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First Principles: America – Freedom Is the Open Window Through Which Pours the Sunlight of the Human Spirit and Human Dignity
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity. – Herbert Hoover
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Thought For the Day: Those Who Suppress Freedom Always Do So In the Name of Law and Order
“Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order.” – John V. Lindsay (1921-2000)
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The True Test
The True Testby Michael DoyleThere’s a tear that comesWhen your soul diesAs you watch your loveSlip from life, and you cryWe had edged to eternityStanding there forehead to foreheadNow nothing will return her to meUntil I, too, am deadI promised … Continue reading
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Tagged Blur, Bridge, Call, Catch Her Fall, Cry, Dead, Die, Eternity, Flowers, Forehead, Grave, Grief, Heartbreak Ridge, Love, Poetry and Poems, Return, Slip, Soul, Spirit, Tear, True Test
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First Principles: We Should Be Unfaithful To Ourselves If We Should Ever Lose Sight of the Danger To Our Liberties If Anything Partial or Extraneous Should Infect the Purity…of Our Free…Elections
“We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections.” – John Adams (1797)
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Tagged Danger, Elections, Extraneous, Fair, First Principles, Free, Independent, Infect, John Adams, Liberties, Partial, Selves, Sight, Unfaithful, Virtuous
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Thought For the Day: It Is More Accurate To Talk of Different Forms of Intelligence, Each With Its Strengths and Weaknesses
“Life cannot be classified in terms of a simple neurological ladder, with human beings at the top; it is more accurate to talk of different forms of intelligence, each with its strengths and weaknesses. This point was well demonstrated in … Continue reading
Seven Ways of Living A More Godly Life
Seven Ways of Living A More Godly Lifeby Michael DoyleTaking and saving a life surrendered from sinFollowing God’s will and starting once againSanctification is the life’s journey we travelNever worried for our future; assured we will prevailThe first habit is … Continue reading
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Tagged Accomplishment, Charge, Commandments, Conform, Constant Prayer, Contemplation, Control, Conversation, Dedication, Dependence, Devil, Dilemma, Faith, Faithfulness, Focus, Follow, God, God's Will, God's Word, Godly Life, Habits, Holy Conversation, Holy Relationship, Holy Spirit, Indwelling, Intimacy, Judge, Know, Live, Meditation, Obedience, Path, Poetry and Poems, Power, Prevail, Promises, Quibble, Repetition, Resilience, Righteousness, Sanctification, Seal, Seven Ways, Sin, Soul, Sovereignity, Surrender, Think and Feel, Thoughts and Questions, Trust, Understanding, Worship, Wrath
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First Principles: Keep This Book of the Law Always On Your Lips; Meditate On It Day and Night, So That You may Be Careful To Do Everything Written In It
“Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” – Joshua 1:8
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Tagged Book of Law, Careful, Day and Night, First Principles, Joshua 1:8, Keep, Lips, Meditate, Prosperous, Successful, Written
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Thought For the Day: If We Were To Wake Up Some Morning and Find That Everyone Was The Same Race, Creed, and Color, We Would Find Some Other Cause For Prejudice By Noon
“If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.” – George D. Aiken, US senator (20 Aug 1892-1984)
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Blossoming Before Our Sight
Blossoming Before Our Sightby Michael DoyleKeeping God’s presence on our mindsKeeps His will from being left behindWe must ask God to tell us the final costIt will help us from falling away lostKnowing God answers our needs we doThis is … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Blossom, Choice, Encourage, Final Cost, Foolishness, God's Presence, Holy Spirit, Poetry and Poems, Relationship, Saints, Sight, Sin, Toleration, Truth, Voice, Worship
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Thought For the Day: Art Is Our One True Global Language…It Transcends Our Ordinary Lives and Lets Us Imagine What Is Possible
“Art Is Our One True Global Language. It Knows No Nation, It Favors No Race, and It Acknowledges No Class. It Speaks To Our Need To Reveal, Heal, and Transform. It Transcends Our Ordinary Lives and Lets Us Imagine What … Continue reading
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