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The Greater Depression has arrived! The world is in turmoil. The economy has collapsed. Experts say this new global economic calamity will be even worse than the last. https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/how-would-a-greater-depression-affect-society Dr. Timothy Merritt, a pioneer in foresight method called Directed Fiction, has begun research for his next novel, Can You Survive the Greater Depression? The Choose Your Own Adventure story is told from the perspective of Dr. Josef Ranell, the Chief Logistics officer of Global Multimodal Logistics (GML). https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/directedfiction Ranell has a problem. The CEO of his firm has foolishly leveraged corporate assets to purchase a fleet of six hybrid airships, for the price of 250 million dollars. Against the backdrop of the Greater Depression, Ranell must find a way to make these airships profitable, or else GML faces economic ruin.

Discover how you would react if you were immersed in the future. Your task is to lead a Disaster Relief Team to assist the refugees streaming across the Ukrainian border into Moldova. What are the odds that Ukraine will win, a nuclear detonation, or a global conspiracy to destroy the United States economic system? Directed Fiction is the only writing technique that employs the Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) format to explore the contemporary future. Learn more: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/directedfiction

In January, I finished the first of a three-part project that takes the tools of Strategic Foresight and applies them to the process of Science Fiction writing. The process is called “Directed Fiction” and it gives us a powerful new tool for examining the future. Follow the link to learn more: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/imagining-the-future-the-rapid-classification-of-fiction-archetypes

The Apostle Paul saw Evil Spirits as manifesting in the religious and political structures of the Ephesian society. He saw the convergence of spiritual and political organizations as the literal breaking in of demonic forces from the second heaven into our worldly first heaven. The full context of Paul’s message is that spiritual warfare must be coupled with social harmony. Follow the link to learn more: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/evil-spirits-in-heavenly-places-explained

In my upcoming novel, the hero travels around the world, encountering people with many different worldviews. The Airship Saint Paul is the vehicle, but the real quest is to map out the differences, and similarities, between people’s most deeply held beliefs. Be sure to follow the link below to learn more. You can also take the Worldview Survey to determine you own worldview and discover how yours relates to others: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/worldview-examples

One of the explicit motivations for writing my novel was to showcase some of the tools and techniques of Strategic Foresight for a popular audience. As a rule, you don’t use Strategic Foresight to predict the future; you use it to INFLUENCE the future. Be sure to follow the link to learn more:https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/how-do-you-use-strategic-foresight

Global supply chain disruptions aren’t going away. Is there a proven technology that may help? Airships will return to the skies once again, when the costs of building a modern airship are outweighed by the potential profits from their operation. Be sure to follow the link to learn more: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/airships-making-a-comeback-solutions-for-global-supply-chain-disruptions

A Fine-Tuned Universe is described using seven categories: The Initial Condition of the Universe, Initial Entropy, the Cosmological Constant, the Mysterious Presence of Carbon and three Fundamental Forces required to form carbon molecules. Follow the link to learn more: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/the-fine-tuned-universe

If you have no fear of sin, you may be under Spiritual Attack. To reduce your risk, consider these remedies: 1) Avoid even the appearance of evil, 2) There is no conquest over sin unless the soul turns away from it, 3) Saints turn away from opportunities to sin as from Hell itself, and 4) Avoiding the opportunity to sin is evidence of grace. Follow the link to learn more: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/spiritual-attacks-drawing-you-to-sin-7

The remedy for the grief of Spiritual Attack is repentance: 1) Repentance is a difficult work above our power, 2) Repentance transforms the whole person from sin to God, 3) Repentance is a continued act, 4) If repentance were easy, millions would not now be in Hell, 5) To repent of sin is as great a mark of sin as not to sin, and 6) Satan says that repentance is easy, but will soon show how hard it is. Follow the link to learn more: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/spiritual-attacks-drawing-you-to-sin-6

You might find this hard to believe, but it is good that Spiritual Attacks cause you anxiety: 1) It is the worst judgment to be abandoned to sin, 2) Consider that God is as just as He is merciful, 3) Sins against mercy will bring the worst judgments, 4) God’s special mercy is reserved for those that both trust and fear Him and, 5) Saints looked upon God’s mercy as the most powerful argument to preserve them from sin. Follow the link to learn more: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/spiritual-attacks-drawing-you-to-sin-5

How can we possibly endure the fatigue from endless Spiritual Attack? Here are the techniques employed by victorious spiritual warriors: 1) God records both sin and repentance, 2) The saints did not make a habit of sin, 3) God does not disinherit sinners, but He does punish them and, 4) God has two reasons for recording the fall of the saints. Follow the link to learn more: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/spiritual-attacks-drawing-you-to-sin-4

What does Scripture teach when under Spiritual Attack? If you’re are a member of a post-modern society, you are not going to like the answers. Scripture describes an endless Sisyphean effort required to bear the burden of sin: 1) Small sins have brought the greatest wrath of God, 2) Giving way to a lesser sin makes way for a greater sin, 3) It is sad to defy God for a trifle, 4) The most danger is often in the smallest sin, 5) Saints chose to suffer greatly rather than defy the least sin, 6) The soul cannot stand under the guilt and weight of sin and 7) There is more evil in the least sin than in the greatest affliction. Follow the link to learn more: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/spiritual-attacks-drawing-you-to-sin-3

What can you do when Spiritual Attack breaks your heart? 1) Understand that sin deceives us when it is disguised beautifully, but is no less filthy for being painted, 2) Recognize that the more sin is painted, the more dangerous it is, 3) See sin as it will appear in the future, and 4) Remember that Jesus dies because of these very sins. Follow the link to learn more: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/spiritual-attacks-drawing-you-to-sin-2

If you are experiencing spiritual anxiety because you see people benefiting from what you know to be sin, you may be under Spiritual Attack. To reduce your anxiety, consider these remedies: 1) We cannot judge God’s heart by the benefits a person receives, 2) Nothing provoked God’s wrath as much as those who abuse His mercies, 3) There is no greater curse than to NOT be in affliction, 4) The inward desires of an evil person far outweigh their outward blessings, 5) Outward things are not as they seem, nor as they are esteemed, 6) God has reasons for giving evil people outward mercies, 7) God often plagues and punishes those who others think he spares, and 8) God will call evil people to account for the outward good they enjoyed. Follow the link to learn more: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/spiritual-attacks-drawing-you-to-sin-8

Many articles define Christian leadership, list its principles, or explain why it is important. This article digs into the process of Christian leadership and shows how it is done. I begin by describing the steps inherent in Christian leadership and then add two additional steps of discernment and socio-rhetorical criticism to arrive at an interpretation of scripture customized to the organization’s specific challenges. Learn more at: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/christian-leadership

Four remedies against the first device of Spiritual Attack: 1) Keep far away from sin, 2) Consider the consequences, 3) Think about Hell, and 4) Consider where sin comes from. Learn more: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/post/spiritual-attacks-drawing-you-to-sin-1 Your one-stop shop for Christian supernatural research. Continual updates, so be sure to bookmark or link to it here: https://www.timothyxmerritt.com/spiritual-warfare-curated-library

Christian Ethics: Many 21st century organizations operate without a foundation of Christian ethics. If they choose, these same organizations have the opportunity to place Scripture as the foundation for ethical their decision making.

The main point is that organizations can choose any moral foundation they want. Here, Christian ethics are contrasted to systems based on the postmodernist worldview of a virtually meaningless universe.

My approach to Spiritual Warfare is to concentrate on personal Ethics. Why do we need ethics? Ethics enable us to make difficult decisions that we hope will lead to outcomes we desire. Each of these behavior-based approaches to ethics, with their focus on self, rules, or outcomes, ultimately fails if followed to their logical limits.

Dr. Timothy Merritt has produced a manuscript titled "The Flight of the St. Paul." Explore six Curated Libraries and take a Worldview Survey to access seven free chapters and help spread the word.