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I Love That…

Posted in Pilgrimesque, Pleased with God on January 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

…when I heard Christie today mention, “Oh. It’s snowing again,” that the responses I immediately heard from around the house were, in order:
Lincoln (2): “God did it.”
Karsten (5): “Be thou on the earth.”
Haddon (4): “I’m going to go stand on what God made.”

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You Wanna Give Me What?

Posted in Goings On, News and Sports, Pleased with God, The Things of This World on January 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

OK.  I’m raising my hand acknowledging that I’m not going to refuse to cash this potential tax relief check that President Bush is recommending.  I think government hand-outs are unconstitutional and that charity is instead the duty of the private citizen.  But I don’t think that’s what this is.
In fact, I’m going to pretend that [...]

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Is America a Republic or a Democracy?

Posted in Variety Pack on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Are we a republic or a democracy?
- Walter E. Williams / World Net Daily – A Minority View / January 2005
We often hear the claim that our nation is a democracy. That wasn’t the vision of the founders. They saw democracy as another form of tyranny. If we’ve become a democracy, I guarantee you that [...]

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Instructing a Child’s Heart

Posted in Patriarchy, Pilgrimesque on January 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I eagerly wait.

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Quote of the Day

Posted in Patriarchy, Pilgrimesque, Quote of the Day on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

George Marsden at the end of his biography on Jonathan Edwards…
“In the Edwardses’ world, the meaning of life was found in intense loves, including earthly loves.”

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Go to the Ant. Consider. Be Wise.

Posted in Pleased with God on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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Quote of the Day

Posted in Pilgrimesque, Quote of the Day on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

E.B. Browning…
“God’s gifts put man’s best dreams to shame.”

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Reasons to Read

Posted in Classical Education, Pilgrimesque on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

20 Reasons to Read (Good Christian Books)…

1. You will grow in your knowledge of God, yourself and the world around you
2. You will gain a better understanding of the Bible, the book of books
3. You will broaden your English vocabulary, helping you to express similar truths to your congregation in fresh ways
4. You will have [...]

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Shining is Always Costly

Posted in Pilgrimesque on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

SHINING is always costly. Light comes only at the cost of that which produces it. An unlit candle does no shining. Burning must come before shining. We can-not be of great use to others without cost to ourselves. Burning suggests suffering. We shrink from pain.
We are apt to feel that we are doing the [...]

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I Know it’s Hard, but…

Posted in Variety Pack on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here is some interesting insight into the Narnian movies.

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If JE Went Post-Modern

Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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Quote of the Day

Posted in Patriarchy, Quote of the Day on January 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Franklin D. Roosevelt had an immensely close bond with Winston Churchill.  In the hours before his death, Roosevelt wrote this for a planned Jefferson Day speech in 1945.  It counters the notion that getting things done means getting through my list and sending off these emails.

“Today we are faced with the pre-eminent fact that, if [...]

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