a.To declare or affirm solemnly by invoking a deity or a sacred person or thing:swore on the Bible that he would tell the truth. b.To say or affirm earnestly and with great conviction:I swear that I will pay you back. 2.To promise or pledge with a solemn oath; vow:He swore to ...
Because we have been united to Christ by faith, we ought to be known for integrity in our speech and in our commitments, which is a fruit of true faith.. 讲道编号 621242124493908 期间 52:57 日期 Jun 21, 2024 类别 Sunday Service 圣经文本 者米士即牙可百之公書 5:12 #oaths #swearing ...
Jesus Christ forbids us from swearing and taking oaths in the well-known Sermon on the Mount. But the Bible also seems to permit and allow swearing in other places, both in the Old and New Testament. God, Himself is even listed as one of the Persons who swears. How can we reconcile ...
A pragmatic study of oath swearing in late Anglo Norman and Middle English Profanity has attracted much scholarly attention for the reason that swearing, oaths, and insults "manifest language use in its most highly charged state" (Taavitsainen 1997: 815). This article examines the possible functi...
Integrity, Swearing, & Oaths 52:57Jeff Gonzales•6/21/24 Peninsula Bible Church-James Watch Your Mouth 39:37Ryan Combs•6/2/24 Grace Baptist Church-Book of James Honoring the Divine Name_08 25:43Pastor Darrell Bailey•5/26/24
I. THE KIND OF SWEARING WHICH IS HERE PROHIBITED. We believe that James condemns only what is called profane swearing. He exhorts the brethren to abstain from hasty and frivolous oaths. Some commentators, indeed (as De Wette), some philosophers (as Bentham), some Fathers of the early ...
A N E N C Y C L O P E D I A O F Swearing A N E N C Y C L O P E D I A O F Swearing THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF OATHS, PROFANITY, FOUL LANGUAGE, AND ETHNIC SLURS IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD GEOFFREY HUGHES M.E.Sharpe Armonk, New York London, England Copyright © 2006 ...
Words like “gadzooks” are not just funny things said by cartoon wizards, they’re minced oaths so people can avoid saying hugely offensive things like “God’s hooks” while still getting their meaning across. But I bet none of us think “God’s hooks” is anything to get offended over...
Others took their oaths on closed Bibles, like John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic president, who in 1961 used his family’s century-old tome with a large cross on the front, similar to Biden’s. The tradition of using a Bible dates as far back as the presidenc...
53:01 Pastor Jon Johnson • 7/28/24 Community Bible Church - Luke Standing For The Next Generation 37:02 Gabe Stephens • 7/10/24 Gospel Light Baptist Church - 列史官之第二書 36:13-16; 先知者但依勒之書 1:1-8Warning Against Unlawful Oaths 25:11 Kevin Olivier • 7/6/24 ...