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Akashic Records Prompt Letters

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Apr 4, 2020 | Activism (Petitions and Such), In The News, Pet Peeves, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Random Commentary

(Last modified on 14 July 2020) Since most things that occur to me, and to most people, do turn out to have occurred to someone else before (Ecclesiastes 1:9), I fear I must credit this and all my posts to the mystical Akashic records, that storehouse of all that...

Representative Democracy ≠ Republic

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Feb 3, 2019 | Brief Notices, Pet Peeves, Random Commentary

(Last modified on 20 July 2020) The United States was not founded as just a “representative democracy,” nor is “representative democracy” a synonym for “republic.” The point of the American Republic established by the U.S....

Okay Planner, but Spare Us the PC Marketing

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jul 26, 2014 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Pet Peeves, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Random Commentary

(Last modified on 6 October 2014) Image of harvested trees (don’t worry, they’ll grow back) © Copyright Alan Stewart and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons licence.If, like me, you set yourself hard deadlines and make formal appointments...

Religion Is Not A Four Letter Word

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 16, 2012 | Pet Peeves

(Last modified on 16 January 2013) Though I’m generally a fan of LifeWay and its publications, I’m disappointed to find its new Gospel Project curriculum* indulging in the weary and misguided “religion is bad / Christianity is something other than...

Hermeneutical Maxim (Against Various “Wax Nose” Hermeneutics)

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 4, 2011 | Pet Peeves

(Last modified on 10 July 2014) No matter how clever, sophisticated, erudite, linguistically astute, or stunningly beautiful in its complexity your interpretive scheme may be, if it requires you to ignore or dismiss patently clear passages of Scripture, or to...

Christianity: Religion or Relationship?

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 18, 2005 | Annotated Quotations, Pet Peeves

(Last modified on 7 July 2018) The world is full of popular, clever-sounding sayings that are simply not true. This brief post concerns one such pseudo-aphorism, namely this: Christianity is not a religion; it’s a relationship. (Anonymous, traditional.) This...

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Concerning my provision of Amazon links in posts: Though Amazon’s customer service remains outstanding, the respect for freedom of expression that helped make it an appealing company has begun to break down as it, like other corporations these days, has started using its corporate power to impose a uniform, degenerate, secular system of values on everyone. While refusing to do business with Amazon seems impractical if not impossible today if one doesn’t wish simply to overpay for everything one can’t find at Walmart, which also shows disrespect for some God-given rights, I do respect anyone who wishes to attempt it. If you are such a one, if you prefer not to obtain materials through Amazon, or if you just wish to save money, maybe a library in your area can help.