Are they predicative, attributive, substantive, etc.? These questions matter, because an adjective placed in the wrong place can imply the wrong meaning.
Was this the correct headline?
What did those MPs think they were up to? Gamekeeper turned poacher?
A piece of news that would easily not go noticed, but I noticed it.
Seeing the company name makes me remember the Nairobi - Mombasa Road, with endless driveways off the road signed "KPC. Pumpstation number 26", or similar.
Anyway, a real tragedy when things like this happen. Let's pray for those affected.
As I look at Psalm 6, in preparation for this coming Sunday evening, I went back to visit a blog post by Adrian Reynolds over at The Proclaimer.
He says this, which is very helpful indeed:
Matthew 28:19 has a command ("go and make disciples"), followed by two participles: "baptising... , and teaching...".
Here's France (paid link) again:
The order in which these two participles occur differs from what has become common practice in subsequent Christian history, in that baptism is, in many Christian circles, administered only after a period of ‘teaching,’ to those who have already learned. It can become in such circles more a graduation ceremony than an initiation. If the order of Matthew’s participles is meant to be noticed, he is here presenting a different model whereby baptism is the point of enrollment into a process of learning which is never complete.
This coming Sunday, I am preaching on the closing verses of Matthew's gospel, Matthew 28:16-20.
Here's R T France (paid link): ... Enjoy!
The risen Jesus, vindicated over those who tried to destroy him, is now established as the universal sovereign, and his realm embraces not only the whole earth, which was to be the dominion of the ‘one like a son of man’ in Daniel’s vision, but heaven as well. At the beginning of the gospel, Satan offered Jesus sovereignty over the whole earth, but his offer was refused (4:8-10); now Jesus, going the way of obedience to his Father’s will even to the cross has received far more than Satan could offer. (Page 1113)
With a hat-tip to The Good Book Company Blog, here is an assortment of creative suggestions to help families learn Bible verses together.
I love this quotation from Gerard Wilson (paid link). He's commenting on Psalm 5.
By relentless goodness I mean that from the beginning, God’s only intent was and still is to bless his creation. Judgement and mercy, therefore, are not two competing characteristics of Yahweh but are two inseparable consequences of his holiness. Relentless goodness is the flip side of incompatibility with evil. (Page 167)
I've been re-reading John 16:12-15 again. To remind you, here's what it says:
I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
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