“Listen close, Listen well. For I have a story to tell. It begins not here, but two steps from hell” Matthew 16:18b “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” The evil we face today has brought those gates into our everyday lives. Two steps from hell, facing those…
Conflict and War, Culture & Social Issues, Thoughts for the Day
How We Fight…
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“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.” J.R.R. Tolkien
Science, Storms and Natural Disasters, Survival
Solar Storms
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You may have noticed a lot of press lately about solar storms and auroras seen in the deep south. Auroras are normally seen only in upper latitudes. In North America that includes northern Canada and Alaska. However, this week they were seen as far south as Texas, a very rare occurrence. What is going on?…
Conundrums, Rimdims, Thoughts for the Day
Responsibility of Discipline
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“We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.” ~Zig Ziglar This is a very important distinction, especially in our modern world. The prevailing ethic abhors discipline, avoiding it and attacking the one trying to apply discipline by claiming they…
Christianity, Islam, Life, Philosophy, Religion
Logos Rising
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I surreptitiously stumbled across an author and a book that has become a nexus point in my spiritual life. The author is Dr. E. Michael Jones and the book is Logos Rising: A History of Ultimate Reality. What I could find out about the book intrigued me and fortunately, since it would take a while…
Christianity
Attack of the Vaccine Police
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I have refused to take any of the COVID vaccines for a lot of reasons, but one deeply held religious conviction includes that all of them use aborted fetal products in the testing and/or production. So I put in a formal request to my company for a religious exemption, which my employer accepted. Well and…
Conflict and War, Conundrums, Philosophy, Politics and Government
Who Are You Really?
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Liberty – If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. Truth – In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act. George Orwell said that… These are words that challenge our commitment to both liberty and truth. Part of…
Christianity
What God Expects a Man to Be
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If you have any doubt what God expects from men, Psalm 112 should give you everything that you need to know. Men, this is the yardstick that God uses on you and in response blesses you accordingly. See if you measure up. Where you do not, repent and correct and then expect from God what…
Christianity
What to do; what to do?
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That is one of the great repeating questions in life: “What to do?” It is especially relevant as evidence piles up that something is coming and it appears to be approaching on a broad front: political, sociological, financial, health and safety, and the thing I consider most relevant in the short term, supply chain issues,…