July 23rd, 2010 by Brady
Even more so than our last “Word for Thought”, copacetic, the origins of the Merriam-Webster Word of the Day for March 26th are Hebraic. The word was shibboleth.
1 : catchword, slogan
2 : a widely held belief or truism
3 : a custom or usage regarded as distinctive of a particular group
M-W’s background on the word:
The Bible’s [...]
Tags: ear, fruit, grain, Psalm11918, river, shibboleth, sibboleth, stream, test phrase, Words for thought, Yeshua
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July 23rd, 2010 by Brady
Whoah, dude! The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day for March 23rd was, like, wayyy cool. It was, uh… uh…
Oh, yeah… copacetic! \koh-puh-SET-ik\
That means “very satisfactory”, dude. Sweeeet.
OK, yes, the word is often associated with “dudes” from the valley because of its prevalent use during various movies of the 80’s and early 90’s but its use [...]
Tags: acceptable, copacetic, Messiah, Psalm11918, satisfactory, Words for thought, Yeshua
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July 23rd, 2010 by Brady
I came across an article today and as I read it I was grieved in my soul.
The article, entitled “Go Ahead and Follow Your Heart. God Wants You To“, was on the blog site named PersonalFinanceByTheBook.com.
Upon reading the title a handful of verses immediately came to mind. Chief among them was this:
“The heart is more [...]
Tags: Christ, deceitful, error, flesh, follow, heart, Messiah, obey, Psalm11918, sick, sin, Torah, Yeshua
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July 23rd, 2010 by Brady
“It Is Well With My Soul” is a well known hymn written by Horatio Spafford and composed by Philip Bliss.
Spafford wrote the hymn after several traumatic events occurred in his life.
The first was the death of his only son in 1871, shortly followed by the great Chicago Fire which ruined him financially (he had been [...]
Tags: Bliss, daughter, grace, hymn, It is well with my soul, peace, son, Spafford, wife
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July 23rd, 2010 by Brady
Back in January of this year, Josh and John Duggar (yes, those Duggars from “19 kids and Counting“) were having what seemed to be an ordinary day at the office of Josh’s used-car dealership.
The day would turn out to be far from ordinary.
The dealership is located along a main road for business travel where minor [...]
Tags: 19 kids and counting, accident, auto accident, car accident, chicken, Duggar, fender bender, girl, John, Josh, life, Maddye, plan, plan for her life, seat belt, son, sons
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July 4th, 2010 by Brady
The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day for March 16th was archetype [AHR-kih-type].
the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype; also : a perfect example
This is the etymological information they provided on the word:
“Archetype” derives via Latin from the Greek adjective “archetypos” (”archetypal”), formed from [...]
Tags: archetype, blueprint, Messiah, original pattern, pattern, perfect example, Psalm119, Words for thought, Yeshua
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July 4th, 2010 by Brady
The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day for March 9th was eclectic.
1 : selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines, methods, or styles
2 : composed of elements drawn from various sources; also : heterogeneous
M-W provided this background on the word:
“Eclectic” comes from a Greek verb meaning “to select” and was originally applied to ancient [...]
Tags: best, diverse, doctrine, eclectic, faith, fear and trembling, Messiah, method, Paul, Psalm119, religion, style, Words for thought, Yeshua
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July 3rd, 2010 by Brady
The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day for March 4th was licit.
conforming to the requirements of the law : not forbidden by law : permissible
In their “Did you know?” section they provided this:
“Licit” is far less common than its antonym “illicit,” but you probably won’t be surprised to learn that the former is the older of [...]
Tags: devil, dualism, food, forbidden, gnosticism, Gnostics, Law, licit, marriage, Messiah, Paul, permissable, Satan, Timothy, Words for thought, Yeshua
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July 3rd, 2010 by Brady
A dear brother in the Lord shared this with me the other day: http://vimeo.com/11501569
“Sunday’s Coming” Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo.
This amusing and yet disturbing video depicts the common pattern of a non-denominational church service. It was created by the media group of North Point Community Church as a lampoon of the cookie cutter nature [...]
Tags: cookie cutter, expression, faith, media, Messiah, method, North Point Church, pattern, Rick Warren, video, Yeshua
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July 3rd, 2010 by Brady
The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day for February 25th was proscribe.
1 : outlaw
2 : to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful
They provided this information regarding the origins of the word:
“Proscribe” and “prescribe” each have a Latin-derived prefix that means “before” attached to the verb “scribe” (from “scribere,” meaning “to write”). Yet the two words have [...]
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