Candle and hourglass indicating all of our yesterdays

ALL OUR YESTERDAYS

  • August 20, 2021
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Almost everyone is familiar with Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. Macbeth is a driven man who makes mistakes and then commits crimes to cover those mistakes. As the crimes (including murder) multiply, he becomes increasingly troubled, guilt-laden, sleepless, mentally unstable and subject to hallucinations. His wife spurs him on his evil way, as if the forces within him needed any encouragement. And the King reminisces about all our yesterdays. Act V, Scene V of Macbeth contains Macbeth’s famous soliloquy, as follows: To-morrow,...

Don't Wait for Heroes. Spider man

DON’T WAIT FOR HEROES

I remember accompanying some of my grandchildren to a Spiderman movie. There were several hundred youngsters sitting in awe of Spidey.  Waiting for the movie to begin, they chattered excitedly about their favorite episode. Finally, the movie began. They followed every move of their hero with their complete attention, admiration and devotion.  You could look at their faces and tell what was in their hearts:  They wanted to be a superhero too, someday. But they don’t have to wait for heroes to make...

FALSE PROPHETS AMONG US

  • August 16, 2021
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Much of Scripture is based on supernatural revelation or subjective experiences.  Whether we’re talking about the early books such as Genesis with the creation accounts, the Flood, and the giving of the Law on Mt Sinai, it was God who spoke to Moses.  The voice that Samuel heard as a small child calling to him in the middle of the night (I Samuel 3:9) was the voice of God, and only Samuel heard it. And the voice of a child...

Bible and gun

TAKING THE KINGDOM BY FORCE

[This post comes after The National Terrorism Advisory System recently issued a warning of heigthened domestic teorrist threat levels in the U.S., and subsequent comments today from Homeland Security Intelligence chief John Cohen.]. The subject of this post is taking the kingdom by force. There are verses in the Bible that are difficult to understand. For example, concerning Judas. Did he hang himself (Matthew 27:5) or get disemboweled (Acts 1:18?) Or, take Matthew 11:12. In Matthew 11:12 Jesus says: “From...

Canticle of the Sun

CANTICLE OF THE SUN

Translated by Paschal Robinson (public domain) and slightly modernized Here begin the praises of the creatures which Blessed Francis made to the praise and honor of God while he was ill at San Damiano. Most high, most powerful, good Lord,Praise, glory, honor and blessing are yours.To you alone do they belong, most High,And there is none fit to mention you. Praise be to you, my Lord, with all your creatures,Especially to my reverent Brother Sun,who lights up the day, and gives us...

Falcon illustrating the Rapture

RAPTURE!

“For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them...

Man giving thanks because he knows his redeemer lives

I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES

I’m new to the Christian community on Twitter. And I’m still learning the ropes on how it works; courtesies and protocols, things like that. Yesterday, there were a number of tweets on the Rapture. I couldn’t find the original tweet to which people were responding, but one person apparently could not agree that the Rapture would take place before the Great Tribulation (nor can I with certainty) and another Christian replied to the effect that he’ll pray for him because...

Hungry wolf

Le Loup et L’Agneau

Throughout the ages, society has drawn on a unique class of poets and authors. These are people who craft fables and spin short stories that have moral messages, especially for children and the otherwise illiterate and unlearned peasants of their age. The most famous, without a doubt was Aesop, and his fables are taught to children even today. What child has not heard of the Tortoise and the Hare, from which they learn perseverance? Less known to American audiences is...

Catskill Mountains

MOUNTAIN SOUNDS

Those of you who have read my biography know that I am a child of the Catskills, though I spent forty of the last forty-two years in Texas. Now, there are many commendable things about Texas, though with few exceptions, it cannot compete with upstate New York in terms of vistas and the diversity and sheer numbers of living creatures. The mountain sounds which their abundance of life are music to one’s ears. The land in most of Texas (excluding the Hill...

Dirty shirt and jeans on floor

86 YOUR TIRED THREADS

During the period of Prohibition in the United States, the merchandising of alcohol was prohibited.  As a result, private and secret clubs called “Speakeasys” emerged. One such Speakeasy was located at 86 Bedford Street in Manhattan.  It was typical of these clubs back then to have one or more police officers in their hire, who would tip them off when a raid from the Vice Division was about to be launched.  At that point, the bartenders would quickly and loudly inform...

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