- Everything You Know About Film Distribution Is Wrong
Adaptive Marketing And Distribution (AMAD) When I was in high school I somehow convinced this kind, brilliant and beautiful girl to be my girlfriend. I still don’t know how this happened. She was a PK, or Pastor’s Kid so I started splitting my time between the church my family went to and her family’s church.… Read more: Everything You Know About Film Distribution Is Wrong - The Serpent Healers: Alien Gods Of Healing
Did An Ancient Snake Cult Really Heal People? It’s the year 98 AD. You are a young woman living in a tiny village in Asia Minor, modern day Turkey, and you are in agony. Several months ago your abdomen began to bloat. It’s gotten to the point where you can’t keep any food down. Day… Read more: The Serpent Healers: Alien Gods Of Healing - The Bible Actually Tells Us A LOT About Heaven! – Part Two
The Hope of Heaven In 1925 disaster struck a young couple. They were missionaries to Ecuador. During that year, when he was 25, the young man named Ray Edman contracted a deadly tropical disease. Quickly, it took control of his body. His situation grew worse and worse until finally, he was unconscious. Everyone knew that… Read more: The Bible Actually Tells Us A LOT About Heaven! – Part Two - The Race to Heaven: Why Heaven Matters To You Today – Part One
I will never forget as a young man in the Army, preparing to go to war. I worked hard in training, but it didn’t seem real. I went to Infantry Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, GA. There I trained to take command of a combat rifle platoon. I worked hard at it, but it… Read more: The Race to Heaven: Why Heaven Matters To You Today – Part One - Examining The Near-Death Experience Of Eben Alexander
Is This Really Proof Of Heaven? On November 10 of 2008, a man awoke to throbbing pain at the base of his spine. He had contracted bacterial meningitis in the form of E. Coli. With terrifying speed, it attacked his cerebral cortex. He was brain dead for seven days. Finally, doctors told his family that… Read more: Examining The Near-Death Experience Of Eben Alexander - Are Some Near-Death Experiences Faked By Evil Entities?
The Counterfeit Heaven It happened in a bar and the experience was terrifying. During an altercation, a man was shot several times in the chest. One of the bullets nicked his heart. But as he fell to the floor, the terror vanished. While he lay dying, the man left his body. Instantly, he felt himself… Read more: Are Some Near-Death Experiences Faked By Evil Entities? - Three Near-Death Experiences Of Heaven
Is Heaven Real? The man was on his way home from a conference when he was in a terrible multi-car wreck. The paramedics arrived and pronounced him dead. His body was so mangled that they didn’t even bother to pull it from the car. What was the point in wasting time on a dead man?… Read more: Three Near-Death Experiences Of Heaven - The Manifestation Of Evil: The Sinister Untold Story Of The Salem Witch Trials – Part Three
Death in Salem The young woman’s afflictions were terrifying. She suffered horribly. Her friends watched and could do nothing to help her. Her name was Margaret Rule and Cotton Mather became deeply involved in her case. He wrote that her joints would be “strangely distorted”, those are his words. She would be pinched by invisible… Read more: The Manifestation Of Evil: The Sinister Untold Story Of The Salem Witch Trials – Part Three - Poltergeists & Possession: The Sinister Untold Story Of The Salem Witch Trials – Part Two
Blood In Salem In the last essay we met William Morse who found a hog in his hall. That night was the start of horrors. His friends urged him to write down what he and his family were experiencing. And this he did. On the morning of December 8, while Morse’s wife was making the… Read more: Poltergeists & Possession: The Sinister Untold Story Of The Salem Witch Trials – Part Two - The Sinister Untold Story Of The Salem Witch Trials – Part One
When Satan Went Up To Salem (Part 1 of 3) The horror began on October 16 of 1637. On that day, a woman named Mary Barrett Dyer had a baby girl who was born dead 2 months premature. The child was badly deformed and that was extremely dangerous for a mother in Puritan New England.… Read more: The Sinister Untold Story Of The Salem Witch Trials – Part One - The Man Who Sold The World
The Trance of the Golden Idol A family is sent to a psychiatrist because they are having serious problems with their son. They had two sons, but, tragically, one of them has committed suicide. So what did these parents do the Christmas after his death? For their remaining son, they carefully wrapped and gave him… Read more: The Man Who Sold The World - Bloody Hollywood: Part Two – Treasure Hunt
Chapter Thirteen Where Is Your Treasure? What is your treasure? What are you working hard to obtain or to maintain? Why is it important to you? When you get it, where do you keep it? If suddenly, it vanished, what would you do? How would you feel? We have dear friends who lost everything but… Read more: Bloody Hollywood: Part Two – Treasure Hunt - Are We Living In A Trance & Enslaved By Delusion?
Would You Even Know If You Were In A Trance? In his book The Holographic Universe, author Michael Talbot writes about a very weird presentation that he saw. His father hosted a party for some close friends. For entertainment, he hired a professional stage hypnotist. It began as expected with the performer giving various tests… Read more: Are We Living In A Trance & Enslaved By Delusion? - Bloody Hollywood: Part One
Chapter Twelve Does Hollywood Success Always End In Suffering? Have you ever experienced disastrous failure? I’m not talking about a minor screwup. I’m talking about major, life-changing destruction caused by your actions or the actions of others. I have experienced that and I’m going to tell you about it. But let’s start with this thought.… Read more: Bloody Hollywood: Part One - What Happens When Black-Eyed Kids Get Inside?
A woman from Michigan was traveling on vacation in Europe with a friend. One night, she was in a hotel room in bed when, suddenly, she heard sobbing coming from the hall. For a while she listened, but it didn’t stop. Getting out of bed, she walked to the door, opened it and looked out. … Read more: What Happens When Black-Eyed Kids Get Inside? - Stories From The Equalizer: Using Your Gifts With God
Chapter Eleven: How Will You Be Remembered? I have a question for you. When you are gone, how will you be remembered? Here’s another one that relates to it. What has been the most important goal of your life? As a Hollywood professional I can tell you that so many come to the entertainment industry… Read more: Stories From The Equalizer: Using Your Gifts With God - The 70 Weeks of Daniel and The Coming Prince
Did A 2600 Year Old Prophecy of Daniel Come True? It was a world center of occult power where Evil had a unique presence. The city was vast and at its heart rose the focal point of that power, a monstrous temple that stood 300 feet tall. It was a seven-level pyramid with stairs that… Read more: The 70 Weeks of Daniel and The Coming Prince - The Most Powerful Weapon In The World
Chapter Ten The Secret Of Resilience: Can Gratitude Defeat Despair? For the next several chapters I’m going to tell you some stories from my long experience in Hollywood as a writer and producer in network television. I’m going to do it for two reasons. First, to show you how God guides and cares for us… Read more: The Most Powerful Weapon In The World - What Did Jesus ACTUALLY Say About The End Times?
Are These The Days Of The End? Strange words were sent to the ancient prophet. They told him what the days at the end of history would be like. But what could the words mean? Here they are: Many will rush here and there and knowledge will greatly increase. The prophet lived hundreds of years… Read more: What Did Jesus ACTUALLY Say About The End Times? - The $200 Dollar Year
Chapter Nine: Crossing the Dividing Line of Faith and Fear Be honest, what really terrifies you? I can tell you that I have experienced sheer terror. I remember vividly 25 August 1968. I can still hear the automatic weapons fire when my platoon and the entire battalion walked into an ambush. Initially, we couldn’t see… Read more: The $200 Dollar Year - The Suppressed Supernatural Story of Cabeza de Vaca
The Head of the Cow and The Way of the Cross Conquistador or Healer from Heaven? In 1528 a small fleet of Spanish galleons arrived off the Gulf coast of Florida. On those ships were 300 men, professional soldiers, conquistadores. They didn’t know it, but ultimately, this journey would bring death to every single one of them except four. What happened to those four… Read more: The Suppressed Supernatural Story of Cabeza de Vaca - The Deadly Big Mac And My Panic Attack
Chapter 8 Is There Escape From Fear? I was 25 and I was shocked and terrified. How could this be happening to me?One morning I began having heart palpitations. I thought I was having a heart attack. My wife took me to a hospital emergency room. There I crashed into total humiliation. It wasn’t a… Read more: The Deadly Big Mac And My Panic Attack - A Combat Veteran Examines President Trump’s Words About Those Who Served
It is time for military veterans to face reality about this President. In a recent press conference, President Trump boasted that the recovery effort for the downed airman in Iran was one of the greatest military operations of its kind ever mounted. He said, “This has never happened before. . . No one has ever… Read more: A Combat Veteran Examines President Trump’s Words About Those Who Served - Sea Of Fire
To Hell And Back? It happened to a man named Thomas Welch on July 1, 1924. He had gotten a job at a saw mill in Oregon as an engineer’s helper. What happened took place on his first day of work. The mill was sawing giant squares that were flumed down a trough of water… Read more: Sea Of Fire - The Horizontal Shield of Forgiveness
Chapter 7 Is Forgiving Others Good For YOU? Here is the reality. We live in a world that is a cesspool of hate and anger. Most tragically, for many, many generations, that hate has spewed between people who claim to be Christians. During the 1940’s in my mother’s hometown of Tonkawa, Oklahoma, all of her… Read more: The Horizontal Shield of Forgiveness - The Terrifying Truth Of Dark Visitors In The Night
The terror that comes in the night. The man’s story appeared on Vice.com and was titled “How I learned to live with sleep paralysis and the terror that comes with it.” His name is Geoffrey, no last name is given. These are his words: “Sleep paralysis always rears its head right as I’m about to… Read more: The Terrifying Truth Of Dark Visitors In The Night - The Vertical Shield of Forgiveness
Chapter Six: Healing Anger, Finding Peace Let’s start with another story about forgiveness. Several decades ago, Carel and I were contracted to adapt a novel into a screenplay for Billy Graham’s film organization, Worldwide Pictures. We loved the novel. It was about a middle aged couple, followers of Jesus with no children. Tragically, the wife… Read more: The Vertical Shield of Forgiveness - Mothman: Return Of The Winged Gods
The terror happened on Thursday September 24, 2020. At 11 PM a post office employee left her job to go home. These are her words: “I had just left the Sorting Facility at O’Hare Airport and was walking out to my car when I saw something standing at the far end of the lot where… Read more: Mothman: Return Of The Winged Gods - Is There A Dead Body Chained To Your Soul?
Chapter 5: Why Carrying Unforgiveness Is Killing You I ended the last chapter with a beautiful story of forgiveness. I’m going to start this one with a terrible story about unforgiveness. In the late 90s a series of evangelical novels was published that became extremely successful for their two authors. Each made millions of dollars… Read more: Is There A Dead Body Chained To Your Soul? - The Fairie/Alien Connection
A young woman lay in childbed. In the 1600s in Scotland, that was a very dangerous place to be. So many women died giving birth and often their babies died with them. Tragically, that’s what happened to this young woman. She passed away. Her weeping husband buried the wife he loved and tried to go… Read more: The Fairie/Alien Connection - The Iron Discipline
Chapter Four: Is Unforgiveness Toxic? During my career in Hollywood, I went through a series of terrible experiences. They were brought on by people in power. You’ll be hearing about some of them in future chapters. But as bad as they were, far worse have been things done by people who claimed to be Christians. … Read more: The Iron Discipline - Freaky Fireballs, Forgotten Infernos & Supernatural Disasters!
Fireballs in the Sky Twice a year for centuries, an eerie phenomenon has appeared from the Mekong River in Thailand. Fireballs of different sizes begin rising out of the water into the sky. They have been seen by hundreds of thousands and no one can explain what causes them. In the past they were called… Read more: Freaky Fireballs, Forgotten Infernos & Supernatural Disasters! - Which War & What Weapons?
Chapter Three: Comfort Almost Killed Me; Is It Killing You? I’m going to tell you a story that is truly embarrassing. I have done many stupid things in my life, but, as you will hear, this one towers above them all. And, yes, it’s another military story. After I entered my infantry battalion, which I… Read more: Which War & What Weapons? - The Mysterious Airships of the Old West
Up in the Air not far away, something strange is here today. It was a chilly March day in 1897 on a farm outside of Sioux City, Iowa. The owner of the farm, Robert Hibbard, walked out of his barn and stopped short. What in the world was this? Was he seeing things? Floating above… Read more: The Mysterious Airships of the Old West - Time Is Running Out: The Supernatural War
Episode 1 – Mentalists vs. Scientists Welcome to Patterns of Supernatural Phenomena. Our purpose is to prepare you for what is to come. Whether you are a follower of Jesus Christ or not a believer at all, I want you to understand what has happened in the past and what is happening right now, because… Read more: Time Is Running Out: The Supernatural War - Which God?
Chapter Two: Your Idol Is The Battle You’re Avoiding It was eleven o’clock at night. I was 21 years old and an infantry second lieutenant. I had been in Vietnam about two weeks at the Army reception station outside of Saigon. Finally, my orders came in. I was assigned to a front-line infantry battalion of… Read more: Which God? - For Desperate People Only
Chapter One: If You’ve Reached A Dead End, Try The Way Of The Servant Warrior What you are about to read isn’t for everyone. It’s for what I call desperate people. So, are you a desperate person? There are ways to tell. You may have wealth or you may be living in poverty, people may… Read more: For Desperate People Only - A Hollywood Wolf StoryThis story is from my book, Day of the Wolf. Years ago, a TV production company associated with MGM Studios contracted with me to help develop and produce a new television series. It was a fairly large company run by three partners with several series on the air and several more in development. One of… Read more: A Hollywood Wolf Story
- Freaks Rule 2020Over 20 years ago, I wrote about this experience relating it to America of that day. It’s time for a new telling. I grew up in the Chicago area. In the mid-fifties I was in the sixth grade. During those years I had a paper route. Talk about anachronisms, newspapers were actually read back then.… Read more: Freaks Rule 2020
- Flight Out of Darkness: Is There a Hell? Part IIIn my last post, we looked at a terrifying subject – the reality of hell, the center of Satan’s kingdom. It is a place beyond human description where people who have rejected all truth about themselves and their lives await final judgment. Witnesses have been given to us, people who have experienced brief moments in… Read more: Flight Out of Darkness: Is There a Hell? Part II
- Flight Out of Darkness: Is Hell Real? Part IBack in the late 80’s I was the co-Executive producer and Showrunner of the television series, The Equalizer. It ran for four years on CBS and starred the wonderful actor, my friend, the late Edward Woodward. Since then, the series has aired around the world. While we were in production, as Showrunner I decided to… Read more: Flight Out of Darkness: Is Hell Real? Part I
- In Memory of Edward Woodward, The EqualizerOn this day, nine years ago, the wonderful actor, Edward Woodward, passed away. The week after he left us, I wrote the following tribute: This morning came the word that my old friend and great colleague Edward Woodward had passed away. He was 79 years old. Over recent years, our contact was pretty much limited… Read more: In Memory of Edward Woodward, The Equalizer
- The Terror that Comes in the NightI’m going to give over this edition of my blog to my wife, Carel Gage Luck. I hope you find her article of interest and, perhaps, of help. Carel Gage Luck: I wrote this column a number of years ago, but feel it might be of help to people today. There is a book… Read more: The Terror that Comes in the Night
- Gateway to Hell–VIETNAM 1968: The Thoughts and Experiences of an Infantry SoldierWhat you are about to read is disjointed. Maybe a better word is ragged. This is because the memories are ragged. They refuse to be condensed and organized into neat, traditional forms. Partly this is because I am writing about two things at once, a very influential documentary about Vietnam by Ken Burns and about… Read more: Gateway to Hell–VIETNAM 1968: The Thoughts and Experiences of an Infantry Soldier
- THE HOMECOMING 1968
This photo was taken on 10 November 1968. It was the night I arrived home after a year in Vietnam. The people you see in it are my beautiful, young wife, Carel. (We didn’t have any kids yet. If something had happened to me I didn’t want to leave her to raise a child alone.)… Read more: THE HOMECOMING 1968 - A Small Near-Death ExperienceI met him in a church we were attending. I’ll call him Bob Rice. That’s not his real name, but it will do. From the first moment we met, it was clear that Bob wasn’t in good physical shape at all. He was beyond middle-age, but many of his problems were not age-related. We became… Read more: A Small Near-Death Experience
- SHEER TERRORAnyone with any experience in public speaking should find this little nightmare fascinating. I don’t get terrified easily. There have been many moments of fear in my life, but sheer, stomach-churning, nausea-creating terror? Not often. I want to tell you about a moment of sheer terror that I experienced a number of years ago. If… Read more: SHEER TERROR
- SHOCK ATTACK!A story taken from my book, Day of the Wolf. Years ago, a TV production company associated with MGM Studios contracted with me to help develop and produce a new television series. It was a fairly large company run by three partners with several series on the air and several more in development. One of… Read more: SHOCK ATTACK!
- Reparations for the Descendants of American Slaves: A Practical Answer to the Race Crisis in America.
I am not a philosopher, professional researcher, theologian or academic of any kind. While I have done grad study, I do not hold an advanced degree. I am a Hollywood screenwriter and storyteller. Anyone who knows the entertainment industry will understand the implications when I say that I am a Life Member of the Writers… Read more: Reparations for the Descendants of American Slaves: A Practical Answer to the Race Crisis in America. - STORIES RULE THE WORLD. WHEN HELL RULES THE WORLD’S STORIES … HELL RULES.I started writing my first screenplay all the way back in 1975. Being the paradigmatic “late bloomer,” at the ripe age of 30, with a beautiful wife and three kids, I was just finishing my undergraduate degree at Northern Illinois University. On a whim, I took a history of film course and it changed my… Read more: STORIES RULE THE WORLD. WHEN HELL RULES THE WORLD’S STORIES … HELL RULES.
The Burning Zone Podcast
This legacy podcast is the inspiration for both Patterns of Supernatural Phenomena and The Hollywood Bible Study on YouTube.
History had a beginning. It will have an end. In this podcast we examine the strange things that have happened in the past and are happening right now to help us prepare for the future. And we do it from the perspective of the Bible. Your host is Coleman Luck, Hollywood writer and executive producer, known for such network television series as The Equalizer and Gabriel’s Fire. Coleman is a published author whose books are available on Amazon and a mentalist who is a member of The Academy of Magical Arts at the world-famous Magic Castle of Hollywood
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