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250 Years In the Making
250 Years In the Makingby Michael DoyleWe have accomplished 250 years of history,Moments in time so completely celebratory.We are the crowning achievement of living history.Exceptional, we are that something extraordinary.That other nations openly strive to emulate,As we achieve more, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 250, America, Courge, Exceptinall, Extrardniary, Faith, Freedom, God, History, Independence Day, Lberty, Living Histry, Natiion, Poetry and Poems, We The People
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First Principles: There Is Liberty and Fire Enough; It Only Requires the Application of the Bellows. Blow Then, A Blast That Will Shake This Country
“There is liberty and fire enough; it only requires the application of the bellows. Blow then, a blast that will shake this country.” – William Ellery
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Tagged Applicattion, Bellows, Blast, Country, Fire, First Principles, Liberty, Shake, William Ellerty
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Solomon’s Purpose
Solomon’s Purposeby Michael DoyleLife comes so hard that we learn this,The world calls for our earnest discernment.Sometimes we live in overconfidence.Our only answer is living in further obedience.We are desperately in need of wisdom.However much we live in the kingdom.Life … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Diiscernmet, Faith, God, Jesus, Life, More Than Self, Obeddience, Overonfience, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Purpose, Reainess, Serviice, Soloon, Trust, Wisdom
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Thought For the Day: A Biblical Understanding of the Christian Life Is Not ‘Let Go and Let God,’ It’s ‘Trust God and Get Going’
“A biblical understanding of the Christian life is not ‘let go and let God,’ it’s ‘trust God and get going.’” – Tullian Tchividjian
First Principles: Observe What the Lord Your God Requires: Walk In Obedience To Him…Do This So That You May Prosper In All You Do
“Observe what the LORD your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper in all you do … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Kings 2:3, First Principles:, God, Law of Moses, Obedience, Observation, Prosperity, The Lord
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Washington Takes Charge
Washington Takes Chargeby Michael DoyleThere in the balmy days of July,Rose a people unafraid to die.Striving to live for sweet liberty,They would birth America in their dignity.Washington rode into Concord’s countrysideTo round up his troops who had defiedThe Redcoats on … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Many Public-School Children Seem To Know Only Two Dates – 1492 and 4th of July; and As A Rule, They Don’t Know What Happened On Either Occasion
“Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don’t know what happened on either occasion.” – Mark Twain This is meant only as humor, as displayed by the American literary … Continue reading
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Tagged 1492, 4th of July, Children, Knowledge, Mark Twain, Public-School, Rule, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Continue Steadfast and, With A Proper Sense of Your Dependence On God, Nobly Defend Those Rights Which Heaven Gave, And No Man Ought To Take From Us
“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual… Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, Defense, Dependence, First Principles, God, Heaven, John Hancock, Resistance, Rights, Steadfast, Tranny
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Megiddo Mosaic
Megiddo Mosaicby Michael DoyleTwists and turns bind philosophyAs we try to peek back in history,Seeking the roots of humanityWith so much of it, bits of vanity.The remaining bones of archeologyMust fall in place with chronology.All of this is a puzzling … Continue reading
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Tagged Archeolgy, Chronlgy, Excavation, History, Israal, Megiddo Mosaic, Steps, The Church
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 