Words to liven up your summer

• brio = vigor, lively energy • comeuppance = deserved fate, something unpleasant, regarded as a just punishment for somebody • consigliere = an adviser to the leader of a crime syndicate (organized-crime boss) • expropriate = to take something (property or money)...

Nothing in this world is more beautiful

by J.R. Miller A ship is made to go in the water, and no matter how deep the sea nor how wild the tempest, all goes well as long as the water does not get into the ship. The problem of managing a ship is not to keep the ship out of the water but to keep the water out...

Was Paul a classical Greek scholar?

Was Paul a classical Greek scholar? [This is Appendix 3 from Ancient History from Primary Sources: A Literary Timeline by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn, 2003, revised 2019.] [XT = eXegetical Translation, New Testament] It is one thing to deal with classical Greek myths,...