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First Principles: The First and Governing Maxim In the Interpretation of A Statute Is To Discover the Meaning of Those Who Made It
“The first and governing maxim in the interpretation of a statute is to discover the meaning of those who made it.” – James Wilson (1790)
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Tagged Christianity, Common Law, Discover, First, First Principles, Governing, Interpretation, James Wilson, Maxim, Meaning, Part, Statute, Those Who Made It
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Calling On God’s Name
Calling On God’s Nameby Michael DoyleIn days like these, we seeThe need to depend on divinityIt’s best that we all recallThat even heroes can topple and fallNow, though the battle feels longerOur brave hearts beat ever strongerFollowing Jesus as our … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Adversary, Best, Bible, Blame, Brave Hearts, Burning Fires, Call, Calling On God's Name, Christianity, Christians, Dark Moments, Days Like These, Deceit, Defeat, Depend, Divinity, Doubt, Efforts, Eterninty, Even Heroes, Extraordinary, Eyes, Faith, Fall, False Position, Fight On, Final Dominion, Forgotten, Generations, God, God's Children, Good People, Hold Firm, Holy Power, Hope, However Things Look, Insurrection, Jesus, Lift, Longer, Mockers, Poetry and Poems, Ranks, Recall, Reign, Resurrection, Rule of Law, Satan Reigns, See, Stand Tall, Standing Firm, Stout, Strong, The Battle, Through Him, Tremble, True King, Truth of Jesus, Vain, Veneration, Victory, Voice of Victory
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(Walking Christ’s Love) To Eternity
(Walking Christ’s Love) To Eternityby Michael DoyleJesus is distinguished as the otherHoly savior and mankind’s brotherWholly God and man, we worship His nameHe and only He is able to cross out our blameWe stand humbly trusting in His authorityExcited as … Continue reading
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Tagged Authority, Bible, Broken Road, Christ's Love, Christianity, Control, Criticism, Cross Out Our Blame, Dignity, Discern, Distinguish, Eternity, Faith, Foundation, Grace, His Story, Inner Child, Jesus, Optimsim, Poetry and Poems, Revelations, Salvation, Security, Sould, Sovereignty, Substance, Sufficiency, Supremacy, Thankfulness, The Blble, Walk, Worship
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Our Living Hope
Our Living Hopeby Michael DoyleOur living hope is pureMaking our souls sureOf the Lord’s living graceAs we gaze on His holy faceWe know this by the tracesIn all we do as we embraceIn this living God we knowWho brings light … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Aware, Become, Been, Bible, Celebration, Christianity, Commit, Communion, Darkness, Dedication, Embrace, Family, Focus, Forever, Forward, Freed, Gaze, God, God's Community, Grace, Gratitude, Hallelujah, Hands, Heaven, Holy Face, Humble, Humbled Hearts, Individual, Jesus, Join, Know, Light, Living God, Living Hope, Living Right, Lord, Need, Offering, One-By-One, Partake, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Pure, Raise, Rendering, Repent, Right Attitude, Sacred Praise, Satan, Satan's Snare, Shadow, Sin, Soul, Soul Shake, Start, Sure, The Lord, Trace, Transform, Voices, Words
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As For Me and My House
As For Me and My Houseby Michael DoyleOn Mother’s Day, I have my inspiration,Finding faith in every day’s dedicationLike Joshua, I try to live braveFollowing the ways of God until my graveIn every generation, the baton passes onGod will be … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, Faith, Generation, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Joshua, Light, Me, Mother's Day, My house, Poetry and Poems, Pormises, Scripture, Serve the Lord
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The Magnificence of Significance
The Magnificence of Significance by Michael DoyleFrom the beginning, we have the visionWe might lack in our precisionBut we know what we’re going forFaith is the kindness that opens the closed doorIn all the paths we are shownWe look back … Continue reading
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Tagged Arose, Authority, Baton, Beginning, Biblical Verse, Billy Graham, Character, Christ, Christianity, Circumstances, Closed Door, Created, Cross, Details, Done, Ears To Hear, Eden, Embrace, Eyes To See, Face, Faith, First, Generosity, Gnosticism, God, Grown, His Blood, In the Name of, Interwoven, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kindness, Know, Lack, Magnificence, Open, Palestine, Paths, Pessimism, Poetry and Poems, Post-Modernism, Poverty, Precision, Purpose, Redemption, Reveal, Serpent, Service, Shown, Significance, Spoken, Stay, Steadfast, Sucession, Supremacy, Teach, Temptation, Thirst, Three Days, Universe, Victory, Vision
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To Keep A Godly Heart
To Keep A Godly Heartby Michael DoyleOn most days, I set God-sized goalsDoing my best to grow my stubborn soulLiving large to fill envisioned shoesAll my prayers have surely paid their duesI know my sins nailed Jesus to the crossWho … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspire, Bible, Christianity, Cross, Dsicern, Dues, Embrace, Faith, Footing, God, Godly Heart, In the Spirit, Jesus, Keep, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Sins, Son of Thunder, Stubborn Soul, Surfer, The Bible, Victory, Vision
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In Us and Through Us
In Us and Through Usby Michael DoylePrayerful in all that truly mattersOur God prepares us for when peace shattersWe know that God has intentional plansAs the world unfolds and God stymies even as He canThere on the inspired pages of … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Bible, Christianity, Commitments, Community, Condition, Daily Bread, Daily Ways, Desolation, Disciple, Fail, Faith, False Leaders, Fate, Feed, God, Hate, Hesitation, Holy Bible, Humility, In Us, Inspired, Intentional Plans, Invitation, Jealous, Jesus, Learn, Masses, Matters, Omniscient, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Power, Prayerful, Presence, Prevail, Savior, Shatter, Step, Study, Through Us, Unfold, Wages of Sin, Walk, Working Together, World
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Living Principled
Living Principled by Michael DoyleGoing to the cross, we give everythingYet, in giving our all, we lose nothingWe hold to the truth in this dark hourBlazing the light of Jesus as our powerWe must step boldly as we share the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Attitude, Belief, Bible, Bold, Burn, Christianity, Cross, Embers, Faith, Fire, God, Gratitude, Haen, Humility, Jesus, Light, Living, Living Principles, New Life, Night, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Principled, Truth, Wings of Angels
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An Enduring Contemplation of Pain
An Enduring Contemplation of Painby Michael Doyle The things endured on that Day of PainWould drive most of us beyond insane360 strikes with a nail-ended whipWould be enough to make anyone lose grip Next the crucifixion with its degradationWas a … Continue reading
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Tagged 360 Strikes, Asphyxiation, Atonement, Beyond Belief, Christianity, Comfort, Contemplation, Crucifixion, Day of Pain, Degradation, Done, Endure, Essence, Evident, Explain, Faith, Friends, God, Grip, Hope, Insane, Isolation, Jesus, Mortal Sins, Nail-Ended Whip, Openly Express, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Presence, Problems, Son, Sorrow, Suffer, Suffering, Understand, Verse, Worse
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