Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
Edmund Burke

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers.
“The God of Israel will be your rereward.” – Isaiah 52:12
Security from Yesterday. “God requireth that which is past.” At the end of the year we turn with eagerness to all that God has for the future, and yet anxiety is apt to arise from remembering the [...]

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting that vote.
Benjamin Franklin

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers.
“All my fresh springs shall be in Thee.” – Psalms 87:7
Our Lord never patches up our natural virtues, He re-makes the whole man on the inside. “Put on the new man,” i.e., see that your natural human life puts on the garb that is in keeping with [...]

“The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly…it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.”
Joseph Goebbels – Nazi Propaganda Minister

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers.
“From that time many of His disciples went back, and walked no more with Him.” – John 6:66
When God gives a vision by His Spirit through His word of what He wants, and your mind and soul thrill to it, if you do not walk in the [...]

I just thought I’d update what I’m up to lately. I had a great Christmas. I hope all of you did too. It was the first time I had to split my Christmas between my family and that of a significant other. We spent Christmas Eve day and the day before at my family’s place [...]

“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others.”
Thomas Jefferson – Notes on Virginia, 1782.

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers.
“Except ye be converted, and become as little children… .” – Matthew 18:3
These words of Our Lord are true of our initial conversion, but we have to be continuously converted all the days of our lives, continually to turn to God as children. If we trust to [...]

“The right to freedom being the gift of the Almighty…The rights of the colonists as Christians…may be best understood by reading and carefully studying the institution of The Great Law Giver and Head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament.”
Samuel Adams