We forget how much of an influence our Authorised King James Version of the Bible has been in our country and wherever English has been spoken. The two most significant influences on the English language have been the AV and Shakespeare’s plays. There are a huge number of expressions that you and I use that…
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To ‘have your wits about you’ is an expression that means you are mentally on top of things, you are in control, you are doing fine. On the other hand, when you say, ‘I’m at my wit’s end’ you mean you are up against it, you don’t know what to do, you are lost. Many…
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There are times when we encounter a real financial need, not for ourselves, but for others. It may be that the church we belong to is raising funds for some venture or other, or we are being persuaded to send money to someone we know is in deep trouble and we have very little money…
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We seem to be facing countless public enquiries these days as we live in a blame culture and everyone wants to blame everyone else. These enquiries are supposed to go to ‘the root of the matter’ but they seldom do. It may surprise you to know that the phrase, ‘the root of the matter’ was…
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Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16. 18 No one, other than the proud himself, likes a proud person. God likes the proud least of all. One of the seven things that are an abomination to God is ‘a proud look,’ Proverbs 6. 17. This is because pride is…
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