A little bit of delving into the business or success area of a bookstore will reveal books by Napoleon Hill. Likewise, when people speak about goals and success, they mention or even sigh with schoolgirl delight about Napoleon Hill.
The official biography of Hill is the most obnoxious tale of lies and exaggeration I ever read - except for CPH's CFW Walther, Servant of the Word.
Hill adopted his middle name as his first because he was always on the run for defrauding people. His real story is as lurid as they come, but his official bio is solid gold plated.
The important part of Hill is his enormous impact over the years and the wacky occult or Eastern polytheism behind it. The same thinking appears in Paul (now David) Y. Cho's ridiculous books, which Evangelicals and WELS love, distribute, and copy.
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| Mrs. Ichabod and I were there - at Rick Warren's Purpose-Driven Church on Purpose Drive Drive. Our friend was shocked that N. Hill wrote The Purpose Driven Life long ago. I dropped the book into his hands, but he did not want to touch it. |
Do the Occult, Scientific, and Elitist Goals Overlap?
I am not an expert on the occult, but I find it popping up in political commentary, business ideas, and vision casting Church Growth gurus. They are Missional now, but it is the same toxic soup.
Some evidence either disappears or becomes hard to find on the Net. For example, my kin the Adventists used to feature the omniscient Eye on all their magazine covers. I no longer find those on searches. The one Eye look is popular among celebrities, if you do some Google searches.
Another Adventist oddity in their use of Masonic hand signals in their old photos, but those are hard to find, too.
The elites of today love their occultic symbols, and many are found in Hollywood productions, including Disney. A lot more could be said about Disney and the Hollyweird culture - it is far worse than the most jaded person could imagine.
The cause for all this is the abandonment of the Scriptures as the revealed Word of God. A large portion of the world does not know or understand the Bible. However, the majority of Christian leaders have nothing to say to them, because they are not believers either.
The modern theologians, Biblical scholars, church officials and teachers simply play with the Word. A Biblical passage is something to start off a message or coaching session. Nothing about God is taught in this waste of time, but some alien philosophy is promoted, and the alleged right wing is no better than the Left.
Fuller Seminary told the gullible Lutherans, "You are conservative and Biblical. You are just poised to grow by leaps and bounds if you just follow our methods." As McGavran said to the ever-gullible Larry Olson, DMin Fuller, "The fields are white for the harvest, so you must use a sickle, not a pen knife."
If only Jesus had enjoyed such insights - He would have been so successful - just like Larry in Love's Park
If I can mention Luther without offending too many - he pointed out that ridiculous garbage rushes in to replace the elimination of the Means of Grace. And what do we have in -
- The occult
- Secret societies
- Success gimmicks
- Coaching
- Vision casting
- Marketing the Gospel?
The Pan-Lutheran-Synod Corporation has this in common - they do not read Luther, Melanchthon, or Chemnitz - and they loathe the Book of Concord. They are more like fraternities - or sororities - at the same college, vying with each other for meaningless awards but behaving almost alike.
