In 2023, we saw businesses and corporations overwhelmingly choose to side against free
speech and American values.
But we also witnessed a counter movement of entrepreneurs forming new companies to respond
to the darkness that has spread across some corners of American businesses.
Hello everyone, I'm James Lasher with Charisma Media.
This year not only saw a continuation of corporate entities pushing leftist ideologies onto their
customers, but it also saw the American businessman and woman push back against the machine that
is trying to pull this country down the wrong path.
Perhaps the flagship company of Progressive Ideals in 2023 was not the monolith that is
Disney.
Don't worry, we'll get back to them in a minute.
But the retail giant Target.
Target has of course been making waves for years ever since they began allowing men to
use women's restrooms.
This year though, they really outdid themselves.
In a year that saw Budweiser losing billions of dollars due to their teaming up with TikToker
Dylan Mulvaney, a man who parades around as a woman, Target decided to join them in the
waters of a national boycott, which also saw the company lose billions of dollars.
But Target was not just content on teaming up with a member of the LGBTQ community.
Oh no, nothing so common.
They partnered up with a satanic member of that community who openly promoted Satan and
all of the tolerance and acceptance that comes with the Prince of Darkness.
Compound this partnership with the line of swimwear aimed at children which is tuck-friendly
and Target certainly outdid Budweiser and Disney when it comes to the heinousness of
their campaigns.
The backlash was swift, but that hasn't swayed Target from their goal of alienating
those who do not bow at the altar of pride as they now have released their Christmas
Pride collection just in time for the holiday season.
Yet they are not alone.
2023 saw a giant in the media industry begin to fall as well.
Disney has been pumping out absolute garbage films for years now.
The loss of their audience's goodwill has begun to have a significant effect on the
company.
People are not going out in droves to see the new Disney or Marvel movie anymore.
And don't get me started on what they have done to Star Wars.
Disney lost over a billion dollars from movies alone in 2023 as movie after movie tanked at
the box office.
Why would this be?
The House of Mouse was at one time an untouchable juggernaut.
Well, when they infused radical feminism and LGBTQ ideology into every single film that
they make, sooner or later people are going to stop going to the films.
And that has become evident in the flops of 2023.
That they spent billions of dollars on creating.
Such as Light Year, Strange World, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Haunted Mansion,
The Marvels and the newest flop to join this growing list.
Wish.
Maybe.
Just maybe.
Families do not want to go to the movies and be inundated with homosexuality, anti-male
diatribes and the occult.
Crazy concept.
I know.
But the numbers speak for themselves.
Yet 2023 saw other companies promote outright Satanism.
And they did not do it quietly either.
Fried Chicken was quite bold and open about their promotion of the absolutely demonic
video game Diablo 4.
Now let me start off by saying to the many defenders of this game, when we first reported
on it earlier this year, no, you are not saving the world by fighting against the demon army
of Lilith.
That is a lie and a deception of the devil to get you to consume this satanic product.
Filled with blood sacrifices, demonic imagery, idols, altars, gore, sorcery, torture and
the list goes on.
God does not use things he finds abominable.
Such as necromancy and sorcery to overcome the devil.
Before submitting myself completely to the Lord, I too was a gamer for most of my life.
To include playing games in the Diablo series.
I'm not proud of this, it's simply a reality I repented of and now use in the same way
as Paul to establish that I know what I am talking about.
I know what this game holds in it and it is nothing but demonic and is spiritually detrimental
to anyone who plays it.
That is why it was such a shock to see KFC buildings plastered with posters of the demon
Lilith, the main antagonist in the game.
Dramatic imagery was actively promoted across the country and people flocked to it just
so they could get some in-game content.
Many Christians, whether knowingly or not, ate at these very establishments after attending
church on Sundays which featured demons on display.
Believe me when I tell you, playing a game that may be pleasing to the flesh is not worth
the price that it will take on your spirit, nor the doors that it will open into your
life.
Demonic oppression is a very real thing and consuming media such as this game will open
the door to it into your life.
But there is good news to combat these spirits that have infiltrated the business world and
that is the victory of Jesus Christ.
People are recognizing what these companies are doing.
It has become so obvious and the evil is so tangible that even non-Christians have called
them out.
Even if they do not fully understand the spiritual implications behind these events, some, like
CEO of Public Square Michael Seifert, want to push back against the anti-family values
of larger corporations and their pro-abortion incentives and offers his employees a $5,000
bonus when they have children.
This bonus extends to employees who have a child or choose to adopt one in the hopes
of creating stronger families across the country.
In the Great Commission, Jesus tells his disciples to go out into all the world.
As a man who spoke in parables quite often, Jesus meant for Christians to be prominent
in every aspect of culture and society, such as the digital world, the business world,
the political world, the sports world, and every other corner of society.
If we aren't, well, just look around you.
You will see the areas of society where Christians have avoided going into the world and instead
have handed it over to Satan on a silver platter.
So will 2024 be a year where Christians decide to shop and spend their money on biblical
principles or will we just keep going along with society and shop at companies who are
openly hostile to God because it's convenient?
Everyone has a choice in this matter and eventually everyone will have to make the choice of which
side they are on, the side of God or the side of the world.
I pray the church takes a stand and shines the light of Jesus for the whole world to
see instead of covering it under a bushel.
I'm James Lasher with Charisma Media.
God bless you and have a happy new year.