Michael Bray

Author of A Time To Kill

June, 2019

Lactantius on Hedonism

28 June, 2019 His dates are A.D. 260-330.  In his “Divine Institutes,” book 6, chapter 21 is titled “Of the Pleasure of the Ears and of Sacred Literature.”  Lactantius says: . . . Therefore he who is anxious for the truth, who does not wish to deceive himself, must lay aside hurtful and injurious pleasures, […]

The Problem of “Nomophobia”

Michael Bray 18 June, 2016 One of the great examples of political propaganda nomenclature of our time is the term “homophobe.” Communicators, cultural revolutionaries, and activists of all sorts delight in the use of clever – even nefarious –  neologisms to advocate for a principle or cause.  For example, political euphemisms such as  “liberal” and […]