With reports that Tarik Skubal could be traded, I looked back at 10 deadline deals involving high-end SPs to see if it's historically worth it.
Overall, not really. Ironically, the Tigers have been on both sides: +13.6 WAR (David Price) and nearly -20 WAR (Justin Verlander).
Not all reading leads to wisdom.
A classic work on learning, How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler, explains that there are different levels of reading, and only the deepest kind truly shapes our thinking.
• Elementary reading helps us understand words
• Inspectional reading helps us grasp structure
• Analytic reading teaches us to think critically
• Syntopical reading allows us to compare ideas and form independent judgment
For Christians, this kind of careful reading is not just intellectual growth, it is spiritual formation. It trains us to seek truth patiently, test ideas thoughtfully, and love God with both heart and mind.
“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”
1 John 4:16 NIV https://t.co/mr7GcffoGC
“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”
Isaiah 7:14 NIV https://t.co/zGXcqyZN9B
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” https://t.co/RURVqXMdvO
I'm 36. This is my honest advice for people in their 20s:
1. Make decisions your future self will thank you for, not resent you for.
2. Somebody you know and love is going to die within the next 10 years. It could even be you. So live accordingly.