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8 Jul 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels & God, and at liberty when he wrote of Devils & Hell, is because he was a true Poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it."William Blake Was Lot's wife a songwriter? Was she looking...
8 Jul 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark
"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal...
6 Jul 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Allen Taylor
Proverbs 13:19 is a very simple aphorism. It contrasts the fulfillment of desire with turning from evil, an interesting comparison. At first glance, it might be taken to mean that happiness is life's highest purpose. I think that would be going too f...
1 Jul 2023 17 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”Ephesians 4:29 I am in Mexico for every reason. Good, bad, and everything in between. Beautiful a...
29 Jun 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Allen Taylor
Proverbs 13:18 is a difficult verse to reflect on, but for a different reason than many other verses may pose problems. It reads: Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored. It seems simple, but th...
24 Jun 2023 2 minute read 0 comments CodyMac50
The theory that the Gospels in the bible were written AFTER 70 A.D. is an argument only to discredit the accounts, as well as beyond idiotic. Also, saying that Matthew, Luke, and John only copied and expanded on the gospel of Mark, the shortest gospe...
22 Jun 2023 7 minute read 21 comments Allen Taylor
I find Proverbs 13:17 to be both troubling and encouraging. It's a fitting pearl of wisdom for our absurdly awkward time. Many proverbs, we've found, make a comparison between wicked people and the righteous. Here, we find the comparison to be betwee...
18 Jun 2023 12 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
1. The Museum Glass of Heaven I went to Juárez, Mexico with a church group in January of 1994. We were there to build a house. By "house" I mean concrete structure that may or may not have had any holes in the floor or walls for plumbing and elect...
15 Jun 2023 3 minute read 1 comment Allen Taylor
If one reads The Crux long enough, one might come away with the impression that I see Jesus Christ in every verse of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. That isn't actually the case, but I can understand why one might get that impression. I do, ho...
15 Jun 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Mexico is sepia, old, and shadowy."Dulce Maria Sauri I'm in the middle of re-watching Steven Soderbergh's 2000 film Traffic, which is better than I remember. It's an interesting snapshot of the time in which it was made. Pre-9/11, pre-2006 Mexic...
