Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.
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Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.
A. J. JACOBSJealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
A. J. JACOBSIt’s a different way of looking at the world. Your life isn’t about rights. It’s about responsibilities.”–Mr Bill Berkowitz
A. J. JACOBSIf my former self and my current self met for coffee, they’d get along OK, but they’d both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking their heads and saying to themselves, “That guy is kinda delusional.”
A. J. JACOBSSometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
A. J. JACOBSA 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It’s just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.
A. J. JACOBSGiulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It’s like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
A. J. JACOBSOne of the interesting things to me is that God grows throughout the Old Testament. He evolves, sort of matures, and becomes kinder.
A. J. JACOBSIts sort of my job to feel good.
A. J. JACOBSMore people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
A. J. JACOBSIt comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
A. J. JACOBSI was what they call ‘skinny fat’ – a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
A. J. JACOBSI’ve never before been so aware of the thousands of little good things, the thousands of things that go right every day.
A. J. JACOBSI am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
A. J. JACOBSVery few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
A. J. JACOBSProbably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.
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