Ryan Watkins

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Ryan Watkins is currently reading

Rousas John Rushdoony: A Brief History of the Life and Ministry of My Father

by Mark R. Rushdoony

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How to Pray: The Best of John Wesley on Prayer

by John Wesley

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Apr 21, 2026 11:49AM

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When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself

by Steve Corbett

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read in July 2022

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Ryan Watkins said: " A very helpful book for seeing how to help people without unintentionally causing them harm. "

Mar 04, 2024 01:15PM · see review

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“I wouldn't call Musashi ordinary.
But he is. That's what's extraordinary about him. He's not content with relying on whatever natural gifts he may have. Knowing he's ordinary, he's always trying to improve himself. No one appreciates the agonizing effort he's had to make. Now that his year's of training have yielded such spectacular results, everybody's talking about his 'god-given talent.' That's how men who don't try very hard comfort themselves.”
― Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi

tags: hard-work, talent

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“Those who love seek a philosophy and, because of this, are fond of solitude.”
― Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era

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“It were a good strife amongst Christians, one to labour to give no offence, and the other to labour to take none. The best men are severe to themselves, tender over others.”
― Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed

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“Whenever men say they are looking for greater reality, we must show them at once the reality of true Christianity. This is real because it is concerned with the God who is there and who has spoken to us about himself, not just the use of the symbol god or christ which sounds spiritual but is not.”
― Francis A. Schaeffer, The God Who Is There

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“Before a man is ready to become a Christian, he must have a proper understanding of truth, whether he has fully analyzed his concept of truth or not. All people, whether they realize it or not, function in the framework of some concept of truth. Our concept of truth will radically affect our understanding of what it means to become a Christian. We are concerned, at this point, not with the content of truth so much as with the concept of what truth is.”
― Francis A. Schaeffer, The God Who Is There

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