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To: Psalm 73

I am reminded of Jury Duty I was on a few years ago. One defendant decided to defend himself without a lawyer. He began by telling us of a story from the bible.

Before he finished his first sentence I know he had never cracked a bible in his life, because no such story was in the bible.


68 posted on 07/28/2022 7:21:38 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.” – Aristotl)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
"...because no such story was in the bible."

Years ago I was giving a sermon on Bible reading, and I used the dictum "God helps those who help themselves", with a ppt slide that had that verbiage and "Proverbs 31:32"

I lingered a few seconds and watched a few quizzical looks, and sadly a LOT of nodding heads.

I gently told them that is not found anywhere in the Bible, and reinforced the need to be familiar with their Bibles, less they be drawn astray.

70 posted on 07/28/2022 7:28:58 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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