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To Live In the Law

To Live In the Lawby Michael DoyleWalked into the doctrines of controversyThere is a stiff challenge without heresyDown through God’s good agesThere are debates that readily rageThe dialog should be had with all humilityGracefully admitting a bit of grace and … Continue reading

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First Principles: We Were Therefore Buried With Him Through Baptism Into Death In Order That, Just As Christ Was Raised From the Dead Through the Glory of the Father, We Too May Live A New Life

“We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” – Romans 6:4

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Past Blinking Twice

Past Blinking Twiceby Michael DoyleSome say forgetting is a giftIt’s a way past the riftBetween personal rationalizationAnd what allows you past sensationsThe ones that we cannot forgiveAnd yet it is that we must liveHowever, far past the thresholdThat our senses … Continue reading

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First Principles: I Hate War As Only A Soldier Who Has Lived It Can, Only As One Who Has Seen Its Brutality, Its Futility, Its Stupidity

“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Rumor Is…

Rumor Is…by Michael DoyleRumor is that happinessIs not a preconceived moment of blissBut a journey through the yearsTaken awhile with all of your peersWho feel as though they’ve lived theirs rightWhile yours has been a constant fightFaceless and somehow namelessThey … Continue reading

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Quenching the Fires of Los Angeles

Quenching the Fires of Los Angelesby Michael DoyleI saw a wise old hippy on the stageSinging about clouds as she turned the pageStaring out with love at the approach of deathShe sang her heart to her last breathIt seemed like … Continue reading

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Benediction For A New Day

Benediction For A New Dayby Michael DoyleIf it isn’t too demandingMight we live in peace and understandingWith opened eyes might we seeThe path walked within divinityThe wooded trace is sacred groundWaiting for its holiness to be foundWith every step each … Continue reading

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In His Name

In His Name by Michael DoyleThe stars of lifeThese come and glowIn peace and strifeFaithful love is what I knowWhatever the circumstanceI’ll make it throughTo dance again, this danceOf joy felt through faith in youThis faith is more than a … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: You Don’t Get To Choose How You’re Going To Die. Or When. You Can Only Decide How You’re Going To Live. Now.

“You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now.” – Joan Baez, American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist (b. January 9, 1941)

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First Principles: For In the Gospel the Righteousness of God Is Revealed – A Righteousness That Is By Faith From First To Last, Just As It Is Written. The Righteous Will Live By Faith

“For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed–a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” – Romans 1:17 (NIV)

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