Door on its Hinges
In this part of the sermon: He expounds Proverbs 26:14, using the analogy of a door turning on its hinges to vividly illustrate the sluggard's motion and activity that ultimately goes nowhere, signifying…
Martin uses the analogy of his study door turning on its hinges, traveling miles over time but going nowhere, to illustrate the sluggard's activity that lacks progress or productivity.
As the door turns upon its hinges, so does the sluggard upon his bed. As I was meditating on this passage last night, I almost took off. I took on a calculator and my yardstick or my sliding rule to measure the distance that the door into my study travels from door jam to open at 90 degrees where it stops at one of the bookcases. And I wanted to figure out how many feet the edge of that door covers in the course of a month.
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