of Germany that he
would think and of the Evangelical Church of Germany."---Adolf
Hitler, in his Proclamation at the Parteitag at Nuremberg on 5 Sept.
1934
"Remain strong in your faith, as you were in former years. In this
faith, in its close--knit unity our people today goes straight
forward on its way and no power on earth will avail to stop it."---
Adolf Hitler, in a speech at Coburg on 15 Oct. 1937
In order to secure the full moral covering of the Church, Hitler had
to coronate her unity through the Concordat with Rome and the
establishment of a unified Evangelical Church expression. Thence, all
priests and ministers were brought together as one faith in two
confessions.
Eventually (but no matter) the evangelical wing of this twosome was
impossible to solidify-but this didn't stop Hitler's march toward
Church unity. He simply claimed victory no matter what the
Protestants looked like on paper-as far as he was concerned, the
union of the Evangelical Church was complete; and, so was the
Catholic and Protestant union of faith. The cooperation between the
two Confessions to legitimize the State's agenda was accomplished-
details would come later. And, do you think that such union came
about through decrees alone? Not so, the man many of you presumed had
not a spiritual bone in his body was ubiquitous in his appearance and
in hustling of German Protestants and Catholics-likewise did his
political ministers curry the favor of the religious leadership of
the nation, let alone its pew members. The "wine and dine"
methodologies, which work so well in today's Churchianity, were
extremely effective in Hitler's Germany-there is nothing new under
the sun.
What we witness today in the halls of our Capitol and White House is
regretfully similar-but then, again, does not our government
represent all the people? And, with such vast constituencies, should
not the "elect" gain access to those who lead them in civil affairs?
Today, those evangelical leaders who anointed our President with oil,
and laid their "holy hands" upon his head and shoulders in the Texas
Governor's Mansion on that fateful day in 1999, as he declared his
intentions to run for President of this great land, are they not the
same ones who have repeated invitations to counsel with the highest
office in the land? Shut out are the likes of the Roman Catholic
Bishops and the National Council of Churches. Gone are the days of
futile moral covering-welcome are those who have learned to stand in
the gap and provide both votes and victory to the Commander-in-Chief.
Furthermore, it pays to pray-to pray for the one who reflects your
values and your spirituality!
GERMANY'S WORST NIGHTMARE COULD BE AMERICA'S
"Imbued with the desire to secure for the German people the great
religious, moral, and cultural values rooted in the two Christian
Confessions, we have abolished the political organizations but
strengthened the religious institutions."--Adolf Hitler, speaking in
the Reichstag on 30 Jan. 1934
So enshrined was Germany's spirituality in the mind of Hitler, that
he took a quantum leap and linked the elimination of all political
parties (save his National Socialist Party), as barriers to Germany's
religious rebirth and awakening. By the sacrifice of political
competition, the enthronement of Germany's spirituality could be
realized! Imagine using religion to such an extent that it somehow
legitimized the abolition of all political parties in Nazi Germany!
This is unbelievable chutzpah on a scale so far out there that even
the Pope cannot attain to it.
It would appear that by such elimination, Christianity's greatest
hour had arrived-or was told it had arrived. But if you are going to
tell a lie so immense and all encompassing, so absurd and ridiculous-
why not shoot the gap, as they say, and blow the whole thing totally
out of proportion to any reality? And so blatant was this lie that
the people relished the thought and succumbed to its insanity! That's
how absurd things had become-but I bet you never guessed that this
was the reason he abolished all those political parties, did you?
No, I must confess, I can't see America sliding down the same pathway-
not exactly in this way; although the thought, in the minds of some,
that our current political parties are one in the same, disturbs me a
little and the absurd nature of the American independent Party, the
Libertarian Party, and the Green Party, etc., is of no small
consolation either-in essence, some think we have but one political
party of elites governing the masses in any event! But, I would have
to conclude the religious card has, as yet, not been so dramatized
nor discovered to the extent that Hitler utilized it before the
Reichstag.
CARING FOR THE VULNERABLE-HITLER VS. THE CHURCH
"It would have been more to the point, more honest and more
Christian, in past decades not to support those who intentionally
destroyed healthy life than to rebel against those who have no other
wish than to avoid disease. Moreover, a policy of laissez faire in
this sphere is not only cruelty to the individual guiltless victims
but also to the nation as a whole.... If the Churches were to declare
themselves ready to take over the treatment and care of those
suffering from hereditary diseases, we should be quite ready to
refrain from sterilizing them."---Adolf Hitler, in his speech on 30
Jan. 1934
Quite the challenge-wouldn't you say? Even so, what have we here? The
Church is enjoined to "care for the sick" lest they procreate and
produce offspring who, because of their parents, cannot care for
themselves? Indeed, the State "at least" has compassion to eliminate,
through sterilization, such babes (before they are ever born) whose
parents are mentally and/or physically remiss to care for their own-
so what should the Church do to lift this burden from society? Think
about it. Hitler was the master of such social engineering with the
Church. The point here is challenging the keepers of the moral fiber
of the nation-Hitler really did believe that the Church should pick
up this burden-it is difficult to believe they did-witness the
exhaust gasses that poured into the cabins of trucks filled with the
mentally ill and the physically challenged. Such was the "social
consciousness" of Nazi Germany's "mercy killings."
WE ARE GOD'S PEOPLE--HIS REDEEMER NATION-HITLER
"We have experienced a miracle, something unique, something the like
of which there has hardly been in the history of the world. God first
allowed our people to be victorious for four and a half years, then
He abased us, laid upon us a period of shamelessness, but now after a
struggle of fourteen years he has permitted us to bring that period
to a close. It is a miracle, which has been wrought upon the German
People.... It shows us that the Almighty has not deserted our people,
that He received it into favor at the moment when it rediscovered
itself. And that our people shall never again lose itself, that must
be our vow so long as we shall live and so long as the Lord gives us
the strength to carry on the fight."---Adolf Hitler, in a speech to
the "Old Guard" of the Party at Munich on 19 March 1934
Throughout these "spiritual quotations" of Adolf Hitler, there is a
keen awareness that in some mysterious fashion, this man actually
believed what he was saying. Raised a Catholic, he did aspire to some
form of spirituality-and, he certainly took his own spirituality
seriously. To Hitler, the acknowledgement of one's spirituality, of
German spirituality, was recognition of divine intervention in the
affairs of man, and in his case, of the German nation.
A great deal has been made by many of Hitler's love affair with the
occult. We do not deny his absorption therewith (e.g., Joseph Carr's
THE TWISTED CROSS). However, the "public persona" of one Adolf Hitler
was one steeped in Christian tradition-German traditional religious
practice and imagery. He somehow knew what made the German soul tick
and what really made most of mankind tick. His realization of what
could motivate the human soul (mind, will and emotion) to its
grandiose heights was decisively religious (i.e., the Christian
religious expression) in its public manifestation.
Hitler's resort to divine participation in the affairs of the German
people was brilliant and even strangely sincere. "God brought Germany
4.5 years of victory and then the shame of defeat for the next
fourteen. Now, the same God who foreordained our demise has deemed us
worthy of a far greater future than we could imagine-it is a
miracle!" (My quotes) Hitler gives the Almighty all praise and honor
for His intervention and Germany's rebirth. No surprise, if you've
read everything that has gone before.
Simultaneously, as Germany came to itself, the Almighty declared His
favor upon the nation! Hitler proposed that divine cooperation was
mandatory for the German people to prolong their blessedness and
rebirth. Here we have a profound spiritual truth wherein man can
cooperate with God and literally move the hand of God Himself through
obedience, sacrifice, and struggle. There is no easy way to secure
God's blessing-it is given to those who would aspire to receive it.
No, this was not a superficial regurgitation of "God helps those who
help themselves." It was far deeper and much more profound that such
simplistic verbiage and inane chatter. Hitler's pragmatic theology
was lofty enough to capture the intellectually elite of the land, as
well as scores of theologians who admired his grasp of theological
truths and Hitler's ability to apply them to the real world. Yes,
here was a man who could comprehend the incomprehensible through the
eyes of God Himself!
So you construe that economic satisfaction alone persuaded the vast
majority of Germans to enthusiastically embrace their Leader? Not
so, look more earnestly, more deeply . . . leap into the spiritual
dimension projected by a man who knew the deepest environs of the
soul and spirit of a people. Then, you will surely behold the
biblical contemplation: "Walk we not in the same steps, in the same
spirit."
GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERIKA, (I mean) . . . GERMANY!
"No, it is not we that have deserted Christianity; it is those who
came before us who deserted Christianity. We have only carried
through a clear division between politics, which have to do with
terrestrial things, and religion, which must concern itself with the
celestial sphere. There has been no interference with the doctrine
(Lehre) of the Confessions or with their religious freedom
(Bekenntnisfreiheit), nor will there be any such interference. On the
contrary the State protects religion, though always on the one
condition that religion will not be used as a cover for political
ends....
"For their interests cannot fail to coincide with ours alike in our
fight against the symptoms of degeneracy in the world of today, in
our fight against a Bolshevist culture, against atheistic movement,
against criminality, and in our struggle for a consciousness of a
community in our national life... These are not anti--Christian,
these are Christian principles! And I believe that if we should fail
to follow these principles then we should be able to point to our
successes, for the result of our political battle is surely not
unblest by God."---Adolf Hitler, in his speech at Koblenz, to the
Germans of the Saar, 26 Aug. 1934
The repeated injunction to Germany's Christianity as the core of
Germany's soul and heritage is undeniable in all of Hitler's
proposals and polemics. He allegedly differentiated between the holy
and the profane; between the secular and the divine; the heavenly and
earthly; the celestial and the terrestrial. Again, here is one who
understood the language of theology and the politics of religion.
Freedom of religious practice is what we hear-full commitment to the
major confessions of the faith, without prejudice. The State would
protect religion and its freedoms-as long as religion would keep its
nose out of politics. Now, that's of great interest to some who
welcome the support of the State today and are more than happy to
express their political opinions-not so bad now that the State
welcomes such spiritual approbation and adulation. But what of
different times and places-then shall religion be otherwise so judged
by the State if the State "feels" that the Church has left its sphere
of influence? Think about it-it's a bit unnerving to contemplate a
State that protects religious expression, as long as that religious
expression does not criticize the State-now you know the rest of the
story and your freedom. Or, will you loose your 501-C-3 (not-for-
profit religious status) if you delve into the political realms too
much. Some have-but they have only Hitler to follow when push comes
to this shove, don't they?
PRAYER AND PERSEVERANCE--HITLER'S APPEAL
"Only so you can appeal to your God and pray Him to support and bless
your courage, your work, your perseverance, your strength, your
resolution, and with all these your claim on life."---Adolf Hitler,
in a speech at Frankfurt on 16 March 1936
"In this world him who does not abandon himself the Almighty will not
desert. Him who helps himself will the Almighty always also help; He
will show him the way by which he can gain his rights, his freedom,
and therefore his future."--Adolf Hitler, in a speech at Hamburg on
20 March 1936
How inspiring are his utterances? Again, can you fault the man for
such impeccable appeals to the conscience of Germany's Christian
populace? I don't imagine you can nor would you want to thwart his
efforts by claiming they appear disingenuous. He truly believed in
this type of prayer and cooperation with the divine-it appears a
latent form of Augustinian and Calvinistic perseverance is understood
in this illumination. No, you say, I give him too much credit-look
more closely, I think some saintly spike upholds his rhetoric.
The "Triumph of the Will" (Triumph des Willes)-Leni Riefenstahl's
Nazi propaganda classic filmed in 1935-captures the corporate will of
an entire people marching lock step beneath the image of their
Fuhrer. But, behind this vibrato--this hysterical display of unity-
is a spiritual concept perpetrated by Hitler himself: Our will must
be merged in cooperation with the divine will-then, and only then,
God and man are joined together in purpose and destiny. Without the
two found in sync, there is no manifestation of God's plan and
purpose for His people upon the earth!
HITLER'S MANIFEST CHRISTIANITY-IN DEED, NOT WORD
"This Winter Help Work is also in the deepest sense a Christian work.
When I see, as I so often do, poorly clad girls collecting with such
infinite patience in order to care for those who are suffering from
the cold while they themselves are shivering with cold, then I have
the feeling that they are all apostles of a Christianity-and in truth
of a Christianity which can say with greater right than any other:
This is the Christianity of an honest confession, for behind it stand
not words but deeds."--Adolf Hitler, speaking of the Winter Help
Campaign on 5 Oct. 1937
Perhaps Hitler was reading the Epistle of St. James-"I will show you
my faith by my works." Hitler's Christianity was one of aggressive
activity, characterized by "good deeds"-again, as he so often did, he
commended such deeds, giving credit to his POSITIVE CHRISTIANITY. He
was all about vibrancy, especially in religious activity-it was
encouraged and continuously celebrated among the people and they
loved him for it. Such respect for sacrifice and unselfish devotion
to the German people were heralded by one who knew what it meant to
be a true Christian-again, and I know it's difficult to fathom the
depth of his recognition of Christianity in this way, but his words
and deeds manifested to the German people (and I mean "German") were
incessant and profoundly sincere to the ear of these people.
HITLER'S UNSHAKABLE FAITH IN THE ALMIGHTY
"In this hour I would ask of the Lord God only this: that, as in the
past, so in the years to come He would give His blessing to our work
and our action, to our judgment and our resolution, that He will
safeguard us from all false pride and from all cowardly servility,
that He may grant us to find the straight path which His Providence
has ordained for the German people, and that He may ever give us the
courage to do the right, never to falter, never to yield before any
violence, before any danger.... I am convinced that men who are
created by God should live in accordance with the will of the
Almighty.... If Providence had not guided us I could often never have
found these dizzy paths.... Thus it is that we National Socialists,
too, have in the depths of our hearts our faith. (Many of the Photos/Graphics Find Their Source in: A Moral
Reckoning: The Role of the Catholic Church in the Holocaust and Its
Unfulfilled Duty of Repair by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen-please go to
www.the-tribulation-network.com for full graphics).
Doug is a member of the "Last Days Network" . . . a group of
evangelical pundits providing news and analysis on Religion in
Politics. "Applied Biblical prophecy," apostasy and deception, the
impact of the New American World Order System, and the influences of
the Religious Right and Left upon American culture--are topics
discussed by the group. He is an educator in the public schools
(California) and an administrator.
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Friday, June 29, 2007
Saving Money At The Pump
Gas prices are higher than ever, so you're likely to see more
advertising for "gas-saving" products. Yes, we want to improve
on fuel efficiency, but are these products really helping? Or
are they just taking an extra bite out of our already shrinking
car budget?
The truth is, you should be suspicious of any gas-saving claims
for certain devices or oil and gas additives. Even for the few
gas-saving products that have been found to work, the savings
have been miniscule.
You'll see all sorts of claims and testimonies. "This
gas-saving product improves fuel economy by 20 percent." Yeah,
yeah. Actually, the EPA has tested over 100 of these supposed
gas saving doo-hickies, and none of them were found to do the
job well.
Some of the products can even damage your car. So much for
cost savings! Please be skeptical of advertising claims for gas
saving devices.
Here's another quote you might read. "This gas-saving device
is approved by the Federal government." Actually, no government
agency endorses gas-saving products for cars. If the seller
claims the EPA has evaluated its product, ask for a copy of the
report, or check http://www.epa.gov for information. Ah, I love
the power of the internet.
If you want to save money at the pump, try these tips. They'll
serve you much better than some snake oil product.
Buy only the octane level gas you need.
The faster you drive, the more fuel you use. It's a fact.
Use overdrive gears during highway driving. This also saves
wear on your engine.
Use cruise control on highway trips.
Avoid unnecessary braking and acceleration. That means no
tailgating! This tip alone can improve your fuel economy by 5
to 10 percent. Sudden starts and sudden stops are wasteful, not
to mention the barf factor involved for those of us who get car
sick.
Unnecessary idling wastes fuel.
Avoid carrying excess weight in your trunk.
Keep your engine tuned. Engine troubles can increase fuel
consumption by as much as 10 to 20 percent.
Make sure your tires are properly inflated and aligned. Check
them once a month. Under-inflated tires increases fuel
consumption by six percent.
Change your oil.
Check and replace air filters regularly. Clogged filters can
cause up to a 10 percent increase in fuel consumption.
There's no need to buy products that cost you more money than
they save. These little fuel saving tips can add up to an extra
hundred bucks or so in your pocket each year! This article courtesy of
http://www.car-alarm-guide.net
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advertising for "gas-saving" products. Yes, we want to improve
on fuel efficiency, but are these products really helping? Or
are they just taking an extra bite out of our already shrinking
car budget?
The truth is, you should be suspicious of any gas-saving claims
for certain devices or oil and gas additives. Even for the few
gas-saving products that have been found to work, the savings
have been miniscule.
You'll see all sorts of claims and testimonies. "This
gas-saving product improves fuel economy by 20 percent." Yeah,
yeah. Actually, the EPA has tested over 100 of these supposed
gas saving doo-hickies, and none of them were found to do the
job well.
Some of the products can even damage your car. So much for
cost savings! Please be skeptical of advertising claims for gas
saving devices.
Here's another quote you might read. "This gas-saving device
is approved by the Federal government." Actually, no government
agency endorses gas-saving products for cars. If the seller
claims the EPA has evaluated its product, ask for a copy of the
report, or check http://www.epa.gov for information. Ah, I love
the power of the internet.
If you want to save money at the pump, try these tips. They'll
serve you much better than some snake oil product.
Buy only the octane level gas you need.
The faster you drive, the more fuel you use. It's a fact.
Use overdrive gears during highway driving. This also saves
wear on your engine.
Use cruise control on highway trips.
Avoid unnecessary braking and acceleration. That means no
tailgating! This tip alone can improve your fuel economy by 5
to 10 percent. Sudden starts and sudden stops are wasteful, not
to mention the barf factor involved for those of us who get car
sick.
Unnecessary idling wastes fuel.
Avoid carrying excess weight in your trunk.
Keep your engine tuned. Engine troubles can increase fuel
consumption by as much as 10 to 20 percent.
Make sure your tires are properly inflated and aligned. Check
them once a month. Under-inflated tires increases fuel
consumption by six percent.
Change your oil.
Check and replace air filters regularly. Clogged filters can
cause up to a 10 percent increase in fuel consumption.
There's no need to buy products that cost you more money than
they save. These little fuel saving tips can add up to an extra
hundred bucks or so in your pocket each year! This article courtesy of
http://www.car-alarm-guide.net
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Short Sale Success Secrets With Foreclosures
If you're active in real estate investing, you may already
realize one of the biggest issues real estate investors face:
Finding Great Deals.
FORECLOSURES AT A 52-YEAR HIGH
With foreclosures at a 52-year high, there are thousands of
deals available on the market, if you know where to find them
and how to secure them. The first challenge you'll face once
you locate the property is that most of these homeowners are
mortgaged to the hilt. They have no equity, and big loan
payments. In fact, many actually owe more than the property is
worth!
Most investors will walk away from these deals because they see
no obvious profit. That's because they don't know about the
Short Sale.
WHAT IS A SHORT SALE?
The concept behind the short sale is simple: your goal as a
real estate investor is to convince the bank to sell for less
that is owed as payment in full. Of course, this concept is
easy - buy the foreclosure from the bank at a big discount,
sell the real estate, and make money! So how does it work?
SUCCESS WITH SHORT SALES CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FOLLOWING
STEPS:
Step 1: Do your research.
Many new real estate investors make the mistake of waiting
until some subscription service sends you the list. The
disadvantage is that a ton of other investors are also getting
the list. If your first contact is to send a letter, forget it.
Your letter will be lost in the huge pile the homeowner is
getting from all sorts of other investors, credit repair etc.
99% of the time these go directly into the trash or a big
basket unread. If you go directly to their door you've got a
chance.
So if you're going to mail, be the first to act when the
default notices are printed in the local newspaper. Or be the
first at your courthouse, if that's where they're filed first.
The key to finding investment-worthy properties is to act
quickly. Be disciplined and mail out the letters the very same
day-in fact take them to the post office. In this business, the
early bird really does catch the worm.
Tip for Success: If you don't have a company that publishes
your notices of default, check with local title companies or
bankruptcy attorneys to see if they offer these services; you
need somebody familiar with the subject that visits the
courthouse often.
Step 2: Develop your marketing strategy.
When you have located foreclosures, make sure your timing is
swift. Mail your initial letters of approach to the homeowner
the same day you discover the property. Placing ads in your
local papers also helps to generate leads and find homeowners
eager to avoid the credit penalties involved with foreclosing.
Tip for Success: A typical advertisement strategy taught in
real estate training is to get listed in real estate or credit
section of the classifieds. These ads typically have a bold, to
the point headline, such as "Avoid Foreclosure" or "Stop
Foreclosure, Today!" If you are targeting a specific property
type, or reaching for higher market values, specify this in
your ad. (Instead of simply "Avoid Foreclosure," add your
target market to the bottom of the ad. Example: "Avoid
Foreclosure, call 1-800-555-1212. 500K and up." You'll make
more money in real estate by reaching for high-value
properties, and an ad like this shows your prospects that you
specialize in helping those with higher value homes avoid
foreclosure.
Step 3: Work with the homeowner.
You can't get anywhere without the cooperation, and often
gratitude, of the homeowner. The homeowner you are working with
has obviously run out of options, but you'll need their trust
and confidence if you plan to short sale mortgages. Remember,
in these situations, you are often looked at as the "rescuer".
Make sure you explain the homeowner's part in the process
thoroughly. Once they deiced to allow you to work with them,
there is important paperwork you need them to fill out and
sign:
1. an "Authorization to Release" form that gives you permission
to contact the lenders and the foreclosing attorneys.
2. a sales contract - signed but leave the purchase price
blank. You may need to change the numbers as you negotiate with
the bank
3. a financial statement - to show they can't afford to make
the payments
4. a hardship letter - to explain in personal terms what
happened.
Tip for Success: Remember that this is a stressful time for the
homeowner. It's easy to get caught in the excitement of a
prospective short sale profit. You can get them to make a
decision when you are able to convince them that this is the
right option for them Emphasize the benefits of working with
you, and then ask for them to take action. Make sure to let
them know that once your contract is signed, and the bank
accepts it; they'll be free to move on with their life.
Step 4: Negotiate with the bank.
Although banks don't enjoy taking a loss, it is a simple fact
of the lending business that short sales are a necessary evil
for lenders. Indeed owning the property (a non-performing
asset) is even more expensive than selling it for a loss.
Consider:
Banks use short sales to drop unwanted property quickly without
having to deal with the REO office and go through the long
process of putting the home back on the market. When you speak
with the Loss Mitigation department, remember, this property is
actually costing them money! Federal regulations require
somewhere between $300,000 and $800,000 (or more!) to be held
in reserve by lenders, which is many times over the actual
price of the bad debt.
When you call the bank and ask for the Loss Mitigation
Department (the department that handles properties that are in
foreclosure) tell the person handling the account that you are
trying to help Mr. X with his foreclosure and you are willing
to buy the property from him, but due to the condition of the
property/declining values/etc. you are only willing to pay X
amount. This is where your negotiations begin.
Be firm and polite, but don't ever make threats to not buy or
be forceful in your approach. Loss mitigators are often busy
and overworked, and they want to see you as somebody who is
minimizing the damage - and hassle - of the bad debt.
Tip for Success: Larger banks are the easiest to deal with when
working with short sales and foreclosures. This is because the
larger banks have more resource, more experience, and more
loans! While there are some larger banks that don't work with
short sales at all, other banks, such as Wells Fargo or
Fairbanks Capital, tend to work with a much larger volume of
short sales.
Once you have worked with enough short sales, you'll find that
you have inside contacts at some of the larger banks; be
friendly, ask them about their day, Develop a rapport.
Sometimes, they'll open up about problems they're facing or
current trends, which of course, you'll need to keep on top of!
You don't have to be a real estate pro to see the potential for
making money with short sales, and now you definitely have some
great tools to get started. Great deals in real estate are out
there, and with today's market, your potential for profit is
limitless. Just keep in mind: do your research, market your
services, and treat the homeowners and lenders with respect.
When you use this approach with short sales, you can make a
win-win for everybody, especially the officers at your own bank
when you cash in on your profit!
In the next article, we'll discuss the tricks and tips in
convincing the bank to take a big discount on the short sale.
Best of Success,
Richard OdesseyRichard and Michelle are experienced
investors and founders of the premier site on the internet -
http://www.InvestorWealth.com: training real estate investors
to do high profit deals. Offering Free Teleseminars by the top
real estate investors, how-to tools and kits and hands-on
training with personal advice from experts from the comfort of
your home
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realize one of the biggest issues real estate investors face:
Finding Great Deals.
FORECLOSURES AT A 52-YEAR HIGH
With foreclosures at a 52-year high, there are thousands of
deals available on the market, if you know where to find them
and how to secure them. The first challenge you'll face once
you locate the property is that most of these homeowners are
mortgaged to the hilt. They have no equity, and big loan
payments. In fact, many actually owe more than the property is
worth!
Most investors will walk away from these deals because they see
no obvious profit. That's because they don't know about the
Short Sale.
WHAT IS A SHORT SALE?
The concept behind the short sale is simple: your goal as a
real estate investor is to convince the bank to sell for less
that is owed as payment in full. Of course, this concept is
easy - buy the foreclosure from the bank at a big discount,
sell the real estate, and make money! So how does it work?
SUCCESS WITH SHORT SALES CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FOLLOWING
STEPS:
Step 1: Do your research.
Many new real estate investors make the mistake of waiting
until some subscription service sends you the list. The
disadvantage is that a ton of other investors are also getting
the list. If your first contact is to send a letter, forget it.
Your letter will be lost in the huge pile the homeowner is
getting from all sorts of other investors, credit repair etc.
99% of the time these go directly into the trash or a big
basket unread. If you go directly to their door you've got a
chance.
So if you're going to mail, be the first to act when the
default notices are printed in the local newspaper. Or be the
first at your courthouse, if that's where they're filed first.
The key to finding investment-worthy properties is to act
quickly. Be disciplined and mail out the letters the very same
day-in fact take them to the post office. In this business, the
early bird really does catch the worm.
Tip for Success: If you don't have a company that publishes
your notices of default, check with local title companies or
bankruptcy attorneys to see if they offer these services; you
need somebody familiar with the subject that visits the
courthouse often.
Step 2: Develop your marketing strategy.
When you have located foreclosures, make sure your timing is
swift. Mail your initial letters of approach to the homeowner
the same day you discover the property. Placing ads in your
local papers also helps to generate leads and find homeowners
eager to avoid the credit penalties involved with foreclosing.
Tip for Success: A typical advertisement strategy taught in
real estate training is to get listed in real estate or credit
section of the classifieds. These ads typically have a bold, to
the point headline, such as "Avoid Foreclosure" or "Stop
Foreclosure, Today!" If you are targeting a specific property
type, or reaching for higher market values, specify this in
your ad. (Instead of simply "Avoid Foreclosure," add your
target market to the bottom of the ad. Example: "Avoid
Foreclosure, call 1-800-555-1212. 500K and up." You'll make
more money in real estate by reaching for high-value
properties, and an ad like this shows your prospects that you
specialize in helping those with higher value homes avoid
foreclosure.
Step 3: Work with the homeowner.
You can't get anywhere without the cooperation, and often
gratitude, of the homeowner. The homeowner you are working with
has obviously run out of options, but you'll need their trust
and confidence if you plan to short sale mortgages. Remember,
in these situations, you are often looked at as the "rescuer".
Make sure you explain the homeowner's part in the process
thoroughly. Once they deiced to allow you to work with them,
there is important paperwork you need them to fill out and
sign:
1. an "Authorization to Release" form that gives you permission
to contact the lenders and the foreclosing attorneys.
2. a sales contract - signed but leave the purchase price
blank. You may need to change the numbers as you negotiate with
the bank
3. a financial statement - to show they can't afford to make
the payments
4. a hardship letter - to explain in personal terms what
happened.
Tip for Success: Remember that this is a stressful time for the
homeowner. It's easy to get caught in the excitement of a
prospective short sale profit. You can get them to make a
decision when you are able to convince them that this is the
right option for them Emphasize the benefits of working with
you, and then ask for them to take action. Make sure to let
them know that once your contract is signed, and the bank
accepts it; they'll be free to move on with their life.
Step 4: Negotiate with the bank.
Although banks don't enjoy taking a loss, it is a simple fact
of the lending business that short sales are a necessary evil
for lenders. Indeed owning the property (a non-performing
asset) is even more expensive than selling it for a loss.
Consider:
Banks use short sales to drop unwanted property quickly without
having to deal with the REO office and go through the long
process of putting the home back on the market. When you speak
with the Loss Mitigation department, remember, this property is
actually costing them money! Federal regulations require
somewhere between $300,000 and $800,000 (or more!) to be held
in reserve by lenders, which is many times over the actual
price of the bad debt.
When you call the bank and ask for the Loss Mitigation
Department (the department that handles properties that are in
foreclosure) tell the person handling the account that you are
trying to help Mr. X with his foreclosure and you are willing
to buy the property from him, but due to the condition of the
property/declining values/etc. you are only willing to pay X
amount. This is where your negotiations begin.
Be firm and polite, but don't ever make threats to not buy or
be forceful in your approach. Loss mitigators are often busy
and overworked, and they want to see you as somebody who is
minimizing the damage - and hassle - of the bad debt.
Tip for Success: Larger banks are the easiest to deal with when
working with short sales and foreclosures. This is because the
larger banks have more resource, more experience, and more
loans! While there are some larger banks that don't work with
short sales at all, other banks, such as Wells Fargo or
Fairbanks Capital, tend to work with a much larger volume of
short sales.
Once you have worked with enough short sales, you'll find that
you have inside contacts at some of the larger banks; be
friendly, ask them about their day, Develop a rapport.
Sometimes, they'll open up about problems they're facing or
current trends, which of course, you'll need to keep on top of!
You don't have to be a real estate pro to see the potential for
making money with short sales, and now you definitely have some
great tools to get started. Great deals in real estate are out
there, and with today's market, your potential for profit is
limitless. Just keep in mind: do your research, market your
services, and treat the homeowners and lenders with respect.
When you use this approach with short sales, you can make a
win-win for everybody, especially the officers at your own bank
when you cash in on your profit!
In the next article, we'll discuss the tricks and tips in
convincing the bank to take a big discount on the short sale.
Best of Success,
Richard OdesseyRichard and Michelle are experienced
investors and founders of the premier site on the internet -
http://www.InvestorWealth.com: training real estate investors
to do high profit deals. Offering Free Teleseminars by the top
real estate investors, how-to tools and kits and hands-on
training with personal advice from experts from the comfort of
your home
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Low-Carb Pastry Pizzazz
This delicious treat adds only 1.9 grams of carb for a Superb
Roll of any size. Just add a glaze to the rolls once they are
baked. While the rolls are baking, make ½ or ¼ of the below
mentioned glaze. Apply the glaze thinly with a pastry brush to
the tops of the hot rolls. It will set within minutes. The
rolls will freeze well, even with the glaze. Thaw at room
temperature or follow directions for heating in the oven.
Glaze
SERVING SIZE ,icing for 1 cookie. Carbs per serving 0.5 gram of
carb.
Number of servings: 280
Ingredients:
1 egg white (or 3 Tablesps sterilized egg white)
1 cup powdered sugar (unsifted)
3 Teasps vanilla extract
Put the egg white and powdered sugar in the bowl of your
electric mixer and beat on high speed until the sugar is
absorbed and the mixture thickens a bit: scrape sides of bowl
as needed. Mix in the vanilla extract. Apply icing with the tip
of a knife or a small brush. The icing dries quickly,
particularly over freshly baked cookies, rolls, and so forth.
Store unused frosting, covered, in the fridge. Always stir well
before using.
Ingredients:
¾ cup cold water plus 2 Tablesps (very important)
6 Tablesps butter (¾ stick)
¾ cup vital wheat gluten flour
1/3 cup unbleached, all-purpose wheat (white) flour
trace of salt (two light shakes or to taste)
3 eggs *
1 egg white
Preheat oven to 420F. Have ready one large, nonstick,
heavy-gauge metal cookie sheet. Put the water and the butter in
a heavy 2-quart saucepan, preferably with a rounded bottom, over
medium heat. Occasionally stir the mixture while you wait for
the butter to melt.
Meanwhile, thoroughly combine the two flours, and a pinch of
salt in a medium-mixing bowl.
As soon as the butter has melted and the mixture begins to
simmer, add the dry mix all at once, and stir vigorously with a
wooden spoon. Within just a few seconds, the dough will become
smooth and leave the bottom and sides of the pan. Keep stirring
until no flour shows. Cook for about 10 seconds longer and
remove from heat.
Put the hot saucepan on a cold burner or other safe surface.
Stir in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each
addition. At first the dough will appear lumpy. When the whole
eggs have been added, the dough will be smooth. It should be
creamy and hold peaks with almost no settling. Work in the egg
white. Now the dough will be just right; it will still hold its
shape, but in softer peaks. It should form mounds that do not
spread on the cookie sheet, but sink back and broaden out
slightly. Occasionally, you may need to make a judgment call.
Depending on the size of the eggs, the dough may be
sufficiently soft even before you add the final egg white. In
that case, omit the egg white or add it by the Tablesp. The
right consistency makes the best rolls. Dough that is too stiff
results in smaller rolls; dough that is too soft (i.e., spreads
out wide on the cookie sheet) may result in flat rolls.
If you like, use your electric mixer to work in the eggs.
Simply transfer the hot dough from the saucepan to the mixer
bowl and beat in the eggs, one at a time. Do not over beat
because if you do, the rolls may develop large air pockets. Use
a flat beater if you have one.
Put spoonfuls of dough on the cookie sheet, choosing the size
you prefer. Use large Teasps or even soupspoons to drop the
dough. Place them fairly close together.
Bake the rolls for about 25 to 28 minutes or until they are
golden brown and crusty on top. Promptly freeze rolls that you
do not plan to use the day they are baked. Take them out of the
bag to thaw at room temperature. You can also put the frozen
rolls in the oven, set at 350F (no need to pre-heat),
and bake for 5 minutes. You can toast rolls (slice in half),
but you need a wide-slot toaster or toaster oven. The rolls
toast rapidly, so use the lowest setting.
Save unused rolls in a dry place until rock hard. They will be
used for Magnificent Bread Crumbs.Are you hungry for more tasty and healthy
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recipes and information on how to get in and stay in shape.
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Roll of any size. Just add a glaze to the rolls once they are
baked. While the rolls are baking, make ½ or ¼ of the below
mentioned glaze. Apply the glaze thinly with a pastry brush to
the tops of the hot rolls. It will set within minutes. The
rolls will freeze well, even with the glaze. Thaw at room
temperature or follow directions for heating in the oven.
Glaze
SERVING SIZE ,icing for 1 cookie. Carbs per serving 0.5 gram of
carb.
Number of servings: 280
Ingredients:
1 egg white (or 3 Tablesps sterilized egg white)
1 cup powdered sugar (unsifted)
3 Teasps vanilla extract
Put the egg white and powdered sugar in the bowl of your
electric mixer and beat on high speed until the sugar is
absorbed and the mixture thickens a bit: scrape sides of bowl
as needed. Mix in the vanilla extract. Apply icing with the tip
of a knife or a small brush. The icing dries quickly,
particularly over freshly baked cookies, rolls, and so forth.
Store unused frosting, covered, in the fridge. Always stir well
before using.
Ingredients:
¾ cup cold water plus 2 Tablesps (very important)
6 Tablesps butter (¾ stick)
¾ cup vital wheat gluten flour
1/3 cup unbleached, all-purpose wheat (white) flour
trace of salt (two light shakes or to taste)
3 eggs *
1 egg white
Preheat oven to 420F. Have ready one large, nonstick,
heavy-gauge metal cookie sheet. Put the water and the butter in
a heavy 2-quart saucepan, preferably with a rounded bottom, over
medium heat. Occasionally stir the mixture while you wait for
the butter to melt.
Meanwhile, thoroughly combine the two flours, and a pinch of
salt in a medium-mixing bowl.
As soon as the butter has melted and the mixture begins to
simmer, add the dry mix all at once, and stir vigorously with a
wooden spoon. Within just a few seconds, the dough will become
smooth and leave the bottom and sides of the pan. Keep stirring
until no flour shows. Cook for about 10 seconds longer and
remove from heat.
Put the hot saucepan on a cold burner or other safe surface.
Stir in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each
addition. At first the dough will appear lumpy. When the whole
eggs have been added, the dough will be smooth. It should be
creamy and hold peaks with almost no settling. Work in the egg
white. Now the dough will be just right; it will still hold its
shape, but in softer peaks. It should form mounds that do not
spread on the cookie sheet, but sink back and broaden out
slightly. Occasionally, you may need to make a judgment call.
Depending on the size of the eggs, the dough may be
sufficiently soft even before you add the final egg white. In
that case, omit the egg white or add it by the Tablesp. The
right consistency makes the best rolls. Dough that is too stiff
results in smaller rolls; dough that is too soft (i.e., spreads
out wide on the cookie sheet) may result in flat rolls.
If you like, use your electric mixer to work in the eggs.
Simply transfer the hot dough from the saucepan to the mixer
bowl and beat in the eggs, one at a time. Do not over beat
because if you do, the rolls may develop large air pockets. Use
a flat beater if you have one.
Put spoonfuls of dough on the cookie sheet, choosing the size
you prefer. Use large Teasps or even soupspoons to drop the
dough. Place them fairly close together.
Bake the rolls for about 25 to 28 minutes or until they are
golden brown and crusty on top. Promptly freeze rolls that you
do not plan to use the day they are baked. Take them out of the
bag to thaw at room temperature. You can also put the frozen
rolls in the oven, set at 350F (no need to pre-heat),
and bake for 5 minutes. You can toast rolls (slice in half),
but you need a wide-slot toaster or toaster oven. The rolls
toast rapidly, so use the lowest setting.
Save unused rolls in a dry place until rock hard. They will be
used for Magnificent Bread Crumbs.Are you hungry for more tasty and healthy
recipes? Go to http://www.personaltrainingclasses.com today for
recipes and information on how to get in and stay in shape.
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Debt Elimination 1
If you have multiple debts, you may well be wishing you had a
debt elimination wand to wave and make all the debts disappear.
You would probably wish even harder for that magic wand if you
were falling behind with, or at least struggling hard to keep
up with, the monthly payments on those debts.
The notion of debt elimination, though, is in most cases a
fanciful one, at least in the short term. If you have debts of
$15,000, where will you suddenly find $15,000 for the
elimination of those debts? If you have debts of $30,000, how
can you suddenly just wipe out that amount? Realistically, you
have little hope of reducing your debt balance to zero in the
short term, if your debts are anything like that sort of level.
Unless they win the lottery, or come into some inheritance
money, the average person cannot suddenly find such sums.
If your debt situation is really bad and out of control, then
you may be considering bankruptcy. That may wipe out your debt,
but it can be a very unpleasant process to go through. The laws
vary greatly between countries, but can sometimes be quite
draconian, and greatly inhibitive for your future actions
relating to money. Debt elimination by bankruptcy is an extreme
which, if at all possible, is to be avoided by those who have
pride and wish to make a genuine attempt to resolve their debt
problems and plan a better financial future.
Also, if you have debts out of control, you may be considering
debt negotiation. While this will not lead to debt elimination,
it may help reduce the immediate pressures and make it easier to
eliminate those debts some time in the future.
Of course, with lower amounts of debt, you have more of a
chance, so it really does depend on both the debt level and
your personal situation as to whether it is feasible to reduce
your debts to zero in the foreseeable future. In the longer
term, it is definitely possible, but there again the difficulty
level will depend on the amount of debt and other personal
circumstances.
What Are The Steps To Eliminate Debt?
Your precise steps to debt elimination will depend on your
current financial situation and other personal circumstances.
However, there are some broad steps that you can follow which
can help you achieve debt elimination with patience and
determination.
The follow up article will discuss the steps you can take to
eliminate personal debt.Roy Thomsitt is the owner and part author of
http://www.eliminate-credit-card-debt-now.com
Article Source: http://www.articlepros.com
debt elimination wand to wave and make all the debts disappear.
You would probably wish even harder for that magic wand if you
were falling behind with, or at least struggling hard to keep
up with, the monthly payments on those debts.
The notion of debt elimination, though, is in most cases a
fanciful one, at least in the short term. If you have debts of
$15,000, where will you suddenly find $15,000 for the
elimination of those debts? If you have debts of $30,000, how
can you suddenly just wipe out that amount? Realistically, you
have little hope of reducing your debt balance to zero in the
short term, if your debts are anything like that sort of level.
Unless they win the lottery, or come into some inheritance
money, the average person cannot suddenly find such sums.
If your debt situation is really bad and out of control, then
you may be considering bankruptcy. That may wipe out your debt,
but it can be a very unpleasant process to go through. The laws
vary greatly between countries, but can sometimes be quite
draconian, and greatly inhibitive for your future actions
relating to money. Debt elimination by bankruptcy is an extreme
which, if at all possible, is to be avoided by those who have
pride and wish to make a genuine attempt to resolve their debt
problems and plan a better financial future.
Also, if you have debts out of control, you may be considering
debt negotiation. While this will not lead to debt elimination,
it may help reduce the immediate pressures and make it easier to
eliminate those debts some time in the future.
Of course, with lower amounts of debt, you have more of a
chance, so it really does depend on both the debt level and
your personal situation as to whether it is feasible to reduce
your debts to zero in the foreseeable future. In the longer
term, it is definitely possible, but there again the difficulty
level will depend on the amount of debt and other personal
circumstances.
What Are The Steps To Eliminate Debt?
Your precise steps to debt elimination will depend on your
current financial situation and other personal circumstances.
However, there are some broad steps that you can follow which
can help you achieve debt elimination with patience and
determination.
The follow up article will discuss the steps you can take to
eliminate personal debt.Roy Thomsitt is the owner and part author of
http://www.eliminate-credit-card-debt-now.com
Article Source: http://www.articlepros.com
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Raisin Roll Delight
Ingredients:
¾ cup cold water plus 2 Tablesps (very important)
6 Tablesps butter (¾ stick)
¾ cup vital wheat gluten flour
1/3 cup unbleached, all-purpose wheat (white) flour
trace of salt (two light shakes or to taste)
1 ½ ounces of raisins
3 eggs *
1 egg white
Preheat oven to 425F. Have ready one large, nonstick,
heavy-gauge metal cookie sheet. Put the water and the butter in
a heavy 2-quart saucepan, preferably with a rounded bottom, over
medium heat. Occasionally stir the mixture while you wait for
the butter to melt.
Meanwhile, thoroughly combine the two flours, and a pinch of
salt in a medium-mixing bowl.
As soon as the butter has melted and the mixture begins to
simmer, add the dry mix all at once, and stir vigorously with a
wooden spoon. Within just a few seconds, the dough will become
smooth and leave the bottom and sides of the pan. Keep stirring
until no flour shows. Cook for about 10 seconds longer and
remove from heat.
Put the hot saucepan on a cold burner or other safe surface.
Stir in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each
addition. At first the dough will appear lumpy. When the whole
eggs have been added, the dough will be smooth. It should be
creamy and hold peaks with almost no settling. Work in the egg
white. Now the dough will be just right; it will still hold its
shape, but in softer peaks. It should form mounds that do not
spread on the cookie sheet, but sink back and broaden out
slightly. Occasionally, you may need to make a judgment call.
Depending on the size of the eggs, the dough may be
sufficiently soft even before you add the final egg white. In
that case, omit the egg white or add it by the Tablesp. The
right consistency makes the best rolls. Dough that is too stiff
results in smaller rolls; dough that is too soft (i.e., spreads
out wide on the cookie sheet) may result in flat rolls.
If you like, use your electric mixer to work in the eggs.
Simply transfer the hot dough from the saucepan to the mixer
bowl and beat in the eggs, one at a time. Do not over beat
because if you do, the rolls may develop large air pockets. Use
a flat beater if you have one.
Once all eggs have been worked into the dough, stir in 1 ½
ounces of raisins. The raisin rolls will not rise as high, but
they will taste terrific.
Put spoonfuls of dough on the cookie sheet, choosing the size
you prefer. Use large Teasps or even soupspoons to drop the
dough. Place them fairly close together.
Bake the rolls at 425F to 450F for about 15 to
18 minutes and check early until they are golden brown and
crusty on top. Promptly freeze rolls that you do not plan to
use the day they are baked. Take them out of the bag to thaw at
room temperature. You can also put the frozen rolls in the oven,
set at 350F (no need to pre-heat), and bake for 5
minutes. You can toast rolls (slice in half), but you need a
wide-slot toaster or toaster oven. The rolls toast rapidly, so
use the lowest setting.
Save unused rolls in a dry place until rock hard. They will be
used for Magnificent Bread Crumbs.Are you hungry for more tasty and healthy
recipes? Go to http://www.personaltrainingclasses.com today for
recipes and information on how to get in and stay in shape.
Article Source: http://www.articlepros.com
¾ cup cold water plus 2 Tablesps (very important)
6 Tablesps butter (¾ stick)
¾ cup vital wheat gluten flour
1/3 cup unbleached, all-purpose wheat (white) flour
trace of salt (two light shakes or to taste)
1 ½ ounces of raisins
3 eggs *
1 egg white
Preheat oven to 425F. Have ready one large, nonstick,
heavy-gauge metal cookie sheet. Put the water and the butter in
a heavy 2-quart saucepan, preferably with a rounded bottom, over
medium heat. Occasionally stir the mixture while you wait for
the butter to melt.
Meanwhile, thoroughly combine the two flours, and a pinch of
salt in a medium-mixing bowl.
As soon as the butter has melted and the mixture begins to
simmer, add the dry mix all at once, and stir vigorously with a
wooden spoon. Within just a few seconds, the dough will become
smooth and leave the bottom and sides of the pan. Keep stirring
until no flour shows. Cook for about 10 seconds longer and
remove from heat.
Put the hot saucepan on a cold burner or other safe surface.
Stir in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each
addition. At first the dough will appear lumpy. When the whole
eggs have been added, the dough will be smooth. It should be
creamy and hold peaks with almost no settling. Work in the egg
white. Now the dough will be just right; it will still hold its
shape, but in softer peaks. It should form mounds that do not
spread on the cookie sheet, but sink back and broaden out
slightly. Occasionally, you may need to make a judgment call.
Depending on the size of the eggs, the dough may be
sufficiently soft even before you add the final egg white. In
that case, omit the egg white or add it by the Tablesp. The
right consistency makes the best rolls. Dough that is too stiff
results in smaller rolls; dough that is too soft (i.e., spreads
out wide on the cookie sheet) may result in flat rolls.
If you like, use your electric mixer to work in the eggs.
Simply transfer the hot dough from the saucepan to the mixer
bowl and beat in the eggs, one at a time. Do not over beat
because if you do, the rolls may develop large air pockets. Use
a flat beater if you have one.
Once all eggs have been worked into the dough, stir in 1 ½
ounces of raisins. The raisin rolls will not rise as high, but
they will taste terrific.
Put spoonfuls of dough on the cookie sheet, choosing the size
you prefer. Use large Teasps or even soupspoons to drop the
dough. Place them fairly close together.
Bake the rolls at 425F to 450F for about 15 to
18 minutes and check early until they are golden brown and
crusty on top. Promptly freeze rolls that you do not plan to
use the day they are baked. Take them out of the bag to thaw at
room temperature. You can also put the frozen rolls in the oven,
set at 350F (no need to pre-heat), and bake for 5
minutes. You can toast rolls (slice in half), but you need a
wide-slot toaster or toaster oven. The rolls toast rapidly, so
use the lowest setting.
Save unused rolls in a dry place until rock hard. They will be
used for Magnificent Bread Crumbs.Are you hungry for more tasty and healthy
recipes? Go to http://www.personaltrainingclasses.com today for
recipes and information on how to get in and stay in shape.
Article Source: http://www.articlepros.com
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