Would she lie?
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What you “see” is what you’ll get.
This story from Ambrose Worrall’s The Gift of Healing[*] illustrates that not all prayer, however well-intentioned, will necessarily bring about the desired results. Some prayer may even interfere with obtaining the desired results.
Ambrose Worrall had been asked to intercede for a six-year old girl named Kay, who had developed encephalitis following measles. At the time he began, she was completely paralysed.
Love with absolutely no conditions
George Ritchie’s Jesus
Bible contradictions #05: Jesus’ genealogies
The New Testament provides two genealogies of Jesus, one in Matthew and one in Luke. Matthew’s genealogy begins with Abraham and moves forward in time: “A was the father of B, B the father of C,” and so on. Luke’s genealogy begins with Jesus and moves backwards in time all the way to Adam: “C the son of B, the son of A.”
Let’s compare only the portions from Abraham forward.
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Watching CNN makes people more honest
This scares me, in two ways:
- How can public opinion be so malleable?
- How can different reporters draw such different conclusions from the same research?
Who’s dying in Baltimore
Podcast — Abracadabra
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Abracadabra
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Music: Lena Zavaroni, “It’s only a paper moon”
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Semajs Short and others
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Semajs Short
The Real Reason Why You Haven’t Healed Your Trauma/Depression/Heartbreak
At first I expected this author to affirm the “blame-your-past” orientation of “the prevailing psychological wisdom of our time.” Instead, she sets forth an intriguing vision remarkably similar to my own, with, for me, remarkably intriguing ramifications that I want to consider further.
Her counsel is to accept What Is.
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Donald Trump is the champion who will save us from the things we are afraid of.
When we refuse to believe that they do, in fact, believe what they do.
“President Trump Saves America from Hell,” by Charles Meagher
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