Paragraph of the day. From Michael S. Roseβs ππ©π¦ ππΆπ£π·π¦π³π΄πͺπ·π¦ ππ³π΅ π°π§ π’ πππ’π΄π΄πͺπ€π’π ππ₯πΆπ€π’π΅πͺπ°π―.
71Β° when I arrived home from work. I saw a small piece of ice on the lawn and laughed at it.
βThis is the magnificent rebellion to which I have pledged my professional life: to remember what others forget, to preserve what others discard, to kindle what others allow to be extinguished.β -Michael S. Rose, ππ©π¦ ππΆπ£π·π¦π³π΄πͺπ·π¦ ππ³π΅ π°π§ π’ πππ’π΄π΄πͺπ€π’π ππ₯πΆπ€π’π΅πͺπ°π―
βTherefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.β (1 Peter 1:13 ESV)
βThe stakes couldnβt be higher. Weβre raising a generation that can access infinite information but struggles to make sense of any of it. They can Google any fact but find it difficult to construct a coherent argument.β
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ββ¦sometimes we can become so focused on what is practical or plausible that we lose the childlike wonder to behold the living God.β
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βThe struggle with Scriptureβthe slow reading, the wrestling with meaning, the silence before Godβis not a burden to avoid but a means of grace. That struggle forms the preacher even as it forms the message.β
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I got the Kindle sample but this is a hard copy I felt compelled to invest in.
"The tragedy of modern schooling is not that it fails to prepare students for employment but that it succeeds only in this narrow task." -Michael S. Rose, ππ©π¦ ππΆπ£π·π¦π³π΄πͺπ·π¦ ππ³π΅ π°π§ π’ πππ’π΄π΄πͺπ€π’π ππ₯πΆπ€π’π΅πͺπ°π―
βInstead you ought to say, βIf the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.β As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.β (James 4:15-16)
Itβs more comfortable to think God is exaggerating the gravity of our offense than that weβre underestimating it.
Convenience is not always a benefit.
Hananiah, who contradicted Jeremiahβs announcement that Judah would spend extended time in Babylonian exile, is said to have βuttered rebellion against [Yahweh]β (Jer 28:16). Putting oneβs own words in Godβs mouth and closing oneβs ears to what he has said is mutinous.
Iβm immensely grateful to @jaredcwilson.bsky.social for leading us in focusing and feasting on the gospel today at Cairn Universityβs Church Leaders Conference.
βIf atoms, hormones, events, traumas, biological states, & a trillion other causes mechanistically determine our choices, then our judgment is explained by prior causes. And we cannot be sure that we judge truly or falsely; only that we judge based on prior causes.β
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In the latest episode: conversations with Cairn U alum, Pastor John Biegel and the lead pastor who preceded him, Dr. Bill Kynes about being a pastor-theologian. Then, Dr. Sam Chan on evangelism and answering skepticsβs hard questions. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
βIf someone were to eat what you write and put on social media, would they grow into Christ and be built up by grace or starve?β
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One of those mornings when Iβm not even going to look at my sleep tracker because it will only make me more tired.
Last night brought back floods of memories and created new ones as my family enjoyed the music and was encouraged by the faith of Steven Curtis Chapman. A tour based on his Speechless album was a great idea. Grateful for this brother!
βUnions aligning themselves with AI companies is a strategic error. Instead of advocating for teachers, these organizations are partnering with companies whose mission is to replace their members.β
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βAnd the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.β (James 3:6 ESV)
βThe ancient world trained attention through practice; the modern world engineers its dissolution for profit, then sells us tools to recover what was taken.β
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Indeed.
The man gave names to all the wondrous technologies he created and to every image-simulating innovation of Silicon Valley. But for the man, there was not found among them a helper fit for him.
Let the reader understand.
Over many years studying about Schaeffer and LβAbri, Iβve seen numerous photos from this book. Thanks to the generosity of a new friend, as of today I own it.
"Although relativism hides behind the makeup of commonly accepted social values, its true face is that of nihilism." -Douglas Groothuis
βThe lightning-βfast adoption of A.I. in China has prompted regulators to warn tech companies not to have βdesign goals to replace social interaction.ββ
Too little, too late.
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βSimilarly, parents and students alike want to reduce reliance on video lessons and digital tools and increase high-βquality direct instruction.β
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