{"id":2482,"date":"2020-08-31T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2020-08-30T11:53:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T17:53:43","slug":"am-i-teachable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=2482","title":{"rendered":"Am I Teachable?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I confess. I read the comics every day. There\u2019s not always something profound in them, especially not \u201cPearls before Swine,\u201d but Stephan Pastis wrote a winner, published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2020\/08\/30\">August 30, 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s the text:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rat\u2019s question for the guru: <em>How do we rid ourselves of the pandemic that plagues us?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guru\u2019s answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>We must all read more. Not your Facebook news feed but good books that inform and enlighten.<\/em><\/li><li><em>And pay for local journalism because if you don\u2019t, it\u2019ll go away.<\/em><\/li><li><em>And strive to be informed,<\/em> <strong><em>actually<\/em><\/strong> <em>informed, instead of only seeking information that conforms to your world view.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rat\u2019s response: <em>And this will end COVID-19?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guru\u2019s clarification: <em>I thought we were talking about stupidity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rat\u2019s conclusion: <em>Apparently there\u2019s more than one plague.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So many applications. For example, I am working through several books to try to better understand racial issues. I&#8217;m finding this book very disturbing: <a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/stores\/page\/E78407DF-1BF9-427D-BFA5-09A14BE7336A?store_ref=SB_A099188139C3AHEEMMV0Y&amp;pf_rd_p=efe5865e-f416-4822-a59b-2979a59d97cb&amp;aaxitk=cNBaPi0Itic-8OTKr7UrYA&amp;hsa_cr_id=6656686310301&amp;lp_asins=0310104777,0310345030,0310358515&amp;lp_mat_key=the%20color%20of%20compromise&amp;lp_query=the%20color%20of%20compromise%20jemar%20tisby&amp;lp_slot=auto-sparkle-hsa-tetris&amp;ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_td_brand\">The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church&#8217;s Complicity in Racism<\/a> by Jemar Tisby. Disturbing because of the decisions made within various churches and denominations as well as silence in the face of atrocities committed against black people. It&#8217;s definitely a book that enlightens, informs, and is outside the way I used to see the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A more general application is, am I teachable? Jesus spoke to this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You have been given a teachable heart to perceive the secret, hidden mysteries of God\u2019s kingdom realm. But to those who don\u2019t have a listening heart, my words are merely stories. Even though they have eyes, they are blind to the true meaning of what I say, and even though they listen, they won\u2019t receive full revelation. (Luke 8.10, Passion Translation)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God calls us to not be stupid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge&#8230; (Hosea 4.6, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cBehold, the days are coming,\u201d declares the Lord GOD,&nbsp;\u201cwhen I will send a famine on the land\u2014not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,&nbsp;but of hearing the words of the LORD. (Amos 8.11, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. (Proverbs 2.1 &#8211; 5, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I confess. I read the comics every day. There\u2019s not always something profound in them, especially not \u201cPearls before Swine,\u201d but Stephan Pastis wrote a winner, published August 30, 2020. Here\u2019s the text: Rat\u2019s question for the guru: How do we rid ourselves of the pandemic that plagues us? The guru\u2019s answer: We must all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=2482\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Am I Teachable?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-E2","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2482"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2484,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482\/revisions\/2484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}