"Truly He taught us to love one another/His law is love and His gospel is peace/Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother/And in His name all oppression shall cease."
Austin city officials defend the ordinance, which basically says churches have no right to insist their employees accept and practice a church's teachings on homosexuality.
"As he aged, he taught us how to grow with dignity, humor and kindness. When the good Lord finally called, how to meet Him with courage and with the joy of the promise of what lies ahead."
Using the pastoral voice to tell people it is not important to get involved, or to even vote, by citing a tepid "whatever is gonna happen, is gonna happen" mantra is a disappointing misuse of the podium.
Prophetic words from friends of mine saying that God had raised up Trump like a Cyrus-type figure (a foreign king who was not a worshiper of Yahweh) had me asking the whole time, "Am I wrong here?"