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Tag: Chrestomathy

Thistles in Sunshine

Posted on Friday, April 2, 2010Tuesday, June 25, 2013 by Douglas Wilson

“This knowledge of ultimate justice puts every judicial monstrosity in perspective. In a day when judicial monstrosities grow like thistles in sunshines, we need the encouragement” (Joy at the End of the Tether, p. 52).

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Talk About a Fixed Given

Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010Tuesday, June 25, 2013 by Douglas Wilson

“God has made us in relation to Him, and nothing we can do will alter this. He is always our Maker and we are always made. He is always our Creator and we are always created” (Joy at the End of the Tether, p. 46).

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Compound Interest is not God

Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010Tuesday, June 25, 2013 by Douglas Wilson

“We believe we can pump up the Dow forever and make money at a fine clip forever . . . but we cannot. The cycles ordained by God for everything in this fallen and silly world will come around again, and many a millionaire will go white in disbelief. “How could this happen?” Friend, look …

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God Doesn’t Use Binoculars

Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010Tuesday, June 25, 2013 by Douglas Wilson

“Who can say that his life ended because God glanced away for a moment? When men are thrust into the maw and grind of war, the fools among t hem think they are shaping their own destiny. But every arrow, every bullet, follows the path ordained for it before the worlds were made. King Ahab …

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A Pretty Stout Rope

Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010Tuesday, June 25, 2013 by Douglas Wilson

“Before we can learn joy at the end of the tether, we must learn the strength of that tether. The Lord is God and we are not” (Joy at the End of the Tether, p. 38).

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Joy Below

Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010Tuesday, June 25, 2013 by Douglas Wilson

“Joy is a crowning gift of God in this meaningless world. The seraphim experience joy in the presence of God, but honestly, that is to be expected. It is not the angels He helps. We are given the privilege of experiencing joy here, in the midst of ongoing disobedient and imbecilic chaos. Joy, yes, but …

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Same Graveyard

Posted on Friday, March 12, 2010Tuesday, June 25, 2013 by Douglas Wilson

“Solomon knows that the position of the wise man is better, but he cannot say why. All the data under the sun that he can find shows that the wise and the foolish wind up in the same graveyard. So Solomon expresses his preference for wisdom, a preference suspended, in good Kantian fashion, in mid-air. …

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Rattle Our Bones Loose

Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010Tuesday, June 25, 2013 by Douglas Wilson

“Solomon’s taste was refined — he obtained talented musicians. Our tastes are not as refined — we obtain car stereo systems which can rattle our bones loose with a thumping bass. But in either case, meaning and purpose are not an acoustical matter. Someone with refined sensibilities may sniff at the mindlessness of pop music, …

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All a Bunch of Nothing

Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010Tuesday, June 25, 2013 by Douglas Wilson

“Think for a moment of what Solomon was in a position to do. We should mediate briefly on what he probably did. He had a thousand women, all of them built from the ground up, and all good looking. He had more money than a man can spend. He had vast estates. He had time …

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Lofty Vanity

Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2010Tuesday, June 25, 2013 by Douglas Wilson

“But this pursuit of meaning in pleasure does not necessitate a frat-boy ethic. A man might be a hedonist, looking for ultimate meaning and value in aesthetic pleasures that are not gross or ostentatious. Perhaps meaning can be found by walking in a groomed Japanese garden contemplating chess moves or geometry problems. While it is …

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