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MSDA - Make SELF Dead Again 2.0

By David John
MSDA — Make Self Dead Again 2.0 For nearly all of Church history, mass media was not the means by which the Gospel spread or ministries grew. Quite simply, it didn’t exist. That changed dramatically in the last 125 years. Modern media technologies—radio (first public broadcast in 1906), television (1920s), and most recently the internet (publicly accessible in the 1990s)—have revolutionized how the Gospel is communicated. Radio and television enabled millions to hear and even watch the Gospel being preached and the Scriptures taught. The internet then expanded that reach to billions , across hundreds of languages. The good that has come from these advances for the sake of Christ and His Kingdom is undeniable. And yet, at the very same time, these same developments have produced unprecedented crises within the Church. Access to deception, false teaching, and moral corruption is unlike anything in human history. Few would deny that these dangers have destroyed the faith and lives of cou...
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MSDA - Make SELF Dead Again

By David John
For almost all of Church history, mass media was simply not a means by which the Gospel spread nor the way ministries grew. It didn't exist.  But in the past 125 years, modern technological advances in media have revolutionized the way the Gospel message has been able to spread. This was all made possible with the invention of radio (1st public broadcast in 1906), the invention of television (1920’s) and most recently, of course, the internet (which was made available to the public in the 1990s).  First, radio and television enabled MILLIONS to hear and even watch the Gospel being preached and the Bible taught. But then, the internet enabled BILLIONS to hear Christian truth in hundreds of languages. The incredible good that has come from these advances for the sake of Christ and His Kingdom is undisputed.  However, at the same time, these same mass media developments have led to unparalleled crises within the Church. The access to deception, false teaching and perversion ...
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The 5500-Year Prophecy (Christmas 2025 Update/Thoughts)

By David John
Christmas 2025 Update/Thoughts  - My initial blog post/article is below * , but I wanted to add a couple of thoughts about the  5500-Year Prophecy  as it relates to the celebration of Christmas. In other blog posts, we have discussed how the origins of the celebration of Christmas are NOT PAGAN as some claim. It could well be that the fulfillment of the 5500-Year Prophecy was part of the catalyst that led the earliest Christians to establish Christmas as an important day/celebration in the primitive Christian calendar.  As documented below, there was an attempt (which was largely successful) to remove nearly 1500 years from the Old Testament chronologies (mostly from Genesis and also from Daniel). No motivation is given. No justification for why the Rabbis in the early 2nd Century would seek to modify the Hebrew Bible in this way. The ONLY EXPLANATION that makes any sense is that they were seeking to counter the effect of the 5500-Year Prophecy which had been leading...
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