THE NARROW DOOR IS REALLY A STRAIT GATE

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LUKE 13:22-30 is an interesting passage, with many interpretations. For example, some people struggle because they think Jesus is saying there is going to be a limit on people going into heaven. But after reading this passage, I’m immediately reminded of Robert Frost’s poem, The Road Not Taken: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I …

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ALL MEN (AND WOMEN) THINK LIKE ROQUENTIN, ONLY THEY TEND TO FORGET IT

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Throwing the book NAUSEA by a man named Jean-Paul Sartre against the wall, the reader screams: “What is he talking about?” Picking up the book from the floor, he finds himself beginning to think like Antoine Roquentin, its main character. “I am holding this book. This book exists. I have an ‘odd’ feeling holding this book.” Again, …

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