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When anxiety reaches certain thresholds, even the most learned ideas can begin to function as superstitions.
A Failure of Nerve
Edwin H. Friedman
In fact, the Booz/Google study found that the “considerable regulation of cross-border trade means that tariffs and duties tend to be relatively steep. It can be cheaper to buy an item from the U.S. and ship to Dubai, for example, than buying from Dubai and shipping it to Riyadh (Saudi Arabia).”
Startup Rising
Christopher M. Schroeder and Marc Andreessen
But Christians are called to the way of the cross. We’re called to die: “whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it” (Matt 16:25). Jesus’s call goes beyond both selfishness and self-interest. In the same way, the inner life of the Trinity is the life of sacrifice, not “nice” self-interest: “the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). Imaging the Trinity means moving away from the slavery of self-interest.
Dismissing Jesus
Douglas M. Jones and Peter J. Leithart
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