December, 2019
December 23, 2019, michaelbray Family Matters, Poetry,
23 Dec., 2019 Here I sit, again The music plays To the right The light of day Breaks through the glass The feet on the wall Over water walk To the center Where the union Shows her and me And then to the left The many that follow On that tree Free to follow And […]
December 23, 2019, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Media Matters, Political Ministry of the Churches of God,
To Hell with Christianity Today, the apostate magazine! It has, over the years, strayed off the path and have become a tool of the enemy rather than a light for the nation. For many years the magazine has been essentially absent from THE battle of our time: abortion. Never do they report on the Christians […]
December 19, 2019, michaelbray Lamentations, Poetry,
Babies butchered One, two, three Why not me? Spared was I‘Twas merciful mother How about you? You live and breathe And look away “Another day,” you say And time passes And Oh! the ashes We never see. They blow away ‘Tis another day And on it goes The Judge will come What will we say? […]
December 17, 2019, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Media Matters, Position Papers,
There is a time to be “negative” just as there is a time to be “positive.” We encourage and praise the speaking of truth and the doing of good and we discourage and excoriate the doing of evil and the utterance of heresy. The emphasis of most hortatory messages from Christian speakers – radio or […]
December 13, 2019, michaelbray Apologetics, Political Ministry of the Churches of God, Position Papers,
13 Dec., 2019 It is believed by many moderns that hanging is a “cruel and unusual” punishment. Even a quick, painless execution is deemed unconscionable by many who presume to know a justice above and beyond that which is dictated by the Creator. But to argue with the fool – he who believes in neither […]
December 13, 2019, michaelbray Uncategorized,
13 Dec., 2019 Tax the People to Find an AIDS Cure?“Let a bugger bear the burden For his own bad behavior”Say I Why ought the public be abusedBy the decadence of those deafTo the TruthPaying out more taxesWhen relief by repentance More certainly comes? That repentance is sparkedIndeed by painWithout which sometimesThere is no gain
December 13, 2019, michaelbray Family Matters, Lamentations, Poetry,
10 December, 2019 Essays to writeBattles to fightSo often I thought naughtAbout you You had your taskChildren to baskI had my duties to doBut you, oh youWere always there waiting“Look at me. ‘ttention!” Oh yes, in due timeI’ve got mine to doAnd yes I didAnd we did great thingsChildren and justice Were served Life is […]
December 3, 2019, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Character - or not, Defending the Defenders, Prisoners and other Servants,
3 Dec., 2019 Scott Roeder # 65192 P.O. Box 1568-H.C.F. Hutchinson, Kansas 67504 Hello Scott! It was way back in July, according to my typed letter records. (Have I written since by hand? Hmm. Couldn’t say.) Well, it was good to talk with you this a.m. Thanks for calling. We are at the beginning of […]
December 2, 2019, michaelbray Family Matters, Poetry, Sanctity of Human Beings, Wilmington Ohio,
2 Dec. 2019 Here I sit in my own templeMusic pouring about my earsTo the right travel my feet on waterOver lands and cities distantMidway are the books of recordHistory, family, things to knowAnd to the side is Mercy’s treeRed and black with faces adornedThey smile at me, I thinkAnd I think some moreEver glad […]