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First Principles: If A Man Will Begin With Certainties, He Shall End In Doubts; But If He Will Be Content To Begin With Doubts, He Shall End In Certainties
“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.” – Francis Bacon, The Oxford Francis Bacon IV: The Advancement of Learning
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Tagged Certainties, Content, Doubts, End, First Pricinples, Francis Bacon, Mankind
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Benediction For A New Day
Benediction For A New Dayby Michael DoyleIf it isn’t too demandingMight we live in peace and understandingWith opened eyes might we seeThe path walked within divinityThe wooded trace is sacred groundWaiting for its holiness to be foundWith every step each … Continue reading
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Tagged Absent, Benediction, Better, Bring, Demanding, Divinity, Every Song, Every Step, Everything, Eyes, God, Grace, Gratitude, Holiness, Hope, Life, Live, Long Road, Love, Mercy, Mistakes, New Day, Nothing, Path, Peace and Understanding, Poetry and Poems, Remember, Sacred Ground, Sing, Soar, Spirits, Walk Together, Walked This Way Before, Wooded Trace
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Wrath of God or Wrongness of Man?
Wrath of God or Wrongness of Man?by Michael DoyleThere is no doubt that God is against sinIn His Bible, He records this again and againGod’s truth exchanged for man’s liesReveals why it is that man now diesWhen darkness is chosen, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Choice, Christianity, Darkness, Faith, God, Jesus, Lies, Light, No Doubt, Poetry and Poems, Reveals, Sin, The Bible, Truth, Wrath of God, Wrongness of Man
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First Principles: It Is the Reason Alone, of the Public, That Ought To Control and Regulate the Government
“It is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government.” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged Alone, Control, First Principles, Government, James Madison, Judgment, Passions, Reason, Regulate, The Public
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Thought For the Day: See Every Problem As the Opportunity To Find A Solution
“I decided to see every problem as the opportunity to find a solution.” – Walt Disney
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Tagged Decide, Find, Opportunity, Problem, Solution, Thought For the Day, Walt Disney
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Inauguration (January 20, 2025)
Inauguration (January 20, 2025)by Michael DoyleWatching the proceedings of the inaugurationI joined in my nation’s celebrationA nation led by a vision of principled humilityOne of the rights of the free, filled with majestyIn the stillness bestowed by God, we valiantly … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, Ability, Allegiance, Aspirations, Biden, Call, Celebration, Constitution, Country, Courageous, Crux, Donald Trump, Duty, Embrace, Execution, Face, Flaw, Fortitude, Free, Freedom, Glory, God, God's Glory, Guiding Light, Harris, History, Inauguration, Incidence, Instittion, J.D. Vance, Majesty, Malice, Mend, Nation, Nation's Story, New President, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Pomp and Circumstance, Power, Prayer, Principled Humility, Proceedings, Remember, Revive, Rights, Rule of Law, Silent Prayer, Splendid Moments, Steady, Stillness, Sunrise, Survive, Thrive, Transferred, Trust, Truth, Truths, Valiant, Vision, Wise
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Thought For the Day: I Believe That Unarmed Truth and Unconditional Love Will Have the Final Word In Reality
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
First Principles: Let Every Nation Know, Whether It Wishes Us Well Or Ill, That We Shall Pay Any Price, Bear Any Burden, Meet Any Hardship, Support Any Friend, Oppose Any Foe, To Assure the Survival and the Success of Liberty
” Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” – John … Continue reading
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Tagged Burden, Every Nation, First Principles, Foe, Friend, Hardship, Ill, Inauguaration, Inaugural Address, John F. Kennedy, Liberty, Price, Success, Support, Survival, Well, Wish
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In His Name
In His Name by Michael DoyleThe stars of lifeThese come and glowIn peace and strifeFaithful love is what I knowWhatever the circumstanceI’ll make it throughTo dance again, this danceOf joy felt through faith in youThis faith is more than a … Continue reading
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Tagged Blame, Blood of Christ, Circumstrance, Come and Go, Dance, Enemy, Faith, Faithful Love, Fear, Feeling, Frame, Free and Whole, Glow, His Power, In His Name, Jesus, Joy, Know, Life, Live, Mine, Peace and Strife, Permanent Line, Persevere, Poetry and Poems, Precious Name, Proclaim, Revealing, Satan, Separate, Spirit of God, Stars, Through, Winds
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Thought For the Day: The Beginning of Men’s Rebellion Against God Was, and Is, the Lack of A Thankful Heart
“The beginning of men’s rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.” – Francis Schaeffer
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Tagged Begin, Francis Schaeffer, God, Lack, Mankind, Rebellion, Thankful Heart, Thought For the Day
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