Rev. Chris Pickens

05/07/2026

The Copper Scroll is different. Although the words are clear, the message itself is enigmatic. It is a list of items of monetary value, without any narrative or introduction. Since it was engraved on almost pure copper, requiring a degree of investment and time, the content was clearly very important to somebody

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04/29/2026

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04/24/2026

In 2021, a federal court required World Healing Center Church to pay Mail America Communications, Inc. $2,993,221, plus interest and attorney’s fees.

“For nearly 15 years, Defendant had been falling behind its payment obligations, with over $5.6 million in arrears by early 2012,” Judge Alvin Hellerstein wrote in that case.

“No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be loved to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” - Matthew 6:24

"Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” - Luke 12:32-34

“Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” - Mark 10:24b-25

“Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” - Luke 12:13-15

“Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.” - Mark 12:41-44

Hinn’s TV program ‘’This is Your Day!’’ once ranked among the most-watched Christian broadcasts in the world, seen in 200 countries.

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03/17/2026

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!!


If most people know anything about Saint Patrick, it’s that his one claim to fame is that he drove the ‬ from Ireland.

Legends about Patrick abound; but truth is best served by our seeing two solid qualities in him: He was and he was . The determination to accept suffering and success with equal indifference guided the life of God’s instrument for winning most of Ireland (country) for .

What most people don’t realize is that the snake is part of the Pagan Symbols in History, and that the snakes referred to in the ‬ mythos are not meant in the literal sense, but refer to ‪ ‬; i.e., Saint Patrick drove The Pagans (specifically, the Celts) out of ‪ ‬ (although it could be said, and has been argued, that much has been done in Saint Patrick’s name, but that the man himself was relatively unimportant). So what is celebrated on Saint Patrick's Day with drinking and much cavorting is, ironically, the spread of Christianity throughout Ireland and the subjugation and conversion of the .

Details of his life are uncertain. Current research places his dates of birth and death a little later than earlier accounts. Patrick may have been born in Dunbarton, Scotland, Cumberland, England, or in northern Wales. He called himself both a and a Briton. At 16, he and a large number of his father’s slaves and vassals were captured by Irish raiders and sold as slaves in Ireland. Forced to work as a shepherd, he suffered greatly from hunger and cold.

After six years Patrick escaped, probably to France, and later returned to Britain at the age of 22. His captivity had meant spiritual conversion. He may have studied at Lerins, off the French coast; he spent years at Auxerre, France, and was consecrated bishop at the age of 43. His great desire was to proclaim the good news to the .

In a dream vision it seemed “all the children of Ireland from their mothers’ wombs were stretching out their hands” to him. He understood the vision to be a call to do mission work in pagan Ireland. Despite opposition from those who felt his education had been defective, he was sent to carry out the task. He went to the west and north–where the faith had never been preached–obtained the protection of local kings, and made numerous converts.

Because of the island’s pagan background, Patrick was emphatic in encouraging widows to remain chaste and young women to consecrate their virginity to Christ. He ordained many , divided the country into dioceses, held Church councils, founded several monasteries and continually urged his people to greater holiness in Christ.

He suffered much opposition from pagan druids and was criticized in both England and Ireland for the way he conducted his mission.

In a relatively short time, the island had experienced deeply the Christian spirit, and was prepared to send out missionaries whose efforts were greatly responsible for Christianizing Europe.

Patrick was a man of action, with little inclination toward learning. He had a rocklike belief in his vocation, in the cause he had espoused.

One of the few certainly authentic writings is his Confessio, above all an act of homage to God for having called Patrick, unworthy sinner, to the apostolate.

There is hope rather than irony in the fact that his burial place is said to be in County Down in Northern Ireland, long the scene of strife and violence.

03/16/2026

WHAT IS REIKI ?

The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means “God’s Wisdom or the Higher Power” and Ki which is “life force energy”. So Reiki is actually “spiritually guided life force energy.”

Reiki means “universal life force energy” and is an ancient healing method that manipulates energy flow in the body. Reiki practitioners believe there is an energy force in and around the body. They believe that there is a flow of energy between the reiki practitioner and the receiver of the treatment. It is thought that reiki releases energy flows and allows the body’s own natural healing ability to work.
Reiki focuses on seven main energy centers, called chakras, in your body. The energy should flow freely through your chakras in order for you to be spiritually, physically, and mentally healthy. Practitioners believe that if energy paths are blocked, you may feel ill or weak or have pain.
A reiki treatment session usually lasts an hour. The reiki practitioner puts his or her hands over or on your body at certain chakras. Reiki is used to decrease pain, ease muscle tension, speed healing, improve sleep and much more .

* A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you.

* Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and well-being.

* Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use.

03/16/2026

“J.D. Vance is just one name in the growing list of high-profile, theologically conservative Christians who have made public shifts away from their Protestant backgrounds (often evangelical) to more liturgical or ‘high church’ traditions.⁠
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If Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy have the appearance of richer ecclesial institutions—why should we remain Protestant?” asks Andrew Voigt. ⁠
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Because Protestantism, he argues, encourages ecumenical engagement. It’s bolstered by historical Christianity. And “it promotes the most scriptural and apostolic reliance upon divine grace—apart from human works—as the sole condition for salvation.”⁠

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