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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Bliss itself is not worth having, If we're by compulsion blest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bliss itself is not worth having, If we're by compulsion blest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here the two great interests Imperium et Libertas, res olim insociabiles (saith Tacitus), began to incounter each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here the two great interests Imperium et Libertas, res olim insociabiles (saith Tacitus), began to incounter each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We laid it on the line. No regrets. We wanted to get it done real bad and we came together. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36369]]></link><description><![CDATA[We laid it on the line. No regrets. We wanted to get it done real bad and we came together. People doubted us in this tournament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not that into the fake meat anymore. The familiar texture makes the transition from meat to soy and wheat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31161]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not that into the fake meat anymore. The familiar texture makes the transition from meat to soy and wheat products easier, but it's kind of limiting. There are lots of great ways to prepare meatless dishes without simulating meat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forbidden things have a secret charm ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forbidden things have a secret charm]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil where he is known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do greator great evil without bringing about more of the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do greator great evil without bringing about more of the same on the part ofothers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54054]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they willgrant others their own freedom, and give less interference ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22441]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they willgrant others their own freedom, and give less interference to another'sstate of consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179  Thou wayfaring Jesus -- a pilgrim and stranger,  Exiled from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179  Thou wayfaring Jesus -- a pilgrim and stranger,  Exiled from heaven by love at Thy birth: Exiled again from Thy rest in the manger,  A fugitive child 'mid the perils of earth -- Cheer with Thy fellowship all who are weary,  Wandering far from the land that they love: Guide every heart that is homeless and dreary,  Safe to its home in Thy presence above.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul O for a thousand tongues to sing   My great Redeemer's praise, The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul O for a thousand tongues to sing   My great Redeemer's praise, The glories of my God and King,   The triumphs of his grace! My gracious Master and my God,   Assist me to proclaim, To spread through all the earth abroad   The honours of thy name. Jesus! the name that charms our fears,   That bids our sorrows cease; 'Tis music in the sinner's ears,   'Tis life, and health, and peace. He breaks the power of cancelled sin,   He sets the prisoner free; His blood can make the foulest clean,   His blood availed for me. He speaks, and, listening to his voice,   New life the dead receive, The mournful, broken hearts rejoice,   The humble poor believe. Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb,   Your loosened tongues employ; Ye blind, behold your Saviour come,   And leap, ye lame, for joy. Look unto him, ye nations, own   Your God, ye fallen race; Look, and be saved through faith alone,   Be justified by grace. See all your sins on Jesus laid:   The Lamb of God was slain, His soul was once an offering made   For every soul of man. Awake from guilty nature's sleep,   And Christ shall give you light, Cast all your sins into the deep,   And wash you purest white. With me, your chief, ye then shall know,   Shall feel your sins forgiven; Anticipate your heaven below,   And own that love is heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We put in a lot of effort, our fans cheer us on although what we need is to greater consistency ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37402]]></link><description><![CDATA[We put in a lot of effort, our fans cheer us on although what we need is to greater consistency and better performances on the road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In any bureaucracy, paper work increases as you spend more and more time reporting on the less and less you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4984]]></link><description><![CDATA[In any bureaucracy, paper work increases as you spend more and more time reporting on the less and less you are doing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet, ... The White T. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35795]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet, ... The White T.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sumer is y cumen in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sumer is y cumen in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smaller markets are on a much more even playing field, ... There's keen excitement for the season, if the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smaller markets are on a much more even playing field, ... There's keen excitement for the season, if the league sticks to rule changes they have banked so much on and told the public so much about. If they backslide, they'll chase off fans with the same old product.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very happy today and back in the right spot. The season has been baby steps. All season my coach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40772]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very happy today and back in the right spot. The season has been baby steps. All season my coach has said, 'Take something away from each race and put it in your toolbox.' By the Olympic race, the toolbox should be overflowing and it is getting there right now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two truly infinite things, the universe and stupidity. And I am unsure about the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58070]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two truly infinite things, the universe and stupidity. And I am unsure about the universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tarquin and Caesar had each his Brutus--Charles the First, his Cromwell--and George the Third--("Treason!" shouted the Speaker) may profit by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tarquin and Caesar had each his Brutus--Charles the First, his Cromwell--and George the Third--("Treason!" shouted the Speaker) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early on, treating (sleep apnea) was largely a lifestyle issue because people were falling asleep in the day and this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early on, treating (sleep apnea) was largely a lifestyle issue because people were falling asleep in the day and this would help them feel better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26313]]></link><description><![CDATA[The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wood came out here and beat us. You have to give that guy credit. He really competed and then they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wood came out here and beat us. You have to give that guy credit. He really competed and then they had that one big inning. We are still playing well right now; we should be happy to be 9-2. We beat these guys two out of three and now we need to look ahead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The improvements in the tax structure in Lake County, including the tax settlement and the personal property change in House ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38697]]></link><description><![CDATA[The improvements in the tax structure in Lake County, including the tax settlement and the personal property change in House Bill 1858 were the primary factors in our decision to go forward with the rebuild, and they will permit this major investment to generate a competitive return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even a sparing hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even a sparing hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being a part of both organizations, there is no comparison in the two organizations. This is a professional organization. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being a part of both organizations, there is no comparison in the two organizations. This is a professional organization. The Hornets were just -- I don't know what the hell it was. There is no explaining for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens if you get scared half to death twice?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11426]]></link><description><![CDATA[What happens if you get scared half to death twice?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17996]]></link><description><![CDATA[A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a new term, ... What it does is make us more aware of what we're doing. We do care ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37162]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a new term, ... What it does is make us more aware of what we're doing. We do care about the students and want all of them to be successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46618]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vice-presidency isn't worth a pitcher of warm piss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48148]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vice-presidency isn't worth a pitcher of warm piss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus A LETTER FROM PAUL THE MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIANS IN ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus A LETTER FROM PAUL THE MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIANS IN ROME The following abridged paraphrase of the Epistle to the Romans aims at presenting in a plain way the continuous sequence of the argument, while suggesting the free epistolary form of the original: My DEAR FELLOW-CHRISTIANS OF ROME,  Wherever I go I hear of your faith, and I thank God for it. It is a part of my daily prayers that I may be permitted to visit you. I believe such a visit would do you good, and I am sure it would do me good. In fact, I have tried again and again to get to Rome, but hitherto something has always turned up to prevent me. I shall not feel that my work as missionary to the Gentiles is complete until I have preached in Rome. My mission is a universal one, knowing no bounds of race or culture--naturally, since my message is a universal one. It is a message of God's righteousness, revealed to men on a basis of faith. (Rom. 1:1-17)  Apart from this, there is nothing to be seen in the world of today but the Nemesis of sin. Take the pagan world: all men have a knowledge of God by natural religion; but the pagan world has deliberately turned its back upon this knowledge, and, for all its boasted philosophy, has degraded religion into idolatry. The natural consequence is a moral perversity horrible to contemplate. (Rom. 1:18-32)  But you, my Jewish friend, need not dwell with complacency upon the sins of the pagan world. You are guilty yourself. Do not mistake God's patience with His people for indulgence. His judgments are impartial. Knowledge or ignorance of the Law of Moses makes no difference here. The pagans have God's law written in their conscience. If they obey it, well; if not, they stand condemned. And as for you--you call yourself a Jew and pride yourself on the Law. But have you kept all its precepts? You are circumcised and so forth: that goes for nothing; God looks at the inner life of motive and affection. An honest pagan is better than a bad Jew in His sight. I do not mean to say there is no advantage in being a Jew: of this more presently ; but read your Bible and take to yourself the hard words of the prophets--spoken, remember, not to heathens, but to people who knew the Law, just as you do. No, Jew and pagan, we are in the same case. No one can stand right before God on the basis of what he has actually done. Law only serves to bring consciousness of guilt. (Rom. 2:1-3:20)  But now, Law apart, we have a revelation of God's righteousness, as I was saying (Rom. 1:17). It comes by faith, the faith of Jesus Christ; and it comes to every one, Jew or Gentile, who has faith. We have all sinned, and all of us can be made to stand right with God. That is a free gift to us, due to His graciousness. We are emancipated in Christ Jesus, who is God's appointed means of dealing with sin--a means operating by the devotion of His life, and by faith on our part. It is thus that God, having passed over sins committed in the old days when He held His hand, demonstrates His righteousness in the world of to-day; i.e., it is thus that He both shows Himself righteous, and makes those stand right before Him who have faith in Jesus Christ. No room for boasting here! No distinction of Jew and Gentile here! (Rom. 3:21-31)  But what about Abraham? you will say. Did not he win God's graciousness by what he did? Not at all. Read your Bible, and you will find that the promise was given to him before he was circumcised; and the Bible expressly says that "he had faith in God, and that counted for righteousness." The same principle applies to us all. (Rom. 4:1-25)  To return to the point, then, we stand right with God on the ground of faith, and we are at peace with Him, come what may. God's love floods our whole being--a love shown in the fact that Christ died for us, not because we were good people for whom anyone might die, but actually while we were sinners. He died, not for His friends, but for His enemies. Very well then, if while we were enemies Christ died for us, surely He will save us now that we are friends! If He reconciled us to God by dying for us, surely He will save us by living for us, and in us. There is something to boast about! (Rom. 5:1-11)  Christ died and lives for us all, I say. But, you ask, how can the life and death of one individual have consequences for so many? You believe that we all suffer for Adam's sin; and if so, why should we not all profit by Christ's righteousness? Of course there is really no comparison between the power of evil to propagate itself, and the power of good to win the victory, for that is a matter of God's graciousness. However, you see my point : one man sinned--a whole race suffers for it; one Man lived righteously--a whole race wins life by it. But what about Law? you say. Law only came in by the way, to intensify the consciousness of guilt. (Rom. 5:12-21) (Continued tomorrow)  ... paraphrased and abridged by C. Harold Dodd, from The Meaning of Paul for Today January 2, 2000 Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833 A LETTER FROM PAUL THE MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIANS IN ROME (This abridged paraphrase of the Epistle to the Romans is continued from yesterday)  Now I come to a difficulty. I have heard people say, "If human sin gives play to God's graciousness, let us go on sinning to give Him a better chance. Why not do evil that good may come?" (Rom. 3:8) What nonsense! To be saved through Christ is to be a dead man so far as sin is concerned. Think of the symbolism of Baptism. You go down into the water: that is like being buried with Christ. You come up out of the water: that is like rising with Christ from the tomb. It means, therefore, a new life, a life which comes by union with the living Christ. You will admit that, once a man is dead, there is no more claim against him for any wrong he may have committed. He is like a slave set free from all claims on the part of his late master. Think, then, of yourselves as dead. When you remember the death of Christ, think that you--i.e., your old bad selves--were crucified with Him. And when you remember His resurrection, think of yourselves as living with Him, a new life. And above all, bear in mind that Christ, once risen, does not die again: and so you, living the new life in Him, need not die again. I mean, the sin that once dominated you need not any longer control you; do not let it! You are freed slaves; do not sell yourselves into slavery again. Or, if you like to put it so, you are now slaves, not of Sin, but of Righteousness (a very crude way of putting it, but I want to help you out). Just as once you were the property of Sin, and all your faculties were instruments of wrong, so now you are the property of Righteousness, and every faculty you have must be an instrument of right. Freed from sin, you are slaves of God; that is what I mean. The wages your old master paid was death. Your new Master makes you a present of life. (Rom. 6:1-23)  Or take another illustration. You know that by law a woman is bound to her husband while he lives; when he is dead she is free; she can marry again if she likes and the law has no claim against her. So you may think of yourselves as having been married to Sin, or to Law. Death has now released you from that marriage bond, though here the illustration halts, for it is Christ's death that has freed you! Well, anyhow, you are free--free, shall I say, to marry Christ. You had a numerous progeny of evil deeds by your first marriage; you must now produce an offspring of good deeds to Christ. I mean, of course, you must serve God in Christ's spirit. (Rom. 7:1-6)  Now I admit that all this sounds as though I identified law with sin. That is not my meaning. But surely it is clear that the function of law is to bring consciousness of sin; e.g., I should never have known what covetousness was but that the law said, "Thou shalt not covet." Such is the perversity of human nature under the dominion of sin that the very prohibition provokes me to covet. There was a time when I knew nothing of Law, and lived my own life. Then Law came, sin awakened in me, and life became death for me. Of course, Law is good, but Sin took advantage of it, to my cost. I am only flesh and blood, and flesh and blood is prone to sin. I can see what is good, and desire it, but I cannot practice it; i.e., my reason recognizes the law, and yet I break it through moral perversity. If you like to put it so, there is one law for my reason, the Law of God, and another for my outward conduct, the law of sin and death. It is like a living man chained to a dead body. It is perfect misery. But, thank God, the chain is broken! The law of the Spirit of Life which is in Christ has set me free from the law of sin and death. Christ entered into this human nature of flesh and blood which is under the dominion of Sin. Sin put in its claim to be His master; but Christ won His case; Sin was non-suited, its claim disallowed, and human nature was free. The result is that all the Law stood for of righteousness, holiness, and goodness is fulfilled in those who live by Christ's Spirit. There are two possible forms of human life: there is the life of the lower nature of flesh and blood, of which I have spoken; and there is the life of the spirit. We have Christ's Spirit, and so we can live the life of the spirit. And in the end that Spirit will give new life to the whole human organism. (Rom. 7:7-8:11)  You see, then, that the flesh-and-blood nature has no claim upon us. We belong to the Spirit. Those who are actuated by that Spirit are sons of God. I used a while back the expression, "slaves of God "; but really we are not slaves but sons---sons and heirs of God, like Christ; and when we come into our inheritance, how glorious it will be! (Rom. 8:12-18)  This, however, is still in the future. At the present time the whole universe is in misery, and in its misery it waits for the revelation of God's sons. Now all existence seems futile in its transience; and even we still share creation's pangs. But we have hope; and the ground of that hope is the possession of God's Spirit--in a first installment only, but enough to reckon upon. The fact is that every prayer we utter--yes, even an inarticulate prayer--is the utterance of the Spirit within us. We know that all through God is working with us. His purpose is behind the whole process, and He is on our side. If He gave His Son, we can trust Him to give us everything else. He loves us, and nothing in the world or out of it can separate us from His love. (Rom. 8:18-39) (Continued tomorrow)  ... paraphrased and abridged by C. Harold Dodd, from The Meaning of Paul for Today January 3, 2000 Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970 A LETTER FROM PAUL THE MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIANS IN ROME (This abridged paraphrase of the Epistle to the Romans is continued from yesterday)  That concludes the present stage of my argument; but before I can proceed to final deductions, I must return to a difficulty already raised (Rom. 3:1-4). If there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, does all the great past of Israel go for nothing? Do all the promises of Scripture go for nothing? First, let me say how bitterly I regret the exclusion of the Jewish nation as a body from the new life. I would surrender all my Christian privileges if I could find a way to bring them in. But we must recognize facts; and the first fact is that the nation as a whole never was able to claim the promises; from the beginning, there was a process of selection. Of the sons of Abraham, Isaac alone was called; of the sons of Isaac, Jacob only. If we ask why, there is no answer save that God is bound by no natural or historical necessity, but intervenes according to His will. To question that will is as absurd as for the pot to arraign the potter. Then again, while some members of the Hebrew race have always fallen out, always God has declared His purpose ultimately to include others, not members of the Hebrew race--and that is just what is now happening. Now, as I said, I desire nothing more earnestly than that the whole nation should be saved. But the fact is that they have deliberately rejected the chance that was offered them. There is nothing remote or abstruse about the Christian message. It is a very simple thing: acknowledge Jesus as Lord, and believe that He is alive; that is all. And they cannot say that they have never heard the message, for Christ has His witnesses everywhere. It looks, then, as if God had rejected His people, as punishment for their obstinacy. I do not believe it. God's promises cannot go for nothing. In the first place, there has always been, and there still is, a faithful remnant of the Jewish people. And in the second place, as for the main body, their present rejection of the message is only a means in God's Providence for its extension to the Gentiles. The old olive-tree of Israel stands yet; many of its branches have been lopped off, and new branches of wild olive have been engrafted in their place. But God can engraft the lopped branches on again, if it be His will; and I believe it is His will, and that in the end the whole nation will return to Him and inherit the promises. And if the failure of Israel has meant such blessing to the world, how much greater blessing will its ultimate salvation bring! God's purpose, as I said at the beginning (Rom. 1:16), is universal: He has permitted the whole of humanity, Jew and Gentile alike, to fall under sin, only in order that He may finally have mercy on the whole of humanity, Jew and Gentile alike. How profound and unsearchable are His plans! (Rom. 9:1-11:36)  So now I can take up again my main argument. If this is the way of God's dealing with us, what ought to be our response? Can we do less than offer our entire selves to God as a sacrifice of thanksgiving? How will that work out? In a life lived as by members of one single body. Let each perform his part faithfully. Let love rule all your relations one to another, and to those outside, even to your enemies. Do not regard the Emperor as outside the scope of love, but obey his laws and pay his taxes. Yes, and pay all debts to every one. Love is, in fact, the one comprehensive debt of man to man. If you love your neighbour as yourself, you have fulfilled the whole moral law. But be in earnest about things, for the better day is already dawning. (Rom. 12:1-13:14)  I hear you have differences among yourselves about Sabbath-keeping and vegetarianism. Take this matter, then, as an example of what I mean by the application of brotherly love to all conduct. Remember that the Sabbatarian and the anti-Sabbatarian, the vegetarian and the meat-eater, are alike servants of one Master. Give each other credit for the best motives. Do not think of yourself alone; think of your Christian brother, and try to put yourself in his place. If he seems to you a weak-minded, over-scrupulous individual, remember that in any case he is your brother, and that Christ died for him as well as for you, and reverence his conscience. If through your example he should do an act which is harmless in you but sin to him, you have injured his conscience. Is it worth while so to imperil a soul for the sake of your liberty in such external matters? If the other man is weak-minded, and you strong-minded, all the more reason why you should help to bear his burden. Remember, Christ did not please Himself. In a word, Sabbatarian and anti-Sabbatarian, Jew and Gentile, treat one another as Christ has treated you, and God be with you. (Rom. 14:1-15:13)  Well, friends, I hardly think you needed this long exhortation from me. You are intelligent Christians, and well able to give one another good advice. Still, I thought I might venture to remind you of a few points ; for after all, I do feel a measure of responsibility for you, as missionary to the Gentiles. I have now accomplished my mission as far West as the Adriatic. Now I am going to Jerusalem to hand over the relief fund we have raised in Greece. After that I hope to start work in the West, and I propose to set out for Spain and take Rome on my way. Pray for me, that my errand to Jerusalem may be successful, so that I may be free to visit you. (Rom. 15:14-33)  I wish to introduce to you our friend Phoebe. She renders admirable service to our congregation at Cenchrea. Do all you can for her; she deserves it.  Kind regards to Priscilla and Aquila, Epaenetus, Mary, and all friends in Rome.   (P.S.--Beware of folk who make mischief. Be wise; be gentle; and all good be with you.)  Timothy, Lucius, Jason, Sosipater, and all friends at Corinth send kind regards. (So do I--Tertius, amanuensis!)  Glory be to God!  With all good wishes,  Your brother,  PAUL, Missionary of Jesus Christ.  ... paraphrased and abridged by C. Harold Dodd, from The Meaning of Paul for Today January 4, 2000  Nothing shall be lost that is done for God or in obedience to Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sad part about airports is it is hard to build a new one, ... They are almost an endangered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30282]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sad part about airports is it is hard to build a new one, ... They are almost an endangered species. We can't just close these things willy-nilly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He played too well. I also had some problems with my knee. But tomorrow it's going to be a different ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36698]]></link><description><![CDATA[He played too well. I also had some problems with my knee. But tomorrow it's going to be a different game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65316]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,  For the apparel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,  For the apparel oft proclaims the man,   And they in France of the best rank and station    Are of a most select and generous chief in that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2456]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to drawexclusively from his own resources. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21390]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to drawexclusively from his own resources.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will make a Star-chamber matter of it. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. 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