Jesus, Jesus, Jesus

“Each is asked to stand forth and sing, as he can, a hymn to God, either one from the holy Scriptures or one of his own composing” – Tertullian describing a 2nd century church service Tertullian. 1885. “The Apology.” In Latin Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian, edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe, translated by S. Thelwall, 3:47. The Ante-Nicene Fathers. Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Company. “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus; there’s just something about that nameMaster, Savior, Jesus, like the fragrance after the rain;Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, let all Heaven and earth proclaimKings and kingdoms will all pass awayBut there’s … Continue reading Jesus, Jesus, Jesus

Life saving music

https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtNQ_c1454c69-e7b9-4a7d-a6e1-afe4475c977a “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, And to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, And thy faithfulness every night” – (Psalm 92:1–2, KJV 1900) Kingdom Music! More than music! Saving music! Jesus Jesus Jesus music! Continue reading Life saving music

We allow that life begins with conception

How, then, is a living being conceived? Is the substance of both body and soul formed together at one and the same time? Or does one of them precede the other in natural formation? We indeed maintain that both are conceived, and formed, and perfectly simultaneously, as well as born together; and that not a moment’s interval occurs in their conception, so that a prior place can be assigned to either. Judge, in fact, of the incidents of man’s earliest existence by those which occur to him at the very last. As death is defined to be nothing else than … Continue reading We allow that life begins with conception

Until we come…

“CHAP. XXVI.—SCRIPTURE ALONE OFFERS CLEAR KNOWLEDGE ON THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE BEEN CONTROVERTING Now there is no end to the uncertainty and irregularity of human opinion, until we come to the limits which God has prescribed. I shall at last retire within our own lines and firmly hold my ground there, for the purpose of proving to the Christian (the soundness of) my answers to the Philosophers and the Physicians. Brother (in Christ), on your own foundation build up your faith. Consider the wombs of the most sainted women instinct with the life within them, and their babes which not … Continue reading Until we come…

Than the Author thereof

At all events, you can show us no more powerful expounder of the soul than the Author thereof. From God you may learn about that which you hold of God; but from none else will you get this knowledge, if you get it not from God. For who is to reveal that which God has hidden? To that quarter must we resort in our inquiries whence we are most safe even in deriving our ignorance. For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because He has not revealed it to us, than to know it according … Continue reading Than the Author thereof

Thou dist not seek to know

Most justly, then, every soul is a culprit as well as a witness: in the measure that it testifies for truth, the guilt of error lies on it; and on the day of judgment it will stand before the courts of God, without a word to say. Thou proclaimedst God, O soul, but thou didst not seek to know Him: evil spirits were detested by thee, and yet they were the objects of thy adoration; the punishments of hell were foreseen by thee, but no care was taken to avoid them; thou hadst a savour of Christianity, and withal wert … Continue reading Thou dist not seek to know

No care was taken

“Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels…And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.” – Jesus Matthew 25:41,46 “He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of … Continue reading No care was taken