Fanboy note: I am working on a Christmas project for Slade so that empirically we can determine who would win, Spider-man or Wolverine. But for today I’m putting some thoughts down for myself to look back at later.
We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.
Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves.
Today I heard some quotes from William Law and became intrigued. He’s the author from the 1700s (not to be confused with 1800s William Law) of the book A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life and it’s not as self-righteous as some of the writers from the time period come off to be.
One of the concepts that grabbed me is that knowledge of the Bible that is not acted upon inoculates us to its reality. We get too used to hearing the same old stories and think that we know everything, whether we’ll admit it or not. Or we’ll just stop caring about what we know or not. I think this is a major issue with churches in our country and why we’ve lost perceived relevance in many situations. Yeah, I’m reading through Blue Like Jazz again. I love it.
Advancing the cause of not helping out your fellow human:
That split second of, “Could I get sued?” could mean a life. Should we just say, “Leave ‘em” just to keep our lives less complicated? But a person jumping in to save another is going to be a risk taker already. Would they fear a lawsuit?
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That is an amazing book. Have you read “Searching for God Knows What”? It is a deep look into his life and his search God… Needless to say, also awesome.
I have a “trilogy-in-one” book and I will probably flow from one into the next.