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First Principles: Guard With Jealous Attention the Public Liberty
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” – Patrick Henry (1788) in his speech before the … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Any Claim To Human Rights Today, In Some Sense Or Another, Is Owing To That Revelation In Genesis That People Are Made In God’s Image and Likeness
“Any claim to human rights today, in some sense or another, is owing to that revelation in Genesis that people are made in God’s image and likeness.” – Robert R. Reilly, Director of the Westminster Institute and author of “America … Continue reading
Righting My Wrong Direction
A little something from my notes taken during yesterday’s sermon: Righting My Wrong Direction by Michael Doyle No longer living in the wrong direction I’m seeking God’s love and true connection Returning the fullness of love that God has given … Continue reading
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First Principles: Energy In the Executive Is A Leading Character In the Definition of Good Government
“Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Character, Definition, Energy, First Principles, Good Government, Leading, The Executive
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Thought For the Day: The President Is …the President of the Whole People. He Must Guide His Conduct By the Idealism of Our People.
“The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.” – Herbert Hoover, 31st … Continue reading
Walking In Our Blissfulness
Based in part on Psalm 111: Walking In Our Blissfulness by Michael Doyle Prayed by the number laid out My knowledge of God removes all doubt Staying in touch with God’s family Renewed and restored by our community Our heroes … Continue reading
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Tagged All Around, Bliss, Blissfulness, By Number, Community, Congregation, Courage, Crown, Days, Dedication, Doubt, Falls, Finding Our Way, Front Line, God, God's Family, Hearts, Heroes, His Presence, Holy, In Touch, Joy and Pain, Knowledge, Laid Out, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Psalms, Rage, Rain, Raising, Renew, Sacred Ground, Stillnees, Storms, Thankful, Thousand Places, True and Devoted, Trust, Walk Through Life, Walking, Worship, Yesterday and Tomorrow
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Thought For the Day: The Vilest Form of Self-Abasement and Self-Destruction Is the Subordination of Your Mind To the Mind of Another
“Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it—that no substitute can do your thinking—that the vilest form of self-abasement and self-destruction is the subordination of your mind … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, Assertions As Facts, Atlas Shrugged, Authority, Ayn Rand, Edicts As Middle-Man, Escape, Fact, Form, Independence, Judgement, Mind of Another, No Substitute, Nothing, Recognition, Responsibility, Say-So As Truth, Self Destruction, Self-Abasement, Subordination, Thought For the Day, Vile, Your Brain, Your Consciousness, Your Existence, Your Mind, Your Thinking
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First Principles: Let Us Not Mistake Words For Things, Nor Accept Doubtful Surmises As the Evidence of Truth
“Let us not mistake words for things, nor accept doubtful surmises as the evidence of truth.” – Alexander Hamilton Compromise was necessary at this juncture in American History in order to become and stay a nation. To indict all of … Continue reading
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Theatrical Dawg Bones Thrown
However much the director whines that he’s only got 2 1/2 hours to present his hip hop distortions of American history and however much he manages to make his errors rhyme and dance match the music’s time, I don’t appreciate … Continue reading
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