Wednesday, September 20, 2023

"'scholars always manage to dig out something belittling'"

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Source      "'But how could it have come here? It is Spanish, I suppose?''      "'Yes, the inscription is in Spani...
Monday, September 18, 2023

Grant that we may serve you wholeheartedly, in order that we may feel the effect of your propitiation

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Calvin University "Look upon us, O God, Creator and ruler of all things, and, that we may feel the working of your mercy, grant that w...
Sunday, September 10, 2023

Word and Sacrament

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A Lutheran logo of unknown origin "Grant that your faithful, O Lord, whom you nourish and endow with life through the food of your Word...
Monday, September 4, 2023

Nothing is less probable

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"nothing is less likely than that our flesh, in which we bear about the death of Christ himself, should be deprived of Christ's res...
Saturday, August 26, 2023

"because He hath deigned to praise Himself, therefore hath man found how to praise Him"

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" We must take care that the praise we offer him proceeds in good order, with no kind of excess creeping in which could offend the one ...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

"she was squeamish, and she was [still] alive"

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     'I have heard that white men eat turtles,' said Long Bear’s wife.  'I do not believe it.'      'They do eat turtles...
Sunday, August 20, 2023

Salt and light

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"First salt, then light, so that you may learn how profitable sharp words [( τῶν κατεστυμμένων ῥημάτων )] may be and how useful seriou...