A Call to Greatness
A Call to Greatness Elizabeth A. Mitchell SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2020 Chartwell, Winston Churchill’s country residence, provides both a glimpse inside Churchill’s private life – and into the great man’s …More
A Call to Greatness
Elizabeth A. Mitchell
SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2020
Chartwell, Winston Churchill’s country residence, provides both a glimpse inside Churchill’s private life – and into the great man’s mind. In his study, you expect to find books, newspapers, tumblers, ashtrays, and sterling silver framed photographs – and you do. You also see a map of the European theater of war, spanning an entire wall of the room. Churchill was busy mapping out the location of ships, tanks, troops, and defense lines – before he received the call asking him to assume command of British forces.
When that call came in, Churchill didn’t have to put down the receiver and bellow down the hall, “Clemmie – have we got a map handy?” No. He simply peered over the rim of his spectacles, surveyed the plan, and started giving orders. Churchill was ready.
He said later of the moment in which he was called to lead the Western world in its most demanding confrontation with evil, “I felt as if I were walking with destiny …More
Elizabeth A. Mitchell
SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2020
Chartwell, Winston Churchill’s country residence, provides both a glimpse inside Churchill’s private life – and into the great man’s mind. In his study, you expect to find books, newspapers, tumblers, ashtrays, and sterling silver framed photographs – and you do. You also see a map of the European theater of war, spanning an entire wall of the room. Churchill was busy mapping out the location of ships, tanks, troops, and defense lines – before he received the call asking him to assume command of British forces.
When that call came in, Churchill didn’t have to put down the receiver and bellow down the hall, “Clemmie – have we got a map handy?” No. He simply peered over the rim of his spectacles, surveyed the plan, and started giving orders. Churchill was ready.
He said later of the moment in which he was called to lead the Western world in its most demanding confrontation with evil, “I felt as if I were walking with destiny …More
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You deliberately misread scripture to justify your anti-Semitism and then you accuse me of "twisted deceit." That's rich, @Joseph a' Christian . :D
There's nothing deceitful about what I've said because Scripture does not say what idiots like you and Matty want it to. It never does and it never will.
The best your kind can ever do is what you did here: misapply it to support a logical fallacy. …More
You deliberately misread scripture to justify your anti-Semitism and then you accuse me of "twisted deceit." That's rich, @Joseph a' Christian . :D
There's nothing deceitful about what I've said because Scripture does not say what idiots like you and Matty want it to. It never does and it never will.
The best your kind can ever do is what you did here: misapply it to support a logical fallacy.
...and your first comment doesn't "stand" at all. It's been knocked down by a counter-example involving no one less than the Son of God Himself.
There's nothing deceitful about what I've said because Scripture does not say what idiots like you and Matty want it to. It never does and it never will.
The best your kind can ever do is what you did here: misapply it to support a logical fallacy.
...and your first comment doesn't "stand" at all. It's been knocked down by a counter-example involving no one less than the Son of God Himself.