Saturday, July 5, 2025

Milk vs Meat for the Christian

 A few weeks ago Pastor talked about Milk vs Meat for the Christian, Milk for the baby Christian and Meat for the mature Christian. For me this subject hits close to home. More than a decade ago I started to intensely study the Bible with the Koinonia-Institute, an online Christian Think Tank. Here we examine the Bible verse by verse plus related verses. As the brilliance Dr. Chuck Missler oftentimes remarked, "The Bible is a hologram."


Under the unique teachings of Dr. Missler I more or less graduated from Milk to Meat. I was flexing my Christian Meat muscles and then I hit a dry spell. Marketing at Koinonia-Institute changes plus the passing of Dr. Messler, well I let my studies go.

My faith never faltered but was I drifting back to Milk? Was I regressing to need Peter 2:2, “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow thereby:”

No, I'm still clinging to the Meat of the Word.

I felt like The Apostle Paul was talking to me through the centuries when he called the Hebrews immature, backward, untaught, and dull of hearing. Paul expected far more of the maturing/ mature believer who should not only seek the Meat of the Word, rather should teach the Word.

The Apostle Paul said it even more harshly, "Hebrews 5:11-14, “Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth Milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong Meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”

I'm responsible to God in the sure knowledge of John 14:6, "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." The study of God's Word is a commitment I've made for the remainder of my earthly incarnation. After that I hope to hear from the Master Himself.

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Ancestors who fought in the American Revolution.

End of file from my sister Mary's records. Mary provided lots of family information researched via books before the availability of Internet programs. I added her information and more to PAF decades ago.

I'm adding this to my Christian blog so the information doesn't get lost.

William Robbins is:

1.  First known American ancestor of this family per US,D2,31,VOL2, pg 731.

2.  William was included in the land grant given to soldiers who took part in the campaign against the Mipmuchhs near Webster in King Phillips War, 1675 per "The Robbins Family"  compiled by Frank Eggleston, Ann Arbor 1926-27. Located at Michigan State Library on Michigan Ave. 929.2 R63r.

3.  William was said to be of Scotch ancestry but not proven.

4.  A Williams of Reading was made freeman 18 Apr 1691.

Williams Robbins is the 7th great grandfather of Sally Jane Cooper.

The father of his wife Priscilla Gowing was Robert Gowing born 1618 Edinburg Scotland.

‐‐---Clark Robbins:

MISC: FOUGHT IN REV WAR

      IGI 13,121 745031/0

batch: 7450361 sheet: none call: 002947

Samuel Burley

1. FOUGHT IN REV. WAR DAR Patriot Index, Washington 1966, located at Michigan State Library, Lansing, MI 973.344 D23d:

Samual Burley (Burleigh) b. 9-22-1745 d. 4-9-1825 m. Rachel Roberts Pvt. Ct.

2. Record of Services of Connecticut Men in the I. War of Revolution II. War of 1812 III. Mexican War Compiled by authority of the General Assembly Hartford 1889:  Under list of ther men who marched from the Connecticut towns "for the relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm" April 1773:

FROM THE TOWN OF UNION:

Samual Burley -- no. of days 6

Jacob Burley -- no. of days 6


2. HELP REFERENCE 213362



!BATCH #: 7450311 NO SHEET CALL NUMBER #: 002898 FOR BIRTH OF SAMUAL AND HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS

BATCH #:7207012 CALL NUMBER #:820264 FOR MARRIAGE

4. See family bio ref in father's notes for additional children, also added to PAF file.  Samual and Rachel Roberts had 13 childredn.  Samual was a farmer at Union, moved to Monson 1797.