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Sunday Sermonette: We're almost done with this drivel

Chapter 15 appears to be intended as the sign-off, but there is one more chapter, which was probably appended later. Chapter 16 is actually rather interesting, we'll get to that, meanwhile this says pretty much nothing.

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Chapter 15 appears to be intended as the sign-off, but there is one more chapter, which was probably appended later.

Chapter 16 is actually rather interesting, we'll get to that, meanwhile this says pretty much nothing.

As to why people believe crazy shit, that's a subject I've been thinking about and reading about and writing about a lot lately, so I will address it here shortly.

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Chapter 15 appears to be intended as the sign-off, but there is one more chapter, which was probably appended later. Chapter 16 is actually rather interesting, we'll get to that, meanwhile this says pretty much nothing. As to why people believe crazy shit, that's a subject I've been thinking about and reading about and writing about a lot lately, so I will address it here shortly.

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  • For now I'll just say that you may have read somewhere that Beauty is Truth, and Truth Beauty, but is ain't so.
  • 15 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

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3 For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me." [ a ] 4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

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  • 2 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.

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Truth can be very ugly, and beauty often lies.

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