Position Papers
May 23, 2023, michaelbray Character - or not, Citizenship, Lamentations, Poetry, Position Papers,
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 […]
May 12, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation,
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 […]
May 10, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Character - or not, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation,
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 […]
May 8, 2023, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apologetics, Ecclesiastical Matters, Family Matters, Lamentations, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation, Sanctity of Human Beings,
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 […]
May 8, 2023, michaelbray Character - or not, Family Matters, Poetry, Position Papers, Wilmington Ohio,
Jeremiah, Paul, and Isaac Bachelors most classic! Give it up for those men of God! And make some noise for those ladies,Those singles who live for the Lord!May they serve Him whole hog, Not diverted by family duties, Able to honor the King with joy! Thank God for our single boy! 2105 on 2 May, […]
May 8, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Position Papers, Salvation,
(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 […]
May 8, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation,
Dear Mormon, Witness or Wierville Wayist, If you are not worshiping the one, true, triune God, You are an idolater, bound, like any other sinner, Down below, bearing the due penalty for your sin. Your sin is paid for by none other than God, Himself. None other could bear the penalty and survive! Indeed, No […]
May 4, 2023, michaelbray Character - or not, Ecclesiastical Matters, Family Matters, Poetry, Position Papers,
You got to flaunt that gray hair! It’s a sign of that wisdom you got. Don’t be colorin’ it out with that Brown, black or blondy look; You’re too old to look young! It’s that sagacity you want to boast, So spew forth those words of wisdom When the time is right to be heard. […]
May 3, 2023, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Position Papers, Sanctity of Human Beings, Speech - Lawful and Unlawful, Speech - Terminlogy and Propaganda,
‘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 […]
April 30, 2023, michaelbray Character - or not, Position Papers,
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 […]