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The best book I've worked on, out of a dozen I've written, co-written, or edited, was The Bad Catholic's Guide to the Seven Deadly Sins. Hands down. Not because it's funnier, or more politically pointed. No, I like it the most because I've been told that it's the most useful. It does something that nobody's done, at least not in English and not for a very long time, so far as I've seen. Let me explain.

But remember that the temptations that come into your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can't stand up against it. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you will not give in to it. Choose and determine which version of Temptation Come My chords and tabs by The Showdown you can play. Last updated on.

The best book I've worked on, out of a dozen I've written, co-written, or edited, was The Bad Catholic's Guide to the Seven Deadly Sins. Not because it's funnier, or more politically pointed. No, I like it the most because I've been told that it's the most useful. It does something that nobody's done, at least not in English and not for a very long time, so far as I've seen. I picked up The Showdown's second album Temptation Come My Way at a local bookstore after it had been recommended to me. I had heard and loved the third record, Back Breaker, but never heard anything from this, so I thought, 'Hell yeah I'll get it.' Frankly, that $14.32 could've been spent on.

Every book I've seen on the Seven Deadly Sins lists the sins, and then the virtues they mock or miss. For instance Lust vs. Chastity, Wrath vs. Patience, etc. But that's only part of the picture, and presenting the moral life that way gravely misleads people. Because the moral life is not about looking at one sin, and overreacting to it to the greatest degree imaginable.

Instead, it's about finding the Golden Mean between two opposing vices or sins. That's where virtue lies, between the two. Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and Dante recognized this. Too few Christians writing books on morality have seen this in recent decades.

Lurching From One Sin to its Opposite

As I wrote in the book:

Much of the trouble and most of the self-torturing craziness we find in religious circles comes less from people sunk in deadly sins - though we've got our share of those - than from well-meaning people who have carelessly overreacted to a sin by embracing the opposite vice, just to be on the safe side.

But the opposite vice is usually no better than the sin. Sometimes it's worse. The opposite of Lust isn't Chastity, but Frigidity. The opposite of Wrath is Servility, which takes a sullen, cowardly pleasure in putting up with mistreatment, and feeling morally superior.

Cuckianity Isn’t for Christians

Servility is what I want to talk about today. Over the past few years, especially among the type of Christians who joined the NeverTrump camp, I've seen that deadly neurosis repackaged as a virtue. It pops up in repugnant essays like 'Christianity Is for Cucks,' and in redundant books like The Benedict Option. ('Hey, I've got an idea. Let's start our own subculture! Why didn't anybody ever think of that?')

And now we're seeing it turn up in spades just in time to hamper our fight against election fraud.

The Task at Hand

To fight this, first we need to move citizens out of their cozy comfort zone, which pretends that we live in a 1940s civics newsreel. Usually you can manage that by reminding people (as I have) how from 2016 on, the Democrats slandered, libeled, falsely prosecuted, and unleashed violent mobs on their political enemies. Remind them what happened to Nick Sandmann, Brett Kavanaugh, and General Mike Flynn, among many others.

The next step, of course, is to present the actual evidence that the presidential race was dodgy, as the president's legal team, and on a parallel track, Sidney Powell and Lin Wood, are doing.

Losing Is their Brand

But you're still not done. For far too many Christians, no amount of evidence of massive, intentional fraud will be enough to get them fighting. Why? They've already embraced losing as a brand. They've decided that 'Turn the other cheek' isn't limited to trivial personal slights, as Christ actually said.

No, we should also extend it to bigger things like 'massive fraud designed to seize power in our country, persecute our churches, and keep on killing babies.' Or, over in Europe, 'false persecution claims intended to flood our country with Muslim immigrants who want to impose sharia.' Fill in the blank, as fitting.

For every fight that seems potentially difficult or unpleasant, a Servile Christian is ready to come up with a noble-sounding excuse for letting the wicked triumph. Then quietly feeling proud of himself for his noble embrace of suffering -- even if others whom he should have but failed to fight for will suffer far more than he.

You Preen, While Others Suffer

For instance, the fight over whether Joe Biden will take the White House will have big implications for Christians here at home. But it's life or death for Christians over in Syria. The Biden team has clearly signaled that it intends to help al Qaeda jihadis (the so-called 'moderate rebels' John McCain vouched for) take power in Damascus.

I fondly remember al Qaeda for bombing my home town, New York City. More recently, these 'Syrian rebels' marched off to kill Christians in Armenia. And now they hope to ethnically cleanse a million Syrian Christians, countless Alawites, Yazidi, and other religious minorities from Syria. Biden wants to help them, for reasons unclear to me. If we let him take office fraudulently, hundreds of churches will burn.

But thousands of Servile Christians cheeks will flush with a quiet, 'humble' pride, as they congratulate themselves on 'taking the high road,' and 'putting country over party,' and even 'not embarrassing themselves' by getting 'down in the mud' with Trump and his backers. I tell you solemnly, echoing Jesus, such people 'already have their reward.' Thomas the tank engine trainz 2006.

Losers Face Temptations, Too

Yes, there are temptations entailed in winning. You might become a bully. Throwing your weight around, you might fall into Vainglory, or succumb to the snares of Wrath. Societies where Christians wielded power sometimes practiced gross intolerance.

Guess what? The devil doesn't pass up any opportunities.

There are plenty of equally grave temptations that losers face. Especially those who surrendered without a fight. People subject to oppression, like 'dhimmi' Christians in the Middle East, are tempted to resentment, even bitter Envy. Those who get smacked down by the State for preaching the Gospel might be stung to greater zeal -- or else fall into Sloth, and the comfy slough of despair.

It's true that persecution produces rare flowers like heroes and martyrs, who wing it into heaven. You know what else it generates? Huge numbers of ordinary people who break under the pressure, renounce their faith, and merit hell.

Ground Down Until they Accepted Islam

The Christian Middle East wasn't converted to Islam quickly, by the sword. Instead, over several centuries, it was inexorably ground down. One Christian after another got fed up with stepping aside on the sidewalk to make way for any Muslim. With wearing special badges, accepting servile professions, and generally living like an ex-slave in the Jim Crow South of 1890.

Even worse, parents knew that raising their children as Christians guaranteed them the same humiliation, generation after generation. So gradually, most Christians in those lands gave up the Faith.

That's all Servility gets you in the end: all the way to hell, by the scenic route.

John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream, and author or co-author of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. He is co-author with Jason Jones of 'God, Guns, & the Government.'

The Showdown is a Christian metal band from Elizabethton, Tennessee. While the members of the band are Christian and the band is signed to a Christian record label, the band does not consider itself a Christian act, according to guitarist Josh Childers,^[5] while in an interview with Vocalist David Bunton, when asked about a Christian Metal band, answered without correcting the interviewer.^[6] Lyrically, their writing tells of heroism, sojourns and battles of life, most of which is influenced by Biblical aspects. As of 2008, they are signed to Solid State Records. The band supposedly formed in 2004 as 'The Showdown' but was originally called '2540' from 1999-2004.^[7]

History[edit]

A Chorus of Obliteration[edit]

Prior to becoming The Showdown, the group was known as 2540, and played a punk rock brand of music. Over time, influences from metal fan Josh saw 2540 morph from punk to metal. This change in style prompted a change of the band's name to 'The Showdown'. In 2003, Daniel left the band to get married at which time Andrew Hall took the drumming position. With Andrew on board the fivesome headed to the studio and recorded their first full length album A Chorus of Obliteration. This album, produced by Bruce Fitzhugh, lead singer of Living Sacrifice, was mainly a mix of Hardcore and Metal.

Temptation Come My Way[edit]

After a great deal of touring in both the US and Europe, The Showdown went back to the studio to record their second full length album. This album took a different direction trading in the screaming double-bassing death metal for a more southern approach mixed with elements of their older style such as heavy guitar riffs, some screams (although not as dominated by them), and distinct bass and drum lines, drawing also from 1980s to early 1990s-era metal like Pantera, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and Metallica. In the fall of 2006, The Showdown joined the Christian rock/alternative band Pillar on The Days of the Reckoning tour. The tour lasted from mid-October through November 2006 and also featured Christian rock bands Day of Fire and Decyfer Down. In late 2006, after completing the album, Andrew announced he was leaving the band(and possibly to pursue a career in professional wrestling). Andrew was soon replaced by another Andrew - A.J. Barrette of Still Remains. Although the album was already completed, The Showdown along with A.J. hit the studio once more to record the track 'Head Down' which would be added to the album before its release. The completed album, Temptation Come My Way was released on February 20, 2007. Unknown to the public until release, two different versions were released, one with the song 'Fanatics and Whores', and one without, probably to avoid controversy in the Christian market. This upset many fans who had pre-ordered the CD and received the incomplete album, even though most distributors listed the song in their track listing. Temptation Come My Way received high popularity in the underground culture, and The Showdown was soon signed on March 21 of 2007 to play at Ozzfest 07.

Back Breaker[edit]

After extensive touring and popular reception, the band announced on their MySpace page that they had begun recording their next album on January 2008. On April 19, 2008, the Showdown completed their new album entitled Back Breaker. Back Breaker was released on August 19, 2008, with a style that is sort of a mix of their first two albums, along with the addition of a heavy groove style. Following the release they joined Shadows Fall on tour to promote Back Breaker. The Showdown released Back Breaker through Solid State Records. The Showdown toured with Norma Jean on The Anti-Mother Tour, which lasted throughout October and November 2008 and also featured Haste The Day, Mychildren Mybride, Children 18:3, and Oh, Sleeper. Children 18:3 was only on half of the tour dates (October 3 to October 26), while Oh, Sleeper filled in for the rest of the tour (October 28 to November 15). On April 13, 2009, the band announced that AJ (drums) and Eric (bass) would be leaving the band in order to spend more time with their families and other responsibilities. They were replaced by Timothy 'Yogi' Watts of Demon Hunter on drums, and Jeremiah Scott of Destroy Destroy Destroy on bass. However, it was stated that AJ and Eric will rejoin the band for a show at the Ichthus Music Festival on June 13; however it did not happen. During the Ichthus Music Festival, Patrick Judge, new guitarist of acclaimed band Demon Hunter, took on the second guitar as a 'fill in', according to Josh. His position in The Showdown is unknown, but he has toured with them extensively since then. Jeremiah Scott unofficially stated he will be on both The Showdown's next record, along with Demon Hunter's as well, also revealing Patrick's new endorsement with Dean Guitars, after being endorsed by Washburn Guitars.

Blood in the Gears[edit]

The Showdown's latest album is titled Blood in the Gears. On March 17, 2010, David posted on his Facebook page that The Showdown had finished recording Blood in the Gears and that they were hoping for a summer release. Blood in the Gears was released August 24, 2010.

Teaming up with Timothy 'Yogi' Watts of Demon Hunter, The Showdown began recording their next album, Blood in the Gears. Lyrically, the album is closest to Temptation Come My Way, as the majority of the songs return to issues of life such as consumption ('The Crooked Path') and honoring God ('Bring it Down'). Musically, the band again changed its sound from that of its previous album. A heavy tone is kept for most of the album, led by the screamed vocals of David Bunton. However, the band takes a much more melodic approach on 'Take Me Home' and 'Diggin' My Own Grave', using a slow tempo and singing.

Since early 2011 the band has been on an indefinite hiatus until 2017, when they started to post snippets from the studio on their facebook page teasing recording of the new material.

Members[edit]

Current

• David Bunton – vocals (2002–2011)^[6]
• Josh Childers – guitar, vocals (2002–2011)
• Jeremiah Scott – bass guitar (Demon Hunter, Destroy Destroy Destroy) (2009–2011)
• Patrick Judge – guitar (Demon Hunter, Bleeding Through) (2009–2011)
• Isaac Harris – drums (2010–2011)

Former

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• Travis Bailey – guitar, vocals (2002–2008)
• Andrew Hall – drums (2003–2006) (Destroy Destroy Destroy, Rifles at Recess)
• Daniel Swain – drums, vocals (2002–2003)
• AJ Barrette – drums (Still Remains) (2006–2009)
• Eric Koruschak – bass guitar (2002–2009)
• Timothy 'Yogi' Watts – drums (Demon Hunter) (2009–2010)

Timeline

Discography[edit]

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• The Showdown has also recorded a cover of 'So Help Me God', by Christian hip hopdc Talk, which appears on the compilation album Freaked! A Gotee Tribute to dc Talk's Jesus Freak.
• In the 2006, European version of A Chorus of Obliteration, 'Give Us This Day' was included as a bonus track and is also featured in the 2008 American release of Back Breaker.
• In 2010, David Bunton contributed to Living Sacrifice's album The Infinite Order with adding in vocals for 'They Were One' and 'Rules of Engagement', while Josh Childers added backing vocals for Ghost Thief with Jeremiah Scott produced both albums.

References and footnotes[edit]

1. ^THE SHOWDOWN | MusicMightArchived 2015-02-07 at the Wayback Machine,
2. ^ ^abcdeZalucky, James (August 30, 2010). 'The Showdown - Blood in the Gears'. Metal Injection. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
3. ^Jesusfreakhideout.com: The Showdown Discography, The Showdown Artist Database
4. ^Cummings, Tony. 'The Showdown - A Chorus of Obliteration'. Cross Rhythms. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
5. ^ultimate-guitar.com: Showdown Axeman: 'I Don't Care If My Mailman Believes In God Or Not'Archived 2010-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ ^abChristian Metal Fellowship (October 14, 2009). 'Interview with David Bunton of The Showdown'. Blogspot. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
7. ^Taylor, Josh (April 3, 2006). 'The Showdown'. Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
8. ^Christian Music Central: Christian Forum, Christian Music News, Christian Rock, Worship Music, Christian Artists, Christian Community

• Schwab, Andrew (January–February 2007). 'Wide-Eyed Southern Boys'. HM Magazine (123): 44–47. ISSN1066-6923.

External links[edit]

• The Showdown at AllMusic