#zealousness

[nemfrog]

Dragon Plant to Fig Tree, The Betrayer to Prolific. The language and poetry of flowers. 1856.

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[tomorrowusa]

While for a liberal citizen the readiness to point out and correct the mistakes of your own party is a sign of the highest loyalty, the loyalty of fans is zealous, unthinking, and unswerving. Enthralled fans, with their critical faculties switched off, are central to populists’ understanding of politics as a loyalty game: Their cheers reflect their sense of belonging. Trust-but-verify is replaced by rowdy adoration. Those who refuse to applaud are traitors, and any statement of fact becomes a declaration of belonging.

Political scientist Ivan Krastev writing at the journal Foreign Policy.

Hardcore Trump supporters act more like rabid fans or even soccer hooligans than like followers of a political philosophy. Loyalty rather than thinking are what drives them.

Think of them as members of a particularly obsessive and extreme fandom which is intent on destroying democracy through devotion to their supreme leader.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. — Revelation 3:14-19 | The Cambridge Paragraph Bible of the Authorized English Version (CAMB) The Cambridge Paragraph Bible of the Authorized English Version, by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose, 1813-1891. Published by Cambridge University Press. Cross References: Genesis 49:3; Deuteronomy 8:5; Deuteronomy 21:17; Proverbs 3:12; Proverbs 18:22; Isaiah 55:1; Romans 3:1; Revelation 4:4; Romans 12:11; Hosea 12:8; Zechariah 11:5; Matthew 5:3; Matthew 13:44; 1 Corinthians 4:8; 1 Corinthians 11:32

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

A Man of One Thing

by J.C. Ryle

“I want to strike a blow at the lazy, easy, sleepy Christianity of these latter days, which can see no beauty in zeal, and only uses the word ‘zealot’ as a word of reproach….

Zeal in religion is a burning desire to please God, to do His will, and to advance His glory in the world in every possible way. It is a desire which no man feels by nature,—which the Spirit puts in the heart of every believer when he is converted,—but which some believers feel so much more strongly than others that they alone deserve to be called ‘zealous’ men.

This desire is so strong, when it really reigns in a man, that it impels him to make any sacrifice,—to go through any trouble,—to deny himself to any amount,—to suffer, to work, to labour, to toil,—to spend himself and be spent, and even to die,—if only he can please God and honour Christ.

A zealous man in religion is pre-eminently a man of one thing. It is not enough to say that he is earnest, hearty, uncompromising, thorough-going, whole-hearted, fervent in spirit. He only sees one thing he cares for one thing, he lives for one thing, he is swallowed up in one thing; and that one thing is to please God.

Whether he lives, or whether he dies,—whether he has health, or whether he has sickness,—whether he is rich, or whether he is poor,—whether he pleases man, or whether he gives offence,—whether he is thought wise, or whether he is thought foolish,—whether he gets blame, or whether he gets praise,—whether he gets honour, or whether he gets shame,—for all this the zealous man cares nothing at all.

He burns for one thing; and that one thing is to please God, and to advance God’s glory. If he is consumed in the very burning, he cares not for it,—he is content. He feels that, like a lamp, he is made to burn; and if consumed in burning, he has but done the work for which God appointed him.

Such an one will always find a sphere for his zeal. If he cannot preach, and work, and give money, he will cry, and sigh, and pray. Yes: if he is only a pauper, on a perpetual bed of sickness, he will make the wheels of sin around him drive heavily, by continually interceding against it.

If he cannot fight in the valley with Joshua, he will do the work of Moses, Aaron, and Hur, on the hill. (Exod. 17:9–13.) If he is cut off from working himself, he will give the Lord no rest till help is raised up from another quarter, and the work is done. This is what I mean when I speak of ‘zeal’ in religion.”

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

‘. . .instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires. . .who gave himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good deeds.’ –Titus 2:12, 14 In the fall of 2001, while being the Senior Pastor at Golden Isles Presbyterian …

[dalagitangbinebeysfriend-blog]

SECOND BEST!

Oh, nothing else says your presentation was good but I think their video was better than a smack on the face with a silver medal! Yes, the odds of life. 2nd place on the 1st ever Division Of Talents Documentary Competition. We got run over by Dolores National High School centering their whole video on plastics. Ugh. In my opinion though, I think our documentary was profoundly better. We did not just focus on our school but we really stretched our imaginations and reached out to others. We had interviews from the Eastern Samar State University for goodness sake and we had to use our own money to pay for it! And yet we still did not win. All efforts for me well yeah, WASTED! I mean, who doesn't win a documentary competition when your voice-over is in an Australian Accent which by the way we recorded in the friggin' stockroom of the chemistry lab. OH FOR THE LACK OF FUNDS! We interviewed a Cebuano fisherman for crying out loud and that wasn't enough to bag the gold medal?! Are you friggin' kidding me right now? We are not mainstream. We think out of the box. We do not limit our ideas inside the campus but we reach out and let society take the lead. I need some JUSTIFICATION! We deserve to win. We could have won, you know. The chairman of the documentary competition by the way is from the Dolores National High School so hey, i mean not like she's gonna let them win right?! Fuckin. So pissed. If it was just about the defence period which i screwed up well it was 10%! And I think I should have accumulated atleast 8%  of my efforts of stammering and stuttering like a freak. 

I just hope we get some JUSTIFICATION in the spotlight competition. They already nagged the Documentary Competition away from us. Don't tell me that they had to win the spotlight too. They did not even follow the Regional and National guidelines for the spotlight. They should be disqualified! It is written that presentations must be in MS Powerpoint ONLY! No more no less. Search for it in Google if you want to. Search like 2012 Spotlight Guidelines or something. We just have to go to Regionals. We are not going to back off. We are going to fight for that spot for Regionals. Hands-off kami han ira spotlight last year bisan PowerDirector an ira ginamit, this time, it's our year so watch out because we're coming to get you!

EVE :)

[newberrylibrary]

As you might expect, preserving a vast historical record and cultural heritage can sometimes (but not necessarily) delay acceptance of new technological platforms. And so with the Newberry. We're new to this whole tumblr thing, but promise to pursue its possibilities and the community it engenders with the zealousness of the good Captain Ahab, whose crazed eye and gnashing rictus are pictured above, on the cover of this Marathi-language edition of Moby Dick. The book (as our banner image suggests) is part of our vast collection of copies of the American classic, which include first and many foreign language editions. These books will be on display during our 125th anniversary exhibition, The Newberry 125, which opens September 6 and of which more to come later.