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Updated: Is The Kingdom of Heaven Here Yet?

When Christ began his ministry nearly 2000 years ago in Galilee, dwelling in Capernaum, he said, " … Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." [Mat. 4:17]. What did he mean? How could the kingdom of heaven, or of God, be at hand if 2000 years later his kingdom is not here yet? Might it not be more accurate to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is only a couple thousand years away!" Actually, Christ was absolutely correct in what he said. But now, about 2000 years later, it's more important for us than ever.

"Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up."
 Stephen Hawking
"Learning is by nature curiosity ... prying into everything, reluctant to leave anything, material or immaterial, unexplained." 
 Philo of Alexandria
"The spark of curiosity ignites passion in great minds." 
 Anon 
"Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity. Never lose a holy curiosity." 
 Albert Einstein 
"Curiosity is an eager desire to know, or learn about something."


 Dictionary
"Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life." 
 Linus Pauling
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." 
 Walt Disney
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." 
 Albert Einstein
"Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly."
 Arnold Edinborough
"Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will." 
 James Stephens
"Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature."
 Freya Stark
"People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle." 
 Leo Rosten
"Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity."
 Roy T. Bennett
"Curiosity sets us apart from the average lump of dirt."
 Millo Of Accaus
"It is a capital mistake to theorize in advance of the facts." 
 Sherlock Holmes

 

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." 
 Albert Einstein 
"People die when curiosity goes." 
Graham Swift

 

"Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." 
Voltaire

 

"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."


 Shakespeare's Hamlet
"A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education."
 Smiley Blanton
"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas." 
 Marie Curie

 

"Without curiosity, one does not think."


 Anon
"Curiosity is the ultimate power tool."
 Roy Underhill
"Why am I so curious? I don’t know. But I’ll find out." 
 Anon 
"Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance." 
 William Wirt 
"When holy curiosity is driven by passion, and critical thinking by perseverance, wisdom and truth emerge." 
 Anon
"Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act." 
 Damien Echols
"Socrates told us, 'the unexamined life is not worth living.' I think he's calling for curiosity, more than knowledge. In every human society at all times and at all levels, the curious are at the leading edge." 
 Roger Ebert
"Knowledge is not rooted in facts; it is rooted in curiosity." 
 Chopra/Tanzi, Super Brain
"Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind." 
 Samuel Johnson
"There are no foolish questions, and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions." 
 Charles Proteus Steinmetz 
"I think I benefited from being equal parts ambitious and curious. And of the two, curiosity has served me best." 
 Michael J. Fox
"Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last." 
 Samuel Johnson 
"He wrote as a young man that God's noblest gift was the gift of an inquiring mind."
 John Adams
"Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness."
 Bryant McGill
"Perhaps the greatest virtue of man is curiosity." 
 Anatole France 
"Curiosity is the deepest connection that we have with knowledge, wisdom and life. Incuriosity is cutting all these connections."
 Baris Gencel
"Be curious always!  For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it."
 Sudie Black
"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." 
 Ellen Parr 
"If we had known everything in this universe, we would have had to find another universe to feed our curiosity, because what keeps man alive is curiosity!"
 Mehmet Murat Ildan
"One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute." 
 William Phelps
"Curiosity without action is like a boat without water."
 Anon
"Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people." 
 Leo Burnett 
"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the young mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards."
 Anatole France
"A person without curiosity may as well be dead."
 Judy Blume

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Atheistic Apps and Yellow Pencils

The debate over whether or not God exists has been around for a long time. Now there are apps for those who wish to engage in the debate, which usually centers on the idea put forward by atheists that "You can't prove God exists." This in turn usually gets a professed Christian's dander all riled up. The sparks fly from this point forward leading to strife and contention while each participant attempts to prove they are right. It's a bit like debating the outcome of the immovable object versus the irresistible force.