“Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation,… in the several kingdoms of Europe,… the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.” James Madison, The Federalist Papers #…
Make a Habit of Having No Habits
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful. – 2 Peter 1:8 When we begin to form a habit we are conscious…
Save Some $$$
I had a little tech tip I wanted to share. I have an average Nokia cell phone, and use it mostly for talking, but occationally like to play a game on it to pass the time, especially when I’m waiting…
Notable Quotable
“[In the West] unpopular ideas can be silenced, and inconvenient facts kept dark, without any need for an official ban.” George Orwell
You Won’t Reach It On Tiptoe
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Add to your brotherliness . . . love. – 2 Peter 1:7 Love is indefinite to most of us, we do not know what we mean when we talk about love.…
Notable Quotable
“It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.” Robert H. Jackson, United States Attorney General & Assoc.…
Take the Initiative
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Add to your faith virtue . . . . (“Furnish your faith with resolution.â€?) (MOFFATT) – 2 Peter 1:5 “Addâ€? means there is something we have to do. We are in…
Notable Quotable
“The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it.” Edward Dowling, Editor and Priest,…
Grasp Without Reach
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint. – Proverbs 29:18 (R.V.) There is a difference between an ideal and a vision. An ideal has no moral inspiration; a…
Notable Quotable
“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” Mark Twain
Liberty On the Abyss of the Gospel
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free. – Galatians 5:1 A spiritually minded man will never come to you with the demand-‘Believe this and that’; but…
My Utmost Mix-Up
I just noticed that the ‘My Utmost’ posts that I’ve done this week are not correct. I’ve been getting them from a module for e-sword that is no longer available, which puts all entries in alphabetical order (April, December, March,…
Notable Quotable
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” Groucho Marx
Is He Really Lord?
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. . . . so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus. – Acts 20:24 Joy means the perfect fulfilment…
Time Traveler’s Convention
If you happen to be reading this in the archives in the distant future, have access to a time machine, and want to check out what life is like in my little period of history, this Saturday, May 7, 2005,…