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"I was expecting more insight into economics, but its a collection of anecdata (albeit interesting and well told), written by someone whose conclusions I don't like and don't want to agree with but bear thinking about anyway.
this is the third book I've read this year that I've done a lot of yelling at, but understanding people who are wrong and why they think what they do helps when making your case" — Dec 10, 2025 06:31PM
"I was expecting more insight into economics, but its a collection of anecdata (albeit interesting and well told), written by someone whose conclusions I don't like and don't want to agree with but bear thinking about anyway.
this is the third book I've read this year that I've done a lot of yelling at, but understanding people who are wrong and why they think what they do helps when making your case" — Dec 10, 2025 06:31PM
The modern church has adjusted to not hearing from God, and a great “system” surrounds them.
“When Christ called disciples, he did not say, “Come, have a personal relationship with me.” No, he simply said, “Follow me.” Hear the difference? Follow me suggests a mission. A goal. But a personal relationship with Jesus suggests we’re headed to Starbucks for some couple time.”
― WHY MEN HATE GOING TO CHURCH
― WHY MEN HATE GOING TO CHURCH
“Infinite? Am I forgetting anyone?"
Your Creator.
Kien almost smiled. True. All things considered, he'd been blessed far more than he deserved. "What, then, should I write to You, my Creator?"
He hardly expected an answer, but it came at once, swathing him in comfort.
Write your love for Me on your heart, where My Spirit finds it always.”
― King
Your Creator.
Kien almost smiled. True. All things considered, he'd been blessed far more than he deserved. "What, then, should I write to You, my Creator?"
He hardly expected an answer, but it came at once, swathing him in comfort.
Write your love for Me on your heart, where My Spirit finds it always.”
― King
“The disappointing thing about the auto-trainer is that you don’t remember the training. ‘Which is just as well,’ Xzaltar explained twenty-four Earth hours later, as we were lining up ready to go home. ‘The machine stretches, separates and reconstitutes every fibre of every muscle in your entire body. If you weren’t asleep during training, the pain would make your eyes explode.”
― Loop
― Loop
“The Bible teaches that the world is good, because it’s God’s creation. So our response to creation should not be to despise it, but to give thanks to God for it.”
― Is God Green?
― Is God Green?
“Men are hard-wired for risk taking—particularly young men. The number one killer of fifteen- to twenty-four-year-old males is accidents.6 Female investors hold less risky investment portfolios than their male counterparts and generally take fewer chances with their money.
Churches need men because men are natural risk takers—and they bring that orientation into the church. Congregations that do not take risks atrophy. Jesus made it clear that risk taking is necessary to please God. In the parable of the talents, the master praises two servants who risked their assets and produced more, but he curses the servant who played it safe. He who avoids all risk is, in the words of Jesus, “wicked and lazy".”
― WHY MEN HATE GOING TO CHURCH
Churches need men because men are natural risk takers—and they bring that orientation into the church. Congregations that do not take risks atrophy. Jesus made it clear that risk taking is necessary to please God. In the parable of the talents, the master praises two servants who risked their assets and produced more, but he curses the servant who played it safe. He who avoids all risk is, in the words of Jesus, “wicked and lazy".”
― WHY MEN HATE GOING TO CHURCH
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