A Mob Of Violent Men

Scripture O God, the proud have risen against me, And a mob of violent men have sought my life, And have not set You before them. ~Psalm 86:14, NKJV Quote “Anarchy is not the absence of tyranny, but its most chaotic form.” ~Anonymous Psalm 86 is the only Psalm in book III attributed to David.…

Flattering Lips

Scripture May the Lord silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?” Psalm 12:3-4, NIV Quote “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” ~Big Brother {George Orwell’s 1984} We live in…

Vanity

Scripture “What injustice did your fathers find in Me, that they went far from Me and walked after vanity and became vain? ~Jeremiah 2:5, LSB Quote No man can bear witness to Christ and to himself at the same time. ~John Denny Vanity is kin to pride and conceit. It is the corruption of self…

Prayer For The President

Scripture O Lord, rescue me {him} from evil people. Protect me {him} from those who are violent, those who plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long. ~Psalm 140:1-2, NLT Quote The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ~Edmund Burke LORD protect…

Saving Yourself

Scripture “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. ~Luke 9:24, LSB Quote Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead.…

Who Is Eric Arthur Blair?

Scripture “What is truth?” Pilate asked. Then he went out again to the people and told them, “He is not guilty of any crime.” ~John 18:38, NLT Quote Marxism was never about achieving an egalitarian society. It is always about the pursuit of raw power. ~Russel A. Berman Who in thunder is Eric Arthur Blair?…

The Making Of A Tyrant

Scripture God-Enthroned through everlasting ages, the God of unchanging faithfulness—He will put them in their place, all those who refuse to love and revere Him! ~Psalm 55:19, TPT Quote There are only two kinds of leaders in this world: those who fear God and those who don’t. ~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn The Gulag Archipelago is a detailed description of…

Big Dipper or Big Difference

Scripture Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. ~Isaiah 40:26, NIV Quote God doesn’t build skyscrapers: men…

Pull Up

Scripture Stubborn people who repeatedly refuse to accept correction will suddenly be broken and never recover. ~Proverbs 29:1, Passion Quote I more fear what is within me than what is without. ~Martin Luther Martin Luther had a morbid fear of rebellion. Although he ignited one, rebellion was never his intention. Ben Franklin said, “Rebellion against…

Frankenstein Redux

Scripture Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.  ~Genesis 2:24, LSB Quote God’s creation cannot be transcended. Any attempt to do so will produce dire consequences. ~Christopher Rufo I read very little fiction and I have never read Mary Shelley’s famous…