Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
Dorcas Smucker’s lastest book is a great read.
Unless you’re wanting to read about tea. Then it’s a troubling read. 😯
I thought you should know. 😆
Like I tried to assure Dorcas… Read it all
They despised his beliefs. They branded him a heretic. They opted for intolerance and unwillingness to co-exist. Their final solution for him was contrary to justice…and the godliness they professed to defend.
No, this didn’t happen recently. Yet Schlaffer’s testimony lives on, unsilenced by the executioner’s sword.
Hans lost his head for his faith in Jesus, but he gained an eternal reward which hasn’t faded a bit after all these years (years which I don’t suppose he has noticed). (I wonder if Ernie Miller has met him yet.) (Grammarians, am I allowed a parenthetical train like this?!)
Well, here’s an introduction to Hans Schlaffer’s story on this day 486 years ago:
The December evening was cold. As Hans Schlaffer left the Anabaptist meeting in Schwaz, he was headed up the Inn River toward his home in the mountains of Austria. There he planned to sit out the winter months until Spring, when he would renew his ministry. But the plans of this former Roman Catholic priest received a rude shock.
On this day, December 5, 1527, Hans Schlaffer was arrested by local Roman Catholic authorities. […]
When asked on what foundation the Anabaptists rested, he replied, “Our faith, actions, and baptism rest on nothing else than the commandment of Christ.”
I am fascinated by these excerpts from one of his last recorded prayers: Read it all
I’m Waiting to Say aside, I’ve some other posts pressing my pericardium (I think). Earlier this morning I finally started outlining these four:
With these as their opening sub-points: Read it all
Is the Christian’s light supposed to shine on black Friday?
What Bible principles or concepts could guide us as we launch out into the pre-dawn darkness in twelve hours or less? Read it all
Consider King David and God’s ways and purposes in 2 Samuel 24:1…
And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
I see God’s sovereignty at work. (I also believe He acted in complete justice and righteousness.)
I read that verse and thought of this one: Read it all
Most of you reading this don’t remember where you were when President JFK was assassinated.
Well, I can’t tell you where I was. 😯
No, not that kind of railing!
My general impression of the term railing has been one that has to do as much with content as with the tone and demeanor of the speaker.
The very day after hearing a definition that was milder than the one I’ve had, I had work-related occasion to check some book sources. Let me show you some of what I found.
OK, so it’s hard to read. See below. Read it all
