Recently I was in a discussion with an individual with a strong Calvinistic mindset who was adamant about individual predestination (by the way, this was a Oneness preacher). It still amazes me that anyone could espouse such a foolish and erroneous doctrine especially anyone even a hint of the truth of the Apostolic faith. It […]
Month: June 2018
Colony Collapse Disorder
“When the Enemy Comes in Like a Flood” “And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion. And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, […]
The Gospel’s Unavoidable Effect….
The preaching of the Cross of Jesus Christ created a great divide between the world and the Church—two distinctly different systems, scales of value, standards of judgment, sets of laws, which stand contrasted on the two sides of the Cross. The system of each is not only quite different but irreconcilable and forever mutually antagonistic. […]
When Two Very Different Worlds Collide
Even though, geographically speaking, the world of human spectators and the world of animal spectacles were set in the same area, nevertheless, they were never meant to blend together. The spectators and the spectacles were always separated by some barrier that was meant to keep the two from co-mingling. This is how a zoo was […]
The House Spite Built
Around 1882, Patrick McQuade wanted to build some houses on 82nd Street at Lexington Avenue in NYC. The adjoining parcel of land, around the corner on Lexington, was owned by Joseph Richardson. If McQuade could acquire this parcel, he would be able to extend his building all the way to Lexington Avenue, and put windows […]