As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Man is ‘neither a machine nor a self-contained soul,’ as materialist and spiritualist views of human life erroneously claim. We are instead hybrid creatures—body and soul—living in ‘the material world, subject to the passage of time, and yet mysteriously able to go beyond the agenda that is set, to reshape…’” - C.Today
“The who’s who of star tech companies together spend billions to crack even a sliver of the great problem of true intelligence. But my toddler, unbidden and unsupervised, does this entirely of his own agency. He is an analog masterpiece.” - CToday
“I have been predicting that the Trump presidency will end poorly because character is destiny.” - National Review
“Why being human means we must be embodied.” - Christianity Today
“We all know that social media platforms amplify the voices of ‘trolls,’ those extraordinarily wounded psyches who seek out such venues to vent their inner demons with anger.” - Russel Moore
“For secularists to claim “no one is an animal” is actually highly inconsistent. They want to believe evolutionary ideas (e.g., man is just an animal) while still believing humans are somehow unique” AiG
The #MeToo movement brought needed light to the darkness of sexual abuse and assault, and underscored a dark principle of human nature: people will often try to get away with whatever they think they can. The public unveiling of sexual selfishness and other evils that typically accompany this brand of egocentrism invites all of us to consider what is good, and why we should do it.
From The Cripplegate, with permission. By Jordan Standridge
Let me tell you about a gospel conversation I had recently that left an impression on my heart.
Tim was a very polite guy.
He was cordial and respectful. He listened carefully and was obviously raised well by his parents. He was well dressed and was very articulate. Tim was also very religious.
“As Christians, we know that the time and circumstances of our birth were not arbitrarily selected or the product of random chance. We worship a God who, before our birth, knew us in the womb and took the time to know each of us intimately.” CToday
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