I’m doing some research for a project whereby I attack the foundations of the various cults. I not only want to be ready when they show up at my door to tell be about their organization and have the goods…
Notable Quotable
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion…Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams
The Great Life
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you. . . . Let not your heart be troubled. – John 14:27 Whenever a thing becomes difficult in personal experience,…
Notable Quotable
“The only greater [evil] than separation… [is] living under a government of discretion.” Thomas Jefferson – to William Gordon, 1826.
What to Pray For
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Men ought always to pray, and not to faint – Luke 18:1 You cannot intercede if you do not believe in the reality of the Redemption; you will turn intercession into…
Notable Quotable
“It is in vain, Sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash…
Personality
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. “That they may be one, even as we are one.” – John 17:22 Personality is that peculiar, incalculable thing that is meant when we speak of ourselves as distinct from everyone…
Notable Quotable
“Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks — no form of government can render us secure. To suppose liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is…
Individuality
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself.” – Matthew 16:24 Individuality is the husk of the personal life. Individuality is all elbows, it separates and isolates. It…
έχω ζωη: You Have Questions, We Have Answers
Reading Flannel Avenger’s most recent post, I learned of this little challenge to conservative bloggers by a leftist blogger Kevin Drum. My answers are similar to those of other conservative bloggers, but here goes: Considering how Iraq has gone so…
Notable Quotable
“The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.” Samuel Adams
The Offering of the Natural
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. – Galatians 4:22 Paul is not dealing with sin in this chapter of Galatians, but with the…
The Truth Comes Out
As a guy who uses Macs at work, but is a PC lover to the very core of my being, this just has to be shared. (Note: there is a little but of foul language, not a ton though.) Hat…
An Island Lost
Funny coincidence today. A friend of mine emailed me a few months ago with the link to a real estate listing for an island in Fiji that he was dreaming about buying. It’s 5400 acres, owned by a Japanese company,…
Notable Quotable
“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” John Jay – First Chief…