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Serving As the Lord Serves Us
Serving As the Lord Serves Usby Michael DoyleGod’s wrath is at Satan’s snare;Seeking to keep evil at bay and fair.The path forward for humanityIs best walked with modest humility.Across the level ground under the cross,We keep aware of Christ’s loss.In … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Bridge, Christianity, Cross, Destination, Evil, Faith, Gentiles, God, God's Love, God's Wrath, Hitory, Humanity, Humility, Jesus, Jews, Level Ground, Lord, Loss, Myter, Open-Door, Poetry and Poems, Rebellious Nature, Remnant, Salvation, Satan, Serve, Snare
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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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Tagged Accountable, Action, Cause, Either Case, Evil, Inaction, Injury, John Stuart Mill, Person, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: It Is More Important That Innocence Be Protected Than It Is That Guilt Be Punished For Guilt and Crimes Are So Frequent In This World That They Cannot All Be Punished
“It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizen, Condemned, Evil, First Principles, Frequent, Good, Guilt, Guilt and Crimes, Idea, Immaterial, Important, Innocence, John Adams, Protect, Protection, Punish, Security, World
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First Principles: Love Is Patient, Love Is Kind…It Always Protects, Always Trusts, Always Hopes, Always Perseveres
“4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Those Who Corrupt the Public Mind Are Just As Evil As Those Who Steal From the Public Purse
“Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.”- Adlai E. Stevenson
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Tagged Adlai E. Stevenson, Corrupt, Evil, Public Mind, Public Purse, Steal, Thought For the Day
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As Every Child Knows
As Every Child Knowsby Michael DoyleThere is a lot that isn’t knownAnd still yet, the legend has grownWas he real, or was he notOr maybe, as with many, much has been forgotSt. Nicholas of Myra is one of the fewSt. … Continue reading
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Tagged Biship, Champion, Children, Christian, Every Child, Evil, Forgot, Gifts, Good, Humble Beginnings, Inspire, Known, Knows, Krampus, Legend, Myra, Nicholas, Not, Poetry and Poems, Poseidon, Real, Saint, Secret, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Nicholas of Myra, Tire, Truth
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First Principles: I Know Your Deeds, That You Are Neither Cold Nor Hot. I Wish You Were Either One Or the Other!
“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!” – Revelation 3:15 (NIV) — The Laodicean church was told that nothing escapes Jesus’s attention. Lukewarm faith has stern consequences. … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Bible, Christian Faith, Christianity, Church, Cold, Committed Faith, Consequence, Contemporary Society, Danger, Deeds, Deep Involvement, Engagement, Evil, First Principles, Godly Matters, Going Through the Motions, Harmony, Hot, Indifference, Jesus, Laodicean Church, lukewarm, Lukewarm Faith, Neutrality, One Or the other, Real Faith, Revelation, Revelation 3:15 (NIV), Status Quo, Wish, Worthless
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Divination
Divinationby Michael DoyleIs it true that only foolsCast aside all the rules?And what kind of wreckDoes life become living by the deck?A spooky basement points the directionThat reveals the cloth of divinationHand painted arcana mixes with astrologyIt is needed to … Continue reading
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Tagged Arcana, Astrology, Basement, Candle, Clarity, Coincidence, Combination, Crazy, Dark Art, Dark Design, Death and Darkness, Deception, Demonic Tale, Design, Desire, Direction, Divination, Drunken Children, Equal Weight, Evil, False Track, Fate, Fear, Fire, Fools, Forecast, Forsaken, Friends, Gasoline, Grow, Harshness, High Priestess, Impulse, Investigate, Lack of Control, Magician's Bag, Must, No Turning Back, Painted Glory, Path Undone, Pity, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Prevail, Priestess, Reading, Readings, Risk, Rules, Runaway Train, Sincerity, Spirituality, Story, Sympathy, Taken, Tarot, Tarot Deck, Tear, Traces, Tricks, True, Trust, Wait, Wreck, Wrong Light, Zodiac
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Danza Pieta
Danza Pieta by Michael DoyleNoisome crypts jangle the bones of innocenceWhere evil lingers knowing no pretenseOrgan music begins to play in its tonal rangeSomething wicked and something strangeParanoia, whispered fears, and shades of doubtEcho like unfriendly notes raised into a … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Death, Bones, Cause, Crypt, Danza Pieta, Death, Echo, Evil, Fragility, Imagery, Innocence, Insensibility, Memento Mori, Momento Mori, Organ Music, Paramoia, Philosophy, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Sacred, Sensuality, Stoicism, Terror, Tonal Range, Unfriendly Notes, Vain, Wicked
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