“Moses with the Ten Commandments” Original painting by Rembrandt Is a car an automobile? Careful how you answer. I like to think about things and put them in logical categories, but there is always a danger in doing so. A few months back, Seth Godin wrote “Your first mistake might…
Earth, as seen from Apollo 17 (click on photo for full resolution) 3 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And Job spoke, and said: 3 “May the day perish on which I was born, And the night in which it was said,…
Tombstone of General John Pershing at Arlington Cemetary >Photo taken by flickr user dbking For all of us who get to be leaders, it is an incredible opportunity to do one’s best. Everything shall be judged by history. ~ Dr.Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of the Republic of Latvia from 1999 to 2007…
NOTE: It looks like Yahoo’s issues are going to take a while to resolve. They are dealing with a much larger issue right now affecting all contributors. Fortunately, this was not published as an exclusive piece, so here is the story “The Hymnals: A Journey into the Root of Bitterness”…
“I do not believe in the teachings of Herbert W Armstrong!” If you cannot make that statement, then it is time for you to repent of your idolatry! I believe in the teachings of the Bible and of Jesus Christ, and if the teachings of Herbert W Armstrong happen to line up with…
Proclamation for a New England Fast Day 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. ~ Ps 10:4 We have often heard that the main reason for fasting is to humble one’s self before God in order to…
Screenshot from the Lemmings PC game Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim. ~ George Santayana What does abortion have to do with lemmings? Are sheep lemmings, only bigger? What’s a real sheep look like? Silly questions? Well, take the last question, for an example….
Central State Hospital for male psychopathics, Petersburg, VA, 2012 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. ~ Lk 6:39-40…
I guess if you’re Rob Bell, "everyone is already saved". However, there are those in the COG circles who want to go to the opposite extreme and add all sorts of un-Biblical (yes, the "Bible" with a capital ‘B’, not someone’s notion of it) requirements to salvation. What does the…
As we approach Passover, we should be mindful of examining ourselves in light of God’s Word. Certainly, as clean up the leaven in our homes, we should clean out the spiritual leaven in our lives. 28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and…