Apologetics
December 12, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Character - or not, Citizenship, Lamentations, Position Papers,
Is the most prominent of heretics in public life. He is there for everyone to observe, constantly displaying the Church’s tolerance, rather than confrontation, of evil. What keeps pious members on the rolls? Why not properly renounce membership, praying for repentance while properly maintaining membership in a holy Church? There are plenty of Trinitarian churches […]
December 8, 2022, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Citizenship, Lamentations, Poetry,
People seem to have a certain endurance level for evil; Then comes a time when it just cannot be endured. It must be eliminated; relief must be secured! And when comes that point of intolerance When truth and justice cannot any longer be put off? What is that straw which breaks the back of evil […]
December 8, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation,
There is a peace that passes understanding. You can think, think, and think of another way, But seek and you won’t find it.Nothing but the way of Christ Will in any which way suffice. He is Lord and ever will be; No other way but to believe. So, bow down now lest it be too […]
December 7, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Character - or not, Citizenship, Ecclesiastical Matters, Family Matters, Lamentations, Poetry,
(To the tune of “Dreaming of a White Christmas”) I’m looking at a pagan Christmas Where people act so very crass Lots of goods and decoration But no time for celebration Of God coming into the flesh O that they’d come to know Jesus Who died and rose again for them Turn from their selfish […]
December 7, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Citizenship, Lamentations, Poetry, Polytheistic Statism v. Christocracy, Position Papers, Sanctity of Human Beings, Terrorism - of God and Men,
When Christians of a nation Forsake their alliance around the Law, Sodomites rise and take their place Forming a union around their freedom To abominate the land with their sin, All in the name of a new kind of liberty. Selfish perversion is the new core: The value is cherished by the decadent. It is […]
December 7, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation,
Evildoers there have always been Since Adam tumbled back in the glen When the world fell into that darkness Under the weight of his universal sin. Hopeless without the sacrificial Savior, His descendants wallowed in shame Casting upon one another their blame. Then came the One who would deliver The world from its smarmy floundering […]
November 28, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Ecclesiastical Matters, Family Matters, Position Papers, Salvation,
We generally associate a “Mass” with the death of Christ for our sins by which we are given life. But in Christmas we are not directly in celebration of a special Eucharist or “Mass.” We are celebrating the incarnation of God. We are celebrating the long-awaited arrival (preceding His death for our sins and His resurrection […]
November 28, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Ecclesiastical Matters, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation,
For whom do we pray salutarily? And for whom imprecatorily? Depends upon our mood And His leading as we commune With the One Who gave the command. He who made us and brought us out of death Will save those whom He chooses And by His grace and purpose He will use us. Ours is […]
November 23, 2022, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Citizenship, Ecclesiastical Matters, Lamentations, Polytheistic Statism v. Christocracy,
The essence of civility is the condition where the affirmation of good and denunciation of evil is carried out in public. Justice is not a private matter, but one which is acknowledged in law and visible to the public. In the cases of sodomy and abortion, we, as a nation, no longer denounce the murder […]
November 21, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Position Papers, Prisoners and other Servants, Salvation, Terrorism - of God and Men,
From time to time God delivers His own into the hands of His enemies to serve as a witness. How is this? Just as Jesus was delivered into the hands of evil-doers to bear witness to the grace of God, so His followers are so delivered. When abused and persecuted by those who hate the […]