I have always doubted that a man who learned how to read by reading a bible was so enamored with vice in others.
Isn’t the whole idea behind sanctification to become more Christ like? Doesn’t that mean losing our vices and gaining His virtues?
As Paul says in Romans 16:19 we should be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.
Or maybe it was just a book that he had access to and used for his own purpose.
Morally superior Gen X moms and dads seem entirely reasonable until they see the limits of "limits" like time-outs, banal blabbing and gentle cajoling. Kids regard their parents with utter contempt. Well, some do. Depends on the kid's personality. And parents, once exasperated, go there. No, they might not spank their child. They'll yell. Or arm yank. Or threaten. Or push. Or thump (thwack in the head with fingers). Or pinch. Something, anything, to reorder the disordered relationship--the one w…
Jimmie Bise of Sundries Shack and Tabitha Hale of Pink Elephant Pundit join me to discuss the spork incident which morphed into discussing socialism and central educational planning which morphed into talking the Nobel Peace prize. Believe it or not, it all relates.
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October 20 2008 / 10:02 am
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I have always doubted that a man who learned how to read by reading a bible was so enamored with vice in others.
Isn’t the whole idea behind sanctification to become more Christ like? Doesn’t that mean losing our vices and gaining His virtues?
As Paul says in Romans 16:19 we should be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.
Or maybe it was just a book that he had access to and used for his own purpose.