“This habit of attacking the secondary symptoms of the problem rather than the primary problem has many causes. Not the least of them is that it is infinitely easier to criticise generally white skinned people, especially if they are working class, than is to criticise generally darker skinned people whatever their background. And not only is it easier, but it elevates the critic. Any criticism of Islamism or mass immigration – even criticism of terrorism and rape attacks – can be seized upon by anyone else as a demonstration of racism, xenophobia or bigotry. The accusation, however untrue, can come from anywhere and can always carry some moral taint. By contrast, anybody who criticises someone as a racist or a Nazi is somehow elevated to the position of judge and jury as an antiracist and anti-Nazi. Different standards of evidence also apply.” - Douglas Murray – The Strange Death of Europe Page 241
"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless.Not to speak is to speak.Not to act is to act." - D. Bonhoeffer
"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it." - Harry S. Truman
In the Bible there are times when in the deep slumber of the body, God has taken the souls of His servants into deeper communion with himself (e.g. Genesis 2:21, 15:12). Often, when a problem or perplexity harasses the mind and there seems no solution, after a night's rest you find the solution easy, and the problem has no further perplexity. Think of the security of the saint in sleeping or in waking, "Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day."--Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) _The Pilgrim's Song Book_ [1940]
Night is the congenial hour of horrors, when alarms walk abroad like beasts of prey, or ghouls from among the tombs. Our fears turn the sweet season of repose into one of dread, and though angels are abroad and fill our chambers, we dream of demons and dire visitants from hell. Blessed is that communion with God which renders us impervious to midnight frights, and horrors born of darkness. Not to be afraid is in itself an unspeakable blessing, since for every suffering which we endure from real injury, we are tormented by a thousand griefs which arise from fear only. The shadow of the Almighty removes all gloom from the shadow of night. Once covered by the divine wing, we care not what winged terrors may fly abroad in the earth. Cunning foes lie in ambuscade, and aim the deadly haft at our hearts, but we do not fear them, and have no cause to do so. That arrow is not made which can destroy the righteous, for the Lord hath said, "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper." In times of great danger, those who have made the Lord their refuge, and therefore have refused to use the carnal weapon, have been singularly preserved. The annals of the Quakers bear good evidence to this. Yet probably the main thought is, that from the cowardly attacks of crafty malice, those who walk by faith shall be protected, from cunning heresies they shall be preserved, and in sudden temptations they shall be secured from harm. --C.H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) _Spurgeon's Treasury of David_ [1984], "Psalm 91:5"
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