Monthly Archives: October 2024

They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness. –2 Peter 2:15 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit … Continue reading →

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. … Continue reading →

Cain and Abel, love and deathLove and hate is what we areDagger and grail haveFallen off the altarAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! –Sepultura, “Procreation of the Wicked”– — Could Dante do more? In fact, one contemplates Dante’s hell with pleasurable sensations, knowing it is … Continue reading →

Let forth the hatefulThe murderousLet their malignant prayers resoundThe reverberantOdious requestThe wish of death aboundSo enticingThe retaliation–chords of manThe all deafeningOscillation of the damned –Meshuggah, “Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion”– — John Hayward’s Hell’s Everlasting Flames Avoided (1696) – … Continue reading →

For the Lord is marching onAnd His army is ever strongAnd His glory shall be seen upon our landRaise the anthem, sing the victory songPraise the Lord for the battles wonNo weapon formed against us shall stand For the Captain … Continue reading →

— The Jesus Trip, “Free Will & Hell.” Randolph Foster, Objections to Calvinism As It Is, ch. 8: “The Will.” (Wesleyan). Gospel Coalition, “The Battle of the Will, Part 4: John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards.” P. C. Nelson, Bible Doctrines … Continue reading →