Add Some Weight to That Bar
This is simple. To gain strength we must strain against increasingly more pressure. To gain mental acuity we must tackle increasingly more complex puzzles. To build character we must overcome increasingly difficult internal and external conflicts.
Normal people agree that this is the way of growth for all people. There's no way . . .
CALEB - Old, Wise, Ferocious
Being chronologically enhanced does not make for wisdom.
Wisdom is knowledge hammered, wrought in the furnace of experience.
Caleb would not be tagged wise in our day. He would have been ridiculed for taking on so much, so late in the game.
We attribute maturity (read: old age) to those who are ‘set in their ways.’
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Wars and Rumors
conservatives vs liberals
arabs vs jews
blacks vs whites
freedom vs tyranny
the right to life vs the right to death
You could pick a side in one of the endless wars but the man or woman of faith has his equipment and marching orders for the war of all wars - from which all the lesser battles are spin-offs.
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Two-Question Test
Simple, Two-Question Test
Who is your God?
(Relative to question 1.), Who are you?
To self-grade this test, hold your answers up to the following statement:
Do your answers permit you to dismiss Jesus’ claims on any or certain aspects of your life?
If ‘yes,’ think it over and take the test . . .
In a Pickle
Drawing "Warty Gherkin" by jillilou
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