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The Tyrant

- December 28, 2023

He was a world leader. To some a liberation. To others a terrorist. He will die one day. In the brevity of life, soon. His legacy on this earth will be as dust. All the blood He spilled and money gained never could buy back his soul. The arms companies and profiteers he thought were friends, thrived off of the sacrifices on his proverbial altars. One day they also will perish. He taught that citizens could be acceptable losses, collateral damage, killed as a necessary evil. He didn’t realise the same argument could be made against him and his sponsors. The world didn't need, want or like him. In the end as he looked in the mirror he saw evil and he felt the same way. What was there to like? All his empires will be brought to ruin. Even his body would return to the dust. Meaningless, Meaningless all so Meaningless. He had grasped after the wind. Now his dust would blow there. ~ DTH ~

Righteousness of the Kingdom as preached at Kelso Evangelical Church

- December 03, 2023

17 Injunctions For Embodied Faith

“True evangelical faith is of such a nature it cannot lie dormant, but spreads itself out in all kinds of righteousness and fruits of love; it dies to flesh and blood (1); it destroys all lusts and forbidden desires (2); it seeks, serves and fears God in its inmost soul (3); it clothes the naked (4); it feeds the hungry (5); it comforts the sorrowful (6); it shelters the destitute (7); it aids and consoles the sad (8); it does good to those who do it harm (9); it serves those that harm it (10); it prays for those who persecute it (11); it teaches, admonishes and judges us with the Word of the Lord (12); it seeks those who are lost (13); it binds up what is wounded (14); it heals the sick (15); it saves what is strong (sound) (16); it becomes all things to all people (17). The persecution, suffering and anguish that come to it for the sake of the Lord’s truth have become a glorious joy and comfort to it.” (Menno Simons)