The deepest motive for mission is simply the desire to be with Jesus where he is, on the frontier between the reign of God and the usurped dominion of the devil.
“Hope” and “optimism” are not the same thing. The optimist looks at the world and feels good about the way it’s going. Things are looking up! Everything is going to be all right! But hope, at least as conceived within the Jewish and then the early Christian world, was quite different. Hope could be, and often was, a dogged and deliberate choice when the world seemed dark. It depended not on a feeling about the way things were or the way they were moving, but on faith, faith in the One God. This God had made the world. This God had called Israel to be his people. The scriptures, not least the Psalms, had made it clear that this God could be trusted to sort things out in the end, to be true to his promises, to vindicate his people at last, even if it had to be on the other side of terrible suffering.
“Hope” in this sense is not a feeling. It is a virtue. You have to practice it, like a difficult piece on the violin or a tricky shot at tennis. You practice the virtue of hope through worship and prayer, through invoking the One God, through reading and reimagining the scriptural story, and through consciously holding the unknown future within the unshakable divine promises.
-Paul: A Biography
Crypto shouldn’t be a partisan issue — it’s technology. The U.S. must lead in digital commerce, with clear rules so innovators can build here. Great chat with @ScarletFu on @BloombergTV about how Washington’s tone on crypto is shifting fast. ↓
Who you got?
Ali, Iron Mike, Joe Luis or Rick Marciano in their prime?
Don’t consider career… don’t consider overall impact on sport or world.
In their prime, who you got?
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Creatine is not just for your muscles, it is for your brain.
Researchers gave people with Alzheimer's creatine, and it raised the level of creatine in the brain, which had a positive effect on their memory.
Personally, I've seen cognitive benefits dosing at 15 grams or more.
More studies need to be done, but this is promising.