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The Word Always Pronounced Incorrectly
1–2 minutesThere is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it? See the first comment for the answer.
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Unseen Members
1–2 minutesBeing a member of a church–a local body of believers–implies that you are a part of the church, as a body part is part of a body. We call it a part because it’s attached in meaningful way to the larger unit, the body. So then are “members†of a church really members if they are detached from the body? I want to leave the analogy of the body for a moment and just explicate (read: vent) that there are those members of churches that are members because once upon a time they walked down the aisle and the church…
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Did Jesus Come to Establish Christianity?
1–2 minutesWork In Progress, i.e. not entirely thought out nor written out This question popped into my head while reading the Wikipedia article on Paul of Tarsus. In the article, it goes on to explain that theologians “aligned with hyperdispensation interpretation, view the ‘Pauline distinctive’ as a key to Biblical interpretation.” And furthermore that “modern Christians necessarily have a different belief system [from the Jews], since Christianity only arose as a result of the rejection by the Jews of Jesus as their Messiah and the opening of the gospel to the Gentiles.” I came to think about the emergence of Christianity…
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The Domesday Book
1–2 minutesThis news headline on the front page of the Wikipedia caught my attention: "An English translation of the Domesday Book, the 920-year-old census record of England under William the Conqueror, is presented online."