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Not at the moment. I did read a biography on him a few years ago, but I don't remember many details, not the title, nor the author. Just general impressions. I liked him and his goals, but I would liked to have seen him take action personally on the slavery issue. He did not do it and apparently...

Someone was growing! Eventually, Joshua would be ready to take the place of Moses. We, now today, should be growing to take the place of Jesus here: "As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." John 9:5 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I...

Yes, only Moses was ready! Then comes our Jesus, a greater than Moses if you will, to make it possible for us to get ready to actually go up higher as we are called and as we are lifted up. They could only approach to the foot of the mountain, but we cleansed and clothed by and through the...

Amen! Very good, short and to the right point... "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all...

I am glad to see that you have seen that. Few people take hold of the problem with Job's expression. Our own ways have always been men's trouble, the root of men's problems.

Yes, unfortunately there are people who will set things up right... but then if and when money starts to flow through them they lose their good heart and replace it with the love of money. I would guess this has happend to people long before there were computers or an Internet or Christian...

Yes, there is time to be silent... and sometimes it will arrive after we have spoken our piece... but worse for us before we have even begun to talk. Being able to recognize that and obey the lead of the Spirit can be difficult. God help us. Jesus lived the example of this for when they were...

The same things, I guess, may be seen at times in many non-Catholic followers of Christ. When I was a young Pentecostal, my first assembly had a day where everyone went out together to witness in the downtown area to anyone and everyone who would listen. I was scared to death and that did not...

Before joining a Christian forum for the first time about 20 years ago I thought I knew all about belief differences, but I really had no idea. But all of these things in their great variety for the most part are nothing at all. Now, my experience on forums has helped me understand what Solomon...

He had some serious personal issues. Our old friend, Nancy, [not the Nancy on this forum] got pretty close to him and defensive on his behalf because she knew his story. He was one that knew a lot about Catholicism but often missed the boat when it came to God. For me, when I was a Catholic...

Another old preacher I know named it creeping worldliness.

Ha Ha on that one. I recall once on that forum having an open discussion on that very question. Of course the name had been there before me and it remains today. I visited there briefly a couple of days ago and saw lots of posts, but the only name on any of them was Catholic Crusader. Anyone who...

The process is slow everywhere, whatever the process is. It is I think rare that one single short duration event makes that much immediate difference. In the words of Solomon: "Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes." Song of Solomon 2:15...

The problem was with what were known called piracy on north African nations against American and other commercial ships. The following was copied from Wikipedia for a brief description: The First Barbary War (1801–1805), also known as the Tripolitanian War and the Barbary Coast War, was the...

Well I was born in 1943 when FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt] was in his third term so for me that would make 14 Presidents during my lifetime so far. I don't recall much about FDR personally but I am able to connect events of my own life to probably all of the others. For example I was attending...

It's been a good while since I read one of his biographies, but my impressions are close to yours regarding his belief in God and its connection with being President. I have just begun reading another book which so far confirms my opinion. Again I agree from my readings that our 1st President...

Yes, but in spite of maturity in a sense on the one hand, on the other hand, we should realize surely how immature we still really are in the eyes of God. I wouldn't pat anyone on the back too hard here yet giving them a well done. God helped the natural Israelites of old and He has helped...

Yes, I do see the Christian efforts of so many leaders in the beginning of this nation among those arriving from Europe. Maybe we have some really Christian leaders today, but I don't know them. Probably a real believer cannot go very high these days in the hierarchy of secular government...

Time also is the Lord's! How much do each of us personally have... without regard to what may or not sooner or later happen to this world around us: "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:" A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a...

Even so sister! The same is the case here in my country. I can remember good times, but I was one of the protected/shielded ones in those earlier days. I see better now, and sometimes what I see makes me want to close my eyes, but I cannot. With Jesus we can weep and carry on...