Citizenship
September 5, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Citizenship, Ecclesiastical Matters, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation,
Get right with the Trinity! So, who says there is no God? Why, it’s the fool!And who denies that Jesus is Christ?Why, it is the anti-Christ!So, which is worse?Let’s see here. There are jerksOut there with warped imagination,And there are those who know betterAnd reject that Jesus is the One;(All about having “fun”).But there is […]
August 31, 2023, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apologetics, Character - or not, Citizenship, Poetry, Position Papers, Prisoners and other Servants, Salvation,
I suppose I am one of a few Who have done time with the feds Both at an FCI place of “rest” And the USNA at Annapolis; Both housing clients with no rentAnd each having its own weird bent:Jail with a lot of noise was cursed;The Navy had folks competing to be first.But ’twas good […]
August 17, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Citizenship, Ecclesiastical Matters, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation,
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 […]
August 11, 2023, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Character - or not, Citizenship, Ecclesiastical Matters, Wars, Just and Unjust,
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 […]
August 10, 2023, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apologetics, Character - or not, Citizenship, Poetry,
Like a Hurricane Washing Over Me! Indeed, His grace is sovereign; Left to ourselves, no one would choose Him! Give, then, pure, unadulterated thanks! No credit to you for a decision; You are a product of His election And you weren’t a choice selection. (Who knows why He chose you?) You are left in awe […]
August 1, 2023, michaelbray Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Character - or not, Citizenship, Lamentations, Poetry, Position Papers,
In history was something you were born into, Or that you earned. It was not something that you claimed! It is a status that we, Americans, take for granted;We are accustomed to the status of a citizenWho has precious, blood-bought rights,And we bask in this condition as drunkardsUnaware of its origins or its providers.Spoiled brats […]
July 19, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Citizenship, Polytheistic Statism v. Christocracy, Position Papers,
“Higher education” is really bullshit education which suffuses students with a materialist worldview having no comprehension of spirit, of God, of a Maker. From the get-go, a student in such a system must be constantly indoctrinated with the presuppositions of the educators/propagandists: viz., the assumption that the world is eternally material and that there was […]
June 12, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Character - or not, Citizenship, Ecclesiastical Matters, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation,
When the Lord of heaven came down, The Father was pleased to send Him. Reigning forever as He had above He was driven to us by His love. Our very Maker, the Son, gave up the fun: An eternity with the Father and the Spirit And, later, all those many created angels. The Creator, the […]
June 8, 2023, michaelbray Citizenship, Elections, Political Ministry of the Churches of God, Position Papers,
That is the case in which we find ourselves regularly in a fallen world. No one is sinless; There is no one perfect out there. We pick, as “righteous men,” those who affirm and advocate for justice, even though they, themselves, are not righteous; even though they fail. They are they best we have: men […]
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 […]