The thing that David had done displeased the Lᴏʀᴅ. 2 Samuel 11:27
Political wisdom.
pisseth against the wall 1 Samuel 25:22, 25:34, 1 Kings 14:10, 16:11, 21:21, 2 Kings 9:8
There are times when one’s only choice is to vote for the one-eyed man.
How is it that, despite Babel, the different peoples in the historical books of the Old Testament – at least their leaders – have no difficulty talking with each other?
Patrick Kurp on Alain waisberg.micro.blog/2023/09/1…
Alain, On Happiness.
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. 2 Samuel 1:26
Theology is man’s understanding of God; the Gospels are God’s understanding of God.
Your phrases should be alive with men and women, filled with stones, metals, chairs, tables, animals. A wholly abstract style is always bad. Concrete examples alone furnish style. —Alain, quoted by André Maurois
To be a Christian is to live in the now and the forever.