educating eric

There's a reference to "...as water wears away stones" in Job 12:1-15:35; isn't that pretty advanced scientific knowledge for thousands of years ago, given that erosion of rock isn't readily observed?

This episode mentions the concept of a "therapeutic gospel" as a remedy for those who have been hurt by the church. Yes, that message is incomplete. But is it harmful? The Phil Vischer Podcast (Episode 112: Kardashians, Comic-Con, and Charismatic Catholicism!) Phil breaks down and says the word "Kardashian," girls at Comic-Con  say "no touchy!" and an account of one woman's journey from  Charismatic Catholicism to atheism to...?  It's another fun week on  the Phil Vischer Podcast! http://traffic.libsyn.com/thephilvischerpodcast/PV_Podcast_EP112_07-28-2014.mp3

https://umano.me/c/dmwAx/frank-schaeffer-the-atheist-who-believes-in-god Shared from the Umano app

Looks like Matthew 13 is a much better grounding of this concept than the Parable of the Talents is. But it's represented there in a much deeper fashion and I wonder if it's descriptive rather than prescriptive...?

Grace makes us right with God so we can purse holiness without fear of being destroyed for being inadequate. The purpose of grace and salvation is to pursue holiness and oneness with Him, not for our own self-gratification.

Dan Miller just quoted Malcolm Gladwell and the "Matthew Effect": http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_effect But what if the alternative interpretation is correct and Jesus was actually calling out an unfair and oppressive financial system? If so, it's a shame that we honor it in His name today... Tough call.

Finally had a chance to catch the phone and figured out that 785-799-3567 was a call from what sounded like "Redmond Media Group" (though some Internet posts show it as "Red Media Group" -- hard to make out exactly what their name was.) Why are they calling several times a day? Turns out this firm has been repeatedly calling to offer... a "Redhat Enterprise Whitepaper." Wow. The cheerful pitch when I asked them to drop me from their call list was, "Even if you get one or two pieces of information from it, it's worth our time to send it to you for free!" No, thanks. Let's see if they really do remove me from their list.