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Honest?
The Wall Street Journal reported recently that a Harvard University probe into the work of prominent researcher Prof. Francesca Gino (of Harvard Business School) had found profound problems:
After reviewing the available evidence and interviewing Professor Gino and several witnesses, the Investigation Committee has determined, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Professor Gino significantly departed from accepted practices of the relevant research community and committed
Flat?
A recent article in The New York Times (NYT), “Are You a ‘Floor Person’? Why Lying on the Ground Feels So Good,” by Christina Caron, extolled the virtues of lying flat on the ground.
Now, to be sure, there isn’t much research that touts the benefits of reposing prostrate on the ground, but psychologists quoted for the article said spending time on the floor is unlikely to hurt.
(That may be true for them. For me, it hurts! But that’s beside the point.)
Apparently
Parts!
A recent health report from National Public Radio interviewed an evolutionary anatomist, Dr. Heather Smith, about the appendix. She is professor of anatomy at Midwestern University and editor-in-chief of a journal called The Anatomical Record.
Yes, the appendix has a bad rap as a useless organ that can cause you pain and require emergency surgery at the most inopportune and embarrassing moments.
The fact that humans can live quite happily and peacefully without said organ
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FYI, for those looking for a commentary on the Psalter—three volumes, dealing with all 150 psalms, a little over 1,000 pages—that aids preaching!
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1 Timothy 4:1–16
God’s people nourished on scriptural teaching engage intensely in spiritual discipline, persevering in modeling Spirit-directed, Scripture-based godliness, ensuring future reward for themselves.
After providing requirements for godly leaders in: 1 Tim 3:1–16, this section contains both negative and positive exhortations to a leader: broadly, advice regarding false teaching (4:1–7a; how to avoid the negative) and advice for personal ministry (4:7b–16; how to follow
1 Timothy 3:1–16
Corporate conduct in the divine household is to be guided by leaders characterized by virtue, modeling exemplary traits for the faith and praxis of every member of the divine household.
This pericope moves from the Epistle’s most recent concern: who should not teach in the corporate context (2:12–15), to its current issue: who should (3:1–7).
It is notable that the elder list commences and concludes with the demand that an elder be “irreproachable” (3:2) and one
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