{"query": "The Rich Young Ruler", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_1b387b23edd7", "title": "The Rich Young Ruler", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Approaches eagerly with the right question; loved by Christ; given the one specific instruction that touches the actual hold on him; walks away sorrowful.\n\nFailure mode: Asking the right question but "}, {"id": "card_n_151af35cb70e", "title": "Easton: Tetrarch", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Strictly the ruler over the fourth part of a province; but the word denotes a ruler of a province generally (Matt. 14:1; Luke 3:1, 19; 9:7; Acts 13:1). Herod and Phasael, the sons of Antipater, were t"}, {"id": "card_n_bc90bbe21cfc", "title": "Easton: Heave offering", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. terumah, (Ex. 29:27) means simply an offering, a present, including all the offerings made by the Israelites as a present. This Hebrew word is frequently employed. Some of the rabbis attach to th"}, {"id": "card_n_9d49cc5e84ba", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_09_033: \"Maker of all, the Lord, And Ruler of the height, Who, robing day in light, h...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "\"Maker of all, the Lord, And Ruler of the height, Who, robing day in light, hast poured Soft slumbers o'er the night, That to our limbs the power Of toil may be renew'd, And hearts be rais'd that sink"}, {"id": "card_n_06aa0f5f9391", "title": "Easton: Stephen", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the seven deacons, who became a preacher of the gospel. He was the first Christian martyr. His personal character and history are recorded in Acts 6. “He fell asleep” with a prayer for his pers"}, {"id": "card_n_6f8626f8a063", "title": "A parable — Marathon", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A young runner sprinted from the first mile, and the crowd cheered him. By the tenth mile he walked. By the fifteenth he sat. An older runner passed him at a pace the crowd had laughed at, and finishe"}, {"id": "card_n_653e4ac3ff00", "title": "A parable — Fear of god", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A young man asked an elder, 'Where does wisdom begin?' The elder said, 'At the door of the only one larger than your question.' The young man went to that door and knelt. He did not ask first; he wait"}, {"id": "card_n_f0e884ecf38d", "title": "Easton: Stork", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. hasidah, meaning “kindness,” indicating thus the character of the bird, which is noted for its affection for its young. It is in the list of birds forbidden to be eaten by the Levitical law (Lev."}, {"id": "card_n_17624fc3d799", "title": "La Rochefoucauld §laroch_444: Old fools are more foolish than young fools.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Old fools are more foolish than young fools. [\"Malvolio. Infirmity{,} that decays the wise{,} doth eve{r} make the better fool. Clown. God send you, sir, a speedy infirmity{,} for the better increasin"}, {"id": "card_n_0e9dce3540f1", "title": "Genesis 22", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”\n2. He said, “Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer "}, {"id": "card_n_ab76428e9fa5", "title": "Make a Newspaper Kite", "shelf": "maker", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A diamond kite from newsprint and thin sticks. Lifts on the lightest breeze. Free."}, {"id": "card_n_778f4d1051fc", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_08: Open not thine heart to every man, but deal with one who is wise and feareth ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Open not thine heart to every man, but deal with one who is wise and feareth God. Be seldom with the young and with strangers. Be not a flatterer of the rich; nor willingly seek the society of the gre"}, {"id": "card_n_b40289a72cc8", "title": "James 2", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.\n2. For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing"}, {"id": "card_n_64890422d1e2", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_01_026: And yet, thou hellish torrent, into thee are cast the sons of men with rich r...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "And yet, thou hellish torrent, into thee are cast the sons of men with rich rewards, for compassing such learning; and a great solemnity is made of it, when this is going on in the forum, within sight"}, {"id": "card_n_366b49ec885d", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_06_015: But thus far was Alypius to be instructed.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "But thus far was Alypius to be instructed. For forthwith, O Lord, Thou succouredst his innocency, whereof Thou alone wert witness. For as he was being led either to prison or to punishment, a certain "}, {"id": "card_n_1661669dfdb2", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_11_025: Thou then, Ruler of Thy creation, by what way dost Thou teach souls things to...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Thou then, Ruler of Thy creation, by what way dost Thou teach souls things to come? For Thou didst teach Thy Prophets. By what way dost Thou, to whom nothing is to come, teach things to come; or rathe"}, {"id": "card_n_e2140485b2c4", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §259: And now to the second part of the question, which concerns the tradesman you mentioned.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "And now to the second part of the question, which concerns the tradesman you mentioned. Suppose such a one to have but a poor employ in the world, but by becoming religious, he may mend his market, pe"}, {"id": "card_n_a5d9dbd6f0d2", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_02_009: Theft is punished by Thy law, O Lord, and the law written in the hearts of me...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Theft is punished by Thy law, O Lord, and the law written in the hearts of men, which iniquity itself effaces not. For what thief will abide a thief? not even a rich thief, one stealing through want. "}, {"id": "card_n_dd81cb3cf665", "title": "Easton: Ruth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A friend, a Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, whose father, Elimelech, had settled in the land of Moab. On the death of Elimelech and Mahlon, Naomi came with Ruth, her daughter-in-law, who refused to lea"}, {"id": "card_n_122680f3a7ed", "title": "Easton: Belshazzar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Bel protect the king!, the last of the kings of Babylon (Dan. 5:1). He was the son of Nabonidus by Nitocris, who was the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar and the widow of Nergal-sharezer. When still young h"}]}