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I have been listening a lot to to Linkin Park Valentine's Day (video) . Here are some of the lyrics: My insides all turned to ash, so slow, And blew away as I collapsed, so cold A black wind took them away, from sight, And held the darkness over day, that night And the clouds above move closer, Looking so dissatisfied But the heartless wind kept blowing, blowing, I used to be my own protection, but not now Cause my path had lost direction, somehow, A black wind took you away, from sight And held the darkness over day, that night And the clouds above move closer, Looking so dissatisfied And the ground below grew colder, As they put you down inside But the heartless wind kept blowing, blowing So now you're gone, and I was wrong, I never knew what it was like, to be alone On a Valentine's Day, on a Valentine's Day, On a Valentine's Day, on a Valentine's Day On a Valentine's Day, on a Valentine's Day, (I used to be my own protection, but not now) Kind of re...

1 Thess. 5:14 We entreat you also, Brothers--warn the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, give a helping hand to the weak, and be patient with every one. One aspect of my doctoral work is researching the nature of authority, particularly parental authority. Our culture, as a rule, has ambivalence towards authority. Ever since the landing of the Pilgrims, through the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Vietnam, and now Iraq and Afghanistan, the wars that we have fought have ultimately been questions about authority. When the Founding Fathers essentially and eloquently told King George to stick it, this exhibits the rebellious attitude of Americans that has been a defining characteristic. When Hitler went about executing his 1,000 year Reich demonic vision, Americans stood in the gap and said "Not so fast" and acted as a bulwark and then a bulldozer against Nazi aggression. It can be argued that American rebellion has historically been aligned with righteousness (that American...

Genesis 2:7 "And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. " The breath word used (of life) neshama "nesh-aw-maw" (Hebrew) means vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect; a blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit. It is only used in the Bible when human beings are being discussed from what I can discern. I have been considering "The Weight of Glory" essay by C.S. Lewis. I have to admit that there are times in the essay quite often that I get lost in C.S. Lewis' ideas and writing. I was used to having this happen to me in Physics class. But, with writing, this does not happen often. It seemed as if God, through the confluence of circumstances, brought me anew to this piece. The unnerving realization that I have come to is that I thought that I had understood the essay before. Reading it with fresh eyes reveals that there is much learning yet to ...

Recently I downloaded, for free, several books from Olive Tree. Here is a listing of the free resources for the I-Phone. Free is only on my side of the equation. It cost Olive Tree dollars to place this resources for free in their I-Phone App. and website. One of the books that I downloaded, Pilgrim's Progress , was written by author John Bunyan when he was in prison. So, he most certainly was not free when he penned his classic work. Most of the authors of the "free" works wrote under duress and difficulties many centuries ago. John Calvin wrote the Institutes of the Christian Religion in the midst of an busy household and active, and at times, difficult pastorate in Geneva...not in the confines and quietness of a library. He wrote it primarily for his countrymen, the French. "I labored at the task [writing The Institutes] especially for our Frenchmen, for I saw that many were hungering and thirsting after Christ and yet that only a few had any real knowledg...