Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.
"The mass of men leads lives of quiet desperation." - Henry David Thoreau
Q. 2. What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?
A. The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him.
2 Tim. 3:16; Eph. 2:20; 1 John 1:3-4
Westminster Shorter Catechism
I've used it in barrels of water for kind trump (5 years) storage. It inhibits algae growth.
Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?
A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever.
Westminster Shorter Catechism
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"If we are too weak to take charge of our own morality, we shall not be strong enough to take charge of our own liberty."
– Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States, 1923-1929
You can be "pro peace" without being a pacifist
Today in History
On March 27, 1836, more than 340 Texans being held as prisoners by the Mexican army were executed by firing squad at Goliad. It was Palm Sunday. General Santa Anna had ordered that all individuals fighting against Mexico be considered traitors and not soldiers.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas A. Edison
"It is painful being a man, to have to assert the privilege, or the burden, which Christianity lays upon my own sex. I am crushingly aware of how inadequate most of us are, on our actual and historical individualities, to fill the place prepared for us." - C.S. Lewis
Test, test.
Two days of SAFe training... Kill me now!
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"I once was lost but now I'm found, was blind but now I see."
– John Newton
Slave trader turned Christian abolitionist
Today in History
On March 25, 1807, the British Parliament abolished the slave trade throughout the empire.
GM, Nostr! Have a blessed day!
GM Nostr!
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"The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects’ obedience."
– Patrick Henry
Today in U. S. History
On March 18, 1766, the British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act less than a year after enacting it. The unpopular tax was loudly opposed throughout the colonies
We built 4 new ones yesterday, as well. There isn't any dirt here in Texas Hill Country, so this is the only way to go. Going with cedar is $$, but will serve you well, long term.
Yes, I've used tea for a nutrient. Some people put raisons in. I did, with my first few batches, but then I bought some nutrients.
If you're wanting to make a coffee mead, put it in secondary fermentation. I make about a quart of cold brew and letting it steep in the refrigerator overnight.
Mead is a great base for flavoring. I've flavored with tart cherry, cold coffee, habaneros. Good luck!
Stop wasting what little money you have.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
Today in History
On March 12, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi began a 241-mile march to protest the British Salt Acts, which prohibited the people of India from collecting or selling their own salt. Instead, they were forced to use heavily taxed British-made salt.
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"Withholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government."
– Mahatma Gandhi
There's an excellent movie (there are several, to be fair) called "Unbroken" that deals with the life of POWs in Japanese internment camps.
Today In History
On March 11, 1942, General Douglas MacArthur was ordered by President Franklin Roosevelt to abandon Corregidor Island and some 90,000 American and Filipino troops.
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"I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within."
– Douglas MacArthur
"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself." - Robert E Lee