"If you don’t enjoy a book, stop reading and move on to something else–no matter how famous it is. Life is too short and there are too many books to spend time reading things you don’t like. I spent way to many hours trying to force myself to read The Sound and the Fury before I realized that I just wasn’t going to enjoy it. Give each book a fair chance, but keep in mind that there are more great books out there than you will ever have time to read, so don’t get stuck on one that you just don’t enjoy." from 11 Steps Toward Developing a Superior Mind
I did tough it through Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand - because a friend persevered through it. It was hard to "read" [50+ hours as an audio book] - but it was worth it.
I did tough it through Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand - because a friend persevered through it. It was hard to "read" [50+ hours as an audio book] - but it was worth it.
Another reason to like Randy Alcorn:
Certainly my heart goes out to Tiller's family. Regardless of the evilRead the entire post here: Some Thoughts on the Killing of Abortionist George Tiller
he committed, I’m sure they loved him. I know nothing about his killer
or his beliefs, but if he was motivated by revenge, he ignored God's
warning, "Do not take revenge . . . Vengeance is Mine; I will repay" (Rom. 12:19).
I
don't hate the abortionists I know. I pity them and pray for them. But
that doesn't change the ugliness of what they do. President Obama said
in response to the murder, "However profound our differences as
Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be
resolved by heinous acts of violence." But we dare not forget the heinous acts of violence being committed daily in every abortion clinic in the nation.
When sharing any information there is always the risk that you'll be misunderstood. It is a risk worth taking. Hopefully your sharing will make someone seek to clarify through further questions and research on their part [that is always a goal of mine]. Greg Koukl of STR.org refers to this as putting "a stone in their shoe."
Randy Alcorn encourages me to be clear - but not seek to qualify every statement I make.
Question by CJ Mahaney to Randy Alcorn:
What single piece of counsel (or constructive criticism) has most improved your preaching?
“It is impossible to make a balanced statement.”
You can spend all day qualifying what you’re saying and removing the punch from it. Jesus made many statements that have to be clarified by others (e.g. plucking out your eye and cutting off your hand, and hating your family). But it is a mistake to strip such statements of their power by immediately modifying them and saying what they don’t mean instead of what they do. I think we are free to make prophetic statements without always qualifying them.
See the full post here: Meet Randy Alcorn
Randy Alcorn encourages me to be clear - but not seek to qualify every statement I make.
Question by CJ Mahaney to Randy Alcorn:
What single piece of counsel (or constructive criticism) has most improved your preaching?
“It is impossible to make a balanced statement.”
You can spend all day qualifying what you’re saying and removing the punch from it. Jesus made many statements that have to be clarified by others (e.g. plucking out your eye and cutting off your hand, and hating your family). But it is a mistake to strip such statements of their power by immediately modifying them and saying what they don’t mean instead of what they do. I think we are free to make prophetic statements without always qualifying them.
See the full post here: Meet Randy Alcorn
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