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Proverbs Challenge: Day Eight

March 4, 2019February 21, 2019 CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Proverbs Challenge

Proverbs 8 The Gifts of Wisdom 8Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? 2 On the heights, beside the way,

Proverbs Challenge – Day Seven

March 2, 2019February 21, 2019 CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Proverbs Challenge

Proverbs 7 The False Attractions of Adultery 7My child, keep my words and store up my commandments with you; 2 keep my commandments and

Proverbs Challenge -Day Six

March 1, 2019February 21, 2019 Faith, Proverbs Challenge

1 My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbour, if you have bound yourself to another, 2 you are snared by

Proverbs Challenge – Day Five

February 28, 2019February 21, 2019 CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Proverbs Challenge

Proverbs 5 Warning against Impurity and Infidelity 5My child, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, 2 so that you

Proverbs Challenge Day Four

February 27, 2019February 21, 2019 CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Proverbs Challenge

Proverbs 4 Parental Advice 4Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight; 2 for I give you good

Proverbs Challenge – Day One

February 23, 2019February 21, 2019 Faith, Proverbs Challenge

1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: Prologue 2 For learning about wisdom and instruction, for understanding words of insight,

What Is Faith?

December 28, 2018December 27, 2018 Anglican, C. S. Lewis, Catholic, Christian History, CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL 1

Originally published August 8, 2015 Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 I’ve been involved

How Michael Curry Is Destroying the Episcopal Church

December 17, 2018December 16, 2018 Anglican, Bigotry, Catholic, Christian History, CULTURE, Episcopal Church, Episcopalian-Anglican Problems, FAITH, Faith, HISTORY, IMMIGRATION, Liberal Hate, New McCarthyism, Pedophiles, PERSONAL, Pope Francis, Racism

To begin with, I have absolutely no problem with ECUSA’s Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, being a socialist, liberal, nor a social justice warrior. We

Historical Veracity and Liberal Versions of Christ

December 4, 2018December 3, 2018 Art, Christian History, CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, HISTORY, Roman

NOTE: I am dealing with personal business this week. Because I have no idea what I will be doing, or a timeline, I’m doing

What Good Is It?

October 20, 2018October 19, 2018 FAITH, Faith

October 18 was the 4th anniversary of my father’s death. His last lucid words, spoken the previous evening were: “I have decided to follow

What Prayer Can Do

September 15, 2018September 14, 2018 FAITH, Faith

I know it sounds strange and marks me as a fanatic, but when millions of voices are raised in prayer, the Lord answers them.

Our Selfish Natures

September 13, 2018September 12, 2018 FAITH, Faith, MAIN PAGE, Praise

Like everyone else in this world I have problems. Like so many people, I’ve let my problems overwhelm me to the point where I

Why We Praise

August 31, 2018August 30, 2018 Faith

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 16Rejoice always, 17pray without ceasing, 18give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for

The Accused

August 9, 2018August 8, 2018 CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL

As I mentioned previously, I have been accused of heresy by a well-meaning, very intense, and honorable ‘associate’ pastor of a very small church,

I Know How You Feel

August 7, 2018August 6, 2018 FAITH, Faith, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL

Psalm 107 Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Many Troubles 1 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever.

All We Need Is Love

August 4, 2018August 3, 2018 FAITH, Faith

1 Corinthians 13 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong

The First Food & Drink Consumed on the Moon

July 20, 2018November 26, 2017 Apollo Program, Christian History, Episcopal Church, Faith, NASA, NASA History, Persecution

This was first published on July 20, 2017. The first food and drink consumed on the surface of a world other than Earth was

Part III: Romans 13:1 and Liberal Theology

June 23, 2018June 20, 2018 Bigotry, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, FAITH, Faith, Historial Ignorance, IMMIGRATION, Obama Administration, Racism, Republican Party

This is the final of three parts. Quite frankly, I don’t want to exonerate Jeff Sessions. In moments of hysteria, I swear he is

The Greatest Thing in the World

June 16, 2018June 14, 2018 Faith, Lent

From The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond “The Spectrum of Love has nine ingredients:- Patience . . . . . .

Forgiveness

June 1, 2018May 30, 2018 Bigotry, CRIME, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, FAITH, Faith, Hate Crimes, MAIN PAGE, Racism

Racism and bigotry is a terrible thing. It is something that should not be hidden, but exposed to the world. I have repeatedly said

The Share-Cropper South

April 20, 2018May 9, 2018 Bigotry, Calvinism, Catholic, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE, Racism

First published on April 21, 2015. I’d forgotten I even wrote it. A friend sent me a link to an article which waxed poetic

Liberals Have Completely Lost Me

April 19, 2018April 18, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, Ayn Rand, Barack Obama, Bill Gothard, Calvinism, Conservative, CONSERVATIVE, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, ECONOMY, FAITH, Faith, Gary North, George Soros, Hillary Clinton, HISTORY, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Libertarian Party, Libertarians, MAIN PAGE, POLITICAL, R. J. Rushdoony, Randian Economic Disaster, Religious Cults, Republican Party, Republicans, The Pink Flamingo’s Father, Third Party Losers

I first published this on November 29, 2016. Pardon no new article. I’ve been spray painting much of the day and my fingers are

Endicott Peabody, Wyatt Earp & Faith

April 4, 2018April 3, 2018 As a Christian, C. S. Lewis, Episcopal Church, Faith, TOMBSTONE

This was published via the old format on November 17, 2009. It is a mess, but worth the read. There is no way I

Easter Morn

April 2, 2018April 1, 2018 Christian History, Christian Patriarchy Movement, Christian Reconstructionism, Complementarianism, Episcopal Church, FAITH, Faith, MAIN PAGE, Religious Cults 2

First published on Easter, 2017. I’m redoing it today. It reflects how I have felt this weekend. They say those of us who have

The Great Vigil of Easter

April 1, 2018March 28, 2018 FAITH, Faith

The Story of Creation Genesis 1:1-2:2 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and

Holy Saturday

March 31, 2018March 28, 2018 Christian History, Faith

First published on April 3, 2010. I don’t like Holy Saturday. I dislike it more than any other day of the entire year. To

Good Friday

March 30, 2018March 28, 2018 CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Leontyne Price, Music, Opera, OPERA

St. Patrick’s Breastplate Prayer

March 17, 2018March 15, 2018 CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Lent

Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and

A Lent Study: Polishing Silver

March 16, 2018March 15, 2018 CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Lent

Victorian women, especially here in the United States had a soft spot for sterling flatware. Collectively, they were basically addicted to the stuff. Gorham

The Meaning of Death – The Ides of March

March 15, 2018March 14, 2018 Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Historial Ignorance

Today is the whatever anniversary of the most famous political assassination in history. Stephen Hawking is dead, dead as a doornail. That’s sounds horrid.