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Thought For the Day: A Person May Cause Evil To Others Not Only By His Actions But By His Inaction, and In Either Case He Is Justly Accountable To Them For the Injury
“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.” – John Stuart Mill, philosopher and economist (20 May 1806-1873)
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First Principles: Law Is Defined To Be A Rule of Action; But How Can That Be A Rule, Which Is Little Known, and Less Fixed
“Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known, and less fixed?” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged Define, First Principles, James Madison, Law, Less Fixed, Little Known, Rule, Rule of Action
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Sympathy
Sympathyby Michael DoyleThe pains that we endureFor the things that we want.We know there’s no cure.For the dogs that won’t hunt.Sleep it offThat’s what they say.Give us a cough,Then, drink it away.We gotta be who we gotta be,That’s always kinda … Continue reading
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Tagged Cure, Enure, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Sleep, Sympathy, Troubled, Want
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First Principles: The Liberties of A People Depend On Their Own Constant Attention To Its Preservation
“The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.” – William Henry Harrison
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Thought For the Day: Happiness Is A Mysterious Thing, To Be Found Somewhere Between Too Little and Too Much
“Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much.” – Ruskin Bond
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Coming To Faith
Coming To Faithby Michael DoyleJesus is known by His many names.These are revealed as we examine Biblical claims.We find it is with prayerful considerationThat there is power in every faithful iteration. In the shadow and light of His sacrifice and … Continue reading
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Tagged Assurance, Beauty, Believer's Constitution, Bible, Biblical Claims, Christ Fulfills the Law, Christianity, Coming To Faith, Confess, Connection, Daily Dwell, Dignity, Explanation, Faith, God, God's Light, Holy Call, Iteration, Jesus, Knowledge, Live Christ, Many Names, Near, Passing Day, Poetry and Poem, Power, Prayerful Consideration, Respond, Sacrifice and Resurrection, Salvation, Shadow and Light, Sin, Spiritual Marathon, Strive, Surpassing Love, The Book of Romans, Theological Leading Edge
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Thought For the Day: Since No Man Is Excluded From Calling Upon God the Gate of Salvation is Open To All. There Is Nothing Else To Hinder Us From Entering, But Our Own Unbelief
“Since no man is excluded from calling upon God the gate of salvation is open to all. There is nothing else to hinder us from entering, but our own unbelief.” – John Calvin
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Tagged All, Call, Enter, Excluded, Gate of Salvation, God, Hinder, John Calvin, Man, No Person, Open, Thought For the Day, Unbelief
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First Principles: If You Declare With Your Mouth, “Jesus Is Lord,” and Believe In Your Heart That God Raised Him From the Dead, You Will Be Saved
“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” – Romans 10:9 NIV
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Tagged Believe, Dead, Declare, First Principles, God, Heart, Jesus Is Lord, Raised, Romans 10:9 NIV, Saved, Your Mouth
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Sudden Thunderstorm
Sudden Thunderstormby Michael DoyleWhen I left to go hike, the skies were clear.I just wanted God and nature’s path to be near.Besides missing my daughters, my world had no care.It turned out that this illusion was its own snare.Having hiked … Continue reading
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Tagged Acted, Baby Squirrels, backpacking, Birds, Brightness, Buildings, Car, Cell, Chipmunks, Clear, Darkness, Daughters, Dead, Disappear, Distance, Distracted, Energuy, God, GPS, Hard To Understand, Harshness, Heartland, Hike, hiking, Illusion, Life, Lightning, Limb, Loving Intention of God, Moan and Talk, Nature, No Care, Orchard Trail, Otter Trail, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Punch, Rain, Rock, Shadowed, Shaken Up, Silent, Skies, Snakes of Fire, Snare, Straight-Line Winds, Thunderclap, Thunderstorm, Tornado, Tornado Skies, Torrential Downpour, Travail, Travel, Twists of Light, Ugly and Frightening, Versailles Park, Weather, Woodland, Wrath of Rain
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First Principles: Without Justice Being Freely, Fully, and Impartially Administered, Neither Our Persons, Nor Our Rights, Nor Our Property Can Be Protected
“Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either of them, are regulated by no certain laws, and are subject to no certain principles, … Continue reading
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Tagged Administer, First Principles, Free, Impartial, Independence, Justice, Justice Joseph Story, Law, Mankind, Persons, Principles, Property, Protect, Redress, Regulate, Remedy, Rights, Savage, Society, Tenure, Value, Violate
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