Apologetics
October 18, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Character - or not, Salvation,
Grammar policeman is here, Mammas and Pappas! (See the info below, here: https://marriedwiki.com/wiki/michelle-phillips) Michelle Phillips American singer, songwriter and an actress, Michelle Phillips is known as a member of the pop group “The Mamas and the Papas,” composed of her husband John Phillips, along with Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty. She is the second child […]
October 17, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Character - or not, Ecclesiastical Matters,
The earliest record we have of testimony among church leaders to the doctrine defining God as specifically triune comes from Justin Martyr. He was born in about 114 A.D. in a city of Samaria called Flavia Neopolis, known today as Nablous. He accepts the charge from the Greeks, whose gods he has exposed as frauds, […]
October 14, 2022, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apologetics, Character - or not, Citizenship, Civil Disobedience, Liberty, Polytheistic Statism v. Christocracy,
Well, that evil which you tolerate soon spreads and takes over everything. Think of that infection you might have in your body. If you don’t treat it, it spreads and you get sick all over! Imagine what happens when evil laws are allowed to stand. Whether its racism which leads to discrimination, segregation, and slavery […]
October 14, 2022, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apologetics, Character - or not,
https://www.renewamerica.com/columns/zieve/131202 So with this one by Sher Zieve back in 2013.
October 13, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation, Terrorism - of God and Men,
‘Twas Sophocles who said “There is one God, in truth but one Who made the heavens and earth.” And it was Aeschylus who declared “Tremble: for He is Lord Omnipotent And this glory is of God Most High.” Yes, the ancient pagan poets knew Of one God, through and through! That truth is in the […]
October 12, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Character - or not, Citizenship, Family Matters, Position Papers, Salvation,
“Balance” comes to mind as the ever-all solution to most problems. Selfishness may be at the root of both conditions. Why do we marry? And why divorce? We seek our own benefit, joy and wellbeing. Bottom line is the pursuit of our own good. But we must also seek justice with the glory of God […]
October 11, 2022, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apologetics, Ecclesiastical Matters, Lamentations, Position Papers, Salvation,
Heresies are worse than regular crimes; they are an assault upon the soul rather than the body. So it is today with the likes of, say, Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Wierville’s Way religion, many Godless Democrats, and even some Republicans who deny the triune God. The one who wars against the soul, even in ignorance, does […]
October 10, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Poetry, Salvation, Sanctity of Human Beings,
For an eternity, the Almighty lived: Robed, the three, in their own glory, In need of no company for joy. It was not lonely, no boredom; But God made some stars and planets And threw in some angels for His pleasure. The Trinity had plenty of company And the entertainment was not lacking Except for […]
October 8, 2022, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Character - or not, Citizenship, Lamentations, Liberty, Poetry, Political Ministry of the Churches of God, Polytheistic Statism v. Christocracy, Salvation, Terrorism - of God and Men,
Swords and Shields was war up close and personal: You see the eyes of a person as he diesUnder the blows of your sword; No distancing death from your view. You do what you got to do; It is either he or you. And now we think less grimly of war, Carried out at distances […]
October 7, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Character - or not, Ecclesiastical Matters, Good Riddance, Lamentations, Salvation,
“The Way” of Victor Paul Wierville is, frankly, the wrong way. Wierville denied that Christ was fully God, the second person of the Trinity. In other words, he blasphemed Jesus, the Father, and the Spirit, the one and only God. Wierville was a false teacher and ought to be called out as nothing less (or […]