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Peter Hitchens, brother to acerbic atheist Christopher, came back to Christ
One of the differences is comparing temporary death with eternal death. This is serious stuff.
To inaugurate his atheism, 15-year-old Peter Hitchens burned his Bible outside his Cambridge boarding school in 1967 in front of a group of curious and enthusiastic fellow students.
The desecration turned out to be anti-climatic. The Bible didn’t catch fire in the hoped-for dramatic fashion. As a matter of fact, the thick stack of paper pages were poor kindling and the wind put it out. Only with much coaxing and much patience did it partially burn. His friends, eager to gawk at the anti-God defiance, lost interest and drifted away.
Today, Peter Hitchens, has come full circle. After enlisting with Troskty communists and championing atheist causes, he is now back to Christianity. His older brother Christopher, a media darling and atheistic provocateur with a best-seller God is Not Great, never came back to faith.
The brothers faced-off in a 2008 debate in Grand Rapids over the existence of God. Peter…
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When things get rough
Carpet bombing.
When we take our eyes off Jesus we begin to sink
“When we take our eyes off Jesus we begin to sink. And yet, often when we are sinking, we don’t have the wisdom to cry out, Lord save me!” – Daily Inspiration
How true is that?? We know better. We know we should give thanks. We know we should ask for help. We know we should work God’s will. We know we should ask God to bless others and ourselves. We know we should ask for forgiveness. How easy it is to take our eye off the ball?
Peter Hitchens on atheism, faith and the relationship with his brother, anti-theist Christopher
Peter Hitchens at right.
I set fire to my Bible on the playing fields of my Cambridge boarding school one bright, windy spring afternoon in 1967. I was 15 years old. The book did not, as I had hoped, blaze fiercely and swiftly.
Only after much blowing and encouragement did I manage to get it to ignite at all, and I was left with a disagreeable, half-charred mess.
Most of my small invited audience drifted away long before I had finished, disappointed by the anticlimax and the pettiness of the thing. Thunder did not mutter.
It would be many years before I would feel a slight shiver of unease about my act of desecration. Did I then have any idea of the forces I was trifling with?
In truth, it was not much of a Bible. It was bound in shiny pale blue boards with twiddly writing on the cover…
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Self-control
Self-control is man’s highest need. Without it you will never become who and what God intended you to be. – Daily Inspirations, Catholic Ministries
The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure. 1 Corinthians 10:13
Cats: Brain surgeons of the animal world
“Does this box make my butt look big?”
A sign of the end times?
The Chicago Cubs could be in the World Series? The Iowa Hawkeyes go 7 – 0 ? Donald Trump has a real chance to be President of the United States? Were all these events foretold in the Book of Revelations? No. But, these are indeed scary times we live in. Change is in the air. We’ll know the end is near if Hillary is brought up on charges for destroying evidence and flaunting every security protocol in the book. Nope, ain’t gonna happen. Live long and prosper.
Psalm 84
One day spent in your house, this beautiful place of worship, beats thousands spent on Greek island beaches.
I’d rather scrub floors in the house of my God
than be honored as a guest in the palace of sin.
Carrot cake and kitties
There may be desserts as good as this carrot cake, but none better!
Chai Smoothie and Mocha Frostie (at Grounds for Celebration in Beaverdale)
(waiting for the smoothies)
Then on to the Cat ‘n’ around Cat Club cat show at the Fairgrounds
Alvin the exotic shorthair
Crowd favorite Bubba!
Mr. Fancy pants, otherwise known as Bi-Polar Bear
Apollo (bad hair day)
A couple of unrepentant Selkirk’s
A trip to the Wynnsong for a matinee of War Room
Not your typical Hollywood “Christian” movie, this one had Jesus in it (The “war room” was a prayer closet where she and a woman she mentored each changed their lives by relying on God)
all photos by DME
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