Jonathan Simcoe
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Jonathan Simcoe
Harry did not really listen. A warmth was spreading through him that had nothing to do with the sunlight; a tight obstruction in his chest seemed to be dissolving. He knew that Ron and Hermione were more shocked than they were letting on, but the mere fact that they were still there on either side of him, speaking bracing words of comfort, not
... See moreJ.K. Rowling • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Ironically, this is true even for versions of Christian faith that are proclaimed “anti-intellectual.” Many modes of Christian piety and discipleship that are suspicious of formal theology and higher education are nonetheless “intellectualist” in how they approach discipleship and Christian formation, narrowly focused on filling our intellectual
... See moreJames K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
This describes Athey to a "T".
On September 12, 2013, I reported Avomeen’s results in an article titled “How Chris McCandless Died,” which was published on The New Yorker website.
Jon Krakauer • Into the Wild
The history of the struggle for freedom in the West teaches an inconvenient truth: that there is no coherent view of human personality stripped of the imago Dei. Britain’s former chief rabbi, the late Jonathan Sacks, explained that the “self-evident” truths of the Declaration of Independence were anything but self-evident. “They would have been
... See morenationalreview.com • A Brief History of Individual Rights | National Review
There is nothing Dark about the Hallows — at least, not in that crude sense. One simply uses the symbol to reveal oneself to other believers, in the hope that they might help one with the Quest.”
J.K. Rowling • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Real explanations will sometimes sound weird, crazy, or too complicated because reality itself is often weird, crazy, or too complicated.
slimemoldtimemold.com • Reality Is Very Weird and You Need to Be Prepared for That
Great point
An emaciated gospel leads to emaciated worship. It lowers our eyes from God to self and cheapens what God has accomplished for us in Christ. The biblical gospel, by contrast, is like fuel in the furnace of worship. The more you understand about it, believe it, and rely on it, the more you adore God both for who he is and for what he has done for us
... See moreD. A. Carson • What Is the Gospel? (Foreword by D. A. Carson) (9Marks)
The call to get out and worship God in the desert is a call to creative ways of thinking and living that bring new creation to a parched world. If this is to be realized beyond the abstract and lived out in our concrete interactions, then let it begin with Christ in me. Let me begin by asking God to show me where and how I might intentionally
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