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“As the university system collapses and millions succumb to tech-induced brain rot, the concept of the autodidact - a self-educated person who loves learning for its own sake - will become more important than ever. Read widely. Form study groups. Let the library be your college.” (Boze...

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We’re in touch. What is it that you wish to speak privately with me about? I rarely make an exception to my policy but if you will give me a general idea of what it’s about, I’ll consider it. Is there someone else whom you can privately discuss the matter - whatever it is - with? Why does it...

He could. If they do (as opposed to simply closing the thread) then something of no value will be flushed from the system, but with it also something of value. Closing the thread may or may not be the right thing to do. Deleting the thread is a costly decision.

Good old X / Twitter bots. From my “For you” feed this afternoon - “To be a disciple of Jesus means to learn from Him, to follow Him. …” (Billy Graham) https://x.com/billygraham/status/1943718051087548463?s=61 Jew and gentile, learning from Jesus and following him - becoming his disciple -...

What Jesus himself (and, by extension, the apostles - all of them) is teaching and preaching is the Messianic hope of Israel. It has serious ramifications for Jews and for gentiles. The disciples of the Messiah are to have that same hope.

“The words that I’ve spoken to you are spirit and life.” (John 6:63, ISV) The words Jesus spoke, his message, his gospel, his teaching and preaching, are life giving words. The words Jesus spoke aren’t only for the Jews. (That’s what the devil wants us to think.) Separating Jesus from his...

“But how can people call on him if they have not believed in him. How can they believe in him if they have not heard his message? How can they hear if no one tells [the Good News]?” (Romans 10:15, GNT) Paul knew precisely how newbies are made. They are made when people believe in Jesus. People...

”Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God. Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved.” (Luke 8:11-12, NASB) Paul and Silas sowed the word of God, the word, the gospel...

Paul and Silas imprisoned. ”The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods. When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely, and...

“But as soon as they believed Philip’s preaching of the kingdom of God and of the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.” (Acts 8:12, NMB) This is what the carrying out of the great commission looks like in the New Testament. Do we see this echoed in Paul? Yes. Both to...

“Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.” - Oswald Chambers.

* Is that a beautiful story or an ugly story? *

* Joke’s on her. My dinner - a bowl of cereal - isn’t on page 34 in the recipe book. This isn’t my first rodeo. *