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It’s called the “Sunk-cost Fallacy.” Definition: The Sunk-cost Fallacy is the phenomenon whereby a person is reluctant to abandon a strategy or course of action because they have invested heavily in it, even when it is clear that abandonment would be more beneficial. It causes irrational decisions by focusing on irretrievable costs, commonly known as …
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You're traveling through another dimension -- a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a land whose boundaries are that of imagination. You've just crossed over into... the Twilight Zone. In order to get the reference, you have to be old enough both to have seen the 60s TV …
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I think we should all think more about thinking. Especially if you're a follower of Jesus. Here's an 8-minute talk on that very topic. About the time it takes to brush your teeth, your hair, and the dog. Don't have a dog? Be a good person and brush your neighbor's dog. And while you're there …
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“Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard. So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard. Matthew 27:65-66 …
He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” Then they remembered his words. Luke 24:6-8 “He’s not here.” Ominous words! I don’t like the sound …
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