Meaning of This refers to the mysterious change that occurred to Jesus on the mount: “Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became … Continue reading “Transfiguration”
Transcendence
Meaning of A theological term referring to the relation of God to creation. God is “other,” “different” from His creation. He is independent and different from His creatures (Isaiah 55:8–9). He transcends His creation. He is beyond it and not limited by it or to it. Source Unknown
Traitor
Hid a Message In Her Hair The First Battle of Bull Run might not have been a smashing Confederate victory without the flowing curls of Rose Greenhow. On July 9, 1861 she hid a message in her lovely tresses; when she combed out her hair for Rebel officers, they learned that Union troops were about … Continue reading “Traitor”
Training
Tips for Training New Workers 1. Go through the job description line by line. 2. Familiarize them with each piece of equipment. 3. Show them how to find addresses, phone numbers, and directions. 4. Provide a list of regular meetings and responsibilities. 5. List key people: board members, outside contacts, reliable volunteers. 6. Provide a … Continue reading “Training”
Train
Trains are Deceiving A person on railroad tracks hear a train approaching, looks behind him, sees the train and then freezes on the tracks in fear. The train “outruns” its sound—which means that by the time you hear it, it is virtually on top on you. If a train engineer sees you on a track, … Continue reading “Train”
Tragedy, cf Trials
Accidently Burned Up His Film As a young man, film director Robert Flaherty spent many months in the far north looking for iron ore and cod. He found neither, but he did shoot 70,000 feet of film in his travels. Someone encouraged him to edit the film and make a documentary, which Flaherty spent weeks … Continue reading “Tragedy, cf Trials”
Tradition
Traditions Neither Packer nor I are claiming that all tradition is bad. I agree with Packer’s statement that, “All Christians are at once beneficiaries and victims of tradition—beneficiaries, who receive nurturing truth and wisdom from God’s faithfulness in past generations; victims, who now take for granted things that need to be questioned, thus treating as … Continue reading “Tradition”
Tough
A Bad Dude Is Chasing Me An old fellow had been in the north woods for weeks by himself, camping out. Each night at dusk he built a campfire, boiled water for coffee, and took out his skillet to fry up some bacon for dinner. As he was sitting by the fire one night, the … Continue reading “Tough”
Touch
Babies Need to be Touched and Nurtured In the thirteenth century, King Frederick II conducted an experiment with fifty infants to determine what language they would speak if never permitted to hear the spoken word. So he assigned foster mothers to bathe and suckle the children but forbade them to fondle pet, or talk to … Continue reading “Touch”
Total Depravity
Doctrine of The doctrine that fallen man is completely touched by sin and that he is completely a sinner. He is not as bad as he could be, but in all areas of his being, body, soul, spirit, mind, emotions, etc., he is touched by sin. In that sense he is totally depraved. Because man … Continue reading “Total Depravity”