“Elsewhere on the Las Vegas Strip, things appeared to go back to normal quite quickly.” -Quote from a Oct. 4th, 2017 Daily Mail post “I am please asking your prayers for the late 13 year old J— T—— and for his family and friends. J—, a neighbor of ours passed away unexpectedly on…
“What were you expecting to see,” he asked, “when you went out to the desert? A reed wobbling in the wind?” Jesus speaking to the crowds about John the Baptist, Matthew’s gospel account 11: 7 “A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today.…
Young is just regurgitating 2nd-century heresy. He imagines he's smarter and kinder than God. You're not missing anything. — Foundations (@FoundationsRad) June 4, 2017 (And yes, I know that each century since Christ, artists have rendered each person of the Trinity. Some have done so being faithful to a Scriptural rendering of the Trinity,…
“See here,” Jesus continued, “I’m sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves. So be shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” Matthew’s Gospel 10: 16 ~~~ Clarion Words heard in Anne Marie Waters’ talk at “Dangerous Words 250” Free Speech conference, October 1, 2016 “…truth is the real enemy…” “…but free speech matters…
“God has committed himself, ever since creation, to working through his creatures–in particular, through his image-bearing human beings–but they have all let Him down.” ― N.T. Wright, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense ~~~ The waitress who brought me my order of eggs and bacon this morning at the Sweetened Sacks of Flour caught…
Patria o muerte! [Homeland or death] Che Guevara, December 11, 1964, 19th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. “Executions?” Guevara told the UN General Assembly in 1964. “We execute! And we will continue executing as long as it is necessary.” “Guevara was a man whose interest in justice is best summed…
Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman and “82,000” has been on my mind lately. Here is a brief intro video. No comment will be necessary. The video following has Linda Loman saying “Attention must be paid” to 63-year-old Willy Loman [2:50] “We were almost free and clear.” I suggest watching the entire play.