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02/29/2024 – “A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, ‘you are mad, you are not like us.’ ”  St Anthony of the desert (251 – 356 a.d.)

Soli Deo Gloria!

05/12/2023 – « Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn of the emptiness of everything else ». Charles Spurgeon 

05/06/2023 – “God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever…” Thomas Jefferson – 3rd U.S. President , Drafter and Signer of the Declaration of Independence.

The quote is from: Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVIII, p. 237. So, can we really call ourselves the “United” States anymore? I’m with Jefferson!; …

05/04/2023 – “Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. At the end all his disciples deserted him. On the cross he was utterly alone, surrounded by evildoers and mockers. For this cause he had come, to bring peace to the enemies of God. So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. It is a false notion that they may be children of God while in a state of disobedience to his holy commandments, and disciples of Jesus though they revolt from his cross.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 – 1945) / bio link attached…

It is not about the messenger , but Dietrich walked his talk, seeing as how he made a choice to return to Nazi Germany when he could have taken the …

04/30/2023 – “In the age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell

04/23/2023 – “The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the delight in God which made David dance.” C.S. Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms

04/20/2023 – “The world is a dangerous place not because of evil but people who don’t do anything about it.” Albert Einstein

“04/18/2023 – ““There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.” G.K. Chesterton (1874 – 1936)

And who in fact is that one ally that is always with us?

https://www.britannica.com/biography/G-K-Chesterton

Soli Deo Gloria!