Independence Day

I recommend this set of videos where Newt Gingrich talks about the importance of defending one's Christian Identity. If you are short on time, at least watch segment 2, We Are Where Paul Was.


http://www.torenewamerica.com/gingrich-nh-renewal-project

I had planned to write a bit, but this is better.

Midsummer Eve

If you haven't celebrated Midsummer's Eve yet, tonight is your last chance. Apparently the holiday is fairly fluid on setting dates. Strictly celestially speaking, this year's summer solstice occurred June 21st at 12:45 AM EST. That means Midsummer Eve's earliest date this year was sundown on June 20th. That is the one that is most widely recognized, However, there are other ways to calculate Midsummer Night. Sometimes the birthday of St John the Baptist is used; that would make it June 23rd. Another way to calculate it is by the Full Moon nearest the summer solstice, and that is tonight.

Why?

Why is it that the people who use you as a doormat get angry when you don't say, "Welcome?"

God, Arbor Day, and Ents

It was there in the beginning…
Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden ~ Genesis 2:9

And it will be there in the end…
On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. ~ Revelation 22:2

Unless you live your life hanging out exclusively with Ultra-labeled fundamentalists, someone will be quick to tell you that the Tree of Life is allegorical. Convinced that no one tree could really give immortality, they will argue that for it to be a literal tree, it would require huge differences between the laws of nature that govern Eden and Heaven and those that govern Earth. They will claim a literal interpretation requires an equally vast difference in God's dealings with man.

To which I say, yes, that is the point, isn't it? Eden was and heaven is different than Earth.
But as it turns out, it really isn't all that much about the tree's genomes anyway. Its about the water.

And how does that work? Not a clue. … Well, maybe one clue. That clue is in Ezekiel 47:12
"By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing."

The fruit gains its healing properties because their water flows from the sanctuary, a consecrated place.

Ent-draught (to be continued)

Earth Day ~ A day late & a dollar short

It occurred to me that the way most people celebrate Earth Day, if indeed it's a celebration at all, is by dwelling on lack and shortages. That is a peculiar form of celebration; instead of rest, gifts and laughter, it is a day of work, sacrifice, and lecturing. It is sort of like an un-Thanksgiving.

And who is there to thank on Earth Day? Gaia? Hardly.

Earth Day is an event spawned from evolutionist thinking.


The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof,
the world and those who dwell therein,
for he has founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the rivers.
sings the psalmist of №24.


The difference in perspective is substantial. Evolutionists serve the earth rooted in fear that it is running short, wearing out, and getting dirty. Creationists preserve the earth to honor the Creator.

April Fool's Day

It has been a rugged winter, but March finally went out like a lamb.

Remember how you are supposed to let sleeping dogs lie?
These sled dogs are provoking me to jealousy.

Spring Poetry

First a howling blizzard woke us,
Then the rain came down to soak us,
And now before the eye can focus -
Crocus.
~Lilja Rogers


Awake, thou wintry earth -
Fling off thy sadness!
Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth
Your ancient gladness!
~Thomas Blackburn, "An Easter Hymn"


So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD
His going forth is as certain as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the rain,
Like the spring rain watering the earth.
Hosea 6:3