Take Me Away

Take me away oh God,

Through the field of time,

Away from mother, away from father,

Let me leave this world behind,

Let me travel far away from here,

Grant that my soul will find peace,

Far away from this place.

Let me go among the deer,

To the place where the sun sets

Let me go among the wolves 

To the place where the moon rises

Let me walk through the meadow,

and see the beacons of light

Let me sit by the river,

and see the clouds above

May I drop my possessions like weights,

May I drop all things and be free from all

Only a slave to Christ

Lift me Heavenward!

Take me away from the vain actors, away from the artificial lights of the city,

Grant that I may be with the angels, close to You oh True Light,

Give me death if I will be closer to you, 

make my body corpse if I can go on!

Take me away from them far to the field of time,

Take me away to the North so that I can dance among the northern lights,

Take me away to the West so that I can see what the Faith has inspired,

Take me away to the East so that I may rest my soul in the Holy City,

Take me away to the South so that I may be with my true family,

Take me away oh God,

Through the field of time,

Away from mother, away from father,

Let me leave this world behind,

Let me travel far away from here,

Grant that my soul will find peace,

Far away from this place.

Oh God Remember the Inuit and may they remember You

Oh God remember the Inuit and may they remember You.

In the bitter cold it sinks back, in icy water it watches
Seeing what it can capture, and drag into the darkest part of the waters
It calls like a siren and crushes like a giant,
Its winds blow mightily, but in Christ it is cast aside

Oh God remember the Inuit, remember their suffering
Do not turn Your eyes from the body that lays, from the family who mourns
In suicide we have lost a son, in self-murder we have lost a daughter
Remember the Inuit; lead them ever into Your Light, away from the darkness

Christ You stand victorious in the arctic winds, You walk upon the waters
Extending Your hands You give mercy to those who seek You, You save them from the darkness
You call as a Hero, saving as the Almighty
Christ stands victorious, the creature is driven back

Let the people recall the Message they were told long ago, let them not be apathetic towards it
For You know oh God that Your Gospel is a Light unto all people
In Your kindness You bore their sins, let them recognize Your Atonement
Oh Christ in Your death they may have life, in Your suffering they may be healed

In the darkness of the night there goes another man to take flight
Away from family and those who love him--he is called by the creature of the sea
On his way to death please stop him before the waters become too deep
Before his family once more will weep!

Oh God remember the Inuit, and may they remember You
In the darkest times, let them look to You as Light
In the best of times may they look to You in praise
In Your Resurrection may they also raise
May they forever remember You, for in You the spirit of suicide is slain

Canada May Become an Agnostic majority country by 2050

Canada's Religion Demographics in 2001:

In 2001 Canada was a clear Catholic-majority country with Protestants 15% behind.





2011:

Ten years later the country is a very different place: Catholics, mostly from Quebec have left their faith behind while Protestants (which is defined as including anyone who identifies as a Christian who is not a Catholic or Eastern Orthodox) has declined to a lesser extent. The number of those identifying as none-religious jumped dramatically by 7% and the number of Canadians adhering to Islam went up to 3%.


If the trend continues, by 2051 Canada's Religious Demographics will look something like this:

Of course it's unlikely that the trends will continue for the next four decades; it's unlikely for example that less than 20% of Canadians will identify as Catholic, or that other religions (Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism ect.) will be reduced to 1% of Canadians by 2051.

20 Facts About London Free Press Readers

All of the following are based on London Free Press polls conducted over the last year. In each select poll over 2000 people gave a response.

1.) 48% of readers believe Street preachers should be fined "for preaching their message."

2.) A slight majority of 50.1% thought that the City should pay tribute to Pride with painted crosswalks. (a year record of 6728 people voted.)

3.) 51% said Mayor Brown should not resign.

4.) 51% said kids should ride London buses free-of-charge.

5.) 53% support the legalization of marijuana.

6.) 57% said people should not face a fine for texting and walking.

7.) 57% said they have trouble paying their Hydro bill. 

8.) 60% said the City of London should allow music events to go to 1:00 AM.

9.) 62% say watching pornography would not help their relationship.

10.) 68% play golf.

11.) 71% thought "President Trump..." sounded terrifying. as opposed to interesting. 

12.) 71% are worried about "all the violence in London." 

13.) 73% thought London's drivers were worse than the roads.

14.) 77% of readers haven't taken the city bus in the last year. 

15.) 80% of readers believe Russian athletes should be banned from the Olympics. 

16.) 88% said flip-flops are not appropriate work attire.

17.) 91% did not believe the anthem should have been changed to be gender-neutral.

18.) 92% claimed they will not play Pokemon Go.

19.) 92% will not attend the Pride Parade.

20.) 96% of readers have never used a 3D printer.

Like Christ, May I be

Oh God rebuke me if I am false,

If I am deceived about my Salvation,

If I am not born again, rebuke me

If I am deluded, show me the Light!

I confess my sins before You,

None is righteous apart from You,

I confess I have been impure,

But by You, I am made pure.

Christ was born of God,

Christ was born of the virgin,

In Him I am born of God,

Though I came also from a women

Christ was baptized,

The Father testifies 'This is My Son.”

I am baptized,

The Father testifies “You have been made My son, I have adopted you.”

Christ was lead into the desert by the Holy Spirit,

Christ was tempted by Satan but never sinned,

I am lead by the Holy Spirit,

I am tempted by Satan and in Christ I am forgiven

Christ forgave all who pleaded for forgiveness,

Christ redeems the souls of those who put their faith in Him,

I must forgive all who seek forgiveness,

I am redeemed for I have put my faith in Him

Christ took up His cross and all suffering,

Christ atoned for sin under God's wrath

I must take up my cross and bear the suffering that must be,

My sins are atoned for under God's mercy

Christ rose again on the third day,

God testifies that Christ is the Messiah,

I will rise again to life,

God testifies that if I am His I will raise in Him

Christ ascended to Heaven and took His rightful place,

He sits at the right hand of the Father; He is Lord of Heaven and Earth,

I will ascend to Heaven and take my place by grace,

I will be seated with Him; I will be His forever and ever.

Come Join the Dance

Won't you come and join the dance?

Listen to the music among the prance?

Join us here men and women, together as one eternally,

Look at the centre and see the God we worship, join us all in the beauty

Leave your rags behind, forsake all that is impure

Have faith in the Light and embrace Him

Forsake the lie and be humble,

Yield to the Truth and do not be proud,

Be my brother, be my sisters

Take His hand and dance with me,

Express your love and be pure

Be in this place and have no fear

Join the Universe in it's new chorus,

Join the animals in this dance,

Join the Cherubim is this wonder,

Join the Seraphim in this dance of praise

Look to the centre see Who we worship,

Truth and God are One,

Purity and God are together,

Goodness is the Way of God

Before Him wickedness melts away,

By His blood is forgiveness,

Before Him is all Heaven,

By Him all the Earth is,

Before Him are His saints,

By Him they have Eternal Life,

Below Him are the damned,

By Him they received their judgement

In Him is truth, purity, righteousness and glory

Without Him is deceit, wickedness and shame

Embrace Him and have life; we have eaten from the Tree of Knowledge let us eat from the Tree of Life

Embrace Him and know Him; we learn much of the universe, let us learn of God;

Embrace Him and be pure; we travel with wickedness, let us bathe in River of Life from the Throne

Embrace Him and be light; the darkness opens its mouth, let us be lifted away by the light

Oh Christ save them,

Let them dance with us,

Let Your song be one of love,

Slay the darkness but let the children of darkness be made free!

Oh GOD You Are Lord over Death

Oh death embrace me,

Oh death come close and end my life,

Stop my beating heart, end it's pain

If you had the power wouldn't I cease to be?

But you are a tool, not the Creator

An object, not God

The God Who gives life also gives death

Oh God why have you cursed me to live?

Why did You make me seeing my life?

Why did You not end me seeing what would happen?

That my slaughter would be Your delight, that You would have this mercy on me

You have left me here on this island, away from my longing; to lay down in the grave

You gave me a voice but made it difficult for me to speak,

You gave me compassion but you made it difficult for me to show love,

You gave me family but now I must watch as they all pass away,

You gave me life, but I long for the end.

I cannot help but see Your blessings, meaning in throughout the moments

I thank You for the virtues that come from Your Salvation,

But I long for a desert to go to, detachment from the family I love

If I go away I may find contentment, if I stay I will continue to face hardship

You are just in all You do, the universe is Yours forever

You will live forever, on earth people can always be in relationship with You

When I pass away, You will remain

Whoever speaks to the dead speaks in vain, but whoever seeks You is committed to a virtue

Oh death, bow before Him!

If He commands you to strike me let it be my delight,

If my heart stops beating praise God with me,

He has the power; may He end my life on earth.  

A Poem on the Love in Faithfulness By Ian Newton

My heart beats with a passionate flame for you

My soul compels me to embrace, my spirit says to be loyal to you

Marriage is the key with which to unlock what my heart has desired since my youth

The wedding day is wonderful, let the wedding night be more wonderful

Let the bed be a place of expression, let me display my love to you

When God saw that man was without a partner He made the women out of his body,

Don't you know that he longed for her and hoped to unite with her?

You are a virgin, I am free of fornication

Together we go into the magnificence

You are a women and I am a man

Express your femininity and let me show you my masculinity

I feel your heart, feel mine

I feel your love, feel mine

I feel your embrace, feel mine as well

I was like a man in the desert before I was joined with you,

I was like a man alone before God joined us together,

What God has joined together let no man separate,

What God has ordained let none violate

You are an oasis to me, it is my delight to be with you

Come rise your hands with me, glorify the God who made us

My sister, my wife bow with me for the delight He has given us

He commanded and we obeyed; what beauty unfolded!

Is Lawrence of Arabia in Battlefield 1?

Ten Countries that Will Have an Evangelical Majority by the 22nd Century

This list displays the ten countries that are most likely to have Evangelical Christian majorities by 2100 at the latest. It assumes that each country's Evangelical percentage will grow by 1% every four years. In the case of  south American countries it is predicted to go up 1.5% every four years.

To be clear this is a prediction; wars, missionary work by Catholics, Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses, and natural disasters can all effects how Evangelicalism grows.

1.) Kenya: Protestant missionaries only arrived in the east African country in the 1800's yet as of 2016 more than 45% of Kenyans identify as not just Protestant but specifically Evangelical. Kenya is predicted to reach 50% by 2036.

2.) Vanuatu: As of 2016 about 45% of Vanuatus identify as Evangelical representing half of the Christian-identifying population. Vanuatu is predicted to reach a majority Evangelical poplution by 2036.

3.) Saint Vincent: This Caribbean Island was named after a French Catholic priest but in modern times has a Protestant-Evangelical population that represents 39% of the population. Saint Vincent is predicted to have an Evangelical majority by 2060.

4.) Uganda: This central African country only encounter Protestant missionaries in the late 1800's; today some 37% of Ugandans identify as Evangelical. Uganda is predicted to become an Evangelical majority by 2068.

5.) El Salvador: The country whose name translates to "The Savior" is thought to have 33% Evangelicals and it is predicted to reach a majority by 2068.

6.) The Bahamas: Located within 200 miles of the Florida about 34% of people who live here are Evangelicals. The Bahamas is predicted to become an Evangelical majority by 2080.

7.) Barbados: Currently about 34% of Barbados' citizens are Evangelicals. Barbados is predicted to become a majority Evangelical country by 2080.

8.) Brazil: Although Latin America is largely thought of as Catholic this old religion is fading. As of 2016 26% of Brazilians identify as Evangelical and by 2080 it is predicted to become the first Evangelical-majority country in South America.

9.) Solomon Islands: This country named after none other than Solomon himself is 33% Evangelical. The Solomon Islands are predicted to have an Evangelical majority by 2084.

Source:
http://www.operationworld.org/hidden/evangelical-population 

Most Immoral Provinces/Territories

Most Immoral Provinces/Territories

Province/Territory	Overall	Homicide	Sexual Assault	Robbery	Assault
Nova Scotia	1	12	7	12	1
Nunavut	2	1	1	9	2
Northwest Territories	3	3	2	10	4
New Brunswick	4	9	9	1	3
Newfoundland	5	13	8	11	5
Yukon	6	2	3	5	6
Saskatchewan	7	6	5	3	7
Manitoba	8	4	4	2	8
Alberta	9	5	6	6	9
British Colombia	10	8	11	4	11
PEI	11	7	13	13	10
Quebec	12	11	12	8	12
Ontario	13	10	10	7	13

The above table uses 2014 data from Statistics Canada. It ranks them from the highest to the lowest immorality rate (which is the homicide, sexual assault, robbery and assault rate combined.)

The color shows the majority religion of the Province / Territory according to the 2011 Canada-wide census.

[] = Protestant

[]= Catholic

[]= No religious affiliation

Observations

1-The Northern Territories tend to have higher immorality ratings with especially high homicide and sexual assault rates.

2-Atlantic Provinces are generally more immoral than other Provinces with Prince Edward Island being the major exception.

3-Canada’s two largest provinces have a noticeably low immorality rates with the exception of the robbery rate.

4-Western Provinces tend to have high homicide and sexual assault rates.

5-Atlantic Provinces have lower robbery rates.

6-Majority no-religious affiliation provinces tend to have higher robbery rates.

7-The five provinces/territories with the highest assault rates all begin with the letter “N”.

-Quebec, which operates under the Napoleonic Code, has a relatively low homicide, sexual assault, assault but like Ontario it has a high robbery rate.

9-Provinces/Territories with high numbers of indigenous peoples¹ tend to be more immoral; they have higher homicide and sexual assault rates. Robbery rates are not relatively very high.

                               

Sources:

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/legal12b-eng.htm

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=01&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=Canada&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1

^1: The Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Manitoba all have relatively high percentages of Indigenous peoples. 

Psalms

Date: 1446-537 BC
Authors with Psalms attributed to: Moses (Psalm 90), Ethan the Ezraite (89), Heman with the sons of Korah (88) King Solomon (72 and 127), King David (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 28, 39, 40, 41, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 86, 95, 101, 103, 108, 109, 110, 122, 124, 131, 133, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144 and 145), Asaph (50, 73-83), the sons of Korah (42, 44-49, 84, 85, 87 and 88). 

Ruth

Read it here.

Dated: Circa 970 AD
Location written in: Israel

Other notes:
Ruth is revered as holy by Christians and Jews.
It is the 8th book of the Bible. 
Ruth was the great grandmother of King David. 

The Negroes' Complaint by William Cowper

FORCED from home and all its pleasures
           Afric's coast I left forlorn,
To increase a stranger's treasures
           O'er the raging billows borne.
Men from England bought and sold me,
           Paid my price in paltry gold;
But, though slave they have enrolled me,
           Minds are never to be sold.

Still in thought as free as ever,
           What are England's rights, I ask,
Me from my delights to sever,
           Me to torture, me to task ?
Fleecy locks and black complexion
           Cannot forfeit nature's claim;
Skins may differ, but affection
           Dwells in white and black the same.

Why did all-creating nature
           Make the plant for which we toil?
Sighs must fan it, tears must water,
           Sweat of ours must dress the soil.
Think, ye masters iron-hearted,
           Lolling at your jovial boards,
Think how many backs have smarted
           For the sweets your cane affords.

Is there, as ye sometimes tell us,
           Is there One who reigns on high?
Has He bid you buy and sell us,
           Speaking from his throne, the sky?
Ask him, if your knotted scourges,
           Matches, blood-extorting screws,
Are the means that duty urges
           Agents of his will to use?

Hark! He answers!--Wild tornadoes
           Strewing yonder sea with wrecks,
Wasting towns, plantations, meadows,
           Are the voice with which he speaks.
He, foreseeing what vexations
           Afric's sons should undergo,
Fixed their tyrants' habitations
           Where his whirlwinds answer--"No."

By our blood in Afric wasted
           Ere our necks received the chain;
By the miseries that we tasted,
           Crossing in your barks the main;
By our sufferings, since ye brought us
           To the man-degrading mart,
All sustained by patience, taught us
           Only by a broken heart;

Deem our nation brutes no longer,
           Till some reason ye shall find
Worthier of regard and stronger
           Than the colour of our kind.
Slaves of gold, whose sordid dealings
           Tarnish all your boasted powers,
Prove that you have human feelings,
           Ere you proudly question ours!

Sources on Peter

Contemporary eye-witnesses whose testimony is or may be included in the sources:
Paul, Luke, Mark and Clement.

Sources mentioning Peter:
The Gospel of Mark (chapters 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16)
The Gospel of Luke (chapters 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 22 and 24.)
The Gospel of Matthew (chapters 4, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 26 and 28.
The Gospel of John (chapters 1, 6, 13, 18, 20 and 21.
Acts (chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 15)
Galatians 2
First Letter of Peter
Second Letter of Peter
Letter of First Clement

Sources on Jesus of Nazareth

All of the following sources were recorded within a 105 of Jesus's birth. 

Contemporary witnesses whose testimony is contained in some accounts: Peter (an Apostle), John (an Apostle), James (a biological brother), Simon of Cyrene (partially carried Jesus's cross) and other Disciples. 

Main sources:
Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Matthew
Gospel of Luke
Gospel of John
Also mentioned in:
Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians,
1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude and Revelation.
Annals by Tacitus (15:44)
Pliny's Letter to Emperor Trajan
Works of Lucian, the Death of Peregrine (para 10-11)

Nora Stone

Date created: 700-800 BC
Date found: 1773
Location found at: Southern Sardinia
Notes: This find is of interest to Biblical scholars as the location called "Tarshish" is referred to nine times in the Bible. 1 Kings mentions that King Solomon had a fleet of ships (in association with King Hiram of Tyre) which were called "Ships of Tarshish". In 1 Chronicles Tarshish is mentioned as descending from Javan (thought to be Greece). It is also mentioned in Genesis, Psalms, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Jonah. In the Book of Jonah the prophet seeks to travel to west to Tarshish instead of east to Nineveh. Two locations have been suggested: southern turkey and southern Spain.

The tablet has been translated, as follows:

[a. He fought (?)]
[b. with the Sardinians (?)]
1. at Tarshish
2. and he drove them out.
3. Among the Sardinians
4. he is [now] at peace,
5. (and) his army is at peace:
6. Milkaton son of
7. Shubna (Shebna), general
8. of (king) Pummay.

Twelve Statements Hitler Made About Christianity

The following are paraphrases of what Hitler wrote about Christianity in his book Mein Kampf.
"Christianity" is used here to refer to both Protestantism and Catholicism.

1.) Politicizing Catholicism with a single party was a mistake. (Page 196)

2.) Jesus cleared the Temple because He hated the Jews. (Page 222)

3.) Back in the good old days (when Frederick the Great reigned) the Jews were regarded as foreigners and Geothe (a famous German writer) was horrified at the thought that Christians and Jews could marry legally. (Page 225)

4.) Christians more often marry Jewish women than vice-versa. The child of this relationship takes after the mother. (Page 228)

5.) Christianity is great not because it attempted to compromise with ancient philosophical ideas but because it preached and fought for its own doctrine. (Page 253)

6.) Pre-Christian Germans were not barbarians or uncivilized. (Page 282)

7.) Catholics and Protestants should stop wasting their time preaching to Africans who don't want to know about Christianity and don't understand it. It would be better to not let Christianity fade in Germany instead of focusing on spreading it to Africans. (Page 289)

8.) In order for Christianity to be accepted in Europe it had to destroy paganism. He wrote that "intolerance is an indispensable condition for the growth of such a faith." (Page 327)

9.) The advent of Christianity was the first occasion when spiritual terror was used "into the much freer ancient world, but the fact cannot be denied that ever since then the world is pervaded and dominated by this kind of coercion and that violence is broken only by violence and terror by terror." (Page 328)

10.) Catholics and Protestants are fighting each other--just like the Jews want. The Jews are the enemy of the Aryan race and Chistendom, and they are laughing. (Page 406)

11.) Catholicism and Protestantism aren't paying attention to the survival of the Aryan race. It doesn't matter if Catholicism or Protestantism triumphs over the other: what matters is if the Ayran race survives or dies off. (Page 406)

12.) Catholicism and Protestantism should focus on destroying Jewishness not each other. (Page 406)

Historical Figures Guide

This section provides all works on specific historical figures. The figure may be mentioned briefly or in detail.

Jesus of Nazareth (1st century AD)

Peter (1st century AD)

Biography Collection

This section includes works which are biographical in style.

Jesus of Nazareth (5 BC-30 AD)

Gospel of Mark (c. 55)
Gospel of Matthew (c. 65)
Gospel of Luke (c. 70)
Gospel of John (c. 90)

Flavius Josephus (37-100 AD)

Autobiography of Flavius Josephus (Circa 100 AD)

History Collection

This section includes works that were written with the purpose of preserving events that occurred within the confines of history; this does not mean however that they exclude anything theological.

The dates shown in brackets refer to the time period it accounts for (not when the work was written.)

The Pentateuch (4004-1406 BC, Canaan and Egypt)

Joshua (1406-1375 BC, Canaan)

Judges (1375-1075 BC, Tribal Israel)

Ruth (Circa 1140 BC, Israel and Moab)

1 Samuel (1100-1010 BC, Israel and Philistina)

2 Samuel (1010-970 BC, Israel)

1 Chronicles (1003-970, Israel)

1 Kings (970-853 BC, Israel and Judah)

2 Chronicles (967-609 BC, Israel and Judah)

2 Kings (852-586 BC, Israel and Judah)

Ezra (537-456 BC, Persia and Judea)

Nehemiah (445-432 BC, Persia and Judea)

Esther (483-472 BC, Persia)

Acts (30-62 AD, Christian history)

The 20 Most Recommended Books for Understanding Western Civilization

It has long been understood that the Western Civilization is the most important for the modern man to understand--from the Greek and Roman Empires to today's nations of America, the United Kingdom, France and Germany Western culture has had significant influence on the world.

Western countries are among the most democratic, economically preposterous, military powerful and stable in the world. But what is "The West?" and what, over the course of history has made it what it is?

To understand Western Civilization we must understand its literature and its most influential figures, the Chief of Whom is Jesus of Nazareth, but others include Napoleon, William Shakespeare, George Washington, Plato, Aristotle and King David. 


I.) Definitions
II.) Primary Literature

Definitions

"The West" / "Western Civilization": In our modern day the countries of America, Australia,  Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Spain and Switzerland

Westerner: One who not only lives in a Western country but accepts western values such as democracy, freedom of speech and religion.

Primary Literature

Pre-Classical and Classical

The Book of Genesis
The Book of Exodus
The Book of Deuteronomy
The Iliad
The Odyssey
The Republic
Metaphysics
The Gospel of Mark
The Gospel of John
The Letter to the Romans
The Book of Revelation
City of God

Medieval

Summa Theologica

Modern 

Hamlet

The Bill of Rights