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      The short poems, pieces of fiction, thematic footnoted discussion, the many recommended books and sites in the blog roll listing, and such are offered as an enjoyable learning experience for the curious Christian seeker who does not believe, and, the one who believes, yet wants to know the who, what, where, when, why, and how they believe that they are saved (Rom 1:2; 2 Tim 3:15). I welcome all comments and thank you for visiting:

      "When the heart is cast indeed into the mould of the doctrine that the mind embraceth; ... not the sense of the words only is in our heads, but the sense of the things abides in our hearts; when we have communion with God in the doctrine we contend for,—then shall we be garrisoned, by the grace of God, against all the assaults of men. And without this all our contending is, as to ourselves, of no value. What am I the better if I can dispute that Christ is God, but have no sense of sweetness in my heart from hence that he is a God in covenant with my soul? What will it avail me to evince, by testimonies and arguments, that he hath made satisfaction for sin, if, through my unbelief, the wrath of God abideth on me, and I have no experience of my own being made the righteousness of God in him?"