Tag: bible
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TAPA # 251 THE CHORUS LINE PRESIDENT & GOD
I voted viewing the long lines with hope. But the rhetoric of professed Christians who can even consider voting for anyone who has or intends to support Trump, and his policies continues to escape me. What we are witnessing from Trump is a declining person who mentally wanders, exposing what he is really thinking as…
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TAPA # 241 AMERICA’S king Learie
King Lear is a tragic play by William Shakespear about an aging British monarch whose pride and poor judgment lead to the destruction of his family and kingdom. While the details of King Lear do not exactly comport with our wannabe king Learie’s, the impact and outcome are very similar. Just as Lear mistakes flattery for love and honesty…
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TAPA # 177 ‘NOBLESSE OBLIGE’
“Noblesse oblige”: with privilege comes responsibility, is an 1808 French phrase that mirrors Luke 12:48: “To whom much is given, much will be required.” It means that those with wealth and privilege, whose lives are largely removed from the daily struggle for life’s basics (food, clothing, and shelter) have a moral responsibility to help those who do struggle.…
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LET’S HOPE
A friend sent this to me. You don’t have to be religious to grasp the core of the message. There’s little doubt that when the Iran and Trump debacle are over, we will be a different country. Let’s hope we can reclaim the sense of humanity and purpose the founders believed they had enshrined in…
