I’m bad about overusing the word like. The Linguistic Evolution of ‘Like’ helps explain why.
This one is for @MichaelHorton_:
“Connected with this general view are the facts that he “learned obedience by the things which he suffered,” his “strong crying” and “tears,” the fact at the “entreated,” that he “was heard” and that he was God-fearing.” These things are a marvelously constructed drama dealing with us.”
💬 Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration 30.6
Today, I read Ryan McGraw’s exegetical defense for corporate prayer and its necessity for preaching. He bases his argument on John 14:12–14 and a certain pattern in Acts. Pretty convincing. It should be read along with his other essay-booklet, How Should We Pray at Prayer Meetings, which gives good advice on the specificity of prayer requests, the focus of our prayer, avoiding vain repetition, and more.
With that, let me encourage members and friends of Covenant to attend our 9:00am prayer meeting each Sunday before worship.
Charm, writes Joseph Epstein, is “a disappearing luxury”. Which is sad because charm makes our world brighter, lighter, and sweeter. Perhaps it’s not too late?
The dictionaries won’t tell you this, but when a scream and squeak have a baby, it’s called a screak. A screak is the high-pitched sound an un-oiled hinge makes when you open it. It’s the sound that gives you goosebumps when a fork scratches a plate the wrong way. And it’s also the sound my youngest makes to entertain herself.
If you do work that benefits your community, you can dramatically increase your impact by collaborating with other helpers. Learn more about the collaborative impact approach. It’s important.
I’m trying to get faster at arranging a little pile of Hebrew Strong Verbs into a chart. I give myself bonus points when the kitten is involved.
It’s #NationalPoetryDay and my son, Samuel, is about to turn twelve. Time moves so fast! Here he is reciting a poem shortly after his third birthday. So precious! I love my son! ❤️
I’m learning Latin so that I can read untranslated books. But, as this video shows, there are many good reasons to learn Latin.
The U. S. economy is massive. The GDP for just the Tucson metro area—where I live—was $39 billion in 2017. If we were a country, according to the same data sets used in the article, we’d rank right behind Tunisia in GDP.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could read an conversation between Bryan A. Garner and David Foster Wallace about language and writing? Well, you can! It’s called Quack This Way. I finished it this morning, and it‘s as good as it sounds.
In Christian Dogmatics, @jtoddbillings writes that ministers are “representatives of the unity of the community gathered” (p. 352). I’m not sure I understand. 🤔
“Let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe”
💬 Hebrews 12:28
Wisdom is reading and living the patterns of life well.
💬 Mark Strom, Lead with Wisdom
I’m reading Divine Rule Maintained by Stephen Casselli and was blown away his description of England’s education system in the 17th cent. I thought I knew how impressive this was; I had no idea. Here’s just one example: By 12 or 13 years old, grammar school students were expected to have already read and understood, in Latin, the major classical authors. An “incomplete list” would include: “Livy , Terence, Isocrates, Justin, Caesa, Erasmus, Virgil, Epictetus, Plutarch, Ovid, Tully, Hesiod, Jomer, Pindar, Xenophon, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Horace, Seneca, and Quintilian.”
So, I’ve been learnig and using Notebooks on my iPad all week and am loving it.
“Siri, if I’m still using social media in six months, remind me to read this article by @ayjay again.”