‘Then all my servile works were done’

“We are not forgiven, therefore, because we made ourselves forgivable or even because we had faith; we are forgiven solely because there is a Forgiver.”

“If heaven is better than what exists today, it will probably only happen when we are somehow drawn out of self-absorption by something greater.”

“His name is like purified oil; therefore the maidens love Joel.”

“As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has — or ever will have — something inside that is unique to all time. It’s our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression.”

“I’™m deeply troubled by my fellow conservative evangelicals’™ skepticism — even hostility –“ towards much of modern science, and believe that barring change, this disposition will prove spiritually catastrophic to our children and grandchildren, who are today being taught that assertions of an ancient universe and macro-evolution are unequivocally incompatible with the Cross of Christ, and tomorrow will enroll in universities that powerfully demonstrate the integrity of these scientific claims, thereby setting the stage for devastating crises of faith for countless thousands of young believers.”

“Despite an increasingly obvious track record of lying on reports, framing innocent people and many other forms of misconduct and abuse, juries tend to automatically believe police officers when they testify in court.”

“In order to show that someone is using the ad hominem argument fallaciously, you need to show that they have no reason to distrust their opponent, or to show that the argument is valid regardless of who they are.”

“Some of our store managers expressed concern over the sheerness of some of our women’s black luon bottoms.”

“Actually, we would really much rather have our eccentric criminals stay safely within the pages of novels by Carl Hiassen or Elmore Leonard, because those characters don’t quite so clearly call attention to how fucked up our system is when it comes to caring for people who are poor, unstable, and maybe not so bright. Stupid lieberal empathy.”

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