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Monday, October 12, 2020

Sobriety

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“But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.” 1 Thessa...
Saturday, October 10, 2020

To sing is to pray twice

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“To sing is to pray twice.” This is an old proverb, often attributed to Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430). There seems to be no such quote in...
Thursday, October 08, 2020

Consistency, and other quotes

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The posting of quotes by human authors does not constitute agreement with either the quotes or their sources. (I try to confirm the sources ...
Wednesday, October 07, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett Deserves, and other links

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Tuesday, October 06, 2020

A Golden Crown to Wear, and other music links

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Monday, October 05, 2020

In other genealogy words

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ahnentafel , noun. A genealogical numbering system for listing a person’s direct ancestors in a fixed sequence of ascent (From German for an...

The saints’ city

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“The city whereof we are freemen is heaven, and we behave ourselves here below, as citizens of that city above: heaven is the saints’ city;...
Thursday, October 01, 2020

2020 State of American Theology, and other links

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Wednesday, September 30, 2020

In other words: a, q, and x

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adimplete , verb ( transitive ). To fill; to make complete. ambidexterity , noun. Skill or talent, esp. in two or more fields; also: ability...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020

More, William Tyndale and Baptism

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I posted earlier this month about William Tyndale and baptism . Here is a little more. The name of Tyndal having been mentioned it may not b...
Monday, September 28, 2020

Perfect

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“That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” 2 Timothy 3:17 What perfection does the Holy Ghost speak of h...
Sunday, September 27, 2020

My soul, there is a country

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“Peace” was written by Henry Vaughan ( 1621–1695 ). Henry Vaughan was a Welshman, born April 17, 1622, the son of Thomas Vaughan (d. 1658)....
Saturday, September 26, 2020

In other words, wind and water

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cyclone , noun. A system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere) or clo...
Friday, September 25, 2020

Hiding warts?

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I posted here and elsewhere about some of the problems of the Black Lives Matter organization. It is an organization rather than a statement...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

Evangelicals’ Opposition to Abortion

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The History of American Evangelicals’ Opposition to Abortion Is Long -- “To take pro-choice revisionists at their word, one would have to b...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

The Gospel

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The gospel is sublime, but also simple. Succinctly, the gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ according to the Scrip...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

A Faithful Willingness, and other links

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Monday, September 21, 2020

The land of lost content

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Into my heart an air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? Th...
Sunday, September 20, 2020

The Great Saviour

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1. Jesus! what a Friend for sinners! Jesus! Lover of my soul; Friends may fail me, foes assail me, He, my Savior, makes me whole. 2. Je...
Saturday, September 19, 2020

Strange fact check

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Fact check: Popular wolf photo in meme about protective women is actually of 3 male wolves This seems a strange USA Today fact check. Perhap...