Monthly Archives: December 2020

Deliverance from Evil Then and for the U.S. Today: On Abigail, Sun Tzu, and The Believer’s Field Manual

Posted on December 31, 2020 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila As always, there is precedent in the biblical narratives for the myriad ways God delivers his people from evil. Here is one such story, that of the biblical Abigail, that comes to mind just now for days … Continue reading →

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For 2021: On Timing, Patterns, and Occupying (Part 1)

Posted on December 29, 2020 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila See entire series here Timing Anyone who tracks the way truth and justice ultimately win, whether now or later, notes that timing is a critical element. Unfortunately, however, it always seems success/deliverance/salvation come at the very last … Continue reading →

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Remnant (A Poem for Our Time and the Time to Come)

Posted on December 28, 2020 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. (Proverbs 25:2) So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.      … Continue reading →

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A Christian’s Perspective in Light of Civil Unrest

Posted on December 27, 2020 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila This question came up in my fellowship group recently: If there is civil unrest ahead as a result (either way) of the finalization of the election in the United States, what do you see as your Christian … Continue reading →

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Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us… (Ephesians 1:4)  For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or … Continue reading →

Posted on December 24, 2020 by pbn | Leave a comment

“But Will More Americans Learn…?” Part 2: An Interview with L. Lin Wood

Posted on December 22, 2020 by pbn

The video interview below seems a fitting follow-up to what the eye-witnesses in the previous post warn Americans about concerning the devastation caused when Marxists takeover nations–because they see the markers of it happening here in the United States. The … Continue reading →

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But Will More Americans Learn? The World Warns and Hopes

Posted on December 20, 2020 by pbn

Below, in my view, are perhaps three of the most important presentations we can learn from at this critical juncture in America’s history when Marxists, Socialists, and other totalitarian ideologues, proselytize openly. Some even hold office. Many Americans have already … Continue reading →

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That First Noel

Posted on December 19, 2020 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila   In the completeness  of time (just in time) He came one night squalling, hungry, swaddled, cradled– and they wondered who they held.

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The Gift of Snow

Posted on December 12, 2020 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o’er the fields, Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Hides hills and woods, the river and the heaven, And veils the farm-house at … Continue reading →

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Another Christmas re-gift: Once Again to Nabokov

Posted on December 11, 2020 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila 2020 This post first appeared back in 2012, and has been featured several times since, each time for a new reason in an old story of evil versus good, fear versus hope, bondage versus freedom, despair versus … Continue reading →

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