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This idea we moderns are morally superior to our forebears and have nothing to learn from the past can be clearly seen in the certainty so many young people have that they certainly would’ve been on the right side of history.
[This idea () we moderns are morally superior to our forebears and have nothing to learn from the past]
can be clearly seen in the certainty () so many young people have //that they certainly would’ve been on the right side of history.
Now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God,
the benefit you reap leads to holiness,
Now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God,
[the benefit () you reap] leads to holiness,
It is mercy because by willing and humble surrender to it Man undoes his act of rebellion
and makes [even this depraved and monstrous mode of Death] [an instance of that higher and mystical Death //which is eternally good and a necessary ingredient in the highest life].
When people build a wall, they’re right behind them slapping on whitewash. Tell those who are slapping on the whitewash, ‘When a torrent of rain comes and the hailstones crash down and the hurricane sweeps in and the wall collapses, what’s the good of the whitewash that you slapped on so liberally, making it look so good?’
as if to make us fairly sure that [the heaviest charge against each of us] turns not upon the things () he has done but on those () he never did—perhaps dreamed of doing.
each of us = he
Notice that waves of utterly unwarranted hypothesis () these critics of Christianity want us to swim through.
[They //that are whole] need not the physician.
Tales of black-and-white morality feature enemies that have always been bad, and will always be bad.
But in others, staff stopped working, scared about infecting their charges or becoming infected themselves.
They keep on replying, “But I tell you () the man broke a most solemn promise.”
“The Litany of the Saints,” which dates to the early Middle Ages, pleads with God to deliver His faithful from a sudden and unprepared-for death.
And [that He was] is no incidental or accidental part of the redemption story.
[The people God accepts because of their faith] will live.
We can rest contentedly in our sins and in our stupidities;
and [anyone //who has watched gluttons shoveling down the most exquisite foods
/as if they did not know what they were eating], will admit that we can ignore even pleasure.
But pain insists upon [being attended to].
He endured year after year of hard times, frustrating people, and complicated disappointments.
He endured [year after year of hard times], [frustrating people], and [complicated disappointments].
[Thoughts of becoming inadequate and worthless if I didn’t look a certain way, have perfect relationships, or become successful in my career] crept in.
I just turned into this jaded teenager //who didn’t think Mom /singing to her was awesome anymore.
[The continual voice //which tells you that your best actions are secretly filled with subtle self-regards,
and your best prayers still wholly egocentric]
—must for the most part be simply disregarded—
as one disregards the impulse /to keep on looking under the bandage to see whether the cut is healing.
If you are always fidgeting with the bandage, it never will.
Sin, according to Lewis, is masked evil.
Wicked and hurt people hurt one another
Theodicy, derived from the Greek words for “deity” and “justice,” “refers to the attempt to justify the goodness of God in the face of the manifold evil /present in the world.”
Except where [intolerably adverse circumstances] interfere,
[praise] almost seems to be inner health made audible.
She said () it felt like that.
If you do not stop and listen to me now, you will miss some knowledge that would have made you happy all your life.”
We shall of course be very muddy and tattered children by the time we reach home.
astronomer Johannes Kepler, who famously said that his work was not discovering something for the first time but rather “thinking God’s thoughts after Him.”
I suppose () [all () one can say] is that it was bound to come.
why would Matthew have fabricated fulfilled prophecies
All who pause for reflection and allow their hearts to wander in wonder down the Way of Suffering feel the darkness of this day in history.
[All //who pause for reflection and allow their hearts to wander in wonder /down the Way of Suffering] feel the darkness of this day in history.
If you are dealing with doubts and questions about God’s goodness because of the coronavirus,or you know someone who is, Dr. Lennox’s book, “Where is God in a Coronavirus World?” will help.
If you are dealing with doubts and questions about God’s goodness because of the coronavirus, or you know someone who is (are dealing with ...),
Dr. Lennox’s book, “Where is God in a Coronavirus World?” will help.
O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips” (Psalm 141:3)
Whether the subject is gossip or grumbling, silence is the golden key //that keeps the door to destructive words locked away.
“Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue”
(Proverbs 17:28).
Don’t allow the loose lips of sarcasm, criticism, or anger poke holes in the hull of your hunky man or mast of your marvelous kids.
[To shrink back from all //that can be called Nature into negative spirituality] is as if we ran away from horses instead of learning to ride.
the plastics industry spent tens of millions of dollars promoting recycling through ads
Nothing we said convinced them that there would be no snow for Christmas.
then do our best to alleviate any suffering of those /hit hardest.
and many others, who face a financial crisis if they practice social distance, potentially as real and damaging as the sickness () they could acquire or spread if they do not.
Take time to reflect and let [the lessons () God has taught you] marinate in your soul.
the imagined conditions of “Imagine” can never produce the imagined result of “Imagine.
("Imagine” 이라는 고유명사/노래재목)
choices ( ) you make //that hamper your relationship with God?
His stunned audience began to clap and cheer, shout and laugh;
Our identity is formed by what we believe about ourselves. I felt rejected and worthless because of the conversation /playing in my head. I based my identity /on what I assumed my friend felt about me.
Essentially, I believed this formula: Because X happened, I assumed () Y must be true.
Regardless of what others say or do, our identity rests secure /in who God says we are.
By changing Who defines my value, I rewrite the way () I view the situation.
there’s wisdom in assuming the best about others, realizing (that) it’s not always about me and extending grace as much as possible.
Regardless of what others say or do, our identity rests secure /in who God says we are.
I felt rejected, discouraged and alone.
Replaying the last few weeks over in my mind, I had no idea //what happened.
I do not think () I have ever heard () anyone //who was not a Christian accuse himself of this vice.
One Easter outfit I chose stands out above them all:
Some suffer in silence /while others abandon belief altogether, assuming () doubt is incompatible with faith.
We are told to deny ourselves and to take up our crosses in order that we may follow Christ; and [nearly every description of what we shall ultimately find if we do so] contains an appeal to desire.
Even those of us who believe that will be tempted to bemoan the loss of control this epidemic reveals, a control we never really had in the first place.
[Even those of us who believe that] will be tempted to bemoan the loss of control () this epidemic reveals, a control () we never really had in the first place.
[the normative way () the Old Testament understands calamity] is as judgment
Most who have the virus experience symptoms akin to a severe cold.
[Most //who have the virus] experience symptoms /akin to a severe cold.
but see if [what he says] doesn’t sound familiar.
People I knew and some I didn’t told me my father looked better than he had in ages.
[People I knew and some I didn’t] told me my father looked better than he had in ages.
to think otherwise is not only foolish, it’s unloving.
Are we taking the alarm /being sounded by these executives seriously enough?
we are entitled to see everything they see.
I’m convinced the devil lives in our phones and is wreaking havoc on our children.”
Phones and tablets overstimulate young nervous systems, resulting in disrupted sleep, fried reward circuits in the brain, multiplied stress, and fractured attention spans.
she suggests that the car, the dinner table, bedrooms, and vacations be designated times and places with no phones and tablets.
I’d tell you how ridiculous I think this is,
주어가 동작을 직접 하는 것을 주동(主動)이라 하고, 주어가 남에게 동작으로 하도록 시키는 것을 사동(使動)이라 한다.