Myron and Martin reflect on wisdom that comes with age, the resolution to pursue excellence, and a new roadside attraction: the Frederick Douglass House in Washington, D.C. In today’s readings, Calvin urges Scripture as our reliable guide beyond nature, and Aquinas explores the will of God.
"How prone the human mind is to lapse into forgetfulness of God, how readily inclined to every kind of error, how bent every now and then on devising new and fictitious religions..."
—Calvin's Institutes, 1.6.3
01:04 Wisdom with age
06:01 Joy as a virtue
11:57 Rules of civility: pursuing excellence
20:24 Roadside attractions: Frederick Douglass House
27:14 Aquinas's Summa Theologica (Prima Pars, Q19)
44:03 Calvin's Institutes (1.6.3)
