Targets for the coming year... I Peter 1:13, “Therefore” is a New Year’s word. The word, “Therefore” means there was material, teachings, points before and there are now more to follow. Thus, in 2022 we learned and witnessed much; “therefore”, in 2023 we will need to do this or that. In I Peter 1:13-17 there are five... Continue Reading →
John 3:16, For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. I John 4:8, He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. Matthew 22:39, And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ I Corinthians 13:13, And now abide faith,... Continue Reading →
On Tuesday the Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act which codified same-sex Marriages. This in large part because of a fear that the Supreme Court would overturn the Obergefell ruling. [On June 26, 2015, the Court which gave same-sex marriages protection in that case.] On January 22, 1973 the court had given abortion federal protection in the... Continue Reading →
I was very thankful that someone has finally acknowledged my activism to save animals – those delight bundles of fur with dark eyes. This note was in my inbox on Oct 21, 2022: Dear Friend, Your devotion to the animals this year has been nothing short of incredible. Want to see for yourself? Each of the... Continue Reading →
Proverbs 14:34, Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. By Ray Stedman, 1971 “I have never forgotten something I learned years ago when in Hawaii. It is recorded in the motto of that fiftieth state. This motto is a result of the work of the early Christian missionaries who came from... Continue Reading →
In Mark 5, Jesus entered a demon-infested, deathly dark and worldly place to transform one man into a follower and to commission him to show and tell those around him about Jesus. Jesus came as a missionary and left behind a missionary. The area was a place once given to hearing God, obeying God and... Continue Reading →
California just passed a law allowing for the composting of a human body in order to become fertilizer back to the earth (takes effect in 2027). What? WOW!! You have to be kidding me! Actually, four other states already allow such an ending for a human body [In CO, Natural Funeral is doing so now. The body is put in an insulated... Continue Reading →
September 26, 1960 was a first-ever Presidential candidate debate broadcast live on television. It was between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy and Kennedy appeared to win handily and come election time – Kennedy won handily. Kennedy had some fame from the PT 109 incident in WWII and he had some fame due to the power... Continue Reading →
As American citizens, we live in a Constitutional Republic. That is, we live under a written code that is universal, logical, clear, concise, enforceable, stable (year after year the same) and known. We are also a “republic.” That is, we are a government of self-rule – of “we the people” rule – who elect and select people to... Continue Reading →
God sent to a family of slaves a voice, a spokesman, a leader. God raised up a man to lead an enslaved people to form a new nation. We’re talking here of Moses and the soon to be nation of Israel. A leader team (Moses with Aaron) declared to a strong king and a great empire... Continue Reading →
a PK Musing 