“But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.” – Edmund Burke, English statesman, Whig member of Parliament, and grandfather of modern conservatism
To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Psalm. 1 Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy. 2 For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome, a great king over all the earth. 3 He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet. 4 He chose our heritage …
…More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore let thy voice Rise like a fountain, flowing night and day: For what are men better than sheep or goats, That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer, Both for themselves and those who …
“God has stood in unmoved detachment from all eternity, and still so stands. All the prayers and good works that a human being can do in time affect God’s detachment as little as if no prayers or good works had ever occurred in time, and God never became more ready to give or more inclined …
To the leader…. 1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our ancestors have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old: 2 you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free; 3 for not …
a quote from: Addresses by Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver A friend once said – I think shrewdly — that if people want to understand the United States, they need to read two documents. Neither one is the Declaration of Independence. Neither one is the Constitution. In fact, neither one has anything obviously to do with …
God IS always far away; God IS always near at hand. God IS always inward; God IS always outward. God was IS when I was, WAS. When I did not exist, then, I existed. When I WAS without, I WAS within. Now I am alone, empty; Because I am full. God IS there and I …
“It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.”—John Philpot Curran: Speech upon …
This night I lay me down to sleep I give the Lord my soul to keep If I should die before I wake I pray the lord my soul to take Four corners of my bed Four angels over head Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Bless this bed I lay upon I lay my head …
When I was the stream, when I was the forest, when I was still the field, when I was every hoof, foot, fin and wing, when I was the sky itself no one ever asked me did I have a purpose, no one ever wondered was there anything I might need, for there was nothing …
by Steve Turner We believe in Marxfreudanddarwin We believe everything is OK as long as you don’t hurt anyone to the best of your definition of “hurt”, and to the best of your definition of “knowledge”. We believe in sex before, during, and after marriage. We believe in the therapy of sin. We believe that …
New York City quietly launched a pilot program last year that allows a school nurse or doctor to dispense free emergency contraceptive pills and birth control pills to girls at 13 public high schools. High schools nationwide have distributed condoms for years, but the New York City program may be one of the first to …
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One of the greatest enemies of Christian culture within the church is dualism. Broadly speaking, dualism is the division of life into two overarching spheres or principles, generally antithetical to one another. Likely the earliest dualism was Gnosticism,[1] which posited two gods, the good god of the mind and…
Heavenly Father, Creator of all living things. Throughout man’s history have plagues and diseases pillaged upon our human frailties, And still another leviathan plunders Your children – stealing, destroying and taking life without prejudice – We beseech You without timidity, but in all reverence and humiliation, Merciful Father, Reminding You of Your promise to Your … Continue reading
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if all is one and i am not you, which is it? do you want to be me? do i want to be you? if all is one, then i am god? Continue reading
All that he is, is all God wants him to be. All that he is, is happiness, because, God is. For without God, there is no happiness; without God there is no reason; without God there is no solution; without God what is, is not. So, all that he is knows this and rests in … Continue reading
“No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you nor forsake you. Be strong and courageous, for you shall give this people possession of the land which I swore to their fathers … Continue reading
When a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth’s aching breast Runs a thrill of joy prophetic, trembling on from east to west, And the slave, where’er he cowers, feels the soul within him climb To the awful verge of manhood, as the energy sublime Of a century bursts full-blossomed on the thorny … Continue reading
He was the meekest and lowliest of all the sons of men, yet he spoke of coming on the clouds of heaven with the glory of God. He was so austere that evil spirits and demons cried out in terror at his coming, yet he was so genial and winsome and approachable that the children … Continue reading
O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, hear me. From the desire of being esteemed, deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being loved, From the desire of being extolled, From the desire of being honored, From the desire of being praised, From the desire of being preferred to others, From the desire of being … Continue reading
By Christina Rossetti— I have no wit, no words, no tears; My heart within me like a stone Is numb’d too much for hopes or fears; Look right, look left, I dwell alone; I lift mine eyes, but dimm’d with grief No everlasting hills I see; My life is in the falling leaf: O Jesus, … Continue reading
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