Toni V. Lee

Teaching the Bible and Ten Commandments in public schools?

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:35:51 +0000

Let's talk about it...

👉🏾 They cuss each other and their kids out 🤬 at home, then love on each other at church.

Their hands are used to stroke and hold each other in church instead of praise the Lord. Some be so glued to each other they might as well be sitting on each other.

It's ridiculous cause it's not portraying the picture they think it does. Instead of seeing a loving couple, folk think they're putting on a show of togetherness, staking a claim and probably don't even touch each other at home.

Anyway, that's what I've heard church attendees say who comment on the behavior. 😇😁

Listen, take your hands off your spouse in church, clap your hands, make a joyful noise and lift up holy hands in the sanctuary...stroke and hold them at home. 😁 Anyhoo...I digress.

👉🏾 They scream and fight at home, then talk peace, respect and unity at church.

👉🏾 They're mean as the devil at home but are full of smiles and bonhomie at church.

👉🏾 They spew racist and bigoted bile at home, then talk about the love of God and how the Lord has no respect of person at church.

👉🏾 They trash any and everybody at home, then grin in the faces of the same folk at church.

👉🏾 They disrespect and low-rate each other at home, but esteem each other at church.

👉🏾 They abuse--emotionally, psychologically physically...sometimes, sexually--their children and spouses.

👉🏾 They shred their kid's and spouse's self-esteem.

👉🏾 They get sloppy drunk, high and/or squander the rent/bill/grocery money, then expound on Christian discipline at church.

👉🏾 They're drug dealers Monday through Saturday and church leaders on Sunday.

👉🏾 They lie...often, then talk about how God hates a lying tongue at church.

👉🏾 They have roving eyes and bits on the side.

👉🏾 They're bitter, cutting and hateful at home, then spiritually deep, sanctified and prophetic at church.

All of that☝🏾and more is done to and before kids in some Christian homes, yet the kids need to read the Bible and Ten Commandment posters in schools to teach them about God, respect, honesty, kindness and discipline?

It would be more beneficial and impactful for kids if their Christian parents let their light shine, be salt that has not lost its savor, be actual walking epistles of Christ in the home and stop being hypocrites before their kids. 🤷🏾‍♀️

In addition, TAKE them to Sunday School at your church cause if any of that☝🏾is going on in your home, you need to learn about God, respect, honesty, kindness and discipline as well.

Just keepin' it real...

Do you know Him? Does He know YOU?

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:54:25 +0000

Let's talk about it...☕🍩

Some folk are busy doing (preaching, teaching, prophesying, etc.) in His name/authority and don't even KNOW Him.

Some folk act like they believe they can reject His total kingship/reign in their hearts now and it won't matter when they're judged/tried in the balance later.

Let's talk about a two-headed snake that's slithering around in some churches: bigotry and racism.

🔷️ A bigot is a person who is unfair, hateful, or closed-minded toward people with different backgrounds, beliefs, or ways of life. They refuse to accept anyone who is not like them.

🔷️ A racist is a person who believes that some human races are better than others. It also describes actions, words, or rules that treat people unfairly because of their skin color, race, or ethnic background.

What does the Bible say about bigotry and racism?

The Bible strongly condemns them. It teaches that we are ALL made in God's image, He shows no favoritism, and discrimination or hatred toward folk based upon their ethnicity, background, or social standing is a sin.

The following scriptures are for the "show me the proof" folk:

Genesis 1:27
Acts 17:26
Romans 2:11
Acts 10:34
James 2:9
Leviticus 19:33–34
Matthew 22:39
Galatians 3:28
Revelation 7:9

Some of the folk proclaiming themselves to be Christians--followers of Christ, little Christs, Christ like--are blatantly and unapologetically bigots and racists. Then, are they really Christians?🤔 When they're "tried in the balance ⚖", what will the verdict be?🤔

This is what Jesus had to say:

Matthew 7:21-23 (EasyEnglish Bible - EASY)

21 Some people say to me, “Master, Master!” But not all of them will come into the kingdom of heaven. Only the people who obey God, my Father in heaven, will come in. They do what he wants them to do.

22 On the day when God judges people, many of them will say, “Master, Master! We used your authority and we spoke a message from you. We used your authority and we sent bad spirits out of people. We used your authority to do many powerful things.”

23 But I will say to these people, “I never knew you. You do not obey God. You are bad. So go away from me.” ’

For the folk who only read and accept King James's version of the Bible...

Matthew 7:21-23 KJV

21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

📣 God is love. Love is **NOT** a component of bigotry or racism.

Do you know Him? If not, get to know Him so that all your DOING won't be in vain and you won't hear Him say He never knew YOU.

Just keepin' it real...

The Pledge of Allegiance, Christian Founding Fathers, and Soup

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:21:06 +0000

Let's talk about them...

👩🏾‍🏫 Somebody cited the Pledge as proof America was founded as a Christian Nation.

👉🏾 Don't do that, okay?

* The Pledge was written by Francis Bellamy in 1892, over a half century after the last Founding Father died.

* Congress added the words "under God" to the Pledge in 1954.

👩🏾‍🏫 Some also say the Founding Fathers were Christians and created this Nation based upon Christian principles.

👉🏾 Depends on what you mean by Christian...Let's take a brief look at some of them.

* Patrick Henry, John Jay, Samuel Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and John Witherspoon could be considered to have had "traditional" Christian beliefs. Witherspoon was a Presbyterian minister.

* Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Paine didn't believe in traditional miracles, the divinity of Jesus, or divine revelation.

Jefferson created his own Bible, editing anything supernatural out of it.

These men were deists and theistic rationalists.

* George Washington, John Adams, and James Madison respected Christian ethics and attended church, but they were moderates who generally avoided absolute religious beliefs that were based upon divine revelations and rarely spoke of Jesus's divinity.

👩🏾‍🏫 All of those men seemed to have believed in God--a higher power, governing humans--but not all of them believed in the deity of Jesus Christ.

Their shared belief in a supreme higher power, allowed them to agree upon using words like Creator and Divine Providence in the Declaration of Independence.

👉🏾 Asking Google just a few questions, returned the above information. Technology has made research so much easier.

👩🏾‍🏫 Points for Reflection 🤔:

👉🏾 What does it mean to be a Christian?

👉🏾 Can you BE a Christian and not believe in the deity of Jesus Christ?

🗣 If the Founding Fathers were here today, they'd be giving Christian Nationalists and folk calling America a Christian Nation, side-eyed 👀 looks.

🗣 The Charismatic Evangelical Movement? The deist and theistic rationalist Founding Fathers would have scoffed at it and tried to reason it away with enlightened and logical arguments. The moderates would've probably looked on with highbrow disdainment.

🗣📣 America is NOT a Christian Nation, nor has it ever been a Christian Nation. It's a Nation that has always been a soup of different religious beliefs, giving each of the religions--including Christianity--the freedom to exist.

Just keepin' it real...

It is what you have made it...

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:41:05 +0000

Let's talk about it...

When people pass away, have you noticed that folk tend to slap halos 😇 and wings on 'em?

Their life can be one of dirt, hurting, harming, and nasty. But when they die, they'll be portrayed as the holiest saint to ever walk this earth. 😁

They can leave behind many walking and bleeding wounded in their wake and yet, they'll be eulogized as the most caring and loving person ever.

My religious upbringing taught me that we should live this life, preparing for the next/eternity. The state you die in, determines how you will spend eternity for death is followed by accountability/judgement.

Hebrews 9:27 KJV

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

This is now ingrained into my belief system, so I strive to live my life so that when it ends and I face accountability for how I've lived my life, my final destination will be Heaven--in His presence, where there's no more pain or sorrow and there's profound peace and joy.

My teachings leave no room for slapping halos and wings on "bad/mean/hateful/nasty/contentious" people who died as they lived. I'll feel like I'm lyin'...That's just me🤷🏾‍♀️. Death is the end of our grace period to get right with God. After that, it is what YOU have made it.

I know there are different doctrines and belief systems, I'm sharing mine so you will clearly understand what I mean when I close this post.

When I encounter a situation where a person is nearing their end, my prayer is that the Lord would minister to them as they lie there.

Why do I do that? Before becoming a Christian, my stepfather became deathly ill and they thought he was on his way out. He didn't die, but he left his sick bed a changed man--a born-again, Bible believing Christian. I asked my mom what happened? She said he was like that when he came to himself in the ICU. A spiritual transformation happened to him as he laid there connected to a breathing machine. He lived many years after as a changed man.

Many times, people have witnessed decades of contention, meanness, hatefulness, ugly, etc., not those final few seconds where change may...or may not have occurred. Isn't it a good thing we don't determine eternal destinations. 😁

Yet, some folk spit polish the deceased's life, attach a halo, and pin on wings, while others are thinking, "Wait...are they talkin' about the same Susie/John?" 👀

Listen, I have zero interest in arguing doctrines and belief systems. None. 🙅🏾‍♀️. Maybe in the past...but where I am right now, what you'll get from me is you do you...believe what you want, but I sincerely hope Romans 10:9 is a part of it and the Word of God confirms it.

My closing is a verse from a song written by Sullivan Pugh and popularized by The Consolers...

🗣🎵

May the life I live, speak for me. When I'm resting in my grave, there's nothing more to be said. May the life I live, let it speak for me...🎵

Just keepin' it real...

Compel Them to Come

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:52:47 +0000

“Compel them to come” in Luke 14:23, let's talk about it...

👉🏾 Here compel means to persuade or urge. It does not mean to force as some are trying to do.

How they got there is baffling 🤯 when salvation comes not by force but by a personal choice of acceptance.

👉🏾 We persuade and urge using our voices--sharing His Word--and by demonstration--demonstrating the power of His Word in daily living.

Example: Love and compassion are powerful demonstrations of His Word that effectively compel folk to come to Him.

👉🏾 Making religious beliefs into laws and rules does not compel folk to accept Christ's salvation--His work on the cross, it REPELS them and seeds resentment, anger, and hatred.

🗣 You may forcibly and legally gain compliance to your religious beliefs and rules, while that compliance gives YOU personal satisfaction, it does NOT save souls.

When my grandson watches a show with me, he asks, "Nani, what's the goal?" Is the goal of the Church compliance to religious beliefs or salvation?

🗣 We compel--persuade and urge--by sharing His Word and demonstrating the power of His Word in our daily lives--living what we preach...walking the talk.

👉🏾 It's like the Church was traveling on the right highway and going in the right direction, then some were persuaded to take an off ramp to go on a different highway and in the wrong direction.

🗣📣 We must stay alert and follow the directions (Bible) carefully for everything that sounds good and right is not for edification. Instead, it's for diversion, obstruction, and perversion.

Just keepin' it real...

Religious Freedom...Religious Indoctrination

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:18:47 +0000

Let's talk about it...

👩🏾‍🏫 Because the U.S. guarantees freedom of religion, there are THOUSANDS of distinct faiths and denominations.

👩🏾‍🏫 The U.S. Religion Census tracks over 370 major religious bodies.

👩🏾‍🏫 The population is broadly divided into major world religions and a growing non-religious population.

🗣 Different religions have their own sacred books, stories and teachings and each believe their sacred book, stories and teachings are the one and only truth.

🗣 Religious freedom does not allow one religion and suppress all others.

So...if the Christian Bible is required to be taught by America's education systems, is that just the first of many sacred books, stories and teachings to be taught in schools? 🤔

Will the Quran, Book of Mormon, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, Tripiṭaka, Satanic Bible, etc., follow? 🤔

👩🏾‍🏫 Did you know that Voodoo is also a legally recognized religion in this Nation of religious freedom? Will that be taught in schools as well? 🤔

👩🏾‍🏫 What about the children of atheists? Although atheism is not a religion, under American and international law, non-theistic and atheistic beliefs are treated equally to religion. Will these kids be forced to read and learn the Christian sacred books, stories and teachings? 🤔

🗣 AMERICA IS NOT A CHRISTIAN NATION. It is a Nation where religious freedom allows you to freely be a Christian OR any other religion of choice.

👩🏾‍🏫 If the Christian sacred book, stories and teachings are required to be taught in schools, so can the sacred books, stories and teachings of any other religion.

🗣📣 Religious freedom means no one religion can FORCE their religion upon anyone else.

🗣📣 Religious indoctrination--FORCING children to learn the sacred book, stories and teachings of one preferred religion--in schools is a violation of the U.S. Constitution.

Just keepin' it real...

Stealing Away to the Hush/Brush Harbor

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:24:13 +0000

Let's talk about it.

👩🏾‍🏫 Did you know that plantation owners forced their slaves to attend church?

It wasn't to teach them about the love of God. Their preachers emphasized obedience, subservience, and hard work. The objective was to reinforce the slaveowner's control and dominance over the enslaved people.

👩🏾‍🏫 Did you know there were also enslaved preachers?

Some were allowed to move between neighboring plantations to preach to the slaves.

While building my family tree 🌳, I found that my family has been saturated with preachers throughout history. I've learned my great-granduncle, Zachariah Butler, moved between neighboring plantations in Georgia, preaching to enslaved people. I have met his descendants and some are also preachers today.

The enslaved preachers had permission to preach to the slaves but their sermons were monitored and restricted by the slaveowners.

The enslaved people had to steal away into forest clearings--hush/bush harbors--to freely pray, worship and hear unrestricted sermons.

There they heard about spiritual equality, divine justice, and deliverance. It was in these secret church meetings that the distinct African-American style of preaching--chanting and rhythm that blended West African oral traditions and spiritual emotionalism--was born.

Elements of this emotional, oratorical cadence and call-and-response preaching style can be heard today in the sermon delivery of evangelical and charismatic preachers across ethnic groups.

👩🏾‍🏫 Slaves were introduced to 2 different Gods during their enslavement: 1. A God of oppression, suppression and bondage. 2. A God of freedom, equality and deliverance.

When they walked off the plantations as liberated people, they left firmly believing in the God they'd secretly stolen away to hear about, worship and pray to in the hush/bush harbors.

They attended church, learned about 2 different Gods, then clung to the God of the hush/bush harbors.

Just keepin' it real...

You Better Recognize

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:08:08 +0000

This is for the really religious and deep Christians: 📣 Everything YOU do not like is not demonic.

Let's talk about it...

Sometimes...sometimes, it's just...

🗣 Your flesh signalng it's not as sanctified as you think...or want others to think it is.

🗣 You're reaping something you sowed (set into motion).

🗣 Consequences and penalties. Example: Don't pay your power bill...your lights will be turned off.

🗣 Your heart condition has twisted your vision.

In order to effectively fight an adversary, we MUST first clearly recognize them.

Sometimes, folk are rebukin' and bindin' demons when they should be layin' their flesh on the alter to bring it under submission.

Just keepin' it real...

Stop Frontin'

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Tue, 26 May 2026 12:30:48 +0000

Let's talk about it.

If you need something from me, the best way to ensure you WON'T get it is to talk trash about me, lie on/about me, threaten me, attack me or mess with mine.

I know Christians are supposed to turn the other cheek...Be honest, after a hit and a "stingin' cheek", you're saying, "Jesus, give me 5 minutes to handle this...just 5," AS you're tensing to go all in. Even if you don't make a move, it's zooming around full speed in your mind, so don't go gettin' all deep. 😁

The older I get, the less patience I have with religious hypocrisy. The older I get, the more I also hear, "Shut your mouth!", "Swallow it!", "Don't say it!" and "Delete it!"😁 I die daily. 😳 Thank God for His grace and mercy. 😁

I grew up in a Holiness Pentecostal church...a sanctified church. Even though I wasn't a Christian, I knew what being a Christian was all about. It wasn't until a COGIC Missionary Evangelist led a revival meeting at my church and had a "real talk" session with the young married couples and teenagers that becoming a Christian became attractive to me.

In fact, she effectively ministered to others that attended that session with me and they also became Christians.

There's no doubt she was anointed but she was also REAL.

When I had book signings at Christian bookstores, my purpose was two-fold: Sell books and genuinely minister out of my experiences. Books sold, but prayer and ministry also happened.

🗣 You can reach more people being real than you can by putting on phoney religious airs that folk can see through anyway...stop frontin'.

Just keepin' it real...

Christian...What does it mean, anyway?

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Wed, 20 May 2026 11:44:03 +0000

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I've heard several literal meanings of Christian: Little Christ, a follower of Christ and Christ like.

This is what 2 Corinthians says. I'll drop the EASY version so the understanding is clear.

2 Corinthians 3:3 (EasyEnglish Bible)

It is clear that you are a like a letter that Christ himself has written. We are the people who brought God's message to you. Now people see what God has done in your lives. That is like a letter that they read. But it is not a letter written on paper with ink. It is the Spirit of the living God who wrote it. He did not write it on pieces of stone. Instead, he wrote it deep inside you.[a]

So Christians should be the "walking epistles" of Christ. When folk watch us/read our lives, they should see Him--who He is, what He represents and His love.

For some of today's Christians, this is what their epistle says about Christ.

📕 They support bigots and racists, so Christ is ok with bigotry and racism.

📕 They support and shield folk who break children, so Christ doesn't have a problem with pedophilia.

📕 They support serial liars, so Christ is cool with a lying tongue.

📕 They support hunting folk down because of the color of their skin--racial profiling, so Christ is good with that too.

📕 They support those boldly committing corruption, so Christ is ok with corruption.

📕 They support discrimination, so Christ is ok with discriminating and disenfranchising people.

📕 They support folk who run cons and grifts, so Christ has no problem with conning and grifting people.

📕 They support heartless and mean spirited actions, so Christ is good with that as well.

📕 They support lawlessness, so Christ doesn't have a problem with lawlessness.

📕 They support rapists, so Christ is ok with rape.

📕 They're support those who trod on the less fortunate, so Christ is ok with trampling on the less fortunate.

📕 They support folk who bragged about moving on women and grabbing them by their private part, so Christ is ok with sexual assault too.

📕 They support folk who drop bombs on and kill the innocent, so Christ is ok with drawing innocent blood.

The folk and actions some of today's Christians support, Christ would've openly rebuked. In fact, God's Word REBUKES and FORBIDS it.

🗣 These folk need a new name to call themselves for they are NOT Little Christs, followers of Christ or Christ like. He's NOT the story their epistles tells.

Just keepin' it real...

A Past That's Still the Present

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Mon, 04 May 2026 11:52:00 +0000

It's in the past...move on and leave it there.

Let's talk about it...

Folk agree People of Color faced hardships, degradation and discrimination in the past. Most are appalled it was allowed to happen.

Too many also believe it's all in the past and People of Color should just move on and leave it there.

Here's the thing, how can we leave it in the past when the mentality that resulted in the past hardships, degradation and discrimination is still present TODAY?

Laws have checked it by guaranteeing our rights to have fair and equal treatment, access and representation, but they didn't kill it. As we've seen recently, those restraints and guarantees are only as secure and sure as the folk in power allow them to be.

See, we know because our life experiences have repeatedly taught us that it's a bigoted, prejudiced, and racist teacher, boss, cop, politician, judge, doctor, business owner, co-worker, shopper, neighbor, pastor, church member, etc., encounter away.

I've encountered the mentality throughout my life from childhood.

It's checked/restrained...until it isn't. It's still living and leaving fresh, deep wounds.

Discounting, re-writing, ignoring, and white washing the results of the bigotry, racism and prejudice only enables the mentality to thrive and remain present.

People of Color adapt, assimilate, brace, and avoid, knowing the mentality could present at any time.

We can't move on from a past that's still the present.

Just keepin' it real...

I'm old enough to remember when...

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:11:00 +0000

I'm old enough to remember when...let's talk about it.

Folk--including Church folk--are in an uproar about Trans using the same restroom as non-Trans.

I read the posts and listen to the harsh rhetoric, thinking, "But I remember when..."

I remember attending church with...Let me put it this way: The person had a huge Adam's apple, wore skirts and dresses, and their voice was deeper than my son's.

They didn't hesitate at the ladies restroom door and walked right in just like the rest of the ladies.

I'd seen the individual around--people watchers don't miss much.😉. I believe the first time I actually heard the person's voice was when they were in a restroom stall next to mine one Sunday morning, talking on the phone. You can imagine the jolt 😲 I felt when I heard a man's voice coming from that stall. Me being me🙂, I waited around to see who came out of that stall.

This is the important part. I mentioned the incident. The person was known. Folk clocked 👀 the happenings and whispered about it but that was it. Church leaders didn't bar them from the ladies room, create a separate restroom for them, or teach/preach AT or ABOUT them.

🗣 Don't you just hate arrow sermons? The only person they benefit is the deliverer. When I know I'm being preached at, I'm one of the loudest yelling, "Amen!" 😁 If you don't get over people, you will always live in a world of hurt.

Back then, the church was more concerned about winning the soul of a person who chose an alternative lifestyle, than making sure the clothes and body--which will eventually turn to dust--were acceptable/"correct". There was no exclusion or call for punishment--indirect or direct. The church demonstrated "Come as you are."

For unrelated reasons, I left that ministry some time ago and years have passed. I don't know what's happening there now, but it seems the church became MAGAfied. How do I know? From the words some of the members speak and post.

There's been so much hate directed toward people like that church attendee. I've read posts where folk I know and worshipped with in the past outright declared their hatred for people who choose an alternative lifestyle.

Now, I wonder if a person like that would/still feel comfortable attending that church. 🤔 Do they still feel the doors of the church are open to them?

🗣 Let me put it this way: If I know a church has members who hate Black people and approve of policies that target and harm them, you'd better believe that me and my Black self will NOT be voluntarily setting a toe in that sanctuary. I'm just sayin'...🤷🏾‍♀️

Do these folk need to change, THEN come to the church?

🗣 Fish are cleaned AFTER you catch them...not before. Listen, a soul you've dropkicked and stomped isn't going to hear, "Jesus wept," from you and that's real talk.

What if the person has changed their sex...what then? They're not welcomed unless they change it back?

🗣 Does the soul even have a gender? That's a can of worms for some say yea and some say nay.

There have been a lot of changes in the Church over time and all of them do NOT shout or even hint at the love of God, but I'm old enough to remember when...

Just keepin' it real...

When? How? Just Be Ready

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:29:00 +0000

When? How/What will it be like?

Let's talk about it...

We've been seeing some of the end-time events Jesus talked about in Matthew 24 for generations.

I grew up hearing end-time messages and that was...🙄several generations ago. My mom heard them. Her mom heard them. It was preached on plantations.

Many have guesstimated at the timing of His return and exactly what it will look like. They've even made movies about how they imagine it will look.

We just don't know the exact answers to when and how it will be.

Even deep dive studies into Revelation, produce differing interpretations and timings of events.

There's not even a consensus on the Rapture: When will it happen? Will it be seen with the naked eye or just experienced? Scriptural interpretations vary.

Personally, I'm zoomed in on the following:

🗣 Matthew 24:44 KJV
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

🗣 The message of the parable about the five wise and five foolish virgins in Matthew 25:1-13: Be personally and continously spiritually prepared for His return.

The last verse of that parable says...

Matthew 25:13 KJV
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

🗣 I don't know when (the exact timing) or how (exactly what it will be like) Christ will return for His Church (His believers). I'm focused on being good to go whenever He does. That includes protecting my soul from contamination from the influences of fake Jesuses and their mouthpieces/prophets.

🗣 Summary:

1️⃣ When and how is not as important as making sure you're ready to go WHENEVER when and how occurs.

2️⃣ Only the Lord knows and sets His itinerary. Just be ready WHEN He comes, HOWEVER He comes.

Just keepin' it real...

Klan Jesus vs Jesus Christ

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:56:00 +0000

Let's talk about it...

🗣 Appearance

Klan Jesus is an undisputed white man who supports the idea that God favors the white race above any other.

Jesus Christ is a Jew from the Middle East who has no respect of person and equally accepts all who comes to him.

🗣 Message

Klan Jesus promotes a message of hate, intolerance, superiority, and fear. This message is used as justification for intimidation, terrorizing, oppression, suppression, targeting, persecution, marginalizing, and exclusion.

Jesus Christ teaches inclusion and love for all--including those deemed unacceptable and marginalized.

🗣 Mission

Klan Jesus seeks to establish a righteous kingdom for God on earth, using racial and religious supremacy as a guide, even going to the extreme of trying to make religious beliefs into laws.

Jesus Christ aims to establish the Kingdom of God which is a spiritual kingdom that surpasses earth's ethnic, racial, and national boundaries. Righteousness or right standing with God is through His cross, not supressive and exclusive legislation.

🗣 Humanity

Klan Jesus is about dominating, dividing, oppressing, suppressing, and excluding people.

Jesus Christ focuses on healing, reconciliation, and gathering the lost--including those deemed unacceptable and outcasts.

🗣 Summary

Klan Jesus perverts and twists the teachings of Jesus Christ, calling evil good and good evil. Klan Jesus is a counterfeit Jesus...

Klan Jesus vs Jesus Christ...which would you want to accept as your savior?

Just keepin' it real...

The Bat

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:23:00 +0000

The bat...Romans 13 has been repeatedly used to beat folk into submission and oppression.

Let's talk about it...It's long, but overdue.

This passage of scripture has often been interpreted to mean that Christians must blindly obey the government with no dissent or questioning.

It's been used as a bat by Christian leaders throughout history to ensure total and blind submission during turbulent and horrific times. For instance, it was used against slavery abolitionists, the Civil Rights Movement, opposition to Hitler in Nazi Germany, etc.

Blind obedience and submission is not what that passage means for other scripture let's us know we shouldn't disobey...or rebrand (calling evil good and good evil)...God in our obedience to and support of man.

In the Romans 13 passage of scripture, Paul says that rulers are not a terror to good works, but evil. You should be afraid if you do evil, not good.

Context is important. Paul wrote those passages during the early part of Emperor Nero's reign. During that time, Nero was a tolerant ruler...kinda sorta. He did a lot of not good stuff--like murdering his own family members--but he wasn't targeting Christians then.

When Jewish leaders in Caesarea wanted to kill Paul, he appealed to Nero for justice. Paul's life was spared and he was put under house arrest in Rome while he awaited trial.

Think about it. Would Nero have helped Paul if he'd been firing off letters during his house arrest to Christians, calling Nero a murderer, tyrant, and self-indulgent ruler?

I'm going to say this and some folk ain't gonna like it but it's the truth. Paul was a great man who was great because he allowed God to use him. BUT Paul was not a divine being walking on earth. He was flesh and blood just like you and me. He faced the same human struggles we do when making choices, acting, and keeping ourselves in check. He said himself, "I die daily."

Anyhoo...it was like Paul was telling the Christians that even though the Emperor is doing stuff like killing his own family members, they didn't have to be scared. Just obey the laws and they'd be good.

Paul was right...until he wasn't.

After the Great Fire of Rome, Nero flipped the switch. A witness claimed Nero actually started the fire himself, but he blamed it on the Christians.

Obey the laws of the land or not...submit to governmental authority or not...dissent to injustice or not, Nero slaughtered--torn apart by animals, crucified, and used as human torches--Christians, and he eventually killed Paul.

Jesus wasn't blindly obedient to the governing laws. He told the disciples to render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasar's--pay your taxes, but He also pushed back when He was confronted about "breaking" Jewish law regarding the Sabbath.

Jesus elevated spiritual authority and righteousness above governmental (secular) authority.

We've been taught a lot of things by religious leaders throughout history for different reasons, some of which were not to help, instruct, or edify. It was to push and support agendas and personal preferences.

The bat--scripture--has been/is being used by some to ensure submission, retain compliance, tighten control, and/or as a method of oppression. That is NOT God's way.

I'll wrap this up with learn to recognize the bat swings by knowing God's Word for yourself.

Just keepin' it real...

Ahab...God doesn't like ugly

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:01:00 +0000

Let's talk about it.

Historical records indicate King Ahab was viewed by some as a strong and influential leader because of his military power and economic successes.

The Bible tells us that because of his actions and what he allowed, his reign was one of oppression, corruption, and injustice.

He was a morally and spiritually bankrupt leader who led Israel into worshipping a false god, instead of the true and living God.

He was greedy, weak--easily influenced and led, self-centered, emotionally immature, and morally corrupt.

You'd think nobody in their right mind would support that kind of leader, right? Some did, including prophets. Not the Lord's but Ahab's court prophets...the prophets of the false god.

In a showdown, the 450 prophets of the false god were no match for Elijah--the prophet of the true and living God. They were brought to an open shame, then disappeared.

Ahab reigned for 22 years. For 22 years, the people Israel endured his greed, corrupt leadership, oppression, sacrilege, and injustice.

He held an exalted position and probably considered himself to be untouchable, but his reign DID end.

🗣 Every road has an end.

🗣 There's nothing new under the sun.

🗣 Folk can make as many excuses for evil and corrupt leaders as they want and wrap those excuses in as much church speak and scripture as they dare, but God doesn't like ugly and does NOT approve of it. Period.

👩🏾‍🏫 God doesn't like ugly: The saying means God dislikes injustice, unjust actions (lying, bullying, cruelty, etc.), immorality, meanness, or spiteful behavior. It refers in no way to physical appearance.

Just keepin' it real...

Yesterday and Today

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:31:00 +0000

During the horrors of yesterday's deadly whippings, lynchings, death camps, concentration camps, white supremacist persecutions, etc., some folk spoke out. They lost friends and family. They risked all to stand for right.

As it is today, there were also some who dismissively blamed the victims saying, "They should have complied...done as they were told."

Those standing for right were not viewed with warm and fuzzy feelings.

As it is today, those opposing the atrocities were considered undesirable agitators, too political, and rebels & insurgents (domestic terrorists).

Like yesterday, some of these folk do not claim to be Christians...yet, some do--they teach Bible classes, preach, prophesy, and attend church services faithfully.

Heartless, soulless, and self-centered folk existed during yesterday's atrocities...they exist during today's.

Just keepin' it real...

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:05:00 +0000

Christians are getting swift and brutal clapback when they rebuke other Christians for posts they don't like--most have made them uncomfortable in their religious zones.

The ones that tickle me are those that begin with "You aren't saved because..." and "That kind of behavior is not in the Bible."

These draw my chuckles, "Jesus would never say or do anything like that..." and "That's not Christ-like..." 🤭

Let's talk about it...☕🍩

Jesus was blunt and didn't bite His tongue. He wasn't being mean or nasty. He saw it and called what He saw.

He called folk...

▪️Blind guides

▪️Fools

▪️Serpents

▪️A generation of vipers

▪️Hypocrites

Jesus scolded.

He rebuked.

He told people they were like whited supulchres…full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness. Meaning, they were white and shiny--holy--on the outside but full of decay and rot on the inside.

Jesus was so indignant about what was going on in the Temple...

▪️He flipped tables.

▪️He crafted a weapon (whip) and sent people and animals runnin'.

▪️He upended folk belongings.

If Jesus did those things today, I do believe some "pious and holy" folk would condemn Him saying Christians shouldn't say that kind of stuff to/about people and most definitely shouldn't be confrontational.

Question❓: Why do some Christians act like they think they're holier and deeper than Jesus Christ? 🤷🏾‍♀️

Listen, some of those same "pious and holy" folk are snakes, foolish, sittin' at tables they should've sent flyin', and/or have soul rot and decay.

So...as people opine about what THEY believe you should and shouldn't do, just ask yourself WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

Just keepin' it real...

Get Over Yourself

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:11:00 +0000

Buckle up...

After studying the preponderance of the evidence, I have come to the conclusion that people need to get over themselves.

If you think the absence of your presence or footprint, stops the show or impacts the significance and validity of the show, you are sadly mistaken. Why? You are important...but not THAT important.

I mean, it's not about you. It's bigger than you. Your participation is welcomed...but not needed. Why? Sweetie, you can't stop the show. Why? You are just not THAT important.

What made you have such an over inflated view of the importance and impactfulness of YOU that you think you can stop the show by doing or not doing...whatever?

See, you ARE important...but your are NOT crucial. The show WILL go on with you...or without you.

Communities would be stronger, families would be more cohesive, churches would be operating on a higher level, relationships would be more enduring, friendships would last...if people would...just...get...over...themselves.

Who am I talking about? Anybody and everybody the shoe fits.

Just keepin' it real...

Put the Knives Away

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 14:57:00 +0000

It cuts deep when someone confides their heart tears to clergy or other church leadership, then the next time they attend service, they overhear the congregation whispering about their business or they catch folk swallowing their words mid-sentence because the sentence was about them.

During that same service, the Pastor will preach his heart out, the congregation will praise and worship enthusiastically, all while the person sits in their midst with a broken and bleeding heart.

The person who was broken is not the problem. No, it's not them. 🙅🏾‍♀️The problem is every single tongue that participated in the breaking/slashing.

That's called church hurt. It happens...a lot.

There is no perfect church. I agree 💯. BUT that is no excuse for operating in the flesh and hurting people in a place that should be a REFUGE from pain and heartache.

Don't be that church.

Just keepin' it real...

So right is wrong and wrong is now...right?

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:50:00 +0000

Make it make sense! 🤯

Let's talk about it...☕☕☕

It was disclosed that Bill Clinton got up to shenanigans with grown women who were not his wife, then lied about it.

Evangelicals said his actions demonstrated a lack of moral character that made him unfit to serve as president. They emphasized the importance of fidelity and honesty in public officials. They rallied for his impeachment.

At that time, it was perfectly correct and Biblical to call out the wrongdoings of the President for the Bible informs us in Acts 5 we should submit to authority but be prepared to obey God, not man.

An aside 👩🏾‍🏫: That word "submit" deserves a thorough study and break-down all on its own. It's being used by some as a tool to say, "Authority is given by God, those in authority can do/say whatever they want and it's right", "Do what I say with no questions asked", "I'm the law around here and what I say goes", "Check your brains and your Bibles at the doors of the church and do/think as I say", "Don't you dare call out my wrongdoings, I'm a Man/Woman of God...The Lord said touch not my anointed!", "I'm the man of this house, do as I say", "I'm in charge here and it's my God given authority to punish--beat up physically and/or emotionally--my family"...I'll say this and leave it along: Some of those using "submit" as a tool of suppression are mean, hateful, narcissistic, sinful, sadistic, dictatorial, and/or have the leadership capabilities of a rock. They declare because they have a position of leadership, you're supposed to shut up about what they do and just do as they say. If you dust off your scale, do some weighing, and walk away from these leaders, something is wrong with you...not them.

It was disclosed that the dude currently occupying the Oval Office is a serial adulterer, a rapist, and suspected of abetting (if not participating in) the breaking of little girls. He's also lied about all of it.

A whole lot of Evangelicals call him the second Christ, the lesser of two evils, sent by God, and/or a Man of God. Not only did they rally to elect him for a second term while knowing of his shenanigans, they still support him or are considered to still be his supporters because we can't hear their dissent on his conduct. Some are still loudly proclaiming their loyalty to him. We certainly aren't hearing their rallying call for his impeachment.

Now, it's no longer correct and Biblical to call out the wrongdoings of the President for according to Romans 13 and I Peter 2 we must submit to governmental authority for it is established by God.

And another thing...Christians promoted (some are still doing it) the dude's wife as a classy woman at the same time that pictures of her showing her private bits to the world were/are flying around everywhere on the news and social media. What's up with that? 🤷🏾‍♀️ Even Russia has flashed the photos during their prime time news.

The difference in the Evangelical response to the shenanigans of these two men is glaring. What changed? 🤔 Is there a new Bible that teaches a different moral standard? Is it because Bill is a Democrat and Dude is not? Did What Would Jesus Do (WWJD) change? Are Christians now supposed to sit at tables we would've flipped in the past with quickness? Did the Lord change up on us? 🤯

The willingness of Evangelicals to overlook the shenanigans of the dude occupying the Oval Office has damaged the long-term credibility of the American Christian witness. To sum it up: It slapped a huge neon sign on the Church--for the world tries to paint all of us with the same brush--flashing HYPOCRITES.

Is it any wonder folk are giving the Church 🤚🏾 and 👀 when they preach morality, today?

I applaud any Christians and/or denominations who respect authority AND are brave enough to stand flat footed and call wrong out regardless of who's sitting in the Oval Office, the party affiliation of the perpetrating officials...or who's standing/sitting in the pulpit.

Just keepin' it real...

It's not you...It's them

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:22:00 +0000

When you can see/read people, you want to let them know they're not gettin' over and that you're not stupid. There are times you can't because you're being checked and aren't allowed to say what you really really REALLY want to say 🤐. As blunt as I can be, I also swallow words. I'm not allowed to unsheathe the word knife from my mouth. 😁 But that doesn't stop my mental side-eye 👀 and silent, "Hmmph, they really think I don't know, don't they..."

Maybe, it's just me. 🤷🏾‍♀️

I've said it many times before and I'm sayin' it again: People are somethin' ELSE...Christian people too. Sometimes, we're the absolute worse because we sanctimoniously wrap our ugly and "sometimey" behavior in scripture.

If being accepted by people is crucial to your self-worth, you will always wrestle with feeling you're not good enough or always at fault when really you're the victim of someone being messy, their projection, or their ugly.

Having problems dealing with folk? Listen, maybe...just maybe the problem isn't you. It's them. Self-reflection is a must. Accepting that the other guy has the problem and not you is also a must.

Make sure your heart is clear and free yourself by accepting that whole thing wasn't about you in the first place. It was all about them and their stuff.

If you are at fault, you're the problem. Deal with your stuff, and stop hurtin' people.

Nothing makes me struggle with contempt more than seeing hard-hearted, nasty, messy, and hateful Christians tellin' other folk how to walk in love...preparing messages but not eatin' them first.

You know they're mean and hateful as all get out at home, but loving and caring when outside of it.

Don't get me started on these men who can see the needs of every woman EXCEPT their own wife's.

And the lying preachers😠...Breathe, girl...breathe.🙄

It's good to be able to read people...but sometimes I'd rather I just didn't know. You know, that whole ignorance is bliss thing...

If you can see/read people, you really need to work on being able to get over people...love 'em, but get over 'em. If you can't, you will live in a world of hurt.

Again...maybe it's just me.🤷🏾‍♀️

Just keepin' it real...

He's Got You!

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:55:00 +0000

Lord, deliver us from evil!

Dear Lord, stay the hand of the enemy!

Lord, please come and see about us!

Dear God, help us!

Lord, save us from...!

These are "small" prayers 🙏🏽 that tumble around in my heart daily.

My small world is comparatively ok, but I'm very aware that the hand of evil is reaching and touching. I see the hurt, lawlessness, and injustice and it's heartbreaking. 💔 SO heartbreaking. 💔😢

Some nights, my heart is so heavy because of events, I pray for a personal God encounter. I crave and need a personal, rejuvenating encounter with Him. A "I'm here...I've got you," kind of encounter.

I had a dream Sunday night that was so vivid. Some of the scenes still replay in my mind. I'll share one here.

I was riding in a car with a Christian powerhouse --the sho' nuf born-again, Bible believin' kind. I looked out the window and stared at the clouds. The longer I looked up, a huge shape took on more definition.

The Christian riding with me pointed and asked, "Don't you see those angels up there?"

The image I was looking at became crystal clear. It was a huge winged angel as we imagine their appearance to be, standing on top of a high mountain. As I looked, the angel moved away to do something, then instantly returned to its place.

I answered with awe, "Yes, I can't believe I'm seeing this, but I'm actually seeing an angel!"

As I continued to look up, I saw there were other angels encircled all around us. All huge and standing on top of high mountains. Some winged. Some looked like regular people--you and I. All were swiftly accomplishing tasks, returning to their place, then watching.

The thought I had about that scene upon waking was there are angels encamped all around me. Thank you God, for seein' about me! 🙌🏾 😭

Why did I share this?

The Bible tells us God is no respecter of persons. He doesn't show partiality and favoritism. So if He's got me, He's got you too.

We must keep looking up to the hills from which comes our help. Our help comes from the Lord.

Be encouraged, today. He's got you! ❤

Just keepin' it real...

He said it, they did it, and they're doing it again.

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:46:00 +0000

"We tolerate no one in our ranks who attacks the ideas of Christianity. Our movement is Christian."

- Adolf Hitler, October 27, 1928

Yes, Hitler really did say that. Let's talk about it...

👩🏾‍🏫 This was part of his tactics to deceive the German's Christian majority and gain their support.

I wonder how many Christians called him a "Man of God" or "The Second Christ" during that time and got fightin' mad when someone pointed out the contradictions they'd seen...or perceived. 🤔

👩🏾‍🏫 Anywhoo...Hitler's tactic worked: Many Christians believed, received, and doggedly supported.

👩🏾‍🏫 After he used them to gain power and stopped playing Christian, the Christian reaction was mixed:

* Some resisted in any way they could.

* Some aided the oppressed and persecuted.

* Some continued to doggedly support Hitler.

* Some became Nazi informants (snitches) to aid his evil regime.

* Some became part of the "German Christian" movement. This movement within the German Evangelical Church sought to integrate Nazism and Christianity. These Christians promoted Hitler as a divine or messianic figure.

What resulted was an evil, hate filled, unbiblical, oppressive mess.

👩🏾‍🏫 Hitler's long-term plan was to completely eradicate Christianity and some Christians helped him.

He spoke to the hate and bigotry already stewing in their hearts, giving them permission to let the hate and bigotry live.

👩🏾‍🏫 Because they were of the same mind, many saw nothing wrong with what Hitler was doing: He was right, those who opposed him were wrong and deserved to be punished.

👩🏾‍🏫 When Hitler died, the reactions varied.

* Some were elated.

* Some were overwhelmingly relieved.

* The scales finally fell from eyes and some became guilty and ashamed for supporting him.

* Some grieved deeply and committed suicide.

👩🏾‍🏫 My summary:

Ecclesiastes 1:9 KJV

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Will He Know Me?

noreply@blogger.com (Toni V. Lee) — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 11:41:00 +0000

You know, folk are worshipping so many different versions of God:

* The version created using cherry-picked scripture.

* A version wearing a red MAGA hat.

* A Christian Nationalists version.

* A white supremacist version.

* A version who's closed fisted and selfish.

* A version who cares more about money than people.

* A version painted by Trump's prophets.

* A version that's hateful, racist, and bigoted.

* The version who approves lawlessness, inequity, and injustice.

* The version who approves any and everything.

* The version who winks at sin dependent upon the person doing the sinning.

* The version who cares more about politics than His creations.

* The one where the body (which will turn to dust) of man is more important than the soul of man.

* A version devoid of empathy and kindness.

I can choose or craft any version of God that supports my personal agenda, preferences, biases, politics, and any version to use as a whip to ensure my personal comfort and prop up my beliefs (religious and political).

BUT will the God described in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation know ME?

Just keepin' it real...