Theme For A Rolling Stone

Whoever digs a pit
will fall into it;
if someone rolls a stone,
it will roll back on them.
~ Proverbs 26

Love Zombies

Because of the increase
of wickedness
the love of most
will grow cold
~ Matthew 24

Christo Redentor

And once again
I persuade you.
For I am revealed to you
building a house
which is very valuable to you,
since you take shelter under it;
in the same way
it will be able to support
the house of your neighbors
when theirs is in danger of falling.
In truth I say to you,
woe to those
on behalf of whom
I was sent down to this place!
Blessed are those
who are to ascend
to the Father.
Again I reprove you.
You who are,
make yourselves
like those who are not,
in order that you
may come to be
with those who are not.
~ The Apocryphon of James

Magnificent Sanctuary Band

So ...
he made a whip
out of cords,
and drove all
from the temple courts,
both sheep and cattle;
he scattered the coins
of the money changers
and
he overturned
their tables.
~ John 2

STOP MAKING
MY FATHER'S HOUSE
A MARKETPLACE.

The Song Of Everything

Then Moses said,
“This is how you will know
that the LORD has sent me
to do all these things
and that it was not my idea... "
~ Numbers 16

All My Lovin'

A new command I give you:
Love one another.
~ John 13

Je T'aime ~

Mon commandement
est le suivant:
Aimez vous les uns
les autres comme
je vous ai aimés.
~ Jean 15

Book Of Days

...if you obey the LORD your GOD
and keep his commands and decrees
that are written in this Book of the Law
and turn to the LORD your GOD
with all your heart and with all your soul...
~ Deuteronomy 30

Mystery Train

A word was secretly brought to me,
my ears caught a whisper of it...
~ Job 4

Spanish Bombs

To the Israelites
the glory of the LORD
looked like a consuming fire
on top of the mountain.
~ Exodus 24

Mysterious Mose

Be assured
that my words are not false;
one who has perfect knowledge
is with you.
~ Job 36

It's Only Words ....

How long will you torment me
and crush me with words?
~ Job 19

BLOGISTAN

Judaism 101: Speech and Lashon Ha-Ra


Christian lessons on evil tongue
morologia (G3473) Foolish Talk
aischrologia (G148) Filthy Language
eutrapelia (G2160) Coarse Jesting

Book of James

James 1:26

Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.

James 3:1

[ Taming the Tongue ] Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

James 3:5

Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.

James 3:6

The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

James 3:8

but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

James 3:9

With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.

Bring Out Your Dead

As it is,
you are looking for a way to kill me,
a man who has told you the truth
that I heard from GOD.
Abraham did not do such things...
~ John 8

How Ayn Rand became the new right's version of Marx

Her psychopathic ideas
made billionaires feel like victims
and turned millions of followers
into their doormats...

LAST PLACE AVERSION

What explains the recurring tendency
of lower-income Americans
to vote against their own economic interests?

Cato Institute Is Caught in a Rift Over Its Direction

From its perch in a spacious brand-new headquarters blocks from the White House, the Cato Institute has built on its reputation as a venerable libertarian research center unafraid to cross party lines. Now, however, a rift with one of its founding members — the billionaire conservative Charles Koch — is threatening the institute’s identity and independence, its leaders say, and is exposing fault lines over Mr. Koch’s aggressive and well-financed brand of Republican politics.

The rift has its roots, Cato officials said, in a long-simmering feud over efforts by Mr. Koch and his brother David Koch to install their own people on the institute’s 16-member board and to establish a more direct pipeline between Cato and the family’s Republican political outlets, including groups that Democrats complain have mounted a multimillion-dollar assault on President Obama. Tensions reached a new level with a lawsuit filed last week by the Kochs against Cato over its governing structure.

“We can’t be perceived as a mouthpiece of special interests,” Robert A. Levy, chairman of Cato’s board, said in an interview. “The Cato Institute as we know it would be destroyed.”

At a tense meeting in November at Dulles Airport outside Washington, David Koch and two family emissaries laid out what they described as the “intellectual ammunition” they envisioned that Cato could provide by supplying its brand-name research and scholars to Koch-financed political advocacy groups, according to Mr. Levy.

Can't Nobody Love You The Way iDo

Take me away with you—let us hurry!
Let the king bring me into his chambers...
~ Song of Songs 1

Mysterium

The king said to Daniel,

“Surely your God
is the God of gods
and the Lord of kings
and a revealer of mysteries,
for you were able
to reveal this mystery.”
~ Daniel 2