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Recommendation Have you ever been in a position where someone asks you for a reference to get a job and you find yourself in an awkward position? You don’t want to lie, but you really can’t tell the truth because it will hurt. Robert Thornton, professor of economics at Lehigh University, once composed the ideal … Continue reading “Ambiguity”

Progression of Ambition usually progresses through the following stages: to be like Dad…to be famous…to be a millionaire…to make enough to pay the bills…to hang on long enough to draw a pension. Bits and Pieces, Sept, 1989

Calculated While pursuing a story about equivocation in high office, I was told, “He gave an if-by-whiskey speech.” My source, asked about his curious compound adjective, said he thought it was a Florida political expression possibly borrowed from a Minnesota Congressman. That triggered a call to Richard B. Stone, now a Washington banker, but a … Continue reading “Ambivalence”

While hunting deer in the Tehema Wildlife Area near Red Bluff in northern California, Jay Rathman climbed to a ledge on the slope of a rocky gorge. As he raised his head to look over the ledge above, he sensed movement to the right of his face. A coiled rattler struck with lightning speed, just … Continue reading “Ambushed”

The Word “Amen” “For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God by us” (II Corinthians 1:20). The word “amen” is a most remarkable word. It was transliterated directly from the Hebrew into the Greek of the New Testament, then into Latin and into English … Continue reading “Amen”

Resource •      The Pauline Circle, F.F. Bruce, Eerdmans, 1985, p. 11

Categories of Angels •      archai: rulers (1 Cor 15:24; Eph 1:21; 3:10; 6:12; Col 1:16; 2:10, 15) •      exousiai: authorities (1 Cor 15:24; Eph 1:21; 3:10; 6:12; Col 1:16; 2:10, 15) •      dunameis: powers (Rom 8:38; 1 Cor 15:24; Eph 1:21) •      kuriotes: dominions (Eph 1:21; Col 1:16) •      thronoi: thrones (Col 1:16) •      archontes: … Continue reading “Angelology”

Resource •      New Bible Commentary, p. 29

Anger vs. Exasperation A father wanted to illustrate to his son the difference between “anger” and “exasperation.” He looked up the phone number of a pompous fellow commuter whom he knew only by name and reputation, and he dialed the number. When the call was answered by the man, the father asked, “Is Adolph there?” … Continue reading “Anger”

Quote •      Bombeck’s Rule of Medicine: Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. – Erma Bombeck