Tag: Word

Don’t Forget (Nationally), Pt. II

June 13, 2013

Calvary

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“When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.  → Read more...

Rhetorical Rhetoric

May 29, 2008

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Words have power. We discover this axiom at a very young age. Perhaps at the schoolyard during recess when someone taunts us or when we’re the taunter. We discover very quickly words can cut, wound, and be used as effectively and ruthlessly as a sword can be. Inversely, we discover, also around the same time, that, in addition to the wounding power of words, words can be used to heal, comfort and dispense hope. And somewhere in that gaping chasm between hurt and hope, words have the power to do everything imaginable.  → Read more...

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