(The following is the August 30 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Ephesians 5 and pay close attention to verses 1-5.) Paul encouraged the Ephesians to “be imitators of God, as dearly loved children, and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for …
Tag: Language
Leap Year Lesson #319: Avoid Heinous Business Speak
I realize language changes over time and new words come into being and general acceptance after repeated usage. Still, there are some language habits developed that just should never happen. One that gets under my skin faster than yesterday's flu shot did is the use of verbs as nouns. Case in point: using the word …
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Leap Year Lesson #215: Do Not Redefine Language To Suit Yourself
It is with amazement and dismay that I watch many in our culture attempt to redefine common terms to suit themselves. Two words now frequently abused are "hate" and "tolerance." It sickens me to see people label any idea that disagrees with their opinion as "hate speech." They either are unable to intelligently distinguish a …
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Leap Year Lesson #209: We Only Know What We Know
While walking my dog in our neighborhood earlier tonight, I walked past a young family with three little girls. As I was walking by, one of the girls looked up on the roof of the house in front of us and, upon seeing the skylight, said "Oh, is that an iPad?" The dad chuckled and …
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Leap Year Lesson #115: You Shouldn’t Need an Interpreter When You Speak the Same Language
One of the fascinating experiences of my recent China trip was speaking through an interpreter. That was a first for me. Once we were past the basic greetings, I was out of my element due to my limited Mandarin. When asked to speak to a Chinese church congregation a couple of times, the talks were, …
