"It cost him much to part with his Son; it costs him nothing to give every other blessing. He grudges not, but delights to bestow them. He is weary of withholding, but never weary of giving. Now, if he freely parted with what cost him such an infinited sacrifice, will he refuse us what costs him nothing but the delight of giving? He delights to give us his Holy Spirit. He delights to quicken us, to renew us, to sanctify us, to fulfill in us all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power.

"Will he then refuse us his Spirit? Will he refuse to make us holy? Will he need many arguments to persuade him to do so? Impossible! For he has already given his Son. And 'how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?'" --Horatius Bonar

• All but one occurrence of BT=“blogs that.”
• No articles, prepositions or conjunctions have been left out of the acronyms.
• Punctuation, however, has been omitted.
• There is one acronym up with which Mr. Churchill would not have put.
• There are a few links that could have fit into more than one category, but I put them where it was most convenient for me.

The legal counsels for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) and for the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops met with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) in early March and were warned by revenue officials that if they became involved in partisan political activity during the then-upcoming 2004 federal election they would risk losing their tax-exempt status. According to the CRA, to avoid being partisan means not addressing issues on which the competing political parties have opposing views. Not only would churches be penalized for telling congregants to vote for a certain party or candidate, they would also be penalized for coming out strongly on an issue on which the parties were opposed, such as abortion or same-sex marriage.

One official said, "The best thing for a charity to do, especially during an election, is to stay away from those issues. There are certain issues, especially during election times, that are very political." All moral issues including even poverty seem to be covered by the election time gag-order on religions. Giving an example, the official said, "Taking out a full-page ad before Christmas on homelessness might not be considered political, but doing the same thing the week of an election might be considered political."

There once was a gal at the ocean
Lack of clothing (not hers) caused commotion
Poor little young ladies (with parents from hades)
Clothed in little but suntanning lotion

There once was a gal whose own reading
Was in need of improvement exceeding
What went in at the eye, in the mind went awry
And led into thinking misleading

There once was a gal so annoyed
She'd be one you'd want to avoid
Her mood, oh so grumpy, and down in the dumpy
Would undoubtedly inspire Sigmund Freud

There once was a gal who sat gazing
At her navel; It was so amazing!
She just had to share, with the people out there
A navel which was so worthy of praising

Last night I heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall
Another sleepless night for me
It won't do no good to call
The police
Always come late
If they come at all

And when they arrive
They say they can't interfere
With domestic affairs
Between a man and his wife
And as they walk out the door
The tears well up in her eyes

Last night I heard the screaming
Then a silence that chilled my soul
I prayed that I was dreaming
When I saw the ambulance in the road

And the policeman said
"I'm here to keep the peace
Will the crowd disperse
I think we all could use some sleep"

Perhaps I'm Just a Cynic
Some kid just wiped out on his bike in the alley across the street. The wailing was just a bit too loud and dramatic for me to believe there was anything seriously wrong. Sho' 'nuff...he quieted down as soon as his brother? friend? went to fetch a parent. Just a scraped knee and he walked away under his own power.