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Thought For the Day: The Bible Was Not Given For Our Information But For Our Transformation
“The Bible was not given for our information but for our transformation.“ – Dwight Moody
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Tagged D.L.Moody, Given, Information, Romans 12:2, The Bible, Thought For the Day, Transformation
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First Principles: Though You Used To Be Slaves to Sin, You Have Come To Obey From Your Heart the Pattern of Teaching That Has Now Claimed Your Allegiance
“But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance.” – Romans 6:17 (NIV)
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Tagged Allegiance, Claim, First Principles, Heart, Obey, Pattern of Teachings, Romans 6:17 (NIV), Sin, Slaves
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It’s Sublime
It’s Sublimeby Michael DoyleDisappearing moments spentIn all of my hours lentI walk along the wooded trailsThinking about all of life’s talesI watch with quiet fascinationAs all of the glory of creationPraise His holy nameAs he lifts up, even the lameWalking … Continue reading
First Principles: Strive To Be the Greatest Man In Your Country, and You May Be Disappointed. Strive To Be the Best and You May Succeed. He May well Win the Race That Runs By Himself
“Strive to be the greatest man in your country, and you may be disappointed. Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself.” -Benjamin Franklin (1747)
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Country, Disappointed, First Principles, Greatest Man, Run, Self, Strive, Succeed, The Best, Win the Race
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Thought For the Day: Politics As A Practice, Whatever Its Professions, Has Always Been the Systematic Organization of Hatreds
“Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. -Henry Adams, historian and teacher (16 Feb 1838-1918)
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Tagged Climate, Harsh, Hatreds, Henry Adams, Massachusetts, Organization, Politics, Practice, Professions, Systematic, Thought For the Day
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First Steps Into the Shatter Zone
First Steps Into the Shatter Zoneby Michael DoyleSometimes, I allow myself an inward journeyAs I seek to know what the past means to meToday, nestled in my roadside booth I find myself eating tacos as I seek out the truthWhat … Continue reading
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Tagged Cortez, Destruction, First Steps, God, Gold, History, Inward Journey, Legacy, Mexico, Poetry and Poems, Roadside Booth, Shatter Zone, Spain, Tacos, The Past, Travel, Truth, Two Paths of Madness, Writing
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First Principles: A Sacred Respect For the Constitutional Law Is the Vital Principle, the Sustaining Energy of A Free Government
“A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.” – Alexander Hamilton (1794)
Thought For the Day: Just Cause You Got the Monkey Off Your Back Doesn’t Mean That the Circus Has Left Town
“Just ‘cause you got the monkey off your back doesn’t mean that the circus has left town.” – George Carlin
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Tagged Back, Cause, Circus, George Carlin, Mean, Monkey, Thought For the Day, Town
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If We Never Said Hello
If We Never Said Helloby Michael DoyleMeet me where the sun setsI’ve never loved as much as I will, yetMeet me where our road endsAnd be my lifetime friendTell me all your secretsLet’s live a love of no regretsIn a … Continue reading
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Tagged Admit, Beautiful, Better, City, Deep End, Dipping My Toes, Fast Train, Fate, Flowers, Greatest Pity, Hello, I Will, Know, Laugh, Life, Life's Shallow, Lifetime Friend, Loved, No Regrets, Nowhere, Ocean, Poetry and Poems, Road Ends, Say Hello, Secrets, Shadow, Small Town, Smile, Spring, Stopped, Sun Sets, Sunshine, Timeless Style, Together, We, Wonderful, Worth the Care
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First Principles: The Spring Is Now Approaching, and With It, I Hope, A Revival of Our Spirits and Fortunes. Here Spring Symbolizes Hope and Renewal
“The spring is now approaching, and with it, I hope, a revival of our spirits and fortunes.” Here, spring symbolizes hope and renewal, paralleling his optimism for the revolutionary cause.” – John Adams, in a letter to Abigail Adams on … Continue reading
