Lamentations
October 8, 2020, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apologetics, Character - or not, Defending the Defenders, Lamentations,
8 Oct., 2020 On Those Treacherous “Prolifers” Who Condemn the Saviors On those Treacherous “Prolifers” Who Condemn the Saviors Now, let’s not get excited. Nothing blasphemous here. I mean savior with a small “s.” It is capitalized above part of the title. It references ne who saves babies from being butchered by means of direct, […]
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 […]
October 2, 2020, michaelbray Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Good Riddance, Lamentations,
Helen Reddy She will always, sadly, be known for her blasphemous song about the Lord Almighty, even the Savior, Jesus in the musical, Jesus Christ, Superstar. “He’s a man. He’s just a man” in rejection of the claims of his followers, the Scriptures, and Jesus, Himself, to His deith. No, Helen. He wasn’t – and […]
September 23, 2020, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Lamentations, Political Ministry of the Churches of God, Sanctity of Human Beings,
That would be the transliteration of the expression which references “children exposed on the mountains” according to Euripedes as noted in my Greek-English Lexicon (Liddell and Scott, 7th edition). One finds this information when looking up the single word “ekbole” which means 1) “a throwing” and 2) “ejectment, banishing the cargo overboard.” It is not […]
September 22, 2020, michaelbray Defending the Defenders, Lamentations,
On the failure of people to give honor to whom honor is due, I have some reflections. And, yes, one of those who was not given due honor him is I! (Imagine that. Assign it to human nature and personal perspective.) I suppose everyone could write such an essay. Nevertheless, here I indite my own […]
August 25, 2020, michaelbray Apologetics, Character - or not, Lamentations, Poetry,
You know you’re an ass So you hit that grass Trying to escape your sin. Oh the din of that life Rife with all that strife And what to do with yourself? Oh but the wealth That is stored up and ready For the taking Raking it in by the Spirit Who lives and moves […]
August 4, 2020, michaelbray Character - or not, Environment/Creation, Lamentations, Position Papers,
4 Aug., 2020 For some, the virus has served to compel improvements in parenting. Careers cans serve as an escape from the duty to “parent,” to “rear,” – indeed to “disciple” one’s children. Parenting is a labor that some, to their discredit, are happy to circumvent or attenuate. Careers sometimes provide a relief from that […]
July 30, 2020, michaelbray Apologetics, Environment/Creation, Lamentations, Political Ministry of the Churches of God,
Yes, yes, we are all sinners and fall short of the Glory of God and we come – one at a time – to the grace of God in Jesus, confess our sins, and continue living in forgiveness. And we repeat this from day to day as we sin from moment to moment. His blood […]
July 25, 2020, michaelbray Character - or not, Family Matters, Lamentations, Poetry,
They fall awayLike leaves from treesAnd we remain to rememberThose smiles and criesAnd all the adviceWe tried to them to renderThey reproduce By the will of the LordOff into the wide world they goAnd where they land no one knowsBut the Good One aboveBy His power and loveWill lead them everForsaking them neverThis we know […]
July 23, 2020, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Character - or not, Lamentations, Poetry,
22 July, 2020 Got no time to rescue babies? Got no time to serve? He’s got your number He does not slumberYour time is comin’ soon Life will fly by While you’re on your high And you will die Yeah, you will meet the Boss And what a loss All that time and money And […]