Forgiven or Not Forgiven? That is the Question

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If you don’t watch sports–you’re forgiven. Most modern professional sports offer many of the rest of us an outlet to relieve the stress we accumulate on a daily basis. The technology brought to the game today allows us to watch our favorite teams in the kind of high-definition video that immerses us even further into the competitive atmosphere. It is … Read More

Six Evidences for the Resurrection of Jesus

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In case you were stuck in a Sam Lord’s Castle bus trying to pass through Oistins on a Friday night, another Easter Sunday just happened—actually, about… a week ago (apparently you’ve got to be careful saying that phrase around young people now—even in church). Granny elects to wake you up from your Sunday morning snooze-a-thon because she needs you to … Read More

25 Quotes from the Screwtape Letters

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The Screwtape Letters

The following 25 Screwtape Letters quotes provide an insightful summary of The Screwtape Letters Play by Max McLean: A healthy dose of “real life”…was enough to show him that all “that sort of thing” just couldn’t be true (p. 4) One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the … Read More

Three Thoughts from The Screwtape Letters

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The Screwtape Letters is a classic work from C. S. Lewis, author of the popular Chronicles of Narnia series. Being a classic—I haven’t actually read it all yet. But, I’ve seen the play—twice! (I hope that counts for something.) I am, of course, referring to masterful theatrical adaptation produced and directed by Max McLean. I was blown away the first … Read More

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt

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