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Paul’s 2025 Year in Books
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Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
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“In this world are very few things made from logic alone. It is illogical for man to be too logical. Some things we must just let stand. The mystery is more important than any possible explanation. The searcher after truth must search with humanity. Ruthless logic is the sign of a limited mind. The truth can only add to the sum of what you know, while a harmless mystery left unexplored often adds to the meaning of life. When a truth is not so important, it is better left as a mystery.”
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"Do not waste away another break, whether from work or from school, without first having read this book. You will never be refreshed, you will never be truly rested until you have internalized the thesis of this work. It is philosophical but readable,"
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“Man shall not live on bread alone, it doesn’t have enough protein.”
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
“If we read the Bible aright, we read a book which teaches us to go forth and do the work of the Lord; to do the work of the Lord in the world as we find it; to try to make things better in this world, even if only a little better, because we have lived in it. That kind of work can be done only by the man who is neither a weakling nor a coward; by the man who in the fullest sense of the word is a true Christian.5”
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
“As explained in the first chapter, human beings are physically hardwired to constantly move about and exercise. Every day, we build up a lot of stress, and physical exercise provides an outlet to get this out of our system so we can stay healthy. In the modern world, our stress is exacerbated by our incessant consumption of negative news and by rapid changes in our culture and norms. Negativity and confusion add stress to the body. Exercise will help manage this by releasing neurotransmitters, called endorphins, into our body to manage our response. Exercise temporarily mimics the fight-or-flight response that you may feel when you are stressed. But in the long run, it will help calm and de-stress you. Endorphins help calm your responses and ultimately result in removing the built-up stresses from our lives. Studies have shown that people experience positive changes after just one or two cardio sessions. Exercise will also help you sleep, which is directly correlated with lower stress and anxiety.3 Exercise”
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
“The cross you bear is the most difficult for you precisely because you are the one who has the most to gain from it.”
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
“Man shall not live on bread alone, it doesn’t have enough protein.”
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
“To reject God is to untether the Earth from its orbit around the sun. To drift aimlessly in the hollow void of endless space.”
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
“Humans do not develop without strain. The mind develops greater endurance, moral fiber, understanding, and depth through the stress of trials and struggles in life. The mind that never endures any discomfort or trouble will, in all likelihood, crumble when real, prolonged stress is applied.”
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
“Truly, if there were a drug that did everything exercise did with no repercussions, it would be the most valuable item on the planet. So why isn’t everyone “lining up” to “buy” this “drug?”
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
― Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
