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One of our measurement mentors, Enrico Fermi, was an early user of what was later called a "Monte Carlo simulation.

Stories in themselves are not automatically good; it has to be the right kind of story told by the right kind of person.

Leftism is that impulse that wants to establish coercion and call it community. Apply

saving faith always looks to Christ and his promises. Saving faith does not focus on the presence or absence of saving faith. We are supposed to be looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. We are not to be looking at ourselves, trying to determine if we are believing or not. "Myself believing" is not the proper object of my faith. Christ is the object of our faith.

The medievalist has the capacity, and the desire, to harmonize. He believes the planets sing in harmony; why cannot technology also sing?

When we say New Covenant we should understand this as heavenly covenant. When we say Old Covenant we should understand heavenly shadow covenant.

The church today is dominated by this theology of silly women.

Justin Taylor, editor of Crossway, cites the example of one writer who wanted to thank "my parents, Jesus and Ayn Rand." See what happens when you leave out the serial comma? But Andy Le Peau, at InterVarsity, points to a different kind of example. Suppose someone were to dedicate his book to "my mother, Ayn Rand, and God"? Now the serial comma creates the idea that Ayn Rand is in apposition to mother, which it presumably wasn't.

I write in order to make the little voices in my head go away. Thus far it hasn't worked.

God is not an actor within the larger scheme of things. He is not a muscle-bound Jupiter, bullying the littler ones. He is the Author of the whole thing. We never ask how much of Hamlet's role was contributed by Hamlet, and how much by Shakespeare. That is not a question that can be answered with 70/30 or 50/50 or 90/10. The right answer is 100/100. Hamlet's actions are all Hamlet's and they are all Shakespeare's. Douglas Wilson

Marvel belongs to Disney, DC to Time Warner) that are the kingpins of superhero comics.

the mind of the common person is aroused by gain, while that of a sage awakens to justice

It is when we ask for love less and begin giving it more that the basis of human love is revealed to us.

Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows--it is the result of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces.

Anti-Semites (American Jews included) pressure Israel to correct its ego and show the whole world their method of correction.

On the Threshold by Professor Pezhman Mosleh is a wonderful tribute to Dr. Yalom.

Cat, you ruined mom's dress!" "Honey, it was ruined when she bought it.

The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It could be his head wasn't screwed on just right. It could be, perhaps his shoes were too tight. But I think that the most likely reason of all May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.

It isn't the pen—it's the writer; it isn't the road—it's the runner that counts.

Invite your melancholy outside for a walk. Or read it a poem. Or bake it chocolate chip cookies.

I blew myself up, Im on some martyr shit. Carry the weight for my city like a cargo ship.

Yeah Im the truth, thats right I fkin said it. The living proof that you aint gotta die to get to heaven.

I talk slicker than a pimp from Augusta who just had his linen suit dry-cleaned.

Got niggas reacting without a sinus cause what Im working with is timeless.