For his monologue this week, Neil Oliver walks through the psychology of crisis that surrounds us, then falls squarely on the antidote of fellowship.
“We cannot and must not turn blind eyes or deaf ears to any wrong. We must maintain the courage to stand side by side against evil, any evil, perpetrated by anyone. In the end, all I can say to all those hoping for the best while watching the worst is, I hear you!”
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For several years, CTH has been outlining the critical importance of fellowship. Living our best life requires us to put the importance of the human connection at the forefront. A priority that seems to have been purposefully torn apart.
Fellowship is the essential ingredient to a purposeful life. How and why we interact with each other is the how and why we recharge our core humanity. Isolation starts with a rebellion against God, and we must be conscious about the human need to be connected.
I will not divide my humanity, nor concede my core view of fellowship, simply to comply with the demand of another that I consider my brother or sister of greater or less equity than myself. Any business that chooses that path will not benefit from my economic participation. I also choose freedom!
Each of us has a different connection to our community. Each of us has a different level of internal strength… such is the nature of living. However, the distance between people is manifestly not a good outcome when combined with the lack of food for the soul.
Ultimately, it is the currency of human connection that is the true value in our lives.
We have each felt how our positive influence upon the lives of others nourishes our own sense of purpose and fulfillment. Do not lose that. Do not think you can compensate for that through other arbitrary measures; you cannot.
Our nation needs more people like you, right now. Don’t wait… engage life, get optimistic however you need to do it. Then let that part of you shine right now… This is how we fight. Hold up that flag; give the starter smile… rally to the standard you create and spread fellowship.
God knows we need it.
You are not alone…
Spent the morning decorating a xmas tree I found at a yard sale in honor of my son who passed 10 months ago, he was only 48 and had been forced the vax for work. He had brain aneursym the size of a baseball. He never regained consciousness so we were not able to say our goodbyes. I know he will meet us again, that is how I stayed sane Last Thanksgiving was 2 weeks after his death and I had friends who brought food. Xmas I made a meal for us and his wife and stepson. I said then I did not know if I could ever celebrate holidays again. Over the months I have tried to live my best life … for him and for my husband who needs me. I stopped at this yard sale and I passed over this silver tree….it bore on my mind for several days til I called the lady about it She said yes, she had decided that evening she would just keep it I told her I felt drawn to it and she set it back out for me. They are Christians and he is a pastor.
I set the tree up about a month ago and started to think of how to decorate in his honor. He was a coal truck driver, loved the mountain he worked on and A&W root beer I settled on black and white checked ornaments, black trucks, silver long glittery picks and BIG red cardinals, with some black roses tucked in bare spots. It matches coal, ice and I found an A&W set of stars online from etsy and it will finish it off
Tonite I went to church and watched a friend be ordained into his deacon ship, then a nice meal after church
Yes I worry still and grieve, especially about the state of our country. Trying to live my best life without my best friend, he was our only child, no grandchildren. My family is broken so it is just us.
My heart goes out to you!
May each day bring you more peace than the last.
May each day bring you comfort and love surrounding you at all times.
I will have you in my prayers every single DAY!
From the moment I wake to the moment I sleep, I will think about you, your family and your beloved son.
GOD BLESS YOU EMMA G.
Amen
I am so very vey sorry to read this and how you suffer.
My four year old grand daughter passed away from Leukemia four years ago, the anniversary of her death was just last week.
Your rememberance Christmas tree sounds lovely, a nice way to remember your very loved son.
I’m so sorry for you as well. Prayers too for you beloved little girl and for your family.
Amen
So sorry for the loss of your sweet granddaughter ♡
That same year I lost two of my grandchildren one was murdered just one week before his 18th birthday, and the other one died just 10 minutes after being born.
Very sorry for your loss, but you are moving the right way because your family isn’t broken…it has Jesus, who is leaving all the footprints at the moment. Stay strong.
My heart goes out to you. Such a difficult loss. My husband died from leukemia more than 20 years ago and the hospital chaplain told me something that helped me and I’ve never forgotten it. ”Grief is just love with no place to go”. Give love everyday. I hope you can find peace.
I lost my sister to leukemia three years ago last month. I miss her very much.
So many people to pray for in this thread, I will remember you and your family in prayer.
My died from it too. We just passed the second year without him. I miss getting his emails and eing able to call and visit him. He was 92.
Sorry to hear that you lost your son and best friend to the evil of the world Emma.
I would share that there is an oft used saying, “You can choose your friends, but not your family.” I’ve always disagreed with it. While it’s true that one can’t choose their relatives, one can most definitely choose their family.
One example of this is your church family.
I think your son would have greatly appreciated the tree and his wife and son might as well. If you haven’t already, you might share it with them.
God’s Peace to you all.
I’ll keep you and your son in my prayers. Your pain is our pain.
Very touched by the clarity of your son’s life and impact of his death. There are no silver linings to life events that grieve us-only that you can share your loss with others facing it and let them know that you live one day at a time a bit longer than they have……helping others get thru what you have experienced.
John 16:22 “So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.”
I talked to a man at walmart yesterday checking store reciets.
He told me he had an arorta anurusurim and dropped dead at the car dealership he worked for.
They took him to the hospital and operated on him.
He revived and the doctors started calling him the miracle man.
His time was not up.
He tells people about the gospel when he can.
I watched him hand out a piece of candy to a child or two and got a real blessing seeing their faces light up and thank him.
Small things done in kindness make a big difference to a child and others.
The man told me the third person who walked through the walmart door after he started working again squeezed his hand and told him God loved him.
He squeezed my hand and told me God loves you.
If I could hold your hand and squeeze it I would tell you also God loves you.
🙏🏻
You are mistaken, dearest Emma G. You and your family are not alone.. not with this community. May the peace that passes all understanding settle in your souls.
Emma, I’m so sorry for your loss. Blessings to you, and for such a beautiful memory tree for your son.
I am so sorry 😢 I pray you will receive the peac3 that passes understanding.
Just lost my whole reply to you by a stupid move on the freaking keyboard. May God Bless and PROTECT YOU.
I am so, so sorry, Miss Emma.
I don’t know how I could stand that pain.
His tree sounds beautiful.
Dear Emma G,
Thank you for sharing that. I just spent hours with our family today and it is a reminder that I needed to have. Your story makes a difference and touches my heart. Thank you again
may the silver of the tree signify the silver lining of your son’s love upon your heart
bless you, and may the burden you bear be lessened by the sharing of your heartbreak
So sorry for your loss Emma G. Your tree sounds wonderful ♡
I am so sorry for your loss Emma G.
What a beautiful idea God nudged into when you happened by that particular tree. I pray it gives you peace and warm remembrances of your son. God always gets us through.
Love
Alleycats
I am so sorry, having lost a son too, I understand what you are going through. I have a memory tree that I put up every Christmas with photos of Jamie, his ornaments over the years.
Since I lost my granddaughter 1 month later, she is also on my tree.
Then my husband died of an unexpected heart attack and now he is on the tree.
It is my way of remembering them during the time of our Lords birth.
I am so sorry about the loss of your son. I am a mother with a 42 year old Son. He is an only child as well. I could not imagine your grief. Hugs and prayers to you, your family and all your sons friends.
I’m so sorry, Emma. Here’s a prayer that God will comfort you as only he can.
My heart goes out to you and your family.
Your writing skills poignantly convey the deep sadness you are feeling. (God has given you an extraordinary writing talent). Please consider us here at The Treehouse as part of your family. We care deeply for you.
I am very sorry for your loss.
May the Good Lord hold you firmly in his gentle hands.
Thank you for sharing your story. You inspire all of us to treasure what we have now, and to always be the best we can be, regardless of the circumstances. You are a shining example of that. May God bless you and keep you safe in these trying times and forevermore.
Mandated=coerced=ordered=required-must be-forced=RAPE. FORCING ANYTHING into a human body without the victim’s permission is EITHER rape OR conspiracy to commit rape. Rape is not simply “sexual”. Yet that subject proves my logic, which is, that if sex is wanted, then we call it lovemaking and most people in the world love it. The moment it is forced, it is called rape and most people in the world hate it, except the rapist.
Anyone who mandates, orders, coerces ANYTHING into a human being is rape or it is “wanna be rape.” Except for parents and except for parental care in specific circumstances.
Pure Logic–If a person receives an injection of some sort, which the receiver believes protects the receiver, then such receiver need not be concerned about non-receivers because the receiver is similar to a person who wears a suit of armor. That person is protected against someone who does not wear a suit of armor.
ANYONE who tries to COERCE =threatens to deny ordinary business transactions, such as buying food, shelter, clothing; eating in restaurants, airline flying, congregating, IS A WANT TO BE RAPIST=A “WANNA BE RAPIST”=”A CONSPIRATOR TO COMMIT RAPE”.
Requiring a “proof of vaccination” is religiously viewed as “requiring the mark-of-the-beast”. Such already exists in China with their requirements, including social acceptance score cards controls using internet applications.
Forced or coerced vaccinations are similar to forced sexual relations: such are called RAPE.
People in society are free to protect themselves. That does not include forcing others, by a majority vote, to get vaccinations. If the fearful person wants to be vaccinated shehe can be. If shehe is vaccinated, then shehe is protected and there is not a need to vaccinate anyone else in the world . THAT IS PURE LOGIC. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANYONE OR BY THE OWNERS, SHAREHOLDERS, ETC OF A CORPORATION OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, WHICH IS ALSO A CORPORATION, TO FORCE OR COERCE REAL PEOPLE, SUCH AS IN NOT ALLOWING AIRPLANE FLIGHTS UNLESS A PROOF OF VACCINATION IS SHOWN, IS RAPE.
A politician says, “Are you calling me a rapist?”.
Journalist–“No. I gave you the linguistic definitions of words and actions. Do your words or actions fit the definitions? You tell me!”
You are now publicly notified of specific future words which you might speak or actions which you take and of their legal, lawful, moral consequences.
Do not become divided and conquered.There is more than enough support for TRUMP/MAGA to turn the good ship America around but election cheating is still the biggest obstacle to overcome as the Marxist’s ace in the hole.
Agreed. We became a movement when the Tea Party was begun. We solidified around Trump and remain there today. But should we lose him, should he be denied the opportunity to run again and win again and again, we can not discontinue our solidarity of honest, solid, support of all things Constitutional; all things not corrupt; all things to help us be a beacon for the rest of the World and for truth, honesty and Democracy. Pray we put the Devil back in hell.
I just lost a good friend to suicide. It is so hard knowing that I will never spend time with him in this life. But my grandson is spending the weekend with me and we went to see his grandpa(my ex-husband) at the nursing home where he has been for a year. He has dementia, but we enjoyed the visit.
Just an idea to plant some MAGA seeds in your community in preparation for 2024……
There are some sources for fairly inexpensive American Flag lapel/pins…..
I ordered some and have passed them out to contacts I have in the community….
grocery store, barber shop, etc. As I finish my transaction with them, I just ask them if they would like a flag pin (I show it to them) and if they say yes, I hand it to them….. no pitch, just the pin.
The connection I am hoping will be made:
American flag = patriotism = President Trump in 2024.
Just hand out whatever number your resources will allow.
“Let’s go Brandon and the democrats and the GOPe!”
Another idea is to remind people that the 250th Birthday of the US is fast upon us on July 4, 2026. Ask friends and family and strangers if they want a dour, white-guilted, divisive “non-celebration” that ends up being no-fun with the elites being killjoys who disparage our Ancestors and Founding Fathers (and those who sweated and toiled and FOUGHT to build this Country)….. or do would rather have a totally fun rollicking, rootin-tootin , Star Spangled Holiday Celebration bursting with real patriotism and appreciation and fellowhship (and shit tons of FIREWORKS (not flashlights or drone shows) not seen since our Bicentennial in 1976???? Set the spark for Freedom, Patriots!!!!!
I remember the bicentennial.That was my senior year in high school. I remember that they commercialized it to the hilt. There was even bicentennial eer for heaven’s sake. But at the same time I remember that there seemed to be a lot more optimism, patriotism and love for one’s fellow man. The left has been hard at work since then and it shows. We owe it to ourselves and to each other to live our best lives, remember what really matters, and help each other out whenever and however we can.
In these days I find great comfort in reading, meditating on and praying the Psalms. Hard times draw one closer to the Lord and to one another. Psalm 131 is a favorite; I have it memorized by heart! (Hah! Read it and you’ll see why!) Like a child in its mother’s arms, when I put total trust in Jesus, i know all will be all right. We are all strangers exiled in a strange world; in the world but not of it. Yet we sojourn in communion with one another toward a greater glory. I rarely comment, but find many treepers, Sundance, Neil Oliver, and so many people of good will my brothers and sisters in Truth. God’s beauty and grandeur shine on!
The “decision makers” are” hellbent” – because they are, Satan’s minions.
They, and those who own them, have sold their souls.
cross posted at https://freedomaustralia.freeforums.net/thread/4277/oliver-all-mad-alarming
‘Tis hard. The resistance to the truth is stunning.
My wife overheard me listening to Neil Oliver and asked me about it. She’s isn’t very political and really doesn’t like it when I try to talk about current events. Yet, even she has a sense that something is drastically wrong. She does the shopping and is quite aware of real inflation and its unrelenting continuance. She’s aware of the rising crime, the homelessness, the drug problems and other indicators that can no longer be dismissed.
I tried to explain not just what Neil Oliver was saying but also what Sundance has to say about living your best life. She was receptive to all that I was relaying to her.
That’s good, hope you can get your wife fully aboard.
Meanwhile…if I’m “not alone,” why do I feel so alone? What can be done to correct this?
The human connection is so important in these times! Isolation breeds despair. I decided to volunteer with our local CASA group – Court Appointed Advocacy Services for minor children in the foster system. I feel the need to give back somehow, to spread love and kindness. This seemed a good fit.
Today my husband and I went to the city Grits Cook-off and the last city Farmer’s Market of this year. It was a beautiful fall day to be out in our community, and we saw many that we hadn’t seen in a while. It felt good to be out and part of our town. I highly recommend it.
I find I have to compartmentalize the people around me. I don’t know anyone outside of my sons that’s truly a fellow traveler. For instance, the hiking groups that I’ve been associated with are from Portland Oregon (closest big city to me). The people in these groups are liberals.
The main thing I have in common with my conservative friends is our political views. We don’t do much outside of visits, BBQs and sometimes a fishing trip. They much prefer their lazyboy recliner, 82 inch TV and the TV remote to a pair of boots and a rucksack.
The only fellow travelers I have are my sons.
You are lucky to have sons that carry on your wisdom and fellowship with you.
You have the Treehouse Family! Don’t lose hope.
“How in the name of all things that are holy…?”
Indeed.
Spot on as usual.
His wisdom is beyond most to grasp. I love the concept of you can stand with me.
A kinetic rallying cry – I think.
You think of kinetics, I always think of the murmuring birds in flight together; both are really good metaphors for US.
Be the power of one. You make a difference in the lives of others you meet. You have a choice-be kind and generous.
I learned many years ago that if you just give up without trying when the outcome seems impossible but really is possible the result will be failure.
Tommorrow is another day.
Things change for the good or bad.
With some people a self pity party results in failure or worse.
Failure happens for many reasons.
Sometimes it is from a self induced pity party.
Don’t let that hapoen.
Don’t give up because someone told you to.
Ignore the pudding heads of this world.👀
😀
Captain, a friend gave me a magnet for my frig that says …
Don’t give up 5 minutes before the miracle happens.
When my children were under constant threat during those poison death shot “mandates,” the odds seemed insurmountable at times. But I know in my heart what God wants for His children.
I exhorted those with “ears to hear” NOT to give up, but to lean into God and give to Him our burdens, until the madness passes us by. The road to salvation is a narrow one.
My prayers were answered. I thank God every single day that we didn’t “give up 5 minutes before” that miracle happened.
Christians WILL be tested, over and over again. That is a promise, it is written, so steel your nerves and get right with God. NOW.
Hope can never be taken from you. It can only be given up.
Thank you, Sundance.
This may be the first time that I ever disagreed with Neil Oliver. As a wise old Judge once said, “There are men who need hanging, but never a horse that needs stealing.” I’ll paraphrase: “There are terrorist that need to be carpet bombed, but never a child, baby, or young woman that need beheading and/or raped because of their religious preference.” Capital punishment would bring such actions to a grinding, screeching halt.
Mine is not the black pill, but bright red, afire with Liberty!
Recommended reading:
The Road to Serfdom
mises.org
As we look around our land we see people who look like us outwardly, but inwardly their souls are withered, poisoned, and blackened because they are not nourished by our Lord’s heavenly manna–Truth, Wisdom, Love, Beauty, Goodness, Righteousness. Without heavenly food that nourishes and grows the soul it withers, contracts, and hardens.
In this way their inward person becomes like the demons, without truth, righteousness, and fellowship but rather isolation, hatred, suspicion, madness and evil. Thus, what comes from their hearts through their poisonous speech and actions corresponds to the withered, blackened condition of their soul.
Help us Father, strengthen us to remain in fellowship, love, truth, righteousness, and prayer though we abide for now in this hellish place. Fill our memory daily with Your triumph, for You have defeated evil, madness, death, satan and demons through Your work on the cross. In the name of the crucified Risen Christ we pray.
Why do you think the theme of all the power struggles and takeovers of the world always involve the children; from early man children always become a burden; then an expendable burden.
Human nature is to fight ‘for’ the children and we realize we have not even put up a minor squeamish resistance to protect them; not until the number of children killed is heinous.
Abortion is performed by the ‘medical’ profession since women decided unwanted pregnancies could be ‘dealt with’…….from ‘sacrificial’ hands, herbalists, to wives’ tales, to abortion on demand……. the leaps have all accomplished massive destruction of children.
The’ medical’, ‘healers, and the evil sadists have been so complicit in turning the act of abortion to a ‘sacred right’ ………..
AND pedophelia is about to become a ‘sacred right’………both will become part of US ‘rights’ under it’s laws.
Abortions have been decreasing , ergo how else could they get the children?? From the cradle to adulthood children are the center of attention to be turned into ‘something’ other than normal human beings and as fodder for wars.
It’s always about the children’s welfare until a generation of activist power seeking degenerates decide to use them for warfare. Check on the abuses of children throughout history; why do you think Christianity started with an Infant?
We’ve not taken good care with our children, do you think another world war will set it right?? No thank God, we are not alone, Neil is correct we have God and we have many who think the same and feel the same despair.
Time to shake off the rumors of war and get serious about who always ‘pays’ for war, both monetarily and mentally as well as the true victims of war, the innocents.
Time to get our houses in order.
Thank you brother, for the optimistic message!
You are not alone!
We were chosen for this time, born for this fight.
Knowing that, it’s impossible not to wake up everyday with a smile – energized & excited to build, create, & connect with others who are doing the same!
Perhaps everyone we share a smile with in passing knows this too? 🙂
Perhaps a warm & friendly smile is one hallmark of the light, brotherhood, & fellowship that we can all recognize in one another – a glimpse of the familial love that we share as a part of our Christian Cultural Heritage.
What do we do, Mr Oliver? It starts with prayer. And remember that this world is not our permanent home.
The King is coming!
We are watching events foretold nearly three thousand years ago and then reiterated by Jesus two thousand years ago. In truth, all of this was planned from the beginning by a Holy God who devised the plan by which we could be with Him. Though it is horrible to watch His plan unfold, all of us can know what is happening by reading our Bibles. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, and Matthew, to name a few can and will assuage your fears by providing insight and the way to escape to an eternity in paradise. The truth will set you free….read and study it to attain that freedom. God is coming…be ready to receive Him.
What a joke. Across the street, in San Francisco, from a Christian elementary school, a homeless pedophile, offersfree drugs to one and all. Since the perverts who dominate the “legislature” in that wretched state legalized drugs in California the police can do nothing. And although this man is a convicted pedophile, the state has determined that although he has raped a 14 ywear old, he is not “dangerous.”
Tolerance of evil is cowardice and is evil. Compromise with evil is corruption in its highest form. Morality that has declined to this level is beyond redemption. This is not the country I knew. My father would have beaten this man to within an inch of his life and the cops would have given him a medal. Today the politicians would throw him in jail.
I’ll stand with my dad and those like him.
Beautiful sentiment.
I would include Palestinian scapegoats here as well as the Ashkenazi atheists like Netanyahoo the Lithuanian (who is as ‘Semetic’ as Wonder Bread) who faked their way into this false flag propaganda-triggered Banker war.
Mr. Oliver,
I am writing a book about the 2024 general election. In one of the chapters, I included text from your latest screed and described your genius. Your article was checked by Grammerly and changed a bit.
“We cannot and must turn blind eyes or ears to any wrong. We must maintain the courage to stand against evil and evil perpetrated by anyone. Ultimately, all I can say to those hoping for the best while watching the worst is that I hear you.”
There are many wise men in the Western world. Neil Oliver of Scottland stands out. His analysis of contemporary events and history. Knowledge of Western traditions and thought processes analysis. He understands our thought processes, which affords Scott a profound knowledge of our mad world.
For several years, CTH has been outlining the critical importance of fellowship. Living our best life requires us to put the importance of the human connection at the forefront. A priority that seems to have been purposefully torn apart.
Fellowship is the essential ingredient to a purposeful life. How and why we interact with each other is the how and why we recharge our core humanity. Isolation starts with a rebellion against God, and we must be conscious of the human need to be connected.
I will not divide my humanity nor concede my core view of fellowship to comply with the demand of another that I consider my brother or sister of greater or less equity than myself. Any business that chooses that path will not benefit from my economic participation. I also choose freedom!
Each of us has a different connection to our community. Each of us has a different level of internal strength… such is the nature of living. However, the distance between people is manifestly not a good outcome when combined with the lack of food for the soul.
Ultimately, the currency of human connection is the true value in our lives.
We have each felt how our positive influence upon the lives of others nourishes our sense of purpose and fulfillment. Do not lose that. Do not think you can compensate for that through other arbitrary measures; you cannot.
Our nation needs more people like you right now. Don’t wait… engage in life; get optimistic however you need to. Then let that part of you shine right now… This is how we fight. Hold that flag; smile at the starter… rally to the standard you create, and spread fellowship.
God knows we need it.
You are not alone…”
Isn’t this the best analysis of what we confront and how we can resist and overcome the devilish evil?
When humans unite for the good of mankind we are very powerful and unstoppable. But unfortunately most are waiting for a Leader instead of taking the lead ourselves.