Chasing After Virtue Through Joy
October 10, 2023
Had a cool experience over the weekend. I was driving over to my mom’s and on the way there was just praying that I would
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Italy in the Central Middle Ages: 1000 – 1300
October 7, 2023
1 Cities and Communes Communal Italy generally refers to the urbanized areas in Lombardy and Tuscany during this time. Self-governing communes emerged around 1080-1120. But by
Bad Language
October 7, 2023
This morning during prayer time, I was talking to the Lord about my resolutions to do better in some specific areas of my life. One of
Adding Virtue to Faith
October 6, 2023
In my efforts to add virtue to my faith, I thought I’d start with some glaring areas of non-virtue in my life and see if
Frederick II General Ordinance (1310)
October 6, 2023
I found an interesting parallel to an earlier morality law debate in the Roman republic in 195 BC. The older Lex Oppia (215 BC) had
Add to Your Faith, Virtue… cont.
October 6, 2023
Pastor Daniel Fusco from Crossroads Community Church: Add to your faith virtue- moral excellence. When we respond to Jesus, it should generate a new morality
Virtue
October 4, 2023
Since the first thing Peter told us to add to our faith in 2 Peter 1 was virtue, I thought I’d look at what exactly
Italy in the Early Middle Ages: 476 – 1000
October 4, 2023
This is a recap of the Oxford History of Italy book on this particular age, from 476, the fall of the western Roman empire, to
2 Peter 1:5-8
October 2, 2023
“5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance,
How the Baby Boomers Ruined Society
October 2, 2023
This is a recap of a video I watched that I found kind of amusing.I put my own comments in indented sections. Modern society is
“I have more intellectual pursuits, and less intellect with which to pursue them.”
The domain name is a play on my name: David Laurance. David is of Hebrew origin and means something like “beloved”, and my middle name “Laurance” is derived from the name of a great aunt “Laura” back somewhere in the ancestry. The male equivalent is Lawrence, or Larry…. so… “beloved Larry” > everyone loves Larry.