Category: Beliefs
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Readable Books
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As I said the other day, the most popular pages on herbthiel.com are the pages I made about the order to read Louis L’Amour’s books about the Chantry, Sackett, and Talon families. He is one of the most popular authors around, even though he doesn’t always get mentioned in articles…
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Swear an Oath Or Vow or Affirm Or Promise
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Mat 5:33 – 37 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne: Nor by the…
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Merry Xmas!
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Wait! Wait! Back! Put the torches down! Ouch! Watch out with those pitch forks! They’re pointy! Stop! Let me explain! Okay. So. (phew!) Here’s the deal. The X in Xmas has been there since the year 1021 AD. Actually, before that, but it was an abbreviation by some Aglo-Saxon scribe,…
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Eleven Questions
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As I mentioned yesterday, Brothers Campfire nominated me for the Sunshine Blogger Award, which was a really cool honor to me, until I read the rules. One of the rules is “Nominate 11 new blogs.” It was then I started realizing, I haven’t been out blog hopping for a long…
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Dead Drunk
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I wrote the original piece in ’05 when the thing happened. I found the re-post I did in ’08. When I saw the title in the archives I re-read and recalled the whole sad, sickening thing. My question is still valid. Why isn’t alcohol a prescription drug? Why do I…
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An Interesting Storm Is Brewing
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I was working on a piece about the various sites I frequent on a regular basis when I saw a news article headline that said Joe Biden was denied communion because of his stance on abortion. The headline showed up on many sites but it was pretty much the same…
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The Wise Man Built His House On The Duplos
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When you are teaching Sunday School to ten, eleven, and twelve-year-olds one of the problems that you run into is that they either know everything or know nothing, often both. When you have a very familiar story then sometimes you want to find a different angle to come at it…
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Abortion
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Warning. This post contains a partial description of one of these procedures and may not be appropriate for young kids. We live in a vile and twisted society. This is an offensive and off-putting topic but murdering children before they are even born is equally offensive and off-putting. God creates…
