Monthly Archives: January 2019

Sometimes…It’s Just…the Music…”Peace”

Posted on January 30, 2019 by pbn
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“As Labor Pains on a Pregnant Woman”–Prophecy in 2019 versus 2015

Posted on January 27, 2019 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila 2019 Below is a reprint of one of my earlier posts offering insight into the pregnancy/childbirth metaphor Jesus used to help us understand how it will be (or how it is  today, many prophecy experts argue) in the … Continue reading →

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On God’s Embroidery Versus Evil’s Void

Posted on January 25, 2019 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila In this era of panic politics, when certain ideologues want to push and shove the rest of us this way and that, rather, I should say,  this way or that, so that all thinking is reduced to … Continue reading →

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From the “High Tech” and “On High” Ways to Know If the Biblical “Narrator” is “Reliable”

Posted on January 22, 2019 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila “Reliable (Biblical) Narrator?” As a literature teacher who is also a Christian, I can tell you that the Bible is a spiritually cohesive anthology of various literary genres crafted according to legal, historical, wisdom, poetry, gospel, epistolary, … Continue reading →

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On the Continued, Intensified, Effort to Destroy the U.S. Constitution via “Reflexive Law”

Posted on January 17, 2019 by pbn

Since I published the post below, back in September 2016, on so-called “Reflexive Law,” aka the effort to sell the idea that our Constitution is a “living document,” that is, can be changed via the social and political norms du … Continue reading →

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On the Poetry of God’s Pleasure…and of His Love

Posted on January 11, 2019 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila In a “Christianity and Literature: Truth and Story” class I’m taking at a local college, the focus the other night was poetry. One-third of the Old Testament is in that genre, said our instructor, who is a … Continue reading →

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“On What He Said Today” Series, #3–Proverbs 16:7 and “Frenemies”

Posted on January 6, 2019 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila When the LORD takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to                                                  … Continue reading →

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A 3 Part Spiritual Survival Guide for 2019 Featuring “The Law of Holes”; “Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose”; and “Tight Focus and Mindful Efforts”

Posted on January 2, 2019 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila I’m not one to make “New Year’s resolutions,” which I realize is a kind of resolution in itself, but this year seems different. If ever there were a time to, ah, break my resolution to not make resolutions, … Continue reading →

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