If only Michael Peroutka had been elected President! I never quite get these people who say that because [insert politician’s name here] is not approving a budget increase as substantial as people hope, but rather is increasing it by a…
Notable Quotable
It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish. Mother Teresa
Instantaneous and Insistent Sanctification
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly. – 1 Thessalonians 5:23 When we pray to be sanctified, are we prepared to face the standard of these verses? We take…
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“No Free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” Thomas Jefferson
The Discipline of Dejection
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. But we trusted . . . and beside all this, to-day is the third day . . . . . – Luke 24:21 Every fact that the disciples stated was right;…
More GMail Invites
(I’ve bumped this post up to the top again to try to get rid of some more…..) Ok, I’ve got a buttload of these GMail invitations, which are still the only way to get a GMail account. If you’d like…
Notable Quotable
“It seems clear as daylight that abortion would be a crime.” Mahatma Gandhi
The Overmastering Majesty of Personal Power
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. For the love of Christ constraineth us. – 2 Corinthians 5:14 Paul says he is overruled, overmastered, held as in a vice, by the love of Christ. Very few of us…
Tip or Extortion?
I read Vox Popoli every day, and would love to do my own posts based on half of his posts, but this isn’t the Vox Popoli discussion board, so I keep the cross-posting to a minimum. However, he’s got one…
Notable Quotable
“As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their…
The Recognized Ban of Relationship
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. We are made as the filth of the world. – 1 Corinthians 4:9 These words are not an exaggeration. The reason they are not true of us who call ourselves ministers…
It’s Back!
Notable Quotables are back. I found some time over lunch today to harvest a few good ones. If I can do that once every week or two, I should be able to keep it going for a while again. Right…
Notable Quotable
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and…
The Constraint of the Call
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! – 1 Corinthians 9:16 Beware of stopping your ears to the call of God. everyone who is saved is called to…