Acts / Bees / SCOTUS / Woke

Starting something new - reading notes.
A writing exercise, where I summarize pretty much everything I read during the day.

Acts 1-4
Jesus ascends to heaven and the apostles choose a substitute apostle for Judas (chapter 1). The Spirit falls on Pentecost and the apostles preach Jesus to the crowd. 3000 believe and the budding church thrives together in the Word and sacrament and fellowship (ch 2). They miraculously heal, resulting in more opportunities to preach the gospel in Jerusalem (ch 3). The leaders are upset and demand they stop, but they don’t (ch 4).

Hans Boersma in Touchstone - on reading Scripture like monks and bees

Monks in monasteries often kept bees and hives. This provided an apt metaphor for their reading of Scripture, especially since the Bible calls itself “sweeter than honey from the comb” (Psalm – As bees gather honey into their hive, we squirrel away Scripture in our minds and hearts. As they work industriously at it, with organization and leadership, so should God’s people. And we should take in the
Word of God as we take in food sweet to the taste. Chew it slowly, breaking it down into parts we can handle. Savor and discern its taste/meaning. Swallow it, accepting its nourishment for your body/soul.

5 out of 5 stars!

Dan McLaughlin in National Review – on the Left’s attack on the Supreme Court

The Left has been pressuring and attacking the Court ever since FDR in the 1930s. But things really ramped up when Reagan appointed 2 conservative justices, and then nominated Bork. For the first time, Senators (Democrats) opposed a nominee simply for his ideology, not his judicial competence.  Things have only worsened since then: wild accusations against nominees, and now protesting outside
their homes with weapons nearby. There is obviously a coordinated attack now between the media and the Senate, to discredit conservative justices for behavior that in reality is not unethical – though they make it look like it might be unethical.

4 out of 5 stars

Levi Secord in Fight Laugh Feast – on the woke’s obsession with being wronged and oppressed

The title says it all: “Always Wronged, Never Wrong.” This describes the woke mentality. Since I’m an oppressed victim I’m justified to accuse and behave toward my oppressors pretty much in any way I want. We see this with false accusations in the 1619 Project, for example. They pursue policies privileging minorities at the expense of the previously privileged. This is envy and revenge. “How does it feel now that the shoe is on the other foot?” This fosters further division and resentment between people, which woke Marxism needs to succeed. Instead, justice should be done – prejudicial policies corrected and restitution done where possible. And the victims should forgive and not pursue vengeance out of hate. What if Jesus took on the vindictive victim mentality of the woke, instead of
willingly suffering wrong for us?

4 out of 5 stars