Thanksgiving Proclamation New York, 3 October 1789 By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor – and whereas both…
If we are anything like the people portrayed in the Bible, we wish “God with us” were much more tangible. Which of us does not sometimes question, as the first disciples did, why it is better for us if Christ (our physical proof of God’s reality, power, and love) returns to heaven and sends the…
It is an historical truth that the early-arriving colonists very nearly didn’t survive. The first few years they attempted to farm collectively, in that everything harvested was pooled and shared by all. Anyone in need (or as it turned out, lazy) could take as much as they desired while enjoying a grand old lifestyle at…
Allow me to indulge myself, just a little bit if you don’t mind, and get away from the political scene for a wee while. Five years ago to the day, I posted a piece in my SONday Blog extolling the fact that I had just entered the golden age of ‘Age’ – ie that period…
In light of recent polls professing to show the “decline and fall of Christianity” (apologies to Edward Gibbon) I was delighted to come across the piece we will segue` into shortly, from Trevor Thomas in today’s American Thinker. But first, a few of my own thoughts on where Christianity is in today’s muddled world, where…
It has been my habit each Easter for the past 20-something years, to pull out Jim Bishop’s classic, The Day Christ Died, from 1957, which was re-published in 1977. If you’ve never read it I highly recommend it, because it puts a very human face to the King of glory and Lord of all the…
3 PM… Greater love hath no man Now, at the end, Jesus again pulled himself up to the top of his cross. Again he spoke. “Father,” he cried, “into your hands I commit my spirit!” One of the soldiers came around to the front of the cross to take another look. Then he went back…
Luke 15:10 ~ Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. “I grew up in the Episcopal Church in Alaska, but my belief was superficial and flimsy. It was borrowed from my archaeologist father, who was so brilliant he taught himself to speak…
From my birth on November 20, 1943, to my 70th birthday of 2013, yours truly now passes willfully into my 80th birthday territory that Moses describes as “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it…
Dear God, I’m a sinner. I’m sorry for my sins. I want to turn from my sins. I believe Jesus Christ is your Son. I believe He died for my sin and that You raised Him to life. I want to trust Him as my Savior and follow Him as Lord from this day forward.…