Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for Monday, May 11th was whinge.

to complain fretfully : whine

In their “Did you know?” section, M-W provided the following:

Merriam Webster’s Word of the Day for Thursday, July 9th was inexorable.

not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless

As always, they provided interesting etymological insight into the word:

The Merriam-Webster Word of the day for May 17th was domiciliary.  Their definition was the following:

of, relating to, or constituting a domicile: as
a : provided or taking place in the home
b : providing care and living space (as for disabled veterans)

This is the etymology M-W provided:

The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day for June 23rd was corvine:

of or relating to the crows : resembling a crow

This is the etymological information they provided:

Commentary on Parashah B'midbar

The 2001 Walt Disney movie, The Princess Diaries, provides an unintentional picture of salvation to believers.

Here is the plot summary of the movie from imdb.com:

The Hebrew alphabet (or "alef bet" as it is called) contains 22 letters. The Hebrew language is read from right to left as opposed to left to right for English, Spanish, and other Western languages. For example the chart below begin with alef, bet, gimel, and so on.

If a person has a fair amount of exposure to Mainstream Christianity, and a familiarity with the Bible, he may notice that Mainstream Christianity often de-emphasizes the Old Testament and puts a disproportionate amount of emphasis on Paul's epistles. I would hesitate to say that any part of the Scriptures can be overemphasized. However, if we give uncalled-for weight and emphasis to certain parts of the Bible, and neglect what the rest of the Scriptures teaches about an issue, we will probably develop and imbalanced view of that particular issue.

When we are asked by leaders in our congregations to do something or to believe something in regards to Scripture, we should always be like the Bereans and test everything against Scripture itself (Acts 17:11)... the whole of Scripture (2 Tim 3:16-17). If a person feels "led by the spirit" to speak, behave, or believe a certain way, they should test that spirit (1 John 4:1) and see whether what that spirit is telling them to do is in agreement or disagreement with Scripture.

Please note that, while the Book of Jasher is mentioned in Scripture it is, itself, not Scripture.  It is, however, a valuable work of historical reference and apocryphal literature.

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