Prisoner at the bar

I don’t know if any of my readers has ever attended a court trial when a verdict of guilty was handed down, and the defendant was imprisoned? I haven’t, but have of course seen dramatizations on the TV. It occurred to me recently, how when that guilty verdict is handed down, no matter how many [...]

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Come closer, come closer and listen…

My bud Jerry set this challenge in this blog post. of April 11. And never being one to shy away from a challenge, I took it up! One less chemical for my drowning under toxins body, sounded a good idea to me.
Now its been almost two weeks since I washed  my hair. (Used shampoo [...]

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the slavery of mammon

I’m very thankful, that for the first time in around 15 years, I am completely debt free.  This is a huge relief given my status of not being able to work, and now only having my disability benefits, having never worked, because of illness.  Since my father’s onset of his illness around 18 months ago, [...]

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God's judgments against nations

Immediately after the September 11 World Trade Centre disaster you could hear the funamentalists of America like falliwell and Roberts, blaming this judgement of God upon the sin of homosexuality.  Though a  heinous sin, I think its often alll too easy to strike against something we may personally object to on a deeper level, than [...]

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God's judgments against nations

Immediately after the September 11 World Trade Centre disaster you could hear the funamentalists of America like falliwell and Roberts, blaming this judgement of God upon the sin of homosexuality.  Though a  heinous sin, I think its often alll too easy to strike against something we may personally object to on a deeper level, than [...]

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God's judgments against nations

Immediately after the September 11 World Trade Centre disaster you could hear the funamentalists of America like falliwell and Roberts, blaming this judgement of God upon the sin of homosexuality.  Though a  heinous sin, I think its often alll too easy to strike against something we may personally object to on a deeper level, than [...]

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We are not amused

The Queen of England, apparently, is frustrated and exasperated by P.M. Tony Blair’s time in office.  How does she think the rest of us poor suckers feel?
We are not amused!

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Testimony of James Mitchell

Covenanter Martyr, when awaiting execution:

Now if the Lord in His wise and over-ruling providence, bring me to the close of my pilgrimage, to the full enjoyment of my long looked for and desired happiness, let him take his own way in time in bringing me to it. And in the mean time, O thou my [...]

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Suicide is painless?

That was the name of the theme song from the M.A.S.H movie way back when as I recall.
Suicide is painless? I think many folks who take the option to end their life believe that. That they are bound to find happines and relief in the next life.  Almost every unbeliever I know, thinks they [...]

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A Time of the Lord's Power

It is most beloved  very expedient and sometimes most necessary, thqt we turn away our eyes from kings and their greatness, from kirkmen and men of state, and that we turn towards another object, and look only to Jesus Christ who is the great king, priest, and prophet of his kirk. The godly in former [...]

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