2020-10-13 00:30
The doctrine of hell is something that nobody wants to think about, much less talk about (or write about). I get it. Assuming the premise is true, what kind of God would not offer forgivenes… Read More
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2020-10-12 23:30
I just can’t even This thing is not something that I can believe in
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2020-10-10 01:30
Random Thoughts – 259 A Content Marketing Mentality Can Lead To Epic Content Like This How To Forgive Someone Who Isn’t Sorry Afternoon Break Taking Shape What C.S. Lewis Would R… Read More
2020-10-10 00:30
1. I can’t decide if the car wash near my house is running a money-laundering scheme or not. I mean, how many people can possibly need their cars washed? And yet vehicles are wrapped a… Read More
2020-10-09 23:30
Instabooks 332: places_and_books
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2020-10-09 01:30
I agree deeply with the content marketing mentality espoused by Garyvee. Plainly, he believes that every business is a media company first. This is all about giving value to potential custom… Read More
2020-10-09 01:30
Can you forgive someone who never asked for it? I don’t know for sure – but I have my doubts. Do not be confused here. This is different than what I would call “getting ove… Read More
2020-10-08 23:30
A lunch to escape Afternoon break taking shape Evading red tape
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2020-10-08 01:30
What would you remove from Christianity if you could? Envy? Chastity? Gluttony? Gossip? Lewis had this to say. Reminded me of that quote about hell being locked on the outside. There is no d… Read More
2020-10-08 00:30
Here are 5 things I learned reading: Slouching Towards Bethlehem, By: Joan Didion (Amazon). 1. A “foehn wind” is a breeze that blows off the leeward side of a mountain. 2. Wagon… Read More
2020-10-07 23:30
A three hour drive To a Carta Valley meal One less day with you
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2020-10-07 01:30
Again, is this why I often feel so restless? Andrew Peterson wrote of this longing in, I think, a profound way in his book Adorning The Dark. But you will have to be patient. I haven’t… Read More
2020-10-07 00:30
Instabooks 331: dustyatticrarebooks
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2020-10-06 23:30
Quarantined in this Small little house with the miss All too much remiss
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2020-10-06 01:30
Is true happiness and security even meant for this world? Good-grief, I don’t even know. Maybe this is all part of why nothing that we seek brings us a feeling of lasting happiness and… Read More
2020-10-06 00:30
Ok, so humble brag here I guess, my wife made the Lubbock Top 20 Under 40 list of 2020! Just look at you guys and gals with your careers and all… The entire list includes: Isaac Aguil… Read More
2020-10-05 23:30
Computer fan hum Dish washer and passing car The silence of home
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2020-10-03 01:30
Random Thoughts – 258 Adorning The Dark, By: Andrew Peterson Fasting For 24 Hours (I Do It Like This) What Do I Type When I Type Avoid Suffering, But Can An Octopus Dream? In Your Car… Read More
2020-10-03 00:30
1. “The difference between remembering and forgetting is writing it down.” And now I can’t remember where I first heard this. 2. On removing poverty. 3. When does saying, … Read More
2020-10-02 23:34
Instabooks 330: rosbyamshaw
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2020-10-02 01:30
Adorning The Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of MakingBy: Andrew PetersonB&H Books (October 15, 2019)174 pages Adorning The Dark is a wonderfully poetic book about… Read More
2020-10-02 00:30
Fasting for 24 hours is not as difficult as you would think. No really. Stay with me. This comes in two steps. The first is a common technique with intermittent fasters. Plain and simple: Yo… Read More
2020-10-01 23:30
Type, and type, I type What do I type when I type Words often unripe
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2020-10-01 01:30
Avoid suffering if you can, right? This makes perfect sense to everyone. Suffering is not good, for its own sake. But maybe the good in suffering, is what we learn from it. And I think there… Read More
2020-10-01 00:30
It has never occurred to me that it might be possible for an octopus to dream. And I have certainly never seen a video of it. But from what I gather here, few people have. The fact that this… Read More
2020-09-30 23:30
If you fall asleep In your car, you wake up and Feel like a felon
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2020-09-30 01:30
But the Marxist has no idea how to remove poverty. The cure for poverty is wealth (makes sense). And see, the way to wealth is freedom. Freer economies have higher GDPs, happier people, and… Read More
2020-09-30 00:30
Here are the ten commandments of mystery fiction, by Ronald Knox. Interestingly, Ronald Knox was a catholic priest from England. He wrote prolifically and dabbled in radio. On writing myster… Read More
2020-09-29 23:30
Not a dime to throw But I have this time to blow All these seeds to sow
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2020-09-29 01:30
I have honestly never understood contempt for the rich. Of course, there is “rich” – and then there is rich. Saying you are in the top 1% of wealth globally ($32,400 annual… Read More
2020-09-29 00:30
No really, is it just me, or are political ads getting better these days? Of course, if you don’t know what to look for you might call them cheesy. But I think there is serious persuas… Read More
2020-09-28 23:30
We were chased by a Confrontational chicken At 3, I was scarred
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2020-09-26 01:30
Random Thoughts – 257 Because They Are Right No Matching Socks But Our Blight Has Cursed The Land Vices Of The Feckless People Without Children My Patience Is Wearing Thin Divine Humil… Read More
2020-09-26 00:30
1. If you respected yourself more, you would get in bed at 10:00, lights out by 10:30. 2. Some evils are just easier to see, if you want to know the truth. 3. I detest sleazy headlines. But… Read More
2020-09-25 23:30
Instabooks 329: caseyrosereads
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2020-09-25 01:30
Are things right because they are right? Or are they right by sovereign decree? This is an interesting point. And I think it might be a bit like two sides of the same coin, for you can never… Read More
2020-09-25 00:30
Some days, some weeks, some months you have it together. Everything is easy and clicks right along. Like many others, this has not been my experience so far in 2020. Coronavirus effects, pol… Read More
2020-09-24 23:30
Toil not meant for man But our blight has cursed the land One day weaker than
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2020-09-24 01:30
Ha, I’m sorry, “vices of the feckless,” is such a good phrase. It makes sense though. It is easy to know you are far from goodness when you are, in fact, a long way away. B… Read More
2020-09-24 00:30
I work with quite a few people that don’t have kids, so this made me laugh when I saw it tonight. It’s the version of the old philosophical example that says you don’t have… Read More
2020-09-23 23:30
My cup is empty My patience is wearing thin This is a fake grin
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2020-09-23 01:30
This divine humility that Lewis speaks to here is profound. Under what other faith or worldview does grace extended to the very people that – though their actions – choose other… Read More
2020-09-23 00:30
That’s right, we made three chicken stops for lunch today. Why? Because one wants Chick-fil-a, without reservation, always and forever. The other, can’t eat Chick-fil-a, because… Read More
2020-09-22 23:30
We are all hosed here But my house is comfortable And the birds are nice
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2020-09-22 01:30
The reason that theology is often only there for emergencies is the same fundamental reason that philosophy is only worried about in times of both suffering and hedonism. It has nothing to d… Read More
2020-09-22 00:30
I enjoyed this short Roald Dahl Interview I found. (If you don’t know, he wrote the children’s classics: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and The BFG.) “Why do y… Read More
2020-09-21 23:30
Slack dings, my phone rings Another way to find me Just trying to work
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2020-09-19 01:30
Random Thoughts – 256 Will Smith On Hard Work Like A Fall Leaf At My Foot Call Our Souls Our Own The Cruelty Of Cruel Ages I Am Nearer To You For 3 Reasons To Keep Blogging Ethical By… Read More
2020-09-19 00:30
1. Starting a day with clean jeans, a fresh t-shirt, and few plans is where the joy of the weekend is found. 2. I do this to leave a trace. (It’s at least one of the things I do.) 3. Y… Read More
2020-09-18 23:30
Instabooks 328: book.read.treats
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2020-09-18 00:30
I absolutely love this blurb by Will Smith on hard work. He says: I am not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be outworked. Period. Hard work is grossly underestimated, plain and simpl… Read More
2020-09-17 23:30
A small feather fell Like a fall leaf at my foot But where is the bird?
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2020-09-17 01:30
It feels like much of theistic rejection is a simple insistence that we call our souls our own. A defiant: “But, I don’t want to be told what to do.” I don’t know. Ma… Read More
2020-09-17 00:30
When you realize the cruelty of cruel ages – includes us too… Again, grace. If, then, you are ever tempted to think that we modern Western Europeans cannot really be so very bad… Read More
2020-09-16 23:30
A day or two more I am nearer to you for This short sweet moment
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2020-09-16 01:30
Writer and artist Austin Kelon pointed out the other day that he has been blogging for 15 years! It’s kind of crazy when you realize Facebook was founded only one year earlier. He says… Read More
2020-09-16 00:30
All this, is about the large difference between morals and ethics. The majority of the boys cheated on the test – morals. Cheating is wrong, always and forever – ethics. Good-gri… Read More
2020-09-15 23:30
Bold as a girl’s roar Never ceasing, wanting more Calm as a robin
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2020-09-15 01:30
Should time cancel sin? Should time wash away the worst atrocities of the world? If not that, maybe it should at least clear us of our more minor infractions? Ok, how about this one then? If… Read More
2020-09-15 00:30
I saw a funny quip the other day on this. It was something about a college student arguing about the inherent goodness of man. The other party retorted, “you only think that because yo… Read More
2020-09-14 23:30
Hum of kitchen play A new start to Saturday Just this till midday
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2020-09-12 01:30
Random Thoughts – 255 A Very Cold Universe Something Other Than This Yard Has Got The Dog Poop The Election Of Man 3 Ideas On Reconciling Human Suffering To Hone Your Tone Or You Will… Read More
2020-09-12 00:30
Instabooks 327: austinrutland
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2020-09-11 23:30
1. The sign says “no children in the hot tub.” Yet 10 of the 12 people in there are kids. Y’all are just bad parents. 2. Explain to me – using physics – how I … Read More
2020-09-11 01:30
Agreed, if we are simply “a puff of warm breath in a very cold universe,” there are not many alternatives to which we can turn. Insignificant physics is one option. but the other… Read More
2020-09-11 00:30
Chasing something other than what we were meant for is an invitation to great sadness. But I think this principle applies to more than one area. If you were destined for teaching special edu… Read More
2020-09-10 23:30
Here, I need the scoop This yard has got the dog poop I stoop, and I scoop
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2020-09-10 01:30
The election of man – biblically – is such an odd (and beautiful) thing if you think about it, I mean, isn’t it? To think we were chosen, created, loved, elevated, and rede… Read More
2020-09-10 00:30
Reconciling human suffering is only an issue if you attach meaning and value to this life beyond the agnostic physical world. Right? So here is my list of 3 things to do if you are actually… Read More
2020-09-09 23:30
On the phone you got To hone your tone or you will Be misunderstood
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2020-09-09 01:30
Are relationships worth it? Well. They are if they are the right kind. I mean, I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to be “loved” by anyone with some kind of timi… Read More
2020-09-09 00:30
If God is love (instead of irrelevant), it raises more questions than it answers, I think. Why are we here? What is our purpose? What is the point? What is evil anyway? But saying we are &ld&hell…Read More
2020-09-08 23:30
You don’t work for firms You simply work for people For better, or worse
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2020-09-05 03:30
Random Thoughts – 254 The Reality Of Love And Kindness Why Nonsense Remains Nonsense Of Days Stuck Here With You There If God Were Good What Is Ultimate Reality? Even Though You Prop T… Read More
2020-09-05 00:30
1. The internet is just the oddest place in the world. 2. Try to get ethics from physics. Go ahead. I’ll wait. 3. I need very much to read through the works of G.K. Chesterton. 4. Love… Read More
2020-09-05 00:30
Instabooks 326: lulumoonowlbooks
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2020-09-04 01:30
The reality of love and kindness is that they are similar, but not the same thing. For kindness is a necessary component of love. But kindness is not love. Maybe one could draw it out by say… Read More
2020-09-04 00:30
Nonsense remains nonsense, regardless of theme, because people will believe whatever they want to. Infuriatingly, they often prop up their ideas with constructs that wouldn’t get them… Read More
2020-09-03 23:30
The reality Of days stuck here with you there Of misspent time gone
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2020-09-03 01:30
If God were good, well then he would have done…such and such. (I honestly can’t even begin to wrap my mind around the hubris in a statement like that – but let’s not… Read More
2020-09-03 00:30
What is ultimate reality, in a philosophical sense, other than the ideal of what ought to be? It’s maybe asking what is wrong with the world, what should be done to fix it, and what we… Read More
2020-09-02 23:30
Your voice dies away Even though you prop them up By August their gone
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2020-09-02 01:30
This step, as Lewis puts it here, is the progression of mankind from awe, to connecting awe with ethics. Is it possible know if this was reveled, or if it was in our hearts all along? My gut… Read More
2020-09-02 00:30
Prescribing a behaviour is a problem for some because it forces them out of the world of determinism. And some, just plain and simple, do not want to be disturbed in that comfortable and war… Read More
2020-09-01 23:30
Heavy objects are Moved and portfolios are Built, using leverage
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2020-09-01 01:30
The second you say “I ought to…” or “I ought not to…” you rise up out of the world of mere materialism and step into a world of morals and ethics. Sure… Read More
2020-09-01 01:30
In a similar way to the assumptions of religion, when we talk about awe and beauty we are speaking of something beyond easy description. For what place do things like awe and wonder have in… Read More
2020-08-31 23:30
Self confidence plus An ugly heart is ego Silent work we go
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2020-08-29 02:30
Instabooks 325: okuryazar.tv
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2020-08-29 01:30
1. Movie parties do not work for first-grade girls. Everyone wants to play and talk over the movie, apparently. 2. What is it about driving around late at night in your hometown? 3. My only… Read More
2020-08-29 00:30
So, where did religion come from? I suppose we can hypothesize what people thought and felt before records were kept, but this question is deeper than that. The jump from there to the theolo… Read More
2020-08-28 23:30
This is the best video summary of Ezra And Nehemiah I have found. [This is part of the series: Video Summary Of the Bible]
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2020-08-28 22:30
Tired wife with kids Musical chairs each night till Each sleeps where they will
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2020-08-28 01:30
Instabooks 324: book.read.treats
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2020-08-28 01:30
What is it exactly about driving after midnight in your hometown? You start off driving back from a party after a football game. Maybe you are going to a friend’s house after prom. Or… Read More
2020-08-27 23:30
Loved this advice to Amazon writers via Twitter: Use less than 30 words per sentence Due to the fact that ➡ because Totally lacked the ability to ➡ could not Replace adjectives… Read More
2020-08-27 22:30
Voice made bending The light of this life sending Grace never-ending
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2020-08-27 02:30
Instabooks 323: beautelicieuse
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2020-08-27 01:30
Uh, yeah. It’s all about the quantity of downtime you get. We all need a break here and there. That moment of respite to reflect – and the margin to breathe on our own for a seco… Read More
2020-08-27 00:30
So you want to be a scrittore? Which – in Italian – simply means writer… Yeah. Of course, I had to look it up. From what I can gather, the difference here denotes gender… Read More
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