Is God Sovereign?

Did God, who created all things, simply set His creation in motion through the use of natural laws, or has he been actively and sovereignly engaged in the outcome of all events great and small?

Ica-russ Epilogue

I know some of you have been waiting with bated breath for this third and final installment of the Ica-Russ saga.  I’m not clear about just what bated breath is, but I’m pretty sure the phrase refers to the sort of breathing one does when in high anxiety in anticipation of something.  Give me a second to see if my computer can clarify this...Well, that’s what I thought: “with bated breath--in anxious or excited anticipation.”  But I still don’t know why those words mean that.  Breath I get, but bated?  Here’s something, “Bate (intransitive verb), beat wings…to beat the wings wildly or impatiently in an attempt to fly off a perch or a falconer’s fist when still attached by a leash.”   That helps a little, but I would still not use bated in any sentence in which it is not immediately followed by the word breath. Yes, technically, I just did.  See the last sentence.  Wait, it was two sentences back.  I mean three.   I can’t seem to catch up to it.  Let me try it this way, it was the sentence that started with “That helps a little.” My point, back then, when I had a point, was that bated is a useless word without breath.  The only thing that is ever bated seems to be breath.  Try it: “After he baited the hook, and tossed in the line, he waited with bated (arms?)”   Try this: “With bated (thoughts?) Kate awaited the outcome of the debate and the arrival of her rebate.”  You probably noticed that I slipped in a couple other bate words.  Don’t ask me why.  It just seemed to be the thing to do at the time, and the time was about twenty seconds ago, in case you are wondering. 

The Seed of the Church

Can the enemies of the Gospel prevent it from spreading by the sword?  How has persecution affected the Church of Christ over the centuries?

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