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Andrei Sakharov Elena Bonner, wife of Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, says that as he wrote his memoirs she typed, edited, and nursed the work, doing everything she could to make sure it survived seizure by the government. Sakharov worked on his memoirs in Gorky, rewriting sections because they kept vanishing. Then one day he met … Continue reading “Refine”

Drive Straight Living without Christ is like driving a car with its front end out of line. You can stay on the road IF you grip the steering wheel with both hands and hang on tightly. Any lapse of attention, however, and you head straight for the ditch. Society in general—educators, political leaders, parents—exhorts us … Continue reading “Reformation”

Resources •      Integrity of Heart, Skillfulness of Hands, Charles H. Dyer & Roy B. Zuck, editors. •      Max Anders, Jesus, Knowing Our Savior, (Nashville, Thomas Nelson Publ., 1995), p. 76. •      Baker Books; Grand Rapids, MI, 1994, pp. 238ff Regeneration •      Its necessity John 3:7, Gal. 6:15 Eph. 2:2 •      Its nature John 3:5; 2 … Continue reading “Reformed Theology”

President John F. Kennedy In his autobiography, Just as I Am, Billy Graham tells about a conversation he had with John F. Kennedy shortly after his election: On the way back to the Kennedy house, the president-elect stopped the car and turned to me. “Do you believe in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ?’ he … Continue reading “Regret”

Forgetting the Prize It is a most lamentable thing to see how most people spend their time and their energy for trifles, while God is cast aside. He who is all seems to them as nothing, and that which is nothing seems to them as good as all. It is lamentable indeed, knowing that God … Continue reading “Race”

Plan to Produce Back in 1839 James Espy claimed that rain could easily be produced by heating the air. But his plan to saturate parched farmland by building great log fires across vast stretches of the American West never materialized— for which Espy’s contemporaries were probably grateful! Later in the 19th century a new theory … Continue reading “Rain”

Shuffling a Deck of Cards It takes just seven ordinary, imperfect shuffles to mix a deck of cards thoroughly, researchers have found. Fewer are not enough, and more do not significantly improve the mixing. The mathematical proof, discovered after elaborate computer calculations, was complicated because of the immense number of ways the cards in a … Continue reading “Random”

Quote •      Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a “necessary evil,” it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil. – Sidney J. Harris Resource •      Allowing my mind to find reasons to excuse what my spirit knows is wrong. See Romans 2:21 – Growing Strong, Swindoll, p. 293.

On Natural man Georges Gurdijieff, on natural man: Each man has a definite repertoire of roles which he plays in ordinary circumstances. But put him into even only slightly different circumstances and he is unable to find a suitable role. For a short time, he becomes himself. P.D. Ouspensky, In Search of the Miraculous (Harcourt … Continue reading “Reaction”

Quotes •      Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well. – Zig Ziglar •      In time, and as one comes to benefit from experience, one learns that things will turn out neither as well as one hoped nor as badly as one feared. – Jerone S. Bruner, in Bits … Continue reading “Realism”