A Repentance Speech Event
A friend sent me a link to this post on Language Log which discusses public repentance as a speech event. If you tag some spiritual implications onto the linguistic analysis, it adds some interest as well!
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The Bad Name of Evangelism
ByhenryVia Shane Raynor on Twitter and the Wesley Report, I found this article on UMPortal about early Methodist evangelism. What struck me, was how many of the ideas there could be found in Acts. Here’s a key quote: She [Rev. Laceye Warner of Duke] defined evangelism as preaching the gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ…
The Real War on Christmas
ByhenryI received an e-mail from the AFA giving me the wonderful news that the governor of Kentucky has backed down on calling the Christmas tree in the state capitol a “holiday tree” and will call it a Christmas tree. In order to help this happen elsewhere, I’m told to buy packets of buttons, wear them,…
Obama Speech Transcript
ByhenryIt’s available here. This is for all you other people like me who prefer to read something that long.
Florida Science Standards Petition Comments
ByhenryWesley Elsberry has posted his comment on the petition for the Florida science standards at The Panda’s Thumb. If you haven’t signed, consider signing and commenting.
HCSB Acts 17:26 – ADDING Male Representation?
ByhenryBesides doing my morning reading from various versions, on those days when I read from the original languages, I sometimes have one of the English versions out for comparison. Today I noticed something rather interesting. In Acts 17:26, where the Greek reads ex henos, the HCSB reads “From one man”. In addition they footnote it,…