As Templars, we have been thoroughly trained by God’s Word to know how to enter and manage the spiritual warfare of life. It is our oath and calling to stand out here on the Battlefield every day and participate. As 21st century Templars, this is our daily job description as explained in God’s own Words: “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but…

  A decade ago, I had just been touched by the sword of the accolade. One minute I was a common soldier in the Army of Christ. The next minute, I was a Templar Knight in the Army of Christ. The day before I was a bondslave of Jesus and a slave of my fellow Christians. But after the touch of the sword, I was not only a bondslave of Jesus… but now I was also a totally humbled slave of the slaves in the Kingdom. (Matthew 23:11) The sacred white mantle of my calling bore on it the red…

  Depending on the situation, I describe myself as is indicated on my various business cards – and I have a handful, to be sure. But of all my titles, including Templar Knight, I do not yet have a card for this one: alien. I am an alien among the people of planet Earth. I had my suspicions at first – but now I am certain of it. Not an illegal alien, to be sure. Just a garden variety alien, as I am about to fully disclose. I also openly confess to being a really geeky alien as well, frequently…

The Convent and Investiture of the Priory of The Temple Church with the Commandery of the Holy Trinity 28 February – 2 March 2025 The Temple Church C&I commenced with the Prior’s Reception and Dinner on Friday, 28 February, at Sonny’s BBQ Restaurant in Titusville, Florida. There were 34 attendees. Grand Chancellor, H.E. COL Chev. Fredrick Kienle, PhD, GCTJ, accompanied by his wife Laura, was present for the weekend events. The reception included dining, a review of the weekend by the Prior, and raffles to benefit The Temple Church Priory Scholarship Fund. Following the reception, there was continued fellowship around…

    “I see dead people” was the key line from a spectacularly well written and produced 2008 movie titled The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan. (Spoiler alert) In case you missed it, the 8-year-old boy protagonist, Cole Sear played by Haley Joel Osment, would occasionally see and interact with the dead. And a startling fact about Cole’s sixth sense was carefully hidden from viewers until the breathtaking reveal at the conclusion of the story. But, as movie-goers, we were quite skillfully kept blissfully unaware of the detail through director Shyamalan’s skills, bound up as we are every day…

  I remember, as if it were yesterday, standing at my school bus stop adjacent to my small Oklahoma country High School and watching the Seniors climb aboard their buses. Their High School days were almost over, and then they could leave for the “real world” where life truly begins! In but a blink, I was there also – a High School Senior, leaving my school bus for the very last time, headed to the University where the “real world” would commence. Very soon thereafter, I came to understand that here I had to learn discipline and work so that…

  Is it even possible for anyone today to accurately claim the title of “Authentic 21st-Century Templar”? The answer to that very essential question is wholly conditional. If the individual making the claim to be a 21st-century Templar does so while repudiating the core of the original Templar’s ethos, then the answer is unambiguously clear: they are a wannabee, perhaps – or possibly a well-meaning service club member at best. But certainly not an authentic Templar! Dressing up as a Templar in a costume once in a while is one thing – but living the life of a Templar Knight…

When I was a young man, I traveled in typical circles with other young men, of course. And, as is common among such youth, we touted a mutual response for when threatened with a beating by the local tyrant-tormenter. The reply to his taunt of “I’m going to whip your a**!” invariably promised to be… “Yeah, sure. You and whose army?!” Blustering bravado in a taunt-for-taunt reflex is a foundational stone on the path to becoming a real man on another day somewhere down the road of time. Eventually, though, you realize that fists lead to pain, and that pain…

In what years I have remaining, I have narrowed my road down to one of two fates. I am totally committed either to living out my remaining years on Mars (which is my second choice) – or – my primary desire is to live out my remaining years in an undersea colony on the ocean floor at 24 fathoms. I have turned it over to my Creator to choose which of those final destinations He has already decided for me. But I can say with all authentic honesty that it will be one or the other. How do I state…

The great Nobel Laureate, American Physicist Richard Feynman, said very bluntly, “It is not possible to understand the magnetic effects of materials in any honest way from the point of view of classical physics. Such magnetic effects are a completely quantum-mechanical phenomenon. All other explanations to try and explain them in terms of classical physics are phony.” (Lecture 34 – Magnetism of Matter, Caltech.) That is exactly why most people can look at a lowly magnet on my refrigerator door and not see the astonishing miracle taking place right before their eyes. A single one-inch magnet holding up a two-ounce…