tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61944912024-03-13T16:11:21.641-05:00As I see it!Cajun Huguenot's ramblings on theology and other things.Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-18763271349977524382013-06-17T01:27:00.001-05:002013-06-17T01:27:30.352-05:00no greater agony There is no greater agony than to lose love, you know that, psychiatrists, counsellors know that. There is no greater agony than a love that really matters to you, you lose it, it's gone, And, depending on how long and deep that love was, the more agony it is. As you know if an acquaintance says, "I never want to see you again" that's bad. If a good friend says, "I Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-72124935770890706902012-10-23T01:01:00.000-05:002012-10-23T01:02:08.642-05:00A quote: …as St, Paul points out, Christ never meant that we were to remain children in intelligence: on the contrary, He told us to be not only "as harmless as doves," but also "as wise as serpents." He wants a child’s heart, but a grown-up's head. He wants us to be simple, single-minded, affectionate, and teachable, as good children are; but He also wants every bit of Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-68810486576447877182012-10-21T23:42:00.000-05:002012-10-21T23:43:03.533-05:00A letter: Dionysius to Fabian In the year 250 A.D. the Roman Emperor Decius issued an edict declaring that everyone in the empire had to sacrifice to the emperor, in the presence of a Roman official, and receive a certificate to show that they had done so. This edict led to severe, universal persecution of Christians throughout the Roman Empire. What follows below is taken from a letter written by Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-84648930025717100172012-05-15T06:43:00.001-05:002012-05-15T06:43:15.132-05:00A quote: "... there are two kinds of love: we love wise and kind and beautiful people because we need them, but we love (or try to love) stupid and disagreeable people because they need us. This second kind is more divine, because that is how God loves us: not because we are lovable but because he is love, not because he needs to receive but because he delights to give."  Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-2048461473395574032012-02-12T13:32:00.001-06:002012-02-12T13:32:31.595-06:00Adam or Eve? Who is Responsible? I think this is a topic many of us seldom think about so here are some of my thoughts on the subject. Eve sinned, but it is Adam’s sin that is preeminent here. Let me see if I can show why this is so. In Gen. 2:15 God places Adam in the garden to keep it. The word keep used here is “shamar.” According to Strong's Concordance this word means “to keep, guard,Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-11006113536735563742012-01-15T11:59:00.001-06:002012-01-15T11:59:25.554-06:00St. Cyprian Cyprian (died 258 AD) was the bishop of Carthage from 249 AD until he was executed by the Romans for his Christian faith and for his leadership of Christ Church in North Africa. Cyprian is one of my personal favourites among the early Church fathers. He was born into family of privilege and wealth, but he willingly gave that up to serve his Saviour Jesus Christ and Christ’s Church. Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-79143574885431220102011-12-28T20:30:00.001-06:002011-12-28T20:30:19.120-06:00A quote Here is a quote from Lewis’s book Surprised By Joy: “This is why, though it was a terro, it was no surprise to learn that God is to be obeyed because of what He is in Himself. If you ask why we should obey God, inn the last resort the answer is, “I am.” To know God is to know that our obedience is due to Him.” Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-5229367635373366102011-12-10T22:03:00.001-06:002011-12-10T22:03:43.718-06:00A quote by CS Lewis “I was at this time living, like so many Atheists or Antitheists, in a whirl of contradictions. I maintained that God did not exist. I was also very angry with God for not existing. I was equally angry with Him for creating a world. “ C.S. Lewis in Surprised By Joy: The Shape of My Early Life. Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-58706789086761168202011-06-15T10:19:00.001-05:002011-06-15T10:19:54.318-05:00Mythopoeia by J.R.R. Tolkien Mythopoeia By J.R.R. Tolkien Philomythus to Misomythus You look at trees and label them just so, (for trees are 'trees', and growing is 'to grow'); you walk the earth and tread with solemn pace one of the many minor globes of Space: a star's a star, some matter in a ball compelled to courses mathematical amid the regimented, cold, inane, where destined atoms are each moment slain. At Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-14970544709992307932011-03-04T19:30:00.001-06:002011-03-04T19:30:58.806-06:00A letter from David Greely Many thanks from David Greely, (Français suivant) Thank you all very much for all your kind compliments for the work I’ve done with the Mamou Playboys over the last 23 years. For nearly twenty years before I ever met Steve Riley, I played traditional fiddle and dreamed of playing music of my own culture- music that would make me proud, would make a difference, and that would take me all Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-32093457593964856662010-09-06T02:06:00.004-05:002010-09-06T15:06:58.251-05:00What I've Been Reading I've finished five chapters in Darwin’s Origin of Species (I only read this book when relaxing in the tube, so if I ever do finish it, it will not be any time soon). If have, for the second time, started reading The Sword of the Prophet: Islam History, Theology, Impact on the World by Serge Trifkovic. I'm also several chapters into Like Father, Like Son: The Trinity Imaged in Our Humanity by TomCajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-35813988615527216002010-08-17T11:14:00.002-05:002010-08-18T04:24:23.954-05:00The Book of Bertram The link is what I believe to be a very interesting book (The Book of Bertram) written about 840 AD by a French monk (Bertram). It is written to King Charles the Bald, the grandson of Charlemagne. This small book is written to answer questions the king asked concerning the Lord’s Supper. Bertram’s view of the Eucharist differs significantly from the Roman Catholic doctrine of Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-21094354569019967052010-08-09T02:17:00.004-05:002010-08-10T14:28:21.703-05:00St. Cyprian and the Bishop of RomeI have read the writings of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, which were written during the middle of the third century. Cyprian served as bishop during a time of great persecution and controversy in the Church of Jesus Christ. He served the Christ and His Church during a very trying time for the people of God. In the year 250 AD, the Roman Emperor Decius ordered that all the inhabitants of the Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-36598294578278431112010-07-11T22:38:00.001-05:002010-07-11T22:38:34.364-05:00More On St. Paul's Advice I’ve mentioned before that my favourite text of Scripture is found in St. Paul’s letter to the church at Philippi. It reads, “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, Rejoice! Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. AndCajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-9725775347610102542010-06-23T01:36:00.003-05:002010-07-06T09:42:31.301-05:00What About Tradition? The idea of tradition can be, and often is, a controversial subject among Christians. Still, it is a fact that all Christians observe and follow some type of tradition in what they believe and in their forms of worship. Let's look at one modern evangelical tradition, as an example of what I mean. Baptists, and many other evangelical churches, have a tradition in which, at the end of their Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-53857591088311816632010-06-11T19:59:00.003-05:002010-06-11T20:13:54.272-05:00My Radical Political ViewsLong a go I read the Federalists and many of the Anti-federalists. My political views would be closer to both those groups than to modern Reps. or Dems.As to the Federal Government, I am a Jeffersonian -- I would like a federal government that is truly federal and not the Nation State that now exist in the District of Columbia. (You know the one described in the Constitution and debated in the Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-10218128741989040722010-05-27T04:15:00.001-05:002010-05-27T05:28:35.654-05:00New Job and Audio My new job at is proving to be a great blessing. It is a stress free job, while my old job as Top Operator over a couple of HDS units, two Reformer units and a clean fuels unit was often very stressful and busy. My new unit has few if any surprises and I was warned that I would become bored doing the same routine job everyday. I told them that after working as top operator for as many years Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-61803226570519319542010-05-18T22:33:00.004-05:002010-05-19T15:31:00.199-05:00Examine More Fully the Scriptures Regrettably, in the history of the church, there have been times when the study of Scripture was discouraged by the Church. With the Protestant Reformation came a great push and emphasis on the importance Bible reading and study. Thanks to the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in 1440, the Bible and other books became cheaper and much more accessible by the time Luther nailedCajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-85921772675503283722010-05-16T13:31:00.001-05:002010-05-16T13:31:43.168-05:00Unmoved Against all the Terrors Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, served Christ and His Church during a time of fearful persecution. It was common for Christians to be killed and maimed simply because they would worship no other God other than the triune God of the Bible. In a treatise written to Demetrianus, Roman proconsul of Africa, Cyprian addressed the persecution that the Church was then having to enduring at the handsCajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-32317875035581960972010-05-13T05:21:00.001-05:002010-05-13T05:21:43.703-05:00Video on Texting while DrivingTexting while driving...it is not gory, but it is an eye opener!!! http://zerofatalities.s3.amazonaws.com/1085-Echo_TRANSCRIBED.wmvCajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-19632979495528398782010-05-11T19:38:00.005-05:002010-05-12T13:41:56.805-05:00St. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage I've mentioned before how much I enjoy reading the Church Fathers (I know it's kinda weird). About five years ago, I purchased a massive 38 volume set of books, which contains much of the Christian writings written during the first 500 years after Christ. Of the Church Fathers, St. Cyprian is one of my favourites. Cyprian was born about the year 208 AD, into a wealthy pagan family in what is Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-40779213073103633612010-05-08T20:30:00.003-05:002010-05-12T13:42:33.845-05:00Thoughts about a Quote"For it is written that the just lives by faith. If you are just, and live by faith, if you truly believe in Christ, why, since you are about to be with Christ, and are secure of the Lord’s promise, do you not embrace the assurance that you are called to Christ, and rejoice that you are freed from the devil?" The other morning, while out on my front porch drinking coffee and reading, I ran Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-59904184887261460632010-04-05T20:31:00.001-05:002010-04-05T20:31:18.057-05:00Wine and Worship For more than 1800 years wine was used in all Christian churches when the Lord's Supper was celebrated. There was no other option because Dr. Welch did not apply Louis Pasteur discovery, which inhibited fermentation, to grape juice until after the mid 1800's. Before that time ALL communion wine was really wine, and not grape juice. Of course wine was a part biblical worship long before itCajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-37890593959691616772010-03-16T15:32:00.003-05:002010-03-16T15:38:09.859-05:00Its All Still PorkRepublicans and Democrats in Washington both love pork. It is true that they don't like the same cut of the pig. Republicans may the (slightly) leaner cuts of meat, but no matter how you slice up the hog it is all still pork.Each side are very concerned about balancing the budget when it is out of power. When in power they see no reason to do so.A pox on both parties.Coram Deo,KenithCajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194491.post-41936824988861735462010-03-14T18:14:00.004-05:002010-03-15T16:17:48.890-05:00About the Constitution My good friend Gary sent a quote by Ron Paul to myself and a number of our co-workers. I then did a “reply all” and voiced my approval of Congressman Paul’s statement. My comments lead to a response to “all” from Sky. This then lead to an exchange of emails between me and my co-worker, which our friends were able to keep up with. I’ve decided to place the whole exchange here, for anyone else Cajun Huguenothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772016103674061961noreply@blogger.com0