Majority is Right? Wrong.
Majority did not walk out with Lot [1]
Majority were not on the boat with Noah
Majority were not in the Upper Room – 9/27/09
[1] Sodom
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– eab, 3/31/05
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Since I am coming to that holy room,
Where, with thy choir of saints for evermore,
I shall be made thy music; as I come
I tune the instrument here at the door,
And what I must do then, think here before.
Whilst my physicians by their love are grown
Cosmographers, and I their map, who lie
Flat on this bed, that by them may be shown
That this is my south-west discovery,
Per fretum febris, by these straits to die,
I joy, that in these straits I see my west;
For, though their currents yield return to none,
What shall my west hurt me? As west and east
In all flat maps (and I am one) are one,
So death doth touch the resurrection.
Is the Pacific Sea my home? Or are
The eastern riches? Is Jerusalem?
Anyan, and Magellan, and Gibraltar,
All straits, and none but straits, are ways to them,
Whether where Japhet dwelt, or Cham, or Shem.
We think that Paradise and Calvary,
Christ’s cross, and Adam’s tree, stood in one place;
Look, Lord, and find both Adams met in me;
As the first Adam’s sweat surrounds my face,
May the last Adam’s blood my soul embrace.
So, in his purple wrapp’d, receive me, Lord;
By these his thorns, give me his other crown;
And as to others’ souls I preach’d thy word,
Be this my text, my sermon to mine own:
“Therefore that he may raise, the Lord throws down.”
John Donne died this date, 3/31/1631. Donne was born on Bread Street, 1/24/1573 at London. He was first educated by Jesuits, then studied at Oxford and later Cambridge. He was twenty-one when he left the Roman Catholic system though he did not publish his Pseudo-Martyr and Ignatius his Conclave (anti-catholic works) until 1610, 1611 respectfully. He was ordained for Church of England and became known as one of the more remarkable poet-preachers of his day. Some of his earlier poetry is undesirable but his later works show a clear spiritual side. Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (1623-1624) contains his most quoted line: “No man is an island, entire of itself…any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind.” A couple other well known lines are “For whom does the bell toll? It tolls for thee” and “Death be not proud.”
Posted in Bible, eabits, holy living, Jesus Christ, philosophy, worship, tagged He healed touched fed calmed raised condemned cleared answered, He never struck killed cursed or committed adultery, What DID Jesus Do?, What would Jesus do? What DID He do? on March 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »
– eab, 4/21/09
Posted in nature, philosophy, poem, time, tagged Age is an item which has no reverse, “the rage, Getting older, God is sending us a reminder with age, one-day-at-a-time, THE AGE RAGE, They try to dress like their daughter, they’re getting older too, though you didn’t rehearse, try to play like their grown son, You fool no one with paint but you, You get “the part” on March 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »
– eab, 3/4/09
Posted in Bible, Literature, opposing wrong, today in history, war, tagged 1861-1865, age 41, antislavery newspaper, antislavery novel, became a classic, Harriet B. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, in the top ten, joined the thin ranks of influencial books, most effective books ever published, on this date 3/20/1852, published as a series, The Bible, the most influencial Book in the world, the uncivil war., thought to have helped lead America, Uncle Tom's Cabin on March 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »
3/20 Harriet Beecher Stowe on this date 1852 (she was then 41) published Uncle Tom’s Cabin. This antislavery novel became a classic and joined the thin ranks of very influencial books – probably in the top ten most effective books ever published (the Bible is the most influencial Book in the world). Uncle Tom’s Cabin had been published as a series in an antislavery newspaper the year before. It is thought to have helped lead America into the uncivil war (1861-1865).
Posted in eabits, holy living, Jesus Christ, opposing wrong, philosophy, uncategorized, tagged hole in your soul, holy is whole, Holy? or unholy?, Jesus can fix, soul hole, To be holy is to be whole on March 19, 2011| Leave a Comment »
– eab, 3/19/11
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(1Sa 1.13)
– eab, Mar. ‘05
Posted in European writer, opposing wrong, philosophy, QQQuaint Quality Quotes, today in history, tagged 3/19/1944, a great read, Bonhoeffer, Cost of Discipleship, did not sympathize with the Nazi regime, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, even though many wishes remain unfulfilled, German pastor, Lutheran, on this date, was martyr, We can have abundant life on March 19, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Dietrich Bonhoeffer on this date, 3/19/1944, is said to have written in a letter
“We can have abundant life, even though many wishes remain unfulfilled.”
Bonhoeffer was a German pastor (Lutheran) who did not sympathize with the Nazi regime and was in fact of martyr of the same. His Cost of Discipleship is a great read.
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