There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.” –Mark Twain I sat down to a college lecture the other day and the...

“Ye are the salt of the earth, but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is henceforth good for nothing, but...

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As a dog returns to his own vomit, so a fool returns to his own folly. Proverbs 26:11 When people are continually bombarded by a single...

Now concerning spiritual gifts…there are diversities of gifts, but the same spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the...

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…present yourselves a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world;...

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"In life, there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and...

The following is an excerpt from the book I am currently working on, Experimental Christianity. The biggest objection to hell from those...

What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice. The American people have always…asked the...

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We have to pass the law to find out what is in it. Nancy Pelosi Though I am loathed to admit it Speaker Pelosi was telling the truth—if...

…Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name…and we forbad him, because he followeth us not. But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for...

I still remember Show and Tell from my elementary school days. For those of you who missed it, we brought to class something we liked—a...

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In every work of fiction the author’s integrity is at stake, and in that integrity lies the power of their words Write what you know!...

I’ve heard it said that truth is stranger than fiction. I’m uncertain of how true that might be. I think the strangeness ascribed to...