I win, not when my enemy looses, but when my enemy is won.

With the flight of the Huguenots a general decline settled upon France. ... Paris became one vast almshouse, and it is estimated that, at the breaking out of the Revolution, two hundred thousand paupers claimed charity from the hands of the king.  The Jesuits alone flourished in the decaying nation, and ruled with dreadful tyranny over churches and schools, the prisons and the galleys.

There are times when a man falls prey to the notion of peace: when eternity appears far grander than tomorrow's victory. But there are no lacking reminders to the import of domination, though never are they invigorated with true founded substance; it is the sheer weight of persistence, of insistence, that never loses – or, at least, never admits a loss.

Reading Acts 12:1-19 I was struck by the fact that God brought about a miraculous answer to prayer while the church was earnestly praying; but, their faith couldn't have been all that strong, because they didn't believe it was possible that the man at the door could be Peter.  This story should be an encouragement to us.  Apparently taking the time to gather and pray is enough to unle

The Seventh-day Adventist church publishes a quarterly lesson guide for studying the bible.  This is often used by churches as the core of their adult Sabbath school class.  Generally, I've been more annoyed and disappointed than blessed by it, preferring instead to directly study the bible.  Today I was glancing over a lesson, and hit on a statement I think is well worth sharing

I have many weeks of notes and observations from our study of Revelation.  I am posting these as questions and answers.  Please add your thoughts if you are so inclined, but don't be overwhelmed by the volume of new posts. :)

If this doesn't freak you out, I don't know what will.  The video's a bit slow, but watch the whole thing to get a feel for what we're dealing with.  The establishment is pushing for a one world government.

From lewrockwell.com:

When then Jesus said to His disciples, “In the world, kings lord it over their subjects . . . Not so with you”; He was not beckoning His followers to a legalistic withdrawal from society out of concern for moral purity.

Thanks to Ron for the heads-up.

Seen on lewrockwell.com:

"Battle doesn’t determine who is right. Only who is left." -- Peter Bowman, from 'Beach Red'

and Somer came across this one:

Most people don't understand authority; they confuse it with power. Of course it doesn't help that we have a government that claims authority. The government doesn't have authority; it has power. Authority requires authorship. God made us, not the government. God and parents are the only legitimate authorities.  Thankfully God has both ultimate power and authority.

I think it's funny that Obama bowed to the Saudi king.

I had a discussion with an individual I respect, who, upon learning my views on the state, (and I thought I presented them ever so clearly and gently this time), challenged me to "find [him] one state level person or group that [has] used 'aggression and coercion' and [is] not in jail because of it."  I listed the IRS, FEMA, DoE, DoT, DoD, Homeland security, etc.  To this he

I just saw this headline on ABC News: Obama Team 'Incredibly Confident' of Recovery This Year.  According to Rockwell's law, we should always believe the opposite of what government tells us -- so apparently things are going to fall apart this year.

I just ended a phone conversation with my sister who is quite convinced that I'm completely closed-minded, and have wandered off the deep end of reality; we were continuing our discussion on the following of Jesus and using copyrights.

A good portion of our discussion was setting the scope of my previous statements.  I had to clarify