Tag: devil
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A Spidery Web
I cannot tolerate spiders. In fact, I may even be what people refer to as arachnophobic. I can smash them, but I get real edgy until they’re wiped out. The picture at the heading is one I took a few hours ago. As we were leaving a funeral home, my built in spider alarm went…
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Lucifer Loves Worry
Astrology: the study of how the positions of the stars and movements of the planets have a supposed influence on events and on the lives and behavior of people, is ALMOST as old as mankind. Its author is Lucifer, whose name means “shining one” or “morning star”. Lucifer, at the time of his fall, was…
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The Quiet Lion
When are the devil and his evil compatriots the most dangerous? When they are the noisiest? Or, when they are the quietest? Maybe I’d better back up just a bit and lay some groundwork. The devil is likened to a roaring lion, who is constantly seeking someone to devour. Jesus said the devil only wants to…
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World Peace? Is It Possible?
What do you think it would take to see true peace come to the Middle East? Or is it something we should just give up on? World Peace. Is it possible? Who has the answer? Do you? World peace. Seems impossible to some, and an easy fix for others. I guess it depends on your…
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I’m Gonna Smile!
“I can do it myself, Ollie”, Stan Laurel would say, in his own self-assured way. The brains of the outfit, Oliver Hardy, would smack his partner around while saying, “That’s another fine mess you’ve gotten us into, Stanley.” Watching those guys always put a smile on my face. What a pair. One who’s a bumbling…
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Is Freethinking Free?
How much does it cost to be a freethinker? What is a freethinker? According to the dictionary, it’s a person who forms his or her own opinions about important subjects (such as religion and politics) instead of accepting what other people say. Is that even possible? Form your own opinion? Without anyone’s help or influence?…
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I Believe In The Devil
I believe in the devil. Do you? I believe in the devil, though I’ve never seen his face, can’t say he’s colored bright red or has horns. I believe in the devil, with pitch fork, I doubt, a spiritual being in complete darkness adorned. I believe in the devil, with a beginning and end, unlike…
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Mr. D. and the Bandwagon Believers
Once upon a time, in a land far from here, there lived a large group of people whom the Main Stream Media referred to as heretics. The people were kind hearted, always caring for the poor, the widows, and the orphans. But that didn’t matter to those in charge of the land, or the Main…
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Paul’s Thorn vs. God’s Grace
“And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said…
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