Become a bowling master


Bible Road Map - Or the Road Less Traveled

In the last few years we have witnessed aEzekiel's rebuke there is a warning for us
woman who drowned her children just to keepto recognize the same cause festering in our
her rich boyfriend. An ice skating competitorland today. Behold, this was the iniquity
who had the legs of her top rival broken soof thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of
she could win. We have seen a mother hire abread, and abundance of idleness was in her
hit man to eliminate her daughter'sand in her daughters, neither did she
competition in baton twirlingstrengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
championships. Another man destroyed hisEze.16:49
pregnant wife to be able to play the field,
and  live  the  life  of  a  playboy.Ezekiel's rebuke comes to my mind every time
I hear some one refuse to give a few
Perhaps the most unbelievable of all was adollars to a children's organization because
woman who killed a pregnant woman then cutthey think the child won't get all the
her open and stole her unborn baby. I takemoney. But no one seems to even notice,
exception with those who take exception withmuch less demand a tax refund when a four
me for saying, that we have a nation ofhundred million dollar Jupiter probes go
potential criminals and crackpots in our ownhaywire and becomes useless. Movies are made
children.that cost hundreds of millions of dollars
to produce, whose messages and images would
We have created this dangerous potential byhe better left in a garbage can. Tax money is
giving our children anything and everythingspent on everything from the study of the
they want or call for. When they enter theflow of ketchup to the nocturnal habits of
real world, the work a day world where theylesbians. Concupiscence and waste are rampant
must fend for themselves suddenly thein every level of society and government,
silver platter is withdrawn and the realitywhile personal responsibility and prudent
is too much to handle for some. We havestewardship has become an ethical relic of
forgotten the days of our austerity when assorts.  Where  does it  end?
pioneers, plainsmen, and immigrants we were
thankful to have our most basic needs met.I have no doubt that the chastisements of
We have elevated our wants and desires to theAmerica will be the sudden and complete
level  of  the  sacred.removal of nearly all essential goods and
personal wealth. Something on the order of
We imitate and borrow from the language ofthe dust bowl and the stock market crash
the greedy with our preoccupation with thecombined, but multiplied many times over will
prosperity gospel of today's preachers. Yousoon befall this country. How this will
will be just as likely to find today'scome about is not certain but that is not my
churches teaching us how to invest ourconcern at this moment. I would prefer to
money as how to get saved. Being born againsee millions of Americans coming to their
is mocked and set aside in favor ofsenses and turning back to God in humility
instruction in the stock market, retirementand thereby avoiding this great portent,
funds and get rich schemes. Add to this, thatbut I am sure that this is not what they
modern psychology, sociology and otherare  going  to  do.
behavioral and environmental scientists have
repeatedly warned us that poverty leads toA few years ago I was singing and playing
crime and social upheaval of every kind.guitar in some folk music venues. I
You can only imagine what America would lookproduced three albums of Irish, folk,
like if virtually every extra and almostbluegrass and gospel songs before I
all essentials were at a premium, if theypublished a compilation of my original songs.
could be found at all. It does not paint aAmong them is one I named An American
very  good  picture.Lament, I tried to present it as a
Christian song but in the most subdued
The ancient city of Sodom was rebuked by thefashion. I wanted a message without the
prophet Ezekiel. Everyone knows the sins ofmush. I think I was able to accomplish that
ancient Sodom but in Ezekiel's rebuke, theand that is why I present it here to
root cause for Sodom's sin is revealed. Inappendage this section.



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