Trib Updates

This is a weekly series that will include a brief summary of the latest articles that have been published on The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter.  Hopefully, this will encourage you to go check out some truly outstanding articles that have been published by a number of truly outstanding authors.  Moreover, I hope this will also encourage you to want to become a contributing member/author, as well.  The “Hear Ye!  Hear Ye!” site explanation near the top of the side-bar should answer many of your questions.  Yes, this series also included an “SOS! (Spam On Saturdays)”  segment before, but it just wasn’t working for me.  Therefore, that will be replaced by a republishing of one of the Trib articles.

[Merry Christmas!] is from The Rat Formerly Known As Lavender Darwin (TRFKALD), which will be explained later.

[Michael Cremo – Forbidden Archaeology] is also from TRFKALD.

[John Waite – I (Ain’t) Missing You] shows that TRFKALD has the same kind of taste in music as Lavender did.

[Male Chauvinist Pigism?] is from me about a rather interesting color commentary during the Military Bowl.

[7 Basic Steps To Successful Fasting and Prayer] is from TRFKALD.

[Lavender Darwin Killed…. and Regenerated?] offers explanation of what the deal is with TRFKALD.

[Prometheus Trailer and Questions of Origin] is something else from TRFKALD.

[Mount Athos]

PART 1

Link: [On CBS News/60 Minutes]

PART 2

Link: [On CBS News/60 Minutes]

No, there is no questioning the depth of their devotion, but be assured that their faith is misguided.  For locking yourself away in a monastery might be necessary if our Heavenly Father really was all that hard to find, but He really isn’t.  For it is written: “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me.  To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’  All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations.”  [Isaiah 65:1-2 NIV]

It might also be necessary to lock yourself away in a monastery if we really were expected to purify ourselves of all wickedness in addition to accepting Christ Jesus our own personal Lord and Savior, but we are not.  For it is written: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.  For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.  And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.  What, then, shall we say in response to these things?  If God is for us, who can be against us?  He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?  Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen?  It is God who justifies.  Who then is the one who condemns?  No one.  Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?  As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”  No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. [Romans 8:28-29 NIV]

Alas, far too many have been led to believe that it is “all good” after one truly accepts Christ Jesus as their own personal Lord and Savior, and it really is.  The key, however, is whether or not He has been truly accepted as our own personal Lord and Savior.  For at that very moment, a very close and personal relationship is established, which most certainly includes quite frequent (if not almost constant) communication between the saved and their Savior, and this doesn’t exist for far too many who sincerely believe that they are truly in Him.

No, it is not the same for all.  For it all depends upon what our Heavenly Father wants to accomplish in and through someone that determines when (and to what extent) He will allow and enable them to enter into His absolute Truth, and in some cases, the scales will not be lifted from their eyes until just before they take their very last breath in this world.

Nonetheless, being kept in the dark (so to speak) should be of great concern to all who have no idea what I have been given to say about this.  For this is what truly seeking His face, which is quite pleasing to our Heavenly Father, is all about [Hebrews 11:6].  Ah, but of what value is this to those who do not want to believe it?

P.S.: If you believe that I am the one who is woefully deceived, please do not hesitate to tell me so.  For it is most pleasing to our Heavenly Father to care about the Spiritual welfare of others.

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Sites To See

The SOLE purpose of this weekly series is to call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another.  Just to be clear, inclusion in this series is not necessarily meant as a recommendation, and I have included sites that are rather disturbing to me.  The link below each image is to the site itself, and each image is linked to the particular post from which it was taken when applicable.  Please, go see for yourself.

 Link: [5 Acres & A Dream]

 Link: [90 Minutes of Burridge]

 Link: [100th Lamb]

 Link: [A Brit In Tennessee]

***Music Auto-Play Site***

 Link: [A California Bird]

 Link: [Secret Scotland]

 Link: [Sigler Mininstries]

 Link: [Smithsonian American Art Museum]

 Link: [Tales of One City]

 Link: [The IBD Blog]

 Link: [The Middlest Sister]

 Link: [The Postcard & Travel Lover]

 Link: [Thoughts of a Stripey Person]

 Link: [True.Origin]

 Link: [When My Thoughts Aren't On Chicago......]

***Music Auto-Play Site***

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Bob Seger vs. Metallica

 

Link: [Bob Seger]

Link: [On YouTube]

Turn The Page

Bob Seger

On a long and lonesome highway

East of Omaha

You can listen to the engine

Moanin’ out its one note song

You can think about the woman

Or the girl you knew

The night before

But your thoughts will soon be wanderin’

The way they always do

When you're ridin’ sixteen hours

And there's nothin’ much to do

And you don't feel much like ridin’

You just wish the trip was through

See here I am

On the road again

There I am

Up on the stage

Here I go

Playin’ the star again

There I go

Turn the page

Well you walk into a restaurant

All strung out from the road

And you feel the eyes upon you

As you're shakin’ off the cold

You pretend it doesn't bother you

But you just want to explode

Most times you can't hear 'em talk

Other times you can

All the same old clichés

Is that a woman

Or a man

You always seem outnumbered

So you don't dare make a stand

Here I am

On the road again

There I am

Up on the stage

Here I go

Playin’ the star again

There I go

Turn the page

Out there in the spotlight

You're a million miles away

Every ounce of energy

You try to give away

As the sweat pours out your body

Like the music that you play

Later in the evenin’

As you lie awake in bed

With the echoes from the amplifiers

Ringin' in your head

You smoke the days last cigarette

Rememberin’ what she said

Ah here I am

On the road again

There I am

Up on the stage

Here I go

Playin’ the star again

There I go

There I go

 

Link: [Metallica]

Link: [On YouTube]

Turn The Page

Metallica

On a long and lonesome highway

East of Omaha

You can listen to the engine

Moanin’ out its one note song

You can think about the woman

Or the girl you knew

The night before

But your thoughts will soon be wanderin’

The way they always do

When you're ridin’ sixteen hours

And there's nothin’ much to do

And you don't feel much like ridin’

You just wish the trip was through

Here I am

On the road again

There I am

Up on the stage

Here I go

Playin’ the star again

There I go

Turn the page

So you walk into a restaurant

All strung out from the road

And you feel the eyes upon you

As you're shakin’ off the cold

You pretend it doesn't bother you

But you just want to explode

Yeah most times

You can't hear 'em talk

Other times you can

All the same old clichés

Is it woman

Is it man

You always seem outnumbered

You don't dare make a stand

Make a stand

Here I am

On the road again

There I am

Up on the stage

Here I go

Playin’ the star again

There I go

Turn the page

Oh oh

Out there in the spotlight

You're a million miles away

Every ounce of energy

You try to give away

As the sweat pours out your body

Like the music that you play

Later in the evenin’

As you lie awake in bed

With the echoes of the amplifiers

Ringin' in your head

You smoke the days last cigarette

Rememberin’ what she said

What she said

Yeah here I am

On the road again

There I am

Up on the stage

Here I go

Playin’ the star again

There I go

Turn the page

There I go

Turn that page

There I go

Whoa oh

There I go

Lyrics From: [A-Z Lyric Universe]

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WhiteHeart Wednesday

 

Link: [WhiteHeart]

Link: [On BlogDumps]

Speak Softly

WhiteHeart

Speak softly

Slowly

So gently

To my fragile heart

Come hold me

Tenderly

I feel like my world has come apart

Never thought that I would say this

But I just can’t be the strong man anymore

So hard to remember

A colder December

Now I’m knocking at Your door

Speak softly

Slowly

So gently

To my fragile heart

Come hold me

Tenderly

I feel like my world has come apart

The icy rain keeps beating down upon me

Sometimes I want to hide or run away

Instead I’ve come to You

‘Cause I knew You’d want me to

Still it’s hard for me to say

Speak softly

Slowly

So gently

To my fragile heart

Come hold me

Tenderly

I feel like my world has come apart

Oh won’t You speak

Feel like I’m breaking apart

Speak softly

Slowly

So gently

To my fragile heart

Oh won’t You call me

Tenderly

I feel like my world has come apart

Speak so softly

Oh won’t You speak gently now

Can You understand

I’m a broken man

Can You understand I got to

Find a way to begin again

Baby won’t you call to me

Baby won’t you call to me

Baby won’t you say to me

That you love me now

Just say it

Softly

I got a fragile heart

Oh I got a broken heart

And I don’t even know how to go on now

I don’t even know how to dream a dream now

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TFT: Bob Seger

Link: [Bob Seger]

Not every song that will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian” in the eyes of this world.  For some will be anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviously ferverent rants of rebellion.  Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.

Link: [On YouTube]

Still The Same

Bob Seger

You always won

Every time you placed a bet

You're still damn good

No one's gotten to you yet

Every time

They were sure they had you caught

You were quicker than they thought

You'd just turn your back and walk

You always said

The cards would never do you wrong

The trick you said

Was never play the game too long

A gambler's share

The only risk that you would take

The only loss you could forsake

The only bluff you couldn't fake

And you're still the same

I caught up with you yesterday

Still the same

Still the same

Moving game to game

No one standing in your way

Turning on the charm

Long enough to get you by

Still the same

Still the same

You're still the same

You still aim high

Still the same

Still the same

Still the same

Still the same

There you stood

Everybody watched you play

I just turned and walked away

I had nothing left to say

'Cause you're still the same

Still the same

Everything is still the same

You're still the same

Still the same

Everything is still the same

Moving game to game

Still the same

Everything is still the same

Some things never change

Still the same

Everything is still the same

Oh you're still the same

Still the same

Everything is still the same

Still the same

Still the same

Everything is still the same

Link: [On YouTube]

Like A Rock

Bob Seger

Stood there boldly

Sweatin' in the sun

Felt like a million

Felt like number one

The height of summer

I'd never felt that strong

Like a rock

I was eighteen

Didn't have a care

Workin’ for peanuts

Not a dime to spare

But I was lean and

Solid everywhere

Like a rock

My hands were steady

My eyes were clear and bright

My walk had purpose

My steps were quick and light

And I held firmly

To what I felt was right

Like a rock

Like a rock

I was strong as I could be

Like a rock

Nothin' ever got to me

Like a rock

I was somethin’ to see

Like a rock

And I stood arrow straight

Unencumbered by the weight

Of all these hustlers and their schemes

I stood proud

I stood tall

High above it all

I still believed in my dreams

Twenty years now

Where'd they go

Twenty years

I don't know

I sit and I wonder sometimes

Where they've gone

And sometimes late at night

Oh when I'm bathed in the firelight

The moon comes callin' a ghostly white

And I recall

I recall

Like a rock

Standin' arrow straight

Like a rock

Chargin' from the gate

Like a rock

Carryin' the weight

Like a rock

Oh like a rock

The sun upon my skin

Like a rock

Hard against the wind

Like a rock

I see myself again

Like a rock

Oh like a rock

Oh oh

Lyrics From: [A-Z Lyrics Universe]

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