Presidential Judgment
It now seems certain that Solicitor General Elena Kagan will be confirmed as the newest member of the United States Supreme Court. In voting with the majority to pass her nomination out of committee, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham deferred to what he regarded as President Obama’s ability to choose “wisely” in this matter. It’s […]
Against Instability
Against Instability July/Holiness 21 July 2010 Three things which drive out the spirit of instability, and make the mind steadfast: vigil, and prayer, and labour. – Colman mac Beognai, Aipgitir Chrabaid (Irish, 7th century) But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting…For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; […]
Psalm 11:7 For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
Psalm 11:7 For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face. “This is eternal life, to know You, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” Is this not the reward for obedience, Lord? To know You, to behold Your face? Is it not that as […]
The First Commandment No other gods
Deuteronomy 11.1, 2
“You shall therefore love the LORD your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. And consider today (since I am not speaking to your children who have not known or seen it), consider the discipline of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand and his outstretched arm…”