the why

Simon Sinek speaks to the imperatives v. the indicatives at a TED.



HT:MD

comments

I appreciate Shuan's perspective on disabling comments to his blog:

All complaints should be directed towards a section of society to whom the concept of even vaguely civil discussion means nothing. This collective waste of flesh, bone, and dangerously limited brain function have caused me to dread opening each and every "New Comment" notification I've received over the past twelve months or so, to the point where I now cannot continue justifying the moderation of these imbecilic, repugnant grunts when it takes up such an inordinate amount of my willpower and, more importantly, time. I'd rather spend my hours happily expanding the archives of Letters of Note than clean up after a keyboard-wielding gaggle of cowardly, dim-witted, knuckle-dragging reprobates who have nothing better to do than gleefully splash their fetid saliva all over my efforts and then roll around in the puddle until I'm able to press "Delete Comment." I refuse to waste another minute.

what we like and don't like

Larry Dixon writes what we like and dislike of what we know from Scripture.

What do we know from Scripture THAT WE LIKE?
1. He is not willing that any should perish, but that all come to repentance!
2. Jesus did not come primarily to condemn, but to save. He came on a RESCUE mission! Judgment is God’s “strange work.”
3. The Lord’s arm is not short that it cannot save. There is no INABILITY in the Lord that prevents most or ALL being saved!
4. He wants His house FILLED!
5. He does not delight in the death of the wicked!
6. He has declared that people from every tribe, people, tongue and nation will be at the throne worshipping!

What do we know WE MAY NOT LIKE from Scripture?
1. God is thrice-holy and is allergic to sin!
2. He WILL judge!
3. Hell is a real place!
4. Not all will believe!
5. Satan has blinded the minds of unbelievers.
6. Death ENDS all opportunities to be saved.
7. We have an OBLIGATION to get the gospel OUT!