It’S Man’S Fault: Leave the Church and Return to God

By Dr. Leon W. Livingston, PhD

The intent of this text is to draw the readers attention to the terrible weaknesses, stress fractures, and inconsistencies that exists among us today, more specifically in the church.

I do trust it will be easily understood and, hopefully, applied.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524563394

Dr. Leon W. Livingston, PhD

Dr. Livingston is a native of Jamaica, the island paradise in the Caribbean. He attended the College of Agriculture, Science and Education, the Berkeley Institute of Marketing through the University of Technology in Jamaica. Dr. Livingston has numerous postgraduate courses through the FDA’s ORAU, and the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, where he is currently employed. His latest achievement is the doctoral degree of Doctor of Divinity from Trinity Theological Seminary. He is married to Andrea and is the father of three sons. He is an ordained minister who has functioned at various times in the youth departments and as church treasurer.

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CONTENTS

Notes on the Text

Acknowledgement

Foreword

The Creation and the Fall of Man

Leave the Church and Return to God

Spiritual Bullies; Spiritual Serial Killers; Spiritual Capitalists

The Parson’s Fault

Slavery

Weak Politicians

A Few Good Men

God is not Dead

The Contradiction

The Crises

The Crimes

The Church

The Call from God

The Helenists

Then there are the Governments

The Solution

The Double Agent

The Judgement

NOTES ON THE TEXT

The intent of this text is to draw the reader’s attention to the terrible weaknesses, stress fractures and inconsistencies that exists among us today, more specifically in the Church.

I do trust it will be easily understood and hopefully, applied.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Thanks to my Professor, Dr. Ivan J. Douglas, President of the Trinity Theological Seminary; the National Geographic Edition of 2007. A very special thanks to my wife, Andrea for her help and encouragement. I love you Andrea.

FOREWORD

Dr. Leon W. Livingston was born in the Parish of Manchester in the island paradise of Jamaica in the Caribbean. At age seven he attended the Woodlands All Age School, where he sometimes led his classmates through the lessons.

At the age of twelve he obtained two scholarships to two different high schools, the Knockalva High School in the Parish of Hanover, and to the Manchester High School. Through the instrumentality of his favourite teacher, Mrs. Pearl Bucknor, he chose Knockalva.

Leon later attended the College of Agriculture, Science and Education; the University of Technology where he completed a three year programme offered by the Institute of Marketing in London, England. He succeeded at numerous career oriented colleges at State and Federal levels. His latest achievement was obtaining the highest Theological Doctorate, Doctor of Divinity, from The Trinity Theological Seminary, in the State of New York. Dr. Livingston has been ordained a minister twice and currently holds that title, more specifically, with