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The Threads of Context
The English word “context” is derived from two Latin words meaning “to weave threads” (contextus, from con 'together' + texere 'to weave') and so our word signifies...
Battle Plans
In Deuteronomy 20 we find the special instructions God gave to ancient Israel as it was about to enter the Promised Land. These instructions were the “tactical briefs” given to...
Celebrity Scriptures – a Family Activity
BibleGateway.com, perhaps the largest (and we feel the best) online site having all the major Bible translations, recently published some of its usage statistics for 2013. The site was visited...
Why the Spies?
What do your problems and the spies that we are told God sent into the Promised Land have in common? For that matter, what does a book written fifty years ago by Allen Dulles, the first...
True Sincerity
“Sincerity - if you can fake that, you've got it made.” ― George BurnsI love a good popular etymology as much as anyone, and the standard explanation for the word...
Seeing Shepherds
Seeing Shepherds, oil on canvas, by Daniel Bonnell (c) 2010. Reproduced with permission.I don't usually include discussions of paintings on this web site, but in this case I am happy to...
Before You Ask
You know how a compass works. The floating needle or direction arrow points toward the earth’s magnetic pole. You also know what happens if the compass comes close to a local...
Three Components of Real Love
The Book of Luke tells the well-known story of how Jesus was invited to the home of a Pharisee named Simon. While he was there, a woman who was a prostitute slipped into the house and, weeping...
New for a New Year
2014 finds us with many good things planned for the site. A new selection of books is up, with new quotes, links and articles on the way. Our site has been invited to become...
Our Top Ten Posts in 2013
It seems that it is now de rigueur for blogs to give a list of the top 5, 10, or even 20 or more posts from the past year - those obtaining the highest number of pageviews or downloads.For our own...
Phone Home
The previous blog post, “A Direct Private Line,” is meant to be lightly written, and basic, but the points it makes are ones for which we can all be seriously thankful. I hope it gives...
A Direct Private Line
I was never in business, so the ways of the business world are often news to me. Take, for example, when I found out that some businesses have a direct private line to the CEO that is made...
