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CAUSE AND EFFECT (NSFW)

Hamas is playing with fire. They sowed the wind and now they and the people with whom they shield themselves are reaping the whirlwind. This example of cause and effect appears in the Bible in Hosea 8:7 where the prophet writes: “They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.” There is a reaction to every action, a response to every stimulus. This is Newton’s Third Law. Or Skinner’s principle of operant conditioning. Hamas just pushed the wrong lever. This is...

American Caesar

AN AMERICAN CAESAR

We are only a year away from what could be the most important election of our lives, and certainly of this century. At stake is perhaps the very existence of our Republic. The choices for the highest office of the land are horrible at the moment. One candidate is increasingly confused because of senility and the other appears to be incorrigible by nature. Be that as it may, there are sinister whispers in the wind that next year’s election for...

Via appia in Italy. The breadcrumbs trail in Romans

THE BREADCRUMB TRAIL IN ROMANS

The featured photo in this post is a famous road in Italy called the Via Appia or sometimes the Appia Antica. The road you see in the photo is the same as it looked when Caesar rode on it. In fact, the road was built (in 312 B.C.) by Roman civil engineers before Caesar’s grandfather was even born. It ran from Rome 162 miles (261 km) to Tarentum (now Taranto.) The flagstones in the photo were carefully chosen and placed by...

Iroquios equinox

IROQUOIS EQUINOX

The summer is slowly but surely coming to an end in upstate New York.  The birds, chipmunks and squirrels have feasted on the last of the blueberries, strawberries and grapes in our back yard, and even a gentle breeze will dislodge nuts from the black walnut tree.  Sitting outdoors on a summer night in upstate New York is at once both soothing and exhilarating.  Fireflies are everywhere, creating a carnival-like festival of light.  But now the fireflies have disappeared until next June when...

Namazu Messenger from the sea dragons god.

MESENGERS FROM THE SEA DRAGON

Welcome to my visitors from Nippon. In this post, I will be discussing the recent encounter with an oarfish (Namazu) which are thought to be ryugu no tsukai and the legend, history and science concerning these mysterious but magnificent creatures. In the past, the beaching of oarfish have been thought to precede earthquakes, tsunamis or other natural misfortune. The sightings On July 15, 2023 divers off the coast of Taiwan noted an oarfish just over two meters long swimming close to the surface of the ocean.  Oarfish can...

Jesus Revolution

JESUS REVOLUTION

One of the more popular movies this spring is actually a surprise to many, and that’s a movie called Jesus Revolution, which is based on the lives of three ministers who lived and preached during the late sixties-early seventies. It chronicles their response to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit during those times. The ministers are Chuck Smith (played by Kelsey Grammer), Lonnie Frisbee (played by Jonathan Roumie) and Greg Laurie (played by Joel Courtney) all located in Southern California....

Nineteenth Century American flag

WHERE DID THE DOMAIN NAME “WATCH-FIRE” COME FROM?

Where did the domain name watch-fire come from? The domain name watch-fire comes from the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” which was written by Julia Ward Howe on the eve of the Civil War. It is specifically taken from the verse: “I have seen him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling campsThey have builded him an altar in the evening dews and dampsI have read his righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lampsHis truth is marching on.” Watch...

Asleep at the Switch. The careless Christian

ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH

The point of this post is to illustrate that each of us plays an important role in advancing the Kingdom of God whether we realize it or not. God gives us our “marching orders” in His Word by providing us with “leadings” to call so and so, visit such and such a place, pray for this or that, etc. It is important that we respond immediately and obediently to these prompts, whether they make sense to us or not or...

The Last Roundup

THIS COULD BE THE LAST ROUNDUP PARDNER!

In Genesis 6:3, Scripture recalls “And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man . . .” There may be several possible interpretations to this passage, but there are two points that seem to favor the argument that it should be taken at face value and literally. First of all, the verses that follow in Genesis 6 speak of a judgment, where Noah builds his ark and then the doors of the ark are shut. At that point, it...

The First Thanksgiving

THE FIRST THANKSGIVING

This year we will observe the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving held by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Bay Colony under the supervision of William Bradford. Nearby, Massachusetts Bay Colony would be settled nine years later by a religious group known as the Puritans under the command of John Winthrop. By 1640, there would be 10,000 settlers at the Massachusetts Bay Colony, whose growth rapidly surpassed that of the Plymouth Bay Colony. And, while we celebrate Thanksgiving in November, it...

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