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He used to really tick me off with his verbose pontifications over the years. Since I have matured, I now put him up in the ranks of elite commentators, Buckley, Galbraith, Cronkite. Bob never giving up that "blue collar" type of journalism, to our lasting benefit. One who misses him writes...

Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it. Reinhold Niebuhr I don't know if I see a struggle here. I thought I would check with my friends. Faith imbues all hope which is the basis for reason, is it not...

Honest, I was just thumbing through the BBC news site. lol!! We ll, if I wasn't extreeeemly happily married and not in such a fantastic relationship with my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, I'd buy. If I still lived that carnal life that brought me so low when I was a younger man, I would...

Apparently the Vikings of Norway are at it again. We must stop them while we can. Before they get organised. A Russian cargo ship filled with valuable trees has been reported missing since the crew was detained by masked men who claimed to be Drug agents. After they were tied up and the ship...

The choice between wisdom and folly is directly tied to our response to correction and instruction. The scoffer always finds an excuse for ignoring correction, but the wise man loves reproof. Discussion, questions?:fish:

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures. Saint Thomas Aquinas I am sure that many people here would post they are one in the same. Are they? If not, what are the differences to you?? Open...

"You will not be punished for your anger. You will be punished by your anger." Buddha Christians... does this tell the work of the Spirit or WHAT!!! It is our battle over what we once were, what we are now delivered from. The armour of God is our defense, it is our hope and salvation... lest...

"Earthly comforts are loaned. They are not gifts, for all that we possess is God's property. He has only lent them, and what he lends He has a right to take. We hold possessions and friends on a lease that can be terminated at the Supreme Owner's option. Therefore, do not complain when God takes...

Well I was just shocked by this Obama Healthcare Democratic Proposal being argued behind closed doors. I read. I wondered immediately, what say you my brothers and sisters to the north? Do you deal with this in the Canadian Plan? I wondered how you all feel about the way your tax dollars are...

The Initial insight is an enthralling concept. I think Ghandi developed the idea though one step further, in effect saying... Strength was necessary to emotionally initiate forgiveness- immediately- when we "see" the need. Now. As a Christian I believe it also requires a great strength of...

Harry Patch age 111, the last surviving British veteran of WWI died this week. It is said he withheld his feeling about the futility of war until recent years. Then he wept. Recently he asked all of us to recall that hundreds of thousands of German soldiers too were killed during in that war...

from Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary on Proverbs 23 Proverbs 23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go Be not ruled by senses, but by reason and religion. Covet not that which pleases the eye, in hopes that it will please the taste; but let thy serious thoughts correct the...

Ge:3:15: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Our Father in heaven cursed Satan for his temptation of Eve. He then told Eve about what to then expect in childbirth. He told Adam that...

William James (1842-1910) psychologist/philosopher In his study of personal religious experiences James made distinctions between the 'healthy-minded' and 'sick-souled' religiousness. Individuals predisposed to healthy-mindedness he said, tend to ignore the evil in the world and focus on the...

These site is worth exploring both pro and con. There are 10,000 abortions per day performed in the United States of america. I am extremely ashamed to admit these numbers. Abortion is the number one 'procedure' by far as per occasion per year. John Holden, Obama's science and technology...