Posted on 09/14/2018 9:59:24 PM PDT by TigerClaws
Men like to belong to all kinds of weird Orders and I don’t get it and I have no patience for it.
By Josh Benner, an associate pastor at Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He has a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Reagan felt compelled to stress the importance of faith.
The most powerful man in the world pointing someone to the most powerful being in the universe.
The newly published letter was discovered by Washington Post writer Karen Tumulty who was going through a box of Nancy Reagan’s personal effects in researching for a book on the former first lady.
Reagan’s letter is a work of apologetics where he looks at Jesus as having come in fulfillment of prophesies. Using a similar line of reasoning to C.S. Lewis, Reagan talks of how Jesus either was who he claimed to be or a great con man (which would beg the question of why he would follow a “lie” to the point of dying for it). Reagan talks of the impact that this one man (who had such a short ministry) has had on the rest of the history of the world:
The miracle is that a young man of 30 yrs. without credentials as a scholar or priest began preaching on street corners. He owned nothing but the clothes on his back & he didn’t travel beyond a circle less than one hundred miles across. He did this for only 3 years and then was executed as a common criminal.
But for two thousand years he has … had more impact on the world than all the teachers, scientists, emperors, generals and admirals who ever lived, all put together.
Reagan talks of the importance of faith in Jesus and ends the letter by appealing to his father to put himself in God’s hands.
I appreciate this letter. Presidents are complicated individuals and Reagan’s faith is a subject of debate. But in this letter, his sincere desire is for his father-in-law to place faith in Jesus. He thought sharing the gospel with a beloved family member was worth
Thank you for that link.
Also seldom appreciated was that Ronald Reagan was a gifted wordsmith. Not only could he artfully read the words of others but could write most eloquently.
Reagan was the most literate president in US history, with the exception perhaps of Jefferson and Lincoln.
I can’t access the WAPO.
Can the rest if RR’s letter be posted here?
Can't. They object to my ad blocker and I am sure as hell not going to subscribe or disable my blocker.
Thank goodness Ben Carson isn't like that. And I've met him personally. He is a wonderful man.
John Adams fits quite comfortably with those.
Surprised this was in the Wapo.
Thanks for the ping!
Never met him. He does seem exceptional.
My father was a great neurosurgeon and that is an understatement. He was much loved by his residents, his patients, and his community. His residents named a professional society in his honor.
Harvey Cushing was the founder of neurosurgery in this country and he trained Cobb Pilcher. Pilcher was still a young man when he began training my father. Pilcher was also very popular and was called “God’s great man” by one of his prominent Black patients. Pilcher was friends with Fred Russel and Grantland Rice (”...When the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name...”)
You obviously have a real axe to grind against brain surgeons but in spite of your anecdotal info, keep in mind, you have not met them all. And you are not “playing the game” with any tact or compassion.
“...Almost every neurosurgeon in this country has been able to graduate residency, pass his boards exams, and obtain hospital accreditation without ever having seen even one neurosurgeon watch them do even a single procedure...”
The above statement of yours is absolutely untrue.
It was absolutely true in the decade I was a Neurosurgery Resident. I could rattle off a long list of names of residents I personally saw graduate without touching a scalpel.
It was absolutely true in the decade I was a Neurosurgery Resident. I could rattle off a long list of names of residents I personally saw graduate without touching a scalpel. And go ahead and say it. Fred Simeone is famous for letting residents do cases. How many did Simeone watch? Zero.
It was absolutely true in the decade I was a Neurosurgery Resident. I could rattle off a long list of names of residents I personally saw graduate without touching a scalpel. And go ahead and say it. Fred Simeone is famous for letting residents do cases. How many did Simeone watch? Zero.
Want to know how I know your father’s program was not in Boston, NYC, Miami, Philadelphia, Chicago, Iowa City, Saint Louis, LA, or San Francisco?
Did you know there was a time in the history of Philly when there were two programs and not one resident graduated without being fired AT LEAST ONCE, some twice? The chairmen hated each other so much they would hire a fired resident that day. LOL.
If I can guess who your father was it sort of makes my point, doesn’t it?
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