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The first thing then is to get an idea of the whole. Once that is done, everything you read in the Bible, or about the Bible, will help to clear up some of the things which at first seem puzzling. <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.217193/page/n27/mode/1up\">P. 19</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/LeoWong/27968108","date_published":"2023-12-17T19:41:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Leo Wong","url":"https://leowong.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F23%2F1396305.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"LeoWong"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-17 19:41","date_timestamp":1702842088,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"27967959","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/LeoWong\">@LeoWong</a></p>\n<p>The best practical advice about difficulties is: Treat them like fishbones. Leave them at the side of the plate while you make your meal of the very much larger part which you can digest. 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Hence this intercourse with the first Christian generation is a matter of urgent import for ourselves. 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Rule 19.1] without sincerity and yet maintains in appearance the full integrity of the Lord’s teaching: because no one is wronged insofar as the act itself is concerned and sometimes certain persons may be benefited by it; yet such a one should be exhorted to have dispositions worthy of his good action. —St. Basil, <em>Morals</em>, Rule 19.2.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/LeoWong/27868812","date_published":"2023-12-15T16:23:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Leo Wong","url":"https://leowong.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F23%2F1396305.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"LeoWong"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-15 16:23","date_timestamp":1702657384,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"27868094","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/LeoWong\">@LeoWong</a></p>\n<p>Having recognized the nature of this present time from the signs revealed to us by the Scriptures, we should dispose our affairs accordingly. —St. Basil, <em>Morals</em>, Rule 17.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/LeoWong/27868094","date_published":"2023-12-15T16:10:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Leo Wong","url":"https://leowong.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F23%2F1396305.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"LeoWong"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-15 16:10","date_timestamp":1702656616,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"27867786","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/LeoWong\">@LeoWong</a></p>\n<p>No one may prefer his own will to the will of God, but in everything we must seek and do the will of God. —St. Basil, <em>Morals</em>, Rule 12.4</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/LeoWong/27867786","date_published":"2023-12-15T16:04:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Leo Wong","url":"https://leowong.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F23%2F1396305.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"LeoWong"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-15 16:04","date_timestamp":1702656288,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"27843176","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/LeoWong\">@LeoWong</a></p>\n<p>Frequently a man is even delivered up to evil works as punishment for past impiety. —<a href=\"https://archive.org/details/asceticalworks0000basi/page/88/mode/1up\">St. Basil</a></p>\n<p>I will harden Pharaoh’s heart. Exodus 7:3</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/LeoWong/27843176","date_published":"2023-12-15T04:01:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Leo Wong","url":"https://leowong.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F23%2F1396305.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"LeoWong"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-15 04:01","date_timestamp":1702612876,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"27610129","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/LeoWong\">@LeoWong</a></p>\n<p>Christianity is an imitation of the divine nature. (St. Gregory of Nyssa), 63.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/LeoWong/27610129","date_published":"2023-12-10T03:47:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Leo Wong","url":"https://leowong.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F23%2F1396305.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"LeoWong"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-10 03:47","date_timestamp":1702180024,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"27609672","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/LeoWong\">@LeoWong</a></p>\n<p>What is to be put above salvation? (St. Cyril of Jerusalem), 54.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/LeoWong/27609672","date_published":"2023-12-10T03:16:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Leo Wong","url":"https://leowong.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F23%2F1396305.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"LeoWong"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-10 03:16","date_timestamp":1702178201,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"27609371","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/LeoWong\">@LeoWong</a></p>\n<p>The same God is the creator of the soul and the body. (St. Cyril of Jerusalem), 53.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/LeoWong/27609371","date_published":"2023-12-10T02:59:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Leo Wong","url":"https://leowong.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F23%2F1396305.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"LeoWong"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-10 02:59","date_timestamp":1702177189,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}