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Pleasures repudiated, annoyances accepted

I found a great piece from a writing dated 45 BC called “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum”. Quite an interesting read.
But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings [...]

A Tithe and a Prayer…

Deut 26:12-15
In this short statute given by God there is to be found a grand truth about giving and receiving.
It serves to show what pleases God, and how we can please him by obeying. We are not bound by the command, but we uphold it (Rom 3:31, Mat. 5:18-19).
“…giving to the Levite, the sojourner, the [...]