Live while you are alive
(16.15). ( Some people think…) I am wealthy and well- born! Who can rival me? I will show my greatness by giving alms and making public sacrifices. I will rejoice in my glory”. Thus they boast, befuddled by their own lack of wisdom. (16.16). Addled in thought, caught in a spider’s web of delusion, craving …
……..Virtuous people find it difficult to believe that such evil exists on earth. It’s proponents, moreover, often proclaim (if they have a degree of intelligence) teachings that are designed purposefully to win others to their side: teachings like “the greatest good for the greatest number” and “each according to his need, from each according to …
I don’t understand why prescription medicine advertisements are allowed on TV or why anyone would think of trying one of the medicines after listening to the laundry list of warnings of possible side effects. But this is definitely an exception! Do you have feelings of inadequacy? Do you suffer from shyness? Do you wish you …
To The Sunday Times In 1960s Oxford I would see Cecil Rhodes’s statue, think how wrong he was and walk on. That is life in an open, tolerant country: bits of our history are sticking up everywhere, and we are free to admire, condemn or laugh at them. I prefer that to a country in …
Why people need to learn grammar, spelling and syntax. Actual announcements found in Church bulletins to the congregation or announced at services: ————————– The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. ————————– Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children. ————————– The sermon this morning: ‘Jesus …
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