Warning: The column from The Times [London] following my comments will be disturbing. If it isn’t greatly disturbing then something is seriously wrong with you. The following in one news story reveals the utter confusion, immorality, lostness, and darkness that has taken our already corrupted and severely fallen world even to greater depths of those with the bit of the Evil One’s reins in their mouths turning them every which way but the right way.

You may say, “Well, this is the BBC and what’s going on in the U.K., I don’t care.”

No, this is the prevailing rot on the wind inhaled and exhaled almost everywhere. Certainly in EVERY Western nation.

This is here because this news story would never have been written even five years ago. This is how swiftly all media, all mainstream media — everywhere — has declined and is reporting misinformation and lies, the reality is they are no longer news people or journalists but in cahoots with Satan to deliver his message rather than reporting all the facts, without bias.

This is here because this one news story reveals the ever-increasing sexual immorality, sexual deviancy, and evil growing within so many individuals on this earth at this time. The growing lies and confusion among people and their penchant for lying, and corrupting language so easily today. [See Romans 1]. What lies in store tomorrow as evil progresses and the light remains silent and refuses to be the light of the world?

It has only gotten worse. Swiftly. It will only continue to get worse. Even swifter.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 1:1-5,9-13 — English Standard Version

…But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,

“Awake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Ephesians 5:3-17 — English Standard Version

…for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light…

Everyone born into this world IS darkness. Not only IN darkness but we all ARE darkness to God the Creator. Because we are the walking dead in our sin if refusing the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord of our lives. Until and unless transformed by the Spirit of God and our seeking the Lord. Our repenting, our submitting, our believing, our obeying, and our living truly changed lives by a renewing of mind and spirit. We are all darkness otherwise. No exceptions. No one gets out of this by the feeble power of their own mind or the weakness of the world’s philosophies which always crumble and are replaced like a drying, rotting, decaying building that falls and is forgotten with the rest of the dust.

Each person on this earth IS either darkness.

Or they once WERE darkness and now ARE light by the free gift of grace from God, from their humbling themselves, repenting, confessing sin, believing and obeying the Lord Jesus Christ, and making Him Lord of their lives.

That’s it. That’s what it is all about.

The massive evil, the enormous wad of rotted, stinking darkness versus those who once were darkness and now are light.

A war unlike any other ever waged.

This world is troubling, disgusting, and disturbing as the evil within men and women work continually to destroy the beauty and wonder in which God and Jesus created this world.

If it isn’t disturbing to you something is terribly wrong inside you.

The answer? What to do? Well, BE that light if you profess to believe and are a true Christian! BE the light of the world which shall never be overcome by the darkness. Not trite, superficial, putting on airs, or Christian-light, or refusing to discern wisely and rightly the Word of God. Not timid or weak. Not a fading, flickering, unseen unhelpful light. A bold searing shining light. More lighthouse than a single candle on a cupcake! With agape love. Not easy? Afraid? Why not turn to God, turn to the Holy Spirit, and place all your trust in the Holy Spirit? More powerful than anything of man or woman, or of Satan as well. It isn’t about us. It’s about allowing the Lord to work in us, to use us for His service, honor, praise, and glory!

Evil doesn’t win. I’ve read the Book. I know the ending to the Story. All the horrible, vile, disgusting evil, and sinful people who refuse to obey and believe? Not a good ending for them and he who they served all their lives are utterly destroyed and go to hell. For eternity. Evil loses. It’s a great Story with a perfectly just, loving, and beautiful ending…leading to eternity. Of which there are only two. And both are very real. One beyond anyone’s comprehension as to its beauty and quality. The other? Well, misery, and there will plenty of it in the second place, won’t be loving its company but will be gnashing, tormented, suffering in agony for, well, eternity. If you don’t believe this or are having difficulty with this? Time is at hand to begin figuring it all out. What the greatest priority is in this life determines the eternity in the next. Eternal life for some. Eternal death and torment for the rest.

But until then? Where’s the light?

If about 7 out of 10 folks in America claim to be “Christian” as almost every poll and survey states where’s the illumination? Why are things so dark in America and growing darker by the hour, the day, the week?

Yeah, be disturbed! Then ignite the flame of the Word, the flame of the Lord Jesus Christ in your heart and spirit, and let the light from that fire, that faith, that obedience be seen.

Do not be troubled or fearful. The Lord is in control. But that does not mean we are to remain idle, hidden, cowardly, or hindered due to allowing too much world in and not enough Word and Holy Spirit in.

The following from The Times [London] is our world presently. The following news story wouldn’t ever have been written only 5 years ago. It’s only going to get worse. So what are you going to do? Hide? Pretend it isn’t happening? Live in denial? Which is just another form of lying. Or are you going to be the light of the world? As we in the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ not only ARE but are instructed to BE!

Forget politics. Elections. Where you reside temporarily here on earth. Do not become ensnared and distracted as Satan so desires.

O, say, can you see…?

How we are to BE?

Why, O, why then so little light shining in this parched, drought laden of the life-giving Word and the living out of this Word by those professing to be His in this barren of the truth land?

Be disturbed. Be greatly disturbed! Then do something about it. With your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, children, and even the nice cashier at the grocery store. We don’t save. We don’t “win souls for Christ.” We are to only plant the seed. To sow seeds of the Light, Truth, and Way to Life. Then let the Holy Spirit water and work to see if that seed fell on good ground. It’s not up to us to save. Only faith and obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ saves! But we must be the light of truth. Revealing how Jesus Christ is Lord of our lives.

No matter how lost, disturbing, sinful, crazy, confused, and totally nuts this world becomes.

I’m a simple man. The way to eternal life is also simple. If a professed believer examine your heart and life. If a pagan, heathen unbeliever? It’s now time to get hold of a Bible, find a quiet private place, put aside your pride and every notion ever put into your mind and open your heart, open that Bible, pray to the Lord for guidance, forgiveness, and understanding.

Want world peace? It’s never going to happen.

Want inward peace that you’ve never had. Find and follow the Lord Jesus Christ.

It’s really simple as the noise and storms of darkness seem to prevail.

Come out from being darkness to being light.

Finally, see where it is you’re going.

Ken Pullen

Tuesday, May 31st, 2022

A CROOKED PATH

BBC “altered gender in transgender rape claim”

Tuesday, May 31st, 2022

By Jake Kanter, Media Correspondent

Reprinted from The Times [London]

The BBC changed the testimony of a rape victim after a debate over the pronouns of her transgender attacker, The Times has learnt.

The woman referred to her alleged rapist as “him” but insiders said that her words were changed to avoid “misgendering” the abuser in an article on the corporation’s website.

It comes amid growing concern among BBC staff that an internal diversity team is influencing what journalists can report, preventing them from covering gender identity issues accurately and impartially.

The victim’s quote was published last year in an online BBC News article about lesbians being coerced into sex with transgender women.

The article, which was the subject of thousands of complaints, cited a self-selecting social media study by Get The L Out, a lesbian campaign group, which questioned homosexual women about their sexual experiences with transgender women.

An anonymous participant told researchers: “I was too young to argue and had been brainwashed by queer theory so he was a ‘woman’ even if every fibre of my being was screaming throughout, so I agreed to go home with him. He used physical force when I changed my mind upon seeing his penis and raped me.”

The BBC article replaced every reference to “he” or “him” with “they” or “them”. A source said the quote was the subject of heated debate prior to publication. Some journalists argued that the quote should remain intact, while others said it should reflect the trans woman’s preferred she/her pronouns.

“They were originally all male references but the woke bros at the news website wanted to make them female because of misgendering,” said a person with knowledge of the matter. “It’s quite shocking. I can’t think of any other situation where we would change the words of an alleged rape victim.”

The BBC said: “It’s routine to have editorial discussions about different stories. Our only intention when deciding on language is to make things as clear as possible for audiences.”

Senior journalists said the edited quote was an example of where the BBC’s style guide, which dictates that stories adopt an individual’s preferred pronouns, conflicted with the BBC’s duty to accuracy and impartiality.

They claimed that the BBC’s 14-strong central diversity team had influence over the style guide, making suggestions to boost inclusive language.

A report produced by the BBC in 2018 appears to support this, suggesting that diversity executives support “all content areas and editorial policy” to “review the guidance on language” used in lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, and transgender stories.

The BBC did not deny that the diversity team had input on the style guide, but a source said final decisions were made by the news division. Diversity executives have long maintained that the department has no involvement in the BBC’s journalism.

The style guide — in-house rules governing the use of language in BBC reporting — was updated in November 2020 with the diktat: “Where possible, use the term/s and pronoun/s preferred by people themselves, when they have made their preferences clear.”

An internal document, seen by The Times, goes further in stating that the BBC should “normalise” the use of pronouns both “explicitly and implicitly” through programming.

Angela Wild, co-founder of Get The L Out, said the BBC was wrong to change the quote in her study. “It’s really unethical and disrespectful to the victim,” she said. “It’s a form of gaslighting for a woman who has already been through sexual violence.”

The BBC News website piece was published last October under the headline “We’re being pressured into sex by some transgender women”. It quoted three anonymous lesbians who said that they had faced backlash for stating that they were attracted only to women who were born female.

More than 20,000 people, including BBC employees, signed an open letter describing the story as “deeply flawed” and “incredibly dangerous” for the trans community.

The BBC’s executive complaints unit is expected to rule imminently on whether the story broke editorial rules.