…but you don’t live in Queensland or New South Wales. First, and most important tip: When the game is mentioned do not call it ‘Rugby.’ As an abbreviation ‘Rugby’ is used for the game ‘Rugby Union.’ (15 players a side, loved by private school graduates and upper classes.) The abbreviation for ‘Rugby League,’ the game …

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Bill Mounce demonstrates the considerations of nuance that are involved when a literal translation may not always provide the best understanding of the meaning of the text. Would you go do to the wharves and try to attract the attention of a group of fisherman by addressing them as ‘children’? So what did Jesus mean …

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