Open Blogging

Em says:

facts are tedious, particularly a full half hour plus of them, but Susan Collins address just now proved that she is worthy of the title U.S. Senator and i say that whether one agrees with her conclusion or not – i only caught one catch phrase, all the rest of her address was a litany of facts proven, not possibles or unsubstantiated emotion … but then some will always say that Kavanaugh was not THOROUGHLY investigated… there are some things, and this makes most of us cringe a bit, that can only be substantiated by God, Himself….

Em says:

BrianD… thank you for a smile tonight… May i add…
Don’t forget when buying eggs, do not purchase an 18 count carton cuz that is …. 6 6 6, too
When driving, do not go 60 mph, because in 3 hours…..
If you cycle, 6 mph is also dangerous…. skateboarders wil just have to rely on grace, i guess
Avoid the number six at all costs, just to be safe. ?. LOL

Dan from Georgia says:

wait….

666mph = mach number of the beast

BrianD says:

stol–BORROWED from The Wartburg Watch

Jean says:

A New Creation

“Therefore, a new creature is the work of the Holy Spirit that through faith frees the heart from heavy loads; brings about the fear of God, love, modesty; etc. The Spirit also grants the courage to subdue the flesh and to flee from the righteousness and wisdom of the world. Here, we are not talking about watercolors or a new external species but a fact so real you can carry with you. Another thought pattern and way to judge things – namely, spiritual – is born. Whatever previously was praiseworthy is now detested….

“Therefore, to change your garments and other external things (as the monks imagine) is not the same as a new creation. Instead, it is the renewal of the mind through the Holy Spirit from which proceeds a change in the body’s members and emotions, for when the heart has been illumined by a new light, a new way to understand things, and by new emotions conceived by the Gospel, the external feelings are also renewed. Now the ears desire to hear the word of God and not the traditions and fantasies of men. The mouth and the tongue no longer boast of their own works, righteousness, and regulations. Now they ceaselessly and joyfully magnify God’s mercy offered to us in Jesus Christ. These changes, so to speak, are not in mere words but are real. They bring a new way of thinking, a new will, new feelings; the flesh will feel new sensations and carry out new actions. Now the eyes, ears, mouth, and tongue no longer see, hear, and talk as they did before. Rather, the mind approves and takes different stands than it did before. Previously, blinded by the papal errors and such darkness, we imagined that God was a merchant, who was selling us His grace in exchange for our works and merits. But now in the light of the Gospel, we are given the assurance that we are counted as righteous by faith in Christ alone. We praise and magnify God’s mercy, rejoice and glory in the only assurance and guarantee that there is, which is God’s mercy through Jesus Christ. If we are to suffer trials or affliction, we carry them with joy and gladness although the flesh moans and complains. This is what Paul calls being born into a new creation.”

– Martin Luther’s Commentary on Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians (1535), translated by Haroldo Camacho (2018), Gal. 6:15, p. 522-23

The New Victor says:

My mother got a PO Box in the next town, 95665 rather than 95666 where she lived.

Jean says:

“[M]ob demonstrations”; “[B]ellowing, mindlessly”; “serious problem”; “666 written all over these mobs.”

Yes, I too remember the Tea Party demonstrations against President Obama. The Kenyon; the Muslim; the President who wanted to take away your guns; the enemy of America.

The leader who had the courage to say what most people (who are brainwashed) believe: that in this country, the richest country in the world, everyone should have access to good, affordable healthcare. Yes I remember that demonic dream too.

Jean says:

It’s not an out of control minority. It is aggrieved minorities (plural).

Why?

“[A]s it is written: ‘None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one. Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive. The venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery, There is no fear of God before their eyes.’ ”

What sickens me is not the heathen who don’t claim to belong to Christ (What else do you expect?), but the heathen who peddle filth in the name of Christ.

Jean says:

The danger to the Republic are not the pawns, like the ones who occupy public lands illegally at gunpoint, but the moneyed interests who are strip mining our country for short term gain.

Headless Unicorn Guy says:

“666 Number of the beast
668 Neighbor of the beast
660 Approximate number of the beast…”

333 – Eric the ‘alf a Beast