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29.04.202501:37
I wil redeeme them from the power of the graue: I will deliuer them from death: O death, I wil be thy death: O graue, I will be thy destruction: repentance is hid from mine eyes.
-- The Prophet Hosea 13:14 (GEN)
-- The Prophet Hosea 13:14 (GEN)
20.04.202502:23
The Collect for Holy Saturday:
Grant, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, so by continually mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him, and through the grave, and the gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection, for his merits, who died and was buried and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Grant, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, so by continually mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him, and through the grave, and the gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection, for his merits, who died and was buried and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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18.04.202511:40
A Good Friday Reading from Psalm 22:
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest.
Yet thou art holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In thee our fathers trusted; they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. To thee they cried, and were saved; in thee they trusted, and were not disappointed....
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax, it is melted within my breast; my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; thou dost lay me in the dust of death.
Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet— I can count all my bones— they stare and gloat over me; they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots.
But thou, O Lord, be not far off! O thou my help, hasten to my aid! Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog! Save me from the mouth of the lion, my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen!
I will tell of thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee: You who fear the Lord, praise him! all you sons of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you sons of Israel! For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.
From thee comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him. The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live for ever!
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him. For dominion belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.
Yea, to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and he who cannot keep himself alive. Posterity shall serve him; men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation, and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, that he has wrought it.
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest.
Yet thou art holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In thee our fathers trusted; they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. To thee they cried, and were saved; in thee they trusted, and were not disappointed....
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax, it is melted within my breast; my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; thou dost lay me in the dust of death.
Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet— I can count all my bones— they stare and gloat over me; they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots.
But thou, O Lord, be not far off! O thou my help, hasten to my aid! Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog! Save me from the mouth of the lion, my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen!
I will tell of thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee: You who fear the Lord, praise him! all you sons of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you sons of Israel! For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.
From thee comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him. The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live for ever!
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him. For dominion belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.
Yea, to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and he who cannot keep himself alive. Posterity shall serve him; men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation, and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, that he has wrought it.
23.03.202515:48
Dryads, Ents, and Sylvans in Scripture?
Classical mythology has long spoken of living, sentient tree spirits: Dryads, Hamadryads, and Sylvans. C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkein pick up on this theme in Narnia and LOTR. Is there any Scriptural basis for these notions? I would argue yes.
The rebellion of Absalom in 2 Sam. 18:7-9 gives a few indications of this:
And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the loss there was great on that day, twenty thousand men. The battle spread over the face of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword. And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.
From here, Joab kills Absalom in defiance of David's orders (I would argue rightly). David mourns Absalom's death until Joab talks sense into him (ch. 19). This would indicate the trees were on the right side, though perhaps not unanimously.
Classical mythology has long spoken of living, sentient tree spirits: Dryads, Hamadryads, and Sylvans. C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkein pick up on this theme in Narnia and LOTR. Is there any Scriptural basis for these notions? I would argue yes.
The rebellion of Absalom in 2 Sam. 18:7-9 gives a few indications of this:
And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the loss there was great on that day, twenty thousand men. The battle spread over the face of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword. And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.
From here, Joab kills Absalom in defiance of David's orders (I would argue rightly). David mourns Absalom's death until Joab talks sense into him (ch. 19). This would indicate the trees were on the right side, though perhaps not unanimously.
23.02.202509:36
A blessed Quadragesima Sunday to all (first Sunday in Lent). Our Savior's death and resurrection approaches.
23.04.202503:08
Today I learned Richard Wagner was baptized in St. Thomas Church, in Leipzig. This was the same church both J.S. Bach and Felix Mendelsohn had served as organist. Both this history and the name of the church, appear providential.
While many are familiar with Wagner's personal moral failings, particularly with women, at the close of his life, he appeared to go through a sort of conversion as he wrote Parsifal. He spent months attempting to convert the Jewish conductor who was working with him. He put away the last of his mistresses, and reconciled with his wife.
It seems to me he died in a state of grace and I expect his music to reverberate in the new creation.
While many are familiar with Wagner's personal moral failings, particularly with women, at the close of his life, he appeared to go through a sort of conversion as he wrote Parsifal. He spent months attempting to convert the Jewish conductor who was working with him. He put away the last of his mistresses, and reconciled with his wife.
It seems to me he died in a state of grace and I expect his music to reverberate in the new creation.
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19.04.202520:57
A Holy Saturday Reading from Jonah 2:
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying,
"I called to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou didst hear my voice. For thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
Then I said, ‘I am cast out from thy presence; how shall I again look upon thy holy temple?’ The waters closed in over me, the deep was round about me; weeds were wrapped about my head at the roots of the mountains.
I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever; yet thou didst bring up my life from the Pit, O Lord my God.
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to thee, into thy holy temple. Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty. But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to thee; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the Lord!”
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying,
"I called to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou didst hear my voice. For thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
Then I said, ‘I am cast out from thy presence; how shall I again look upon thy holy temple?’ The waters closed in over me, the deep was round about me; weeds were wrapped about my head at the roots of the mountains.
I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever; yet thou didst bring up my life from the Pit, O Lord my God.
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to thee, into thy holy temple. Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty. But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to thee; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the Lord!”
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
15.04.202513:20
What this retarded strain of Calvinism (which Calvin would scoff at) neglects to mention is that every song or hymn in Scripture was sung or played first, and only then recorded in Scripture. This very obvious point completely undermines the silly and prideful exclusive psalmodists.
08.04.202502:41
The success of Trump's second term now depends exclusively and entirely on how he will deal activist judges.
His first term was stymied by bureaucrats. His second is set to be stymied by judges.
The right needs to recon with the fact that Marbury vs. Madison was decided wrongly against Mr. Madison.
His first term was stymied by bureaucrats. His second is set to be stymied by judges.
The right needs to recon with the fact that Marbury vs. Madison was decided wrongly against Mr. Madison.
17.03.202511:19
St. Patricks day
"I knew not the true God . . . The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelief . . . I was not worthy . . . Love of God and fear of Him increased more and more . . . By the help of God so it came to pass . . . Because of His indwelling Spirit who hath worked in me until this day . . . Let who will laugh and insult . . . Though I be rude in all things . . . I baptize so many thousands of men . . . the Lord ordained clergy everywhere by means of my mediocrity . . . The Lord is mighty to grant to me afterward to be myself spent for your souls."
- The Confession of St. Patrick
"I knew not the true God . . . The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelief . . . I was not worthy . . . Love of God and fear of Him increased more and more . . . By the help of God so it came to pass . . . Because of His indwelling Spirit who hath worked in me until this day . . . Let who will laugh and insult . . . Though I be rude in all things . . . I baptize so many thousands of men . . . the Lord ordained clergy everywhere by means of my mediocrity . . . The Lord is mighty to grant to me afterward to be myself spent for your souls."
- The Confession of St. Patrick
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23.02.202501:24
If you sell all your belongings and use the cash to buy drugs, the GDP goes up. This is what Capitalism does to entire nations.
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20.04.202514:45
"And on the third day He rose again..." from Bach's Mass in B minor.
06.03.202508:28
For the Reformed Sanhedrin who object against Lent, St. Bullinger in the 2nd Helvetic Confession wrote:
The fast of Lent is attested by antiquity but not at all in the writings of the apostles. Therefore it ought not, and cannot, be imposed on the faithful. It is certain that formerly there were various forms and customs of fasting... Socrates, the historian, says: "Because no ancient text is found concerning this matter, I think the apostles left this to every man's own judgment, that every one might do what is good without
fear or constraint" (Hist. eccles. V.22, 40).
The Reformed position is merely against binding the conscience to rituals not explicitly commanded in Scripture, not that such practices are not good, appropriate, godly, and beneficial.
The fast of Lent is attested by antiquity but not at all in the writings of the apostles. Therefore it ought not, and cannot, be imposed on the faithful. It is certain that formerly there were various forms and customs of fasting... Socrates, the historian, says: "Because no ancient text is found concerning this matter, I think the apostles left this to every man's own judgment, that every one might do what is good without
fear or constraint" (Hist. eccles. V.22, 40).
The Reformed position is merely against binding the conscience to rituals not explicitly commanded in Scripture, not that such practices are not good, appropriate, godly, and beneficial.
22.02.202505:11
People bemoaning the lower deportation numbers under Trump vs Biden have a very legitimate point.
However, most deportations occur via apprehensions at the border. Since border crossings are down to near zero, of course deportations will be lower.
This highlights the main issue: deporting migrants already here will take more strategic steps.
1) Use volunteers to aid deportations
2) Stop remittances by either taxation or banking regulations
3) Cut off all Federal funding to state and local gov'ts which give benefits to illegals
However, most deportations occur via apprehensions at the border. Since border crossings are down to near zero, of course deportations will be lower.
This highlights the main issue: deporting migrants already here will take more strategic steps.
1) Use volunteers to aid deportations
2) Stop remittances by either taxation or banking regulations
3) Cut off all Federal funding to state and local gov'ts which give benefits to illegals
20.04.202508:27
But nowe is Christ risen from the dead, and was made the first fruites of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, euen so in Christ shall all be made aliue. (1 Cor. 15:20-22, GEN)
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
13.04.202508:31
27.03.202502:08
I forgive thy treason,
I redeem thy fall,
For iron, cold iron,
Must be master of men all.
-- Rudyard Kipling
https://youtu.be/nFD9dqZUpE8?si=Y2EfF2z3pUAbfHs2
I redeem thy fall,
For iron, cold iron,
Must be master of men all.
-- Rudyard Kipling
https://youtu.be/nFD9dqZUpE8?si=Y2EfF2z3pUAbfHs2
05.03.202508:59
21.02.202509:55
We can pray for Pope Francis as a rebellious and sinful man -- pray that he repents before his last breath.
We can also pray that Rome is reformed in a more conservative and biblically faithful direction even if she doesn't fully repent.
This is part of praying for our enemies.
We can also pray that Rome is reformed in a more conservative and biblically faithful direction even if she doesn't fully repent.
This is part of praying for our enemies.
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