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A Grumpy

Churchgoer

told me Where

I Should Go

When Chris Broad first attended church, As I grew up, God planted a seed. As a quiet schoolboy at
his impressions were not good. He asked secondary school, I received a little red GOOD NEWS for
God for guidance, and it came through a Everyone! (formerly known as Gideons) New Testament
in class. Some children laughed and fooled around with
very unusual source. their New Testament; another child stuck a football
“Although I work for United Christian Broadcasters sticker on the cover of his. I wasn't quite sure what to
(UCB) I'm not a pastor, a minister or presenter. I'm an make of mine, but I took it home and respectfully put
it on a shelf as I had a sense that it might be important
ordinary person working behind the scenes at UCB,
who happened to see God at work in my life. in some way. I didn't read it much to be honest other
than the occasional curious delving into the Book of
I wasn't born into a Christian family. Our family was Revelation.
involved with both Freemasons and with more than
several generations of ladies involved with Spiritualism. Moving forward a few years, my mother was now
My mother regularly attended Spiritualist meetings and consulting the Spiritualist on almost all major decisions.
would receive messages from the medium. This wasn’t the The Spiritualist would give her the names of people she
fair ground type of Fortune Teller, where they try to guess was going to meet. and she was completely hooked. I
and read you, but this was “contact” with actual spirits quietly and carefully observed what was going on. Fully
through a medium. Much of what was shared at these trusting in her spiritual guidance, she received a bolder
meetings was nonsense and distraction but there was also message that she was to put herself first and look after
truth mixed in with it. number one. This message deeply impacted my Mother
and shortly after she left our family and walked away
Any of you who've had dealings with New Age or the occult from her responsibilities, leaving her husband and three
will know that their truth and power at work is mixed in children behind, my youngest sister was 11 years old at the
with deception, just enough truth to give credibility and to time and I was 15.
entice people to go in further. Even now, I find that message very interesting; put yourself
My mother was fascinated and kept returning to the first and look after number one. Compare this to what the
Spiritualists (which had influence on our family), believing Bible says in Philippians 2: 3-4, “Do nothing out of selfish
that there were deceased relatives eager to give their ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others
messages. She felt that it was somehow God’s blessing and above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but
that the messages contained wise advice and important each of you to the interests of the others.”
guidance from the other side about how to be wealthy,
and about issues concerning her personal life. My mother My mother had left on the strength of a word from the
was always looking for the next opportunity and the next spirits. A divorce followed during which she boldly stood
meeting that was going to bring her a fortune, but it never up in the Divorce Court and said she didn't want custody
of her children. We were brought up by my Dad, who
seemed to arrive. worked full-time and, as part of the divorce, he had to
We started to notice unusual things taking place in our
home - items moving mysteriously, pictures on the wall
that wobbled, lights being randomly switched on and AS I GREW UP, GOD
off and furniture moving during the night for several
weeks. My mother believed it was a sign there was a new PLANTED A SEED
message waiting for her.

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