Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 46 120. Q. Why has Christ commanded us to address God: “Our Father”? A. That at the very beginning of our prayer he may awaken in us the childlike reverence and trust toward God which should be the motivation of our prayer, which is that God has become our Father …
In an age and a culture that expects polish and encourages perfectionism, the tendency to import these values into worship is at best seen as a ‘bait and switch’ tactic of appealing to the non-Christian’s expectations in order to introduce them to Jesus. There is a legitimate aim in that desire. But unrelenting exposure to …
William Goldman, author both the book and movie versions of The Princess Bride has died. You may also remember him from such other movie screenplays as Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid and All The President’s Men, among others. I want to say his death is ‘inconcievable,’ but perhaps that word doesn’t mean what I …
This Mental Floss article links to an article on Slate about how to pluralise surnames, and then refers to some other posts that deal with how to add apostrophes in order to indicate possessive case for surnames. Plural and possessive, they’ve got that covered too. Just in time for the end of year and Christmas …
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