I tried to go back to sleep but couldn’t, so I got up and started working on sermon preparation for the next year.Ī few months later, I was scrolling Facebook and saw a post by Lauren Daigle wearing a beautiful dress at the Dove Awards in Nashville. I felt like the Lord said, “Get up, walk through them, go to the bathroom, and come back.” So, I did, with my heart racing, I got up, walked through them, went to the bathroom, and when I came back, they were gone.

But never anything like this.Īs I lay there terrified, I didn’t know what to do. I feared opening my eyes because I didn’t want to see what was there. I have had experiences where I have awakened in the night and felt evil in my room. I thought I was imagining it, so I closed my eyes and when I opened them again, I could still see them and more importantly I could feel them. I could see their bodies, shoulders, and specifically their heads. The room was dark, but the outline of the figures was darker. To the left of the bed in the dark I could see two figures standing at the foot of my bed. The second night of our retreat, I was awakened in the night, troubled in my spirit, I rolled over and looked across the bedroom. In September of 2021 the Vanguard Pastoral Leadership Team and the Elders went away to Breckenridge, CO for our annual retreat. Why do I tell you all this? Mostly so you won’t think I am a kook as I tell you this experience and story, I had over the past six months. I am currently on my 94 th reading of the Bible. The Word of God informs everything about my life. I am a Southern Baptist, a graduate of Liberty University, and Dallas Theological Seminary.

I have now served the same Southern Baptist church, Vanguard Church, in the same city for the past twenty-five years. What is a Baphomet? Six months ago, my response would have been, “IDK.” The merger of baphomets into mainstream Christianity is yet another example. Mainstream Christianity and what is acceptable to Christians is changing rapidly.

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