The ARTS of FEAR

Please join us this week as we dive further into the exploration and application of these A.R.T.S. of F.E.A.R. We've asked Terry Cropper & Kenneth Drake Busby to rejoin us this week, hoping that I've figured out the switchbaord and commercial issues I experienced last week. We'll see if we can get through the program without hanging up on anyone, including myself. For those not yet familiar with these A.R.T.S. of F.E.A.R. they're acronyms (meaning each letter abbreviates a word) and stand for the Audience Relevance & Time Statements of Fulfilled Eschatology & Accomplished Redemption. This is in relation to the consistent teaching & belief within Traditional Christianity that we are in the Last Days / End Times that are mentioned in the Bible. This belief remains consistent within Traditional Christianity because it consistently places these 1st century expectation of these Last Days / End Times to each successive generation of people living on the earth. The failure to recognize the (A.R.) Audience Relevance (who were these letters originaly written to, and how would these words have been relevant to them)and the (T.S.) Time Statements (soon, shortly, near, nigh, now, at hand, quickly, this generation, it is the last time, end of this age, etc...) and that these were entirely in relation to 1st century Prophecy & expectation of the Fulfillment of those same Prophecies; continues in each successive generation, by each generation injecting themselves into those scriptures, instead of seeing their 1st century relevance. The continued act of doing this brings about our 2nd acronym (F.E.A.R.S.) which point to Christianity's failure in acceptance of (F.E.) Fulfilled Eschatology, and (A.R.) Accomplished Redemption. I chose these acronyms not only for their relevance to the words associated, but in the act itslef. The ART of FEAR has long been used as a tool of motivation for both Religion & Government to control, maipulate and subjugate the masses.