Grace and peace to you on this fine day. (Yesterday on the blog: On the Changing of the Dictionaries) The Same Old Faces “A new friendship is a wonderful beginning, fresh and exciting and full of potential, like the planting of a new tree. Don’t we all naturally long for relationship? To know and be truly known? To love and be truly loved, in spite of being truly known? Of course we do. But…” I Can’t Put Them Down Yet …
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There is something morbidly fascinating about watching dictionaries slowly but surely change their definitions of common words. It raises some questions, not the least of which strike to the very purpose of a dictionary. Is a dictionary meant to be an objective arbiter of the meaning of words? Or is a dictionary meant to subjectively list the ways in which words are used among the speakers of a particular language at a particular time? These are valid questions, especially in …
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May the Lord be with you and bless you today. CBD is having a sale in which many books are $6 or less. That includes titles by Lutzer, Jeremiah, Walker, [Mary] Mohler, Piper, MacArthur, Poythress, Ryken, and Leeman, among others. It also includes lots of Bibles. C. S. Lewis and Mrs. Moore: Relationship of Sin or Sanctification? This is a fantastic bit of writing from Trevin Wax. “Every biographer of C. S. Lewis must face ‘the Mrs. Moore question’ and decide what …
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Blessings to you today. Logos users will want to be sure to grab this month’s free book and take a look at the other discounted items. You’ll also find lots of Mobile Ed courses significantly marked down. (Yesterday on the blog: The Year of Our Dreams or the Year of Our Nightmares) Look Out! Preparing for ‘23! “Solomon wrote thousands of proverbs. So when he writes, ‘Above all else…’ – that should get our attention. What is ‘above all else’ from …
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This week’s post is sponsored by The Master’s Academy International (TMAI), a global network of pastoral training centers that specialize in expository preaching. They invite you to sign up for their 2023 International Symposium on March 7th in Los Angeles, California. We sometimes hear that a mature church will be “all in” when it comes to missions, but we rarely define what that engagement can look like for every member of our church. In 2023, with an ever-growing wealth of …
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