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Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear...
View ArticleDoes the Bible condemn laziness and stupidity?
Proverbs 6:6-9 KJV Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How...
View ArticleSeek me while you can!
Wisdom calls aloud in the street She raises her voice in the public squares At the noisy streets she cries out In the gateways of the city she makes her speech How long will you simple ones love your...
View ArticleI’m an agnostic. (Don’t ask me why.)
Last month I posted the following Facebook status. I’m an agnostic. (Don’t ask me why.) I meant it mainly as a joke. Let me explain. An agnostic is someone who doesn’t know. So if you ask me why I’m an...
View ArticleOpen thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to...
Today I’m happy for John Banks that his conviction for electoral fraud has been overturned, and sad for my leftie friends on Facebook who have seized the opportunity to spew yet more hatred and bile....
View ArticleThe Hobbit is a Biblically Inspired Story
[Guest post by Julian Crawford, Leader of the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party.] It is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien was a devout Christian, who attended church daily and was responsible for bringing...
View ArticleNever wrestle with a pig
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes. (NIV)
View ArticleSalt is a four-letter word
[WARNING: This blog post contains lots of very strong language and is practically guaranteed to give offence to weak-minded prudes. Please proceed at your own risk.] The use–mention distinction is a...
View ArticleThe Word of God is inerrant. His scribes, not so much.
Jesus is inerrant, but the Bible isn’t. Anyone who’s spent any time in serious study of the Bible (or even someone who’s only delved into it intermittently) will have discovered, for themselves,...
View ArticleTomorrow’s dreams
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. Now listen, you...
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