Dear Self,
Here are things you can’t control:
- God
- other people
Here is something you can control:
- yourself
There’s more, but this should be enough to keep you occupied in 2012.
Sincerely,
Self
-
Recent Posts
About Peter Enns
Peter Enns is a biblical scholar who writes, speaks, and teaches on the intersection of Bible and contemporary Christian faith. He follows Jesus and the New York Yankees (in that order), and has far too much of "The Office" dialogue accidentally committed to memory than he would like to admit. Learn more about Dr. Enns and his work.Contact Peter Enns
If you have a question or comment about something on this blog, please click here to email Dr Enns.Connect with Peter Enns on Facebook
Subscribe to the Blog
Recent Comments
- RonH on Telling God’s Story, Grade 2, Is Out and About, I’m Told
- Adele Lyman on Telling God’s Story, Grade 2, Is Out and About, I’m Told
- peteenns on Telling God’s Story, Grade 2, Is Out and About, I’m Told
- Jeremy on Telling God’s Story, Grade 2, Is Out and About, I’m Told
- peteenns on Telling God’s Story, Grade 2, Is Out and About, I’m Told
Tags
Archives
Categories
- Adam
- Al Mohler
- anger
- belligerence
- Bible Curriculum
- biblical authority
- biblical criticism
- Christian Taliban
- circumcision
- control
- dark night
- defending the faith
- desert fathers
- doctrine
- doubt
- Evangelicalism
- evolution
- fear
- fundamentalism
- honesty
- John of the Cross
- leadership
- literaliam
- Mother Teresa
- New Year
- Paul
- Protestantism
- science and faith
- spirituality
- Telling God's Story
- The Evolution of Adam
- Uncategorized
Pingback: a time to tear down | A Time to Build Up » New Year’s Note to Self
Basic Boundaries teaching.
Few words. Much truth.
“Finding it at the Dollar Tree.” Utterly touching.
I find controlling myself to be a hit-or-miss proposition.
People can control themselves! Or maybe Christians can? Is that an empirical proposition? Ha! Ha!