My Utmost for His Highest And now, saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be His servant. – Isaiah 49:5 The first thing that happens after we have realized our election to God in Christ Jesus is…
Notable Quotable
The one everyone has heard hundreds of times in the last three years: Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” nBen Fraklin
The Divine Rule of Life
My Utmost for His Highest Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect. – Matthew 5:48 Our Lord’s exhortation in these verses is to be generous in our behaviour to all men. In the spiritual life…
An Oldie, but Good
Via Email forward: Father-Daughter Talk A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat and was for distribution of all wealth. She…
Notable Quotable
“The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection.” John Stuart Mill
What’s the Good of Temptation?
My Utmost for His Highest There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man. – 1 Corinthians 10:13 The word ‘temptation’ has come down in the world; we are apt to use it wrongly: Temptation is…
Fast, But Not Fast Enough
One thing in life that I find frustrating is coming up with great ideas just a little too late (or not acting on them fast enough). President Bush was in town today, and I listened to his speech on the…
Cornering a Market
This guy REALLY wants to get his hands on a Barry Bonds home-run baseball. To each his own, I guess.
My Favorite Workday
Today turned into one of those days I put in the category of “Favorite Workdays”. The easiest way for a day to get into that category is to be a “take free stuff home” day. Our main Mac Computer guy…
Notable Quotable
“Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.” Thomas Jefferson – Draft Kentucky Resolutions, 1798.
The Divine Region of Religion
My Utmost for His Highest But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret. – Matthew 6:6 The main idea in the region of religion…
Iraqi Quagmire?
Leave it to the Israeli’s to get it right on our actions in Iraq. The Jerusalem Post has a pretty good opinion column up about how Bush could handle Iraq better than he is, and compares him to Lyndon Johnson…
Notable Quotable
“You have rights antecedent to all earthly governments; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; right derived from the Great Legislator of the Universe.” John Adams
What to Renounce
My Utmost for His Highest But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty. – 2 Corinthians 4:2 Have you “renounced the hidden things of dishonesty”-the things that your sense of honour will not allow to come to the light? You…