Some people are coming closer to Jesus; some are walking away. Still others responded, for or against, a long time ago and are not budging. If you aren’t at a standstill, the direction you are going makes all the difference. And that is true whether you are among his followers or not. If you are…
Some seek it in healthy eating and exercise. Others, in hard work and perseverence in business. Still others, in winning friends and influencing people. To get the real secret, let’s turn to the expert Word of God: For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and…
Recently. I have noticed the phrase “call an audible” coming up more and more. “Call an audible” is a term from American Football. It refers to the Quarterback changing the play at the last minute based on how he sees the defense lining up. He will call out the play change vocally to his team-mates…
There is a linguistic term I recently learned, “paraprosdokian”. It means “a statement with an unexpected ending.” For example: “Where there’s a will…I want to be in it.” Paraprosdokians often use puns, and frequently rely on a word with two meanings, but the primary requirement is surprise. As it happened, Jesus used paraprosdokians in his…