Family Matters

4 Feb., 2020 (0705) (Following the death of Matthew) Thinking of youI doAnd the land Shifts under my feet.O how sweetWas life when youWere with usWith laughter and joyOver everything.You did live it wellBut who can tellOf the fulfillment of a courseWhen the One who gave lifeEnds it without notice?Oh, He knows more than anyWhat […]

22 Feb., 2020 The Evil One has come to steal Life and joy from those Who belong to Him WhoDied for them Forever putting down that sin Which would separate us From our Maker, Savior and Lord. So he prowls about as if he were Something to fear and from whom To flee. Be we […]

January 2020 after the death of Matthew We live, we dieHe lived, He died.He rose again.He spoke the truth,Said we will Like Him rise.And who is wiseTo shun those liesThat tell us we are butDust in the wind? Remembering a nephew departed, we proclaim: He lives.

The aftermath Long and dreary, The people are gone To their places of rest. And to rest I too would go And be with him If I could Were it right to do. O to be with you, son! But you have won. We are still here And you are there Where we will be Forever […]

30 Jan., 2020 We are all on the same path Yet we all fall from it And so meet death At some time and some placeWe don’t know when or where But death is, indeed, there He met him unexpectedly In the middle of the night That enemy came for him And he thought he […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

24 Nov., 2019 We don’t forgive ourselves. This is false teaching driven by an error in doctrine. God is the Maker and Judge of us. He is the Savior and the Forgiver. We don’t “forgive ourselves.” We confess our sins against Him and receive from Him forgiveness. He is the offended One. We are the […]

16 Oct., 2019 Dear prisoners, You are altogether sons of bitches. Singularly you are, each one, a son of a bitch. (Here is the word defined: “a malicious, unpleasant, selfish woman” or “a thoroughly disliked person.”) Each of you has a mother who is a descendant of Adam. You are his descendants, born into sin. […]

5 Sept., 2019 Robert Verbruggen, writing for the “conservative” National Review, vies for approval and toleration of sodomy (Sept. 3, 2019, “Death of the ‘Gay Gene’”; see https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/death-of-the-gay-gene/). Since he finds persuasive evidence of this “orientation” to be genetic, sodomy must therefore merit approval and toleration. What is “natural” is good and must be permitted […]

23 August, 2019 The practice is at least as old as the Scriptures. And, indeed, Holy Writ calls for it! Why then, in our incessant folly, do we insist upon paying out lots of money to lock people up in jail rather than apply that therapeutic, Biblical solution? Here is a 20th century clip of […]

(Inspired by [and in mockery of] Country Joe McDonald’s tirade at Woodstock against Americans in the Viet Nam War.) Modern Godless culture is all about sex, dope, and murder: Verse 1Well its one, two, threeOh won’t ya let me beDon’t ask if that baby’s aliveI don’t need no prolife jive Verse 2‘Cause I’m pro-choice an’ […]

30 May, 2019 What is the case for it for Christians? Are we not part of a new nation, a new people, the “people of God”? What have we to do with classic nationalism, carved out by geographical, linguistic, and legacy lines? Are Christians doctrinally committed only to those holding Christian citizenship, submission to the […]

Seized To Pay $1 Million Federal Judgment Against Her Husband 25 Mar, 2008 Along with her defendant husband, Jayne Bray (51) and her eight minor children have been threatened by the federal government to have their home (owned by husband and wife) taken away. Federal marshals arrived on 1 October, 2007 and removed computers, office […]

Battered by the U.S. Government, NOW, and PP But Unbowed 7 May, 2019 Jayne Bray has long suffered for righteousness’ sake. When her husband lost is job on a church staff in 1984 for exposing the then-American Lutheran Church apostasy, she had to tighten the belt of the family as Reformation Lutheran Church was born. […]

27 April, 2019 That title above might have been the headline story regarding 56-year-old Darlene Brison’s killing of 49-year-old Reginald Stewart. Instead, the title of the story presented by Riverfronttimes.com is “He Called Me a One-Eyed Bitch… So I Shot Him,” Accused Murderer Says (See https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2019/04/25/he-called-me-a-one-eyed-bitch-so-i-shot-him-accused-murderer-says?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=articleblog&utm_campaign=rightrail&utm

Yeah. A fellow who wants to “get around” needs some back-up in case things don’t go right. Don’t want to get caught, yo’ know. If the wife finds out, well that would be bad for the family. Got to think of the kids: family break up, low view of their father; none of it is […]

8 February, 2019 The first is a class of people who, despite efforts to do right and live responsibly, have suffered the fate of deprivation and stand in need of shelter. They suffer the from of whims of Fate, or the will of God. The second is that class of people which happily chooses to […]

7 Feb., 2019 I did don my varsity cleaning attire And did wash and scrub everything everywhere Leaving anything, I did not dare! For pain, suffering, weariness I did not care My beloved was counting on me Beyond this truth nothing I could see Off then, I labored through filth and pee! Confident then in […]