^{Towering Canopies of Life and Death}

^{Two trees still stand in the secret midst of the universe and in the timeless center of every human heart. Two towering canopies cast their shadow over every event and all relationships, calling for choice, ever calling for choice. One is death, the other Life. They demand unavoidable decisions by being diametrical opposites, incompatible and irreconcilable. We can never have both mental independence and absolute grace.}

_{Altogether Forgiven}

_{We are all on a lifelong journey and the core of its meaning, the terrible demand of its centrality, is forgiving and being forgiven. To forgive is to possess holy power over the person you are forgiving, power to change their life for God, for goodness, to free your enemy from his Enemy, that he might see his error. Come with me, beloved of God, come with me to behold the miracle of the universe - forgiveness.}

_{The Kingdom of the Son of His Love}

_{Christian, you serve a Monarch.
 Believer, the One you love is in Majesty,
 incomprehensible and dazzling. Yesterday He walked a common path and wore 
His crude robe of one piece.
 Yesterday He died as would a common criminal 
at the hand of human envy.
 Yesterday He came as one without appeal,
 ordinary and easy-to-miss. Today He is King.
 King of Kings and of all kingdoms of kings.
 The Only King.}

_{Donkey Doctrine}

^{The donkey stands for the worst characteristic of humanity: stubbornness. "Donkey" is resistance…obstinate by intent. Stubbornness is when a person will not obey, will not listen, will not. When the will is set in an unmovable "no," that is "donkey." We were born stubborn. It's who we are and that stubbornness unchecked will be our downfall. The loss of all…destiny, purpose…God!}

^{Our God Reigns}

^{One of the most misunderstood, twisted and abused doctrines of Christianity is the subject of authority. It is a neglected study. It is an excuse for tyranny. The church that purports to be of Jesus, is one which today functions as Apostate Israel: "each one doing what is right in his own eyes." True authority, as God ordained it, is scarcely to be found. The Divine Order of authority is clear in scripture. We don't like it so we build a self-reasoned case against it. But it stands...as an eternal doctrine and a practical guide to God's will.}

^{The Hour of Our Destiny}

^{In one hour of a normal sunny day our nation was catapulted into war, and the world with us. That one hour has brought us to our destiny. Each of us live and are alive for this hour. So we, the ordinary, the young, the too old, we ALL are in a war that has knocked down our front door, right up the street from us. By this sudden emergency, we face an uncertain future. The security of yesterday was blown away by the 'today' frozen in time called "September 11th." Our future as a nation lies in the hands of believers in the Only Son of God, Jesus Christ, and our personal lives hang suspended in that balance.}

^{Faith Is…}

^{Faith is a law…established by God for us. It is the gift of power given to humanity to possess and to produce. What you believe is what comes forth. It appears. Every person operates in a set of beliefs.
 Whether truth or lie, we all believe some things with a solid certainty. The heart has a secret doctrine, so ingrained as to be automatic and unrecognized. Faith is a law. The things we deem certain are certain to materialize.}

^{The Power of the Cross}

^{There is no transforming the flesh. 
No revelation can convince it.
 No determination, master it.
 No noble work can silence it.
It is hopeless. The only remedy for the flesh is death. 
Yours by…Christ's.}

^{Prophetic Writings}

^{We murder reputations, we kill relationships,
 we annihilate confidence, we crush individuality,
 we quench life and terminate the move of God.
 We curse with thoughts and 
kill with words. We plot to destroy. The ancients killed the prophets because they 
were the closest link to the God who kept interrupting
 their schemes to rule.
To put away the prophet is to kill the Voice of God.}