Michael Bray

Author of A Time To Kill

Ecclesiastical Matters

Yes. The Triune One.

A Reflection on Honoring God (the Father, Son, and Spirit) Imagine standing up before a general who enters a room, coming to attention and swiftly delivering a sharp salute, saying to him “Congratulations, Colonel!” All the formal, respectful display of honor and respect would have been wasted, indeed, turned into insult, rather than respectful acknowledgment! […]

Jesus, Enemy of Sinners

Jesus is, of course, the enemyOf sinners, waiting for confessionAnd repentance from deadly selfishness.Let the sinner turn and avoid the burn!No.  He’s not the “friend of sinners.”He died to get them off the burners,So stop with all the “friend of sinners”Bull and join with the winnersWho have been won by His graceAnd the sacrifice that […]

A Meditation on Pacifism

Robert Lawrence Smith in his “A Quaker Book of Wisdom” notes that he fought in WW II but thinks, nevertheless, that pacifism is a good thing.  Uh . . . What part?  The idea of sitting by and letting Nazis murder Jews did not, thankfully, sit well with him.  Hmm.  Any other such atrocities worth […]

“Congregational Meetings”

A “congregational meeting” substitutes for the regular fellowship groups which ought to be established to nourish the brethren.  Home groups, meeting regularly (weekly) under the authority of leaders (elders or those approved the elders), are the ideal means of accomplishing fellowship among the saints. The elders are to rule, not the people.  Democratic rule of […]

Doing Time

I did time at FCI Ray Brook And at USNA, Annapolis. The latter was harder, But the former more glorious. Saving babies from abortion Was more satisfying than military service; Persons, not nations, are sacred. The people, not citizenship, live on And face the Lord and Judge;(From clasping the cross, do not budge!). It is […]

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