Man's relationship to God in creation was based on works. What Adam failed to achieve, Christ, the second Adam, succeeded in achieving. Ultimately the only way one can be justified is by works. (R.C.Sproul) Works! Works! A man gets to heaven by works? I would as soon think of climbing to the moon on a rope of sand! (George Whitefield) “With the wolves you cannot be too severe. With the weak sheep you cannot be too gentle.” (Martin Luther on false teachers)

Friday, November 20, 2009

My abysmal non-polymath(ical) stature! Could have gone without saying!

I am 68 years old. I am not "smarter than a fifth-grader". I am an intellectual pygmy, a real mental light-weight. I invite you to read THE LAST DAYS OF THE POLYMATH, and conclude that anyone you know is of that ilk. Not me, for sure, though, or since, that is the stuff of human progress, if, and only if, progress is defined by positive advances. I could wish, and have wished, to be one of those, but, due to my egregious indolence, as well as my innate lack of mental acumen, I'm not one - oh, am I ever NOT ONE.
Thanks to Shawn Mathis, himself, the Aspiring Polymathis, for the link to the article.

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