Month: December 2021

Here we see the opening credits at the commencement of the story in the book: “I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, and each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses…

I would like to wish all my readers a  very happy, blessed, and merry Christmas! I know some Christians believe only Biblical holidays should be observed – those who follow the regulative principle of worship, which only allows that which Scripture explicitly allows. I follow the normative principle of worship. I believe we can do…

The ominously named Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica is at serious risk of total collapse within the next 3 years. The Thwaites Glacier, otherwise known as the Doomsday Glacier, is approximately the size of Florida or Great Britain! It is the widest glacier on Earth, spanning roughly 80 miles (120 kilometers) and extending down between 2,600-3,900…

Here is an old book that is in the public domain (copyright expired), called Lectures on Calvinism by Abraham Kuyper.  Kuyper was once Prime Minister of the Netherlands. He was Reformed, specifically Dutch Reformed, and was also a theologian and pastor. The book covers what a Reformed, and hence biblical, outlook should be. This book…

  Three kings from the EastFollowed the StarThey traveled far The Star stoppedAbove a manger so brightIt radiated light Eventually they arrivedAt Bethlehem in the northwestThey brought their best Gold, frankincense and myrrhGifts for the newborn KingAngelic hosts did sing Shepherds tending their sheepSaw angels appearThey said to not fear The choirs of angels praisedThe…

Atoms fuse together The small particles Combining with larger  Enormous energy Released in an instant Mathematical precision A deadly calculus A blinding flash of light Brighter than the sun Suddenly a shock wave Obliterates  Everything in its path  Then raging heat A firestorm Bodies seared by the blaze People become shadows A horrible transformation  Cities…

Oh my meaty, swollen bellySmacking my bellyIt is a gut most swelly Smack to the left and rightSmacking my bellyIt’s outta sight Smack it up and downSmacking my bellyBrings me such renown Oh what a sightSmacking my bellyGives me such delight Smack it at night and daySmacking my bellyI smack it without delay Such sweet…

  In the Garden Man had fallen from graceIt doomed the human race Man was lostIn hopelessness and painSin and death would now reign Because of divine loveThere formed a planTo save wretched man A Savior was neededA spotless LambThe great I AM God the Son would comeTo set mankind freeFrom his estate lowly God…

In my estimation, Sir Anthony Hopkins is the greatest actor of his generation! And one of the top 5 best actors of all time. I recall watching him as an 8 year old child in 1984, he starred opposite Mel Gibson in The Bounty as William Bligh. He played captain of the Royal Navy ship…