Christianity began with small cells of followers meeting in various type groups all around Palestine and quickly spread throughout the Middles East, Africa, and the Roman Empire.  Though this movement was illegal until 303 AD with the Edict of Milan, it thrived under the intense persecution it suffered.  After this the “non-Temple” religion of Christianity was put back into a “Temple” by the State, (though the body of believers are the true temples and not a church building, synagogue or Holy Temple). 

     One of the fastest ways that Christianity reached the people, (and that is endorsed by Jesus when He sends out the 70 in groups of 2 to share the Good News of God), was in these small groups of monk like travelers.  Not monks in the modern sense of a hermit retiring from the world, but an active oriented monk who did everything from health care, apologetics, and shared the Good News of Christ.  With time and the development of the Bible we know today, these same “monk-like” followers helped plant the seeds of Christ throughout the known world; from the fringes of the East (China and India), to the Northern Island of Ireland these multi-talented monk-like followers helped to not only showcase a disciplined life of Christ but shared Him in the way they were each led in their own individual talents.

     Fast forward to the 14^th century and we see a group of these monk like priest hood of all believers known as “Lollards” attempting to break away from the church government which had long become corrupted.  They sought to translate the Scriptures into the English language and instead of wait for the corrupted hierarchy of the church of the day, they took it upon themselves to go out 2 by 2 into the cities and countryside alike to communicate the truths of Christianity to the populace in which the church had failed.  This led to the movement known as the Protestant Reformation.  No one seems to know how this movement and others like it of Lollard-like Monks were able to survive and propagate Christianity while the Church and State hunted them down and burned them at the stake for challenging the status quo but I believe there is ample evidence that the Knights Templar at least in part helped to germinate and protect these fringe groups and become melded into it themselves.  The Knights Templar had been betrayed by the Church they served and had long went into hiding at the same time of the Waldensians and Lollards came onto the scene.  This and much more is summarized in the book:  “The Knights Templar and the Protestant Reformation” available in eBook format as well as traditional book format at www.BarnesAndNoble.com ,  www.Amazon.com and other book sellers.  All profits for 2012 will go the present day Knights Templar Eye Foundation which seeks to restore sight to the blind.

     We are living in an increasingly post-Christian world where Christianity is being attacked at its very foundation from every side – the time is now for us to enact a modern “Lollard/monk” like movement that seeks to “be” the church wherever they go and simply be able to communicate (like those in the Book of Acts and Lollards/Templars did of old), the simplicity of the Christian faith without all of its bells & whistles found in church-ianity.  Whether it is utilizing our modern Masonic/Templar lodge halls to being a center for these type of movements, (with Templary on its way to extinction with an average age of almost 80), or meeting at house churches, books shops, coffee houses, colleges, or wherever you want – the time is slipping away for our complacency to continue to sit idly by as more and more churches are closing and more and more Christians are leaving the faith.  China implemented this same type mobile-monk in 1950 and Christian followers (under extreme persecution) have went from 750,000 to well over 100,000,000 today, so this isn’t just “talk.”

     If you are reading this you have a choice – close the page and watch some TV and go about your life as always until we all eventually die and then hope your life was worth it or you can seek to be the change of being a true follower of Christ and seek to make an impact on the world for Christ.  I am still working on this myself but this book as well as a free packet I will send you (to the left) can hopefully at least help in some meager way Lord willing.  The reality is my Brothers and Sisters – we must do something now.  Does anything else really matter?  Purpose, honor, integrity, courage, love, and truth are all desperately needed today and we are all called to play a part.

Also fellows Brothers - I am also going to have ALL profits from my other two books going to the Knights Templar Eye Foundation for 2012 so please click on the above books to read more about them or simply look them up on Amazon or BarnesAndNoble .com and let us all look forward to supporting both Christ and the Templar Eye Foundation.  Please also leave me feedback and any of these books so that I can know what you liked or disliked about them. 
Thank you Brothers - Please let us press forward and put Christ in front of everything we do as Christians and as Templars.

 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?'  And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Matthew 7:22-23

Will you please take just a moment to watch the following video?  (Just click on the link below and then the corresponding videos (Act 1, Act 2, etc will pop up for you to click on):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwyPH030GQw

This video very much relates to the modern day Knight Templar.  If you will take just a moment to read the rest of what I have to say and watch this video I will gladly send you a packet with much more information on this and more.

The above picture shows how when push came to shove the "Church" quickly submitted to Hitler.  Only a few brave Christ-ians (Templars you might say) like Dietrich Bonhoeffer stood up to the Nazis while standing fast for Christ.  Today there are 53 countries that have outlawed Christianity; there are a few brave souls tried by fire that are carrying on the true authentic Gospel message underground much like I have written about in "The Knights Templar and the Protestant Reformation" showing how the underground Templar organization helped protect and germinate the seeds of Christian faith in a world that had turned its back on it. 

*Russia was thought of as a Christian nation 100 years ago and almost over-night the Bolshevicks took power and destroyed 90% of all Christian churches and buildings seeking to drive out every Christian there was.  *IF the same thing happened in the United States today would you submit and shake hands with Hitler too or would you go underground if needed to see that Christ's message went into all the world?

Please watch this short video to better understand just a taste of what I am talking about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEuMZOZV4fM

Please click to the left of the screen and I will send you a packet for free and I highly encourage you to purchase the Knights Templar and Protestant Reformation book (which I don't make 1 cent off of; all money made goes to the Templar Eye Foudnation), to make better sense of exactly what I am referring to.

Are we Christians or not?

We can say "the Lodge isn't meant to be a Christian institution!" But the commandery is and have we thus not just condemned ourselves?

"But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven."

Matthew 10:33

Food for thought Brothers. If I did not feel compelled to look in the mirror when I contemplate these things then I would not feel obligated to tell you these as well.