Category Archives: MIND/BODY

We Set Out To Control The Impossible To Avoid Responsibility For The Possible

We Have More Control Than We Think | Michael Hyatt. This is a great post from 2009 by Mike Hyatt. I think we not only get distracted by what we cannot control, but sometimes we want to be distracted by … Continue reading

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Justin Raimondo Gets One Wrong About Homosexual “Marriage”

Justin Raimondo is my favorite columnist. In fact, I think he is America’s greatest columnist. But this is mostly because he talks about American foreign policy. This column on homosexual marriage is brilliant but depressing to a Christian fan of … Continue reading

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Be your own miserable coach chasing you and yelling at you from the comfort of his golf cart

I have “decided” I should try to run regularly. I used “decided” in quotation marks for now. I think decisions are almost as hard to pin down as the absolute moment of the present, that infinitesimal razor’s edge separating past … Continue reading

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Dying To Self: Adam’s Challenge In Eden to Become the King He Was

In basic Evangelical Christian teaching, “sanctification” is a process in which a believer, by the working of God’s Spirit, is able more and more to put off sin and live in more complete obedience to God. That way of summarizing … Continue reading

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You have to remember what you want

Yesterday, about 4:30 in the afternoon, I was sitting at my work table and thought about two options: Go take a nap. Keep working. I thought I chose #2, but in fact I was mistaken about what my choices were. … Continue reading

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