The Lord lives

My budget is flatlining and we are financially tanking and I don’t see hope for the future! But the Lord lives. The same Lord who owns everything and provides for ravens and sustains galaxies and calls us his children is real and alive and active in your life. You can’t provide for yourself but your budget is not too tight for God. The Lord lives

Mary Read

Mary Read was born an illegitimate daughter but raised as a legitimate son. Her half-brother, born to their mother shortly after her husband died at sea, was to be taken care of by his grandmother until he was grown. When he died, Mary’s mother quickly became pregnant with Mary and after her birth attempted to pass her off as the dead son. The grandmother got wise, however, and that was the end of that scheme. Mary’s mother continued to dress her as a boy, however, to hire her out as household help. She worked on ships and even joined the army as a man. While sailing on a Dutch ship, Mary was captured by “Calico Jack” Rackham and his crew. She soon became friends with Anne Bonny, Rackham’s lover, who had discovered her secret. They pillaged and plundered with the best of them, but it wasn’t to last. Upon their eventual capture, both pleaded “pregnant” and escaped execution, but Mary died in jail.

Anne Bonny was a trailblazer. She was born (née Anne Cormac) in Ireland but emigrated with her family to what would later become the United States as a teenager. She married a sailor, John Bonny, against her father’s wishes, and sailed off with him into the figurative sunset. When her marriage turned sour, she took up with the infamous pirate John (“Calico Jack”) Rackham. Together they commandeered a ship and began pillaging along the coast of Jamaica. Although women were considered bad luck aboard ship, Anne did little to conceal her gender—unlike crewmate Mary Read. In 1720 Rackham and his crew were captured. The male crew members were hung for piracy, but Bonny and Read got stays of execution in the way only women can—pregnancy! Bonny was later released and lived the remainder of her life in a quieter fashion.

Ching Shih

Aside from being an extremely famous pirate, Ching Shih was arguably the most successful one. Little is known of her early life except that she was a prostitute, but in 1801 she was captured by—and subsequently became the wife of—a pirate named Cheng Yi. Together they sailed the seas and amassed a pirate army known as the Red Flag Fleet. Upon Cheng Yi’s death in 1807, Ching Shih took command of the fleet, which consisted of hundreds of ships and some 50,000 pirates. She kept them in line with a strict code of conduct, with most offenses being punished by beheading. The fleet proved so unstoppable—sometimes even venturing upstream in smaller boats to hit cities and towns that weren’t on the coast—that the admiral of the Chinese navy committed suicide rather than be captured by her. In the end, she was offered amnesty by the Chinese government and retired to the countryside 

• The Irish “Pirate Queen” Grace O’Malley is one of the most infamous buccaneers of any gender. Born in 1530, Grace was raised in a seafaring clan, which her father was the leader of. She married well (twice) and basically spent her time defending her property by any means necessary…and taking some other people’s property for good measure. Ruthless and fearless, legend has it that Grace gave birth to one of her sons aboard a ship, then engaged in combat a day later to defend the vessel. As if that weren’t enough, Grace proved spirited enough to request an audience with none other than Queen Elizabeth. She demanded that her brother and sons, who had been captured, be released. And the queen obliged.

Crypto-Judaism

Crypto-Judaism is the secret adherence to Judaism while publicly professing to be of another faith; practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews" (origin from Greek kryptos – κρυπτός, 'hidden').

ZZ Top before the Signature Beards, 1970.

The Day General Taylor Went On A Secret Mission To Occupied Rome in 1943

The Day General Taylor Went On A Secret Mission To Occupied Rome in 1943

What is longsuffering? What does the Bible teach about longsuffering?

What is longsuffering? What does the Bible teach about longsuffering?: What is longsuffering? What does the Bible teach about longsuffering? What is a biblical view of longsuffering?

What does the Bible teach about work?

What does the Bible teach about work?: What does the Bible teach about work? What is a biblical view of work? How was work affected by the Fall?

The Cry of My Heart

The Cry of My H

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Leading by Example: John J. Pershing, Prime Mentor for Future US Army Generals

Leading by Example: John J. Pershing, Prime Mentor for Future US Army Generals

The Fighting Filipinos: Give me ten thousand Filipinos and I shall conquer the world - MacArthur

The Fighting Filipinos: Give me ten thousand Filipinos and I shall conquer the world - MacArthur

What does it mean to "take up my cross daily"? (Ask Dr. Stanley)

Who is the Antichrist? The Answer May Surprise You!

What does the Bible say about the mission of the church?

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Roman city in Switxerland

  Nyon is a town in Switzerland. It was founded by Roman troops over 2000 years ago, in 50-44 bC, after the wars in Gaul. It was named "Colonia Iulia equestris", after Julius Caesar. It's older than its sister cities (Copia Felix Munatia Lugdunensis) Lyon and (Colonia Raurica) which were founded in 44/43 bC by Munatius Plancus. These three cities were some of the last to be founded during the wars in Gaul for the soldiers or cavalry, giving them the name Equestris.

Why did God give the Mosaic Law? What is the purpose of the Mosaic Law?

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Illusion

¹Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?" ²The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, ³but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'" ⁴"You will not certainly die," the serpent said to the woman. ⁵"For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." ⁶When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

What the eyes see (vs.1) (vs.6), and what the ears hear (vs.4-5), the mind believes. Eve talked to a snake (vs.2). Then she lied to the snake by telling it they must not even touch even touch the tree (vs.3). Satan knew he had her right then.

1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shalt be as gods, knowing good and evil 6

 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.           

What the eye see's and the ear hears the mind belives.

Are WE REAL? --- Reality, Illusions & Digital Universe ---- God in a Nut...

Does the Bible give advice on managing your finances?

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Is the personal prophecy concept biblical?

Is the personal prophecy concept biblical?

Are there prophets in the church today?

Are there prophets in the church today?

John Muir, the Father of National Parks, set out to walk 1,000 miles to heal his soul after nearly going blind

John Muir, the Father of National Parks, set out to walk 1,000 miles to heal his soul after nearly going blind

1 Corinthians 11-12 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

Before God created the physical universe that we know, He lived in eternity past, with no time or space as we understand them. Then He created our universe and added humanity to mix to fulfill His purpose in the Creation. After doing so, a period of time elapsed before humans were corrupted by sin in Genesis 3. Maybe that period was days or weeks, and maybe it was centuries; no one knows. We also cannot know how many years have passed since then, but it has been quite a few. Jesus is set to return to do away with evil entirely in the Final Judgment, and then we will spend eternity with Him. Notice that “eternity” is on both sides of “time”.

From an earthly time and space point of view, there is only time, for we have no frame of reference from which to comprehend eternity. Yet from God’s perspective, “time” is but a blip on the radar, so vast is eternity.

This concept isn’t easy to wrap our brains around; it may not even be possible to do so. Yet we can be sure that love endures through all of this.

Marvels of underwater archaeology: Traces of Roman engineering found in ancient port town

Marvels of underwater archaeology: Traces of Roman engineering found in ancient port town

What is the plan of salvation / way of salvation?

What is the plan of salvation / way of salvation?

Dave Hunt - Mother Teresa is NOT a Saint

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