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"There is nothing worth living for unless it is worth dying for." -Elizabeth Elliot

"“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” -C.S.Lewis

"I am the Alpha and The Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End." -God

It is grace at the beginning, and grace at the end. So that when you and I come to lie upon our death beds, the one thing that should comfort and help and strengthen us there is the thing that helped us in the beginning. Not what we have been, not what we have done, but the Grace of God in Jesus Christ our Lord. The Christian life starts with grace, it must continue with grace, it ends with grace. Grace wondrous grace. By the grace of God I am what I am. Yet not I, but the Grace of God which was with me." -Martyn Lloyd Jones

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
begotten from the Father before all ages,
God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made;
of the same essence as the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven;
he became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary,
and was made human.
He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried.
The third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures.
He ascended to heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again with glory
to judge the living and the dead.
His kingdom will never end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life.
He proceeds from the Father and the Son,
and with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.
He spoke through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.
We affirm one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look forward to the resurrection of the dead,
and to life in the world to come. Amen. -The Nicene Creed

This is a really neat game I played where I saw a youtube short of this by gothamchess, and this guy fell exactly into the trap. I just thought I'd put the game here because it's so rare for your opponent to fall right into your trap. Anyway, here's the game:

Basically the idea of this trap is once they've taken the e pawn you put pressure on their pawn with the move Nc6 and they then try to hang on to it with the move Nf3, then you add more pressure to their pawn, with Qe7 and they still try to hang on to it with Bf4. Now up to this point these look like good moves, they're up a pawn and are still hanging on to their pawn on e5, all the while developing pieces (a knight and a bishop). But then you hit them with Qb4 check and fork. Now for an instant they might panic here but then they think Ha! you're not so clever after all, I can just block the check and attack you queen at the same time all while moving my bishop to safety with Bd2. Then you play Qxb2 capturing a pawn (so now the material is equal) and attacking a rook. Now there is an obvious move here Nc3, you develop a kight and protect the rook with the queen, but if they get greedy and go for Bc3- which originally looks juicy but turns out to be a blunder-then congrats! they have fallen into your trap! It's not very conspicuous (to beginners like me anyway) but the move here is Bb4 pin! (the engine classifies this as a great move by the way) If they decide to take the bishop the correct move here is to take back with the knight not the queen because now the knight is aiming at Nxc2 and all sorts of juicy stuff, and you'll basically just win the game. However if they fall further into your trap then they will try to support the bishop with Qd2, and then obviously you take the bishop with Bxc3, and then they can either lose the game quickly by taking back with Qxc3 because after that you have Qc1# or they can take your bishop with Nxc3 and then you grab their rook in the corner while checking them, they have to block the check with Nd1, then you get to grab the pawn on a2 and at this point you're up six points of material and you'll easily win the game. Definitely not saying I recommend this trap though. Only beginners will fall for it, and this was also in a blitz game where we were both rated 500ish. Still really neat to have someone fall for it and just thought I'd put it here.

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