This was one of those rare weeks when I collected more good material for A La Carte than I could use in just six days. For that reason, I put together a special “Sunday edition.” Enjoy!
“Words are extremely powerful. They can build up, and they can destroy. And we who claim to be Christians must be exceedingly careful how we use those words. Especially when we believe that we are defending the truths of Scripture, we must be careful not to disobey Scripture.” So please use your words carefully!
The Most Powerful Word in the English Language?
This is the longest and most interesting article I’ve ever read on so short and seemingly unremarkable a word. “‘The’. It’s omnipresent; we can’t imagine English without it. But it’s not much to look at. It isn’t descriptive, evocative or inspiring. Technically, it’s meaningless. And yet this bland and innocuous-seeming word could be one of the most potent in the English language.”
Jared Wilson writes about that oft-misunderstood verse. “The fact that submission has become something of a dirty word in relation to our modern sensibilities has much to do with
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