Month: June 2019
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Sunday Sonnet.
The paraphrase continues, and the text Locke wrote a sonnet on here is Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. (Ps 51:9). Locke, as a Christian, prays as we all ought: Look not how I/Am foul by sin; but make me by your grace/Pure in thy mercies sake. Loke on […]
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30 June 19
If you look at a church and the groups therein, look at what is happening. We are human, we are fallen, we continue to show signs of our fallen state. The world loves to see us. The test is do we see something else: love joy peace patience kindness goodness and gentleness. Knowing that those […]
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29 June 19
39 ‘See now that I, I am He,And there is no god besides Me;It is I who put to death and give life.I have wounded and it is I who heal,And there is no one who can deliver from My hand.40 ‘Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven,And say, as I live forever,41 If I sharpen My […]
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Administrivia.
This is a semi regular update of where things are at. Firstly, and before discussing modifications, the current stats programs are wildly variant. For the last 30 days you get the following. Note that I did not install referrer spam until today, thus one of these things is not like the other. Visitors Page Views […]
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Myopic culture.
I find myself again talking about Folau, because it is interesting how over time the field is moving. The issue is not about Folau’s faith — or indeed if people are offended by this. It is about if an employer can stop someone tweeting. In Australia, Folau has more support than the media and activists. […]
Civil War is horrid, and the current woke believe that they will not see it, though they are trying to not leave any escapes for those who they consider the perpetrators of hatred, according to their theory. It will be horrid. Woodpile has predictions, and this is one of the more mild. I would add […]
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28 June 19
This scripture needs to be read in context, for otherwise the people Paul is opposing are not clear. “They” were Judiazers, preaching that Christians should obey the Mosaic law and also that they should be circumcised, as the Jews were. Their method was to cast out those from the church or their fellowship who would […]
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Adios, Zuck.
I have deactivated facebook. The only utility I have from the Faceborg is messenger (snapchat and instagram went ages ago), and as soon as I can that will go too. Then I will delete the account. I can tolerate a level of censorship from the NZ authorities — I can vote to get them out. […]
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27 Jun 19
5 Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you fail the test? 6 But I trust that you will realize that we ourselves do not fail the test. 7 Now we pray to God that you do no […]