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Cynicism is lazy

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Prayer of approach

God of justice and mercy, as I open my heart to You now, comfort me where I’m unsettled, and unsettle me where I’m comfortable. Challenge me and change me, disturb and rearrange me, not for my own sake but for the sake of those who are hurting and helpless, ostracised and oppressed. Amen.

—Lectio 365 - https://lectio365.24-7prayer.com/share/devotionals/2024-05-27/day?locale=en

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Dedication

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Why God Sanctifies Us Slowly ?

“The fact that you run out of gas every day put you into the station”.

As in many other paramount questions, the answer is ‘because this way He gets the most glory and we get the most good’.

https://youtu.be/Wu2CdY_vY3A?si=jZgtwQwGh_QsRdBo

Every day has its own trouble and mercies. You cannot drive on yesterday’s gas.

”Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.“

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬ ‭NIV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/111/2co.4.16.NIV

”Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.“

‭‭Lamentations‬ ‭3‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭NIV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/111/lam.3.23.NIV

”Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.“

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭34‬ ‭NIV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.6.34.NIV

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It seems that the popular concept of salvation is to find a context where you can be your ‘true self’.

The Good news of Jesus (the gospel) is that salvation is a context won by Him for us to become more Christlike. We don’t need to be our saviour because He already is, we don’t need to be our Lord because he already is, we don’t need to earn acceptance because He already earned that for us.

That is a liberating reality that relieves us from the slavery of performing or pretending.

—Quantum Leap, Paramount+, S1E5, ‘Salvation or Bust’, min 19:23

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“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”

― Alvin Toffler

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Acts 2 + Revelation 2

—The Matrix Resurrections, 1:16:00

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Ephesians 6 - Pt. 2

—The Matrix Resurrections, 1:01:00

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Ephesians 6 - Pt. 1

—The Matrix Resurrections, 1:01:00

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“[...] the European Convention on Human Rights [...] is no à la carte menu, where you can pick and choose which parts of the convention you wish to follow.”

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The gospel through book covers at Waterstones Belfast

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All I have is Christ (Sovereign Grace)

https://youtu.be/V0vfz5lr37g?si=kSUd_On9FuciIvZQ

I once was lost in darkest night

Yet thought I knew the way

The sin that promised joy and life

Had led me to the grave

I had no hope that You would own

A rebel to Your will

And if You had not loved me first

I would refuse You still

But as I ran my hell-bound race

Indifferent to the cost

You looked upon my helpless state

And led me to the cross

And I beheld God's love displayed

You suffered in my place

You bore the wrath reserved for me

Now all I know is grace

Hallelujah, all I have is Christ

Hallelujah, Jesus is my life

Now, Lord, I would be Yours alone

And live so all might see

The strength to follow Your commands

Could never come from me

Oh Father, use my ransomed life in any way You choose

And let my soul forever be my only boast is you

Hallelujah, all I have is Christ

Hallelujah, Jesus is my life

Hallelujah, all I have is Christ

Hallelujah, Jesus is my life

Hallelujah, all I have is Christ

Hallelujah, Jesus is my life

Hallelujah, all I have is Christ

Hallelujah, Jesus is my life

Hallelujah, all I have is Christ

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We are beings with bodies, embedded in communities, living in a particular time and place. These particularities both enable what we make and limit what we can do. Chief among our limits are certain biological realities. We must eat, we need to rest, and we are susceptible to illness. Even as we marshal our best efforts to cope with, contain, and cure disease, its power often exceeds our collective resources. Viruses humble us. They remind us that despite our best attempts to manage our fragility, there are some things that remain beyond our capacity to control. Death is the finite horizon against which all culture making is set. Whatever meaning we make, whatever innovations we achieve, we do so in the knowledge that our bodies will eventually break down and our experience of the world—with all its meaning—will end. Theology speaks of a hope beyond that end, and of a human vocation before that end.

-- Bayley, Justin (2022) Interpreting Your World: Five Lenses for Engaging Theology and Culture. eBook. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic. Page 34

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Da Vinci with Madam Lisa Giocondo if cameras had been invented then

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The Tyranny of appearance of cordiality

“Televised debates require fast reaction times, whereas scientists are used to studying issues at length and only talking about them after thinking. In addition, a successful visual performance is not just about being correct but evoking sympathy in the viewer – about performing. This doesn’t always come easy to scientists.

—Is it TikTok or global crisis? How the world lost its trust in scientists like me

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/25/tiktok-global-crisis-world-trust-scientists-online-attack?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other