‘You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.’ So says Inigo Montoya in the movie, The Princess Bride, about someone’s overuse of the word ‘inconceivable.’ It’s a mistake we Christians often make with some of our jargon.
For example, ‘contending for the faith’ – it’s a phrase we regularly use, but we don’t always bother to check that it means what we assume it means.
As far as I can make out from Scripture, contending is the vital spiritual discipline of applying and promoting the gospel lovingly in a context of opposition.
Sins that ruin a nation
Like many of us, I have been pondering the question of Covid-19 and God’s judgment. The Anglican Book of …