Michael Bray

Author of A Time To Kill

Position Papers

The Slum Lord

They are easily found around.Property is purchased and let to sitTo accrue value by associationWith the productive neighbors.They enjoy the increase in valueBrought by the homes of othersKept up by their labor and care,While the “lords” lounge and neglectTo maintain their houses, exploitingThe labors of those who keep upTheir homes with responsible diligence.Yes, derelicts and […]

Didn’t Part Every Sea!

No, He did not move every mountain Nor part every sea! He moved and parted what ever He wanted, According to His own plan and purpose. He healed some and visited some; He didn’t go to China or Australia or Europe; Didn’t even come on over here to America! The purposes of the Triune God […]

Those Important Facts

Well, He did part some waters, But He moved no mountains! (Indeed, He created all things And He could destroy all in a wink!) Just sayin’!  Keep your facts straight! He rose from the dead and He said That He paid the price for your sin: More important than you stayin’ thin. On gettin’ all […]

No Talking to the Dead

Yeah, it was wise of the Lord to forbid folks from talking to the dead. Think of the many failures of communication among the living! Think of the many people we overlook and fail to greet and encourage. The Lord has wisely forbidden us from conversing with the dead And charged us to speak with […]

The Deity of Jesus

(A Reflection Upon American Heretics) If General Samuel Jones comes into the company of a gathering of soldiers and I address him publicly as “Jonesy” or  “Sammy boy,” I would be offending him and bring about some disdain from him upon myself.  I would be failing to treat him with the dignity that is appropriate […]

Those “Differences of Opinion”

‘Twas a time when a slaveholder was viewed by abolitionists as just another fellow citizen with contrary political beliefs.   He was entitled to his opinion (for a season),  though it was one which eventually could not be tolerated.  Some opinions are not to be tolerated when they are carried out into the public arena.   Slavery […]

The Southern Man Need Not Cow

No, those Yankees weren’t more sensitive to human rights and the personhood of black people than were folks of the South.  Northerners were greedy to gain a better economic advantage over their Southern competitors who could do business cheaper by means of slave labor! Yankees wanted to balance out the business playing field and deprive […]

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