Family Matters
October 19, 2020, michaelbray Apologetics, Family Matters, Position Papers,
“What is Truth?” queried Pilate when the prosecution of Jesus was before him. And so it is that the question has persisted down through the ages and continues today. Then the particular question was whether the Nazarene could be rightly identified as the one and only and long anticipated “messiah.” What is Truth and how […]
October 19, 2020, michaelbray Family Matters,
I will weigh in. Yea, I will render a point of view on this crucial issue: I say, put it on the fastest (cheapest) setting! Why? The really nasty pans or dishes will not be cleaned by the dish washer! You will end up pulling out the dirty pan or dish regardless of the setting […]
October 19, 2020, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apologetics, Character - or not, Defending the Defenders, Family Matters, Poetry,
Saving Babies “violently” Was not in vogue when we firstArrived in the great town of Wilmington. Only the Church of Christ was kindEnough to let us in. But time has passed And now we have a Presbyterian Church willing to lurch Out and give us a try! But we will say “Goodbye.” A kind try […]
October 16, 2020, michaelbray Apologetics, Character - or not, Family Matters, Poetry,
(Erotica from the Good Book, the Song of Solomon revisited (or “rapped up”) on 16 Oct., 2020 Somethin’ about those titsSolomon said it!“Your form is lovely”! (2:4)Yeah, “Your voice is sweet” (2:10)“How beautiful you are”“And your mouth is lovely”“Your breasts are like two fawns” (4:9)Wanna climb on“You made my heart beat faster” (4:9)So I wanna […]
October 15, 2020, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apologetics, Family Matters,
“Bah! Humbug!” Indeed, “Humbug!” would be a legitimate denunciation when addressing that sociological dogma which demands inclusion of deviants, perverts, and murderers into the company of good citizenry! Inspiration for such a denunciation comes from Moses as recorded in Deuteronomy 7:1-4. When God cleared the land of the heathen in order that Israel might seize […]
October 13, 2020, michaelbray Family Matters, Lamentations, Position Papers, Salvation,
Whether you lost a child by “natural” miscarriage or whether you mistreated your child in desperation or selfishness and committed an “abortion,” there is hope for you found in the words of God recorded by Moses. In the book which has come down to us as “Deuteronomy” there is hope in the “life to come” […]
October 12, 2020, michaelbray Character - or not, Family Matters, Poetry,
She was an ambitious girlAnd I, condescending,Took up her pleasAnd we did marry.On we went from my stageTo stage children aplentyAnd many were the blessingsThey brought us.But much holier is sheThan the pious “me.”Set apart was IFor His business – the Word.She took up the call to unionOf man and woman for life,That office of […]
October 9, 2020, michaelbray Abortionists and Terminations, Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Character - or not, Civil Disobedience, Family Matters, Fathers' Rights, Lamentations, Poetry,
The whole damned nation is guiltyDemocrats for advocatingRepublicans for toleratingFive decades of baby butchery.We are a sick peopleAll worthy of death.Repentance alone will save usAnd only by the graceOf the One who died for peopleOf every nation.His mercy is more precious than gold.No time for shyness, but to be boldAnd revolt against the slaughtersOf sons […]
October 9, 2020, michaelbray Character - or not, Family Matters, Poetry,
Like the curves of a naked body From Renoir to Playboy The lines of life intrigue us And catch us off our guard. The beauty and the power Of strokes from brush and ink Drive us to lift our minds above And give the Lord a think, Who made those pretty creatures From whom the […]
October 5, 2020, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Character - or not, Family Matters, Lamentations,
Long ago, we lost a child. Anastasia died in the womb, and so our grief was not like that of parents who lose a child whom they have come to know and with whom they have traded laughter and smiles. (Perhaps we would miss her more had it not been for eleven others to distract […]