This is part of a series “Honoring Our Messiah with Mimicry Not Mockery,” where we examine characteristic traits of Jesus Christ, and how they are applied to a biblical Christian life. The underlying question in each article  is “Are you imitating your Savior in a way that looks like mimicry or mockery?”

Need to catch up? Read Part 1.

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How do you identify yourself? Answer that question to yourself now, seriously. Do you identify yourself by the esteem of others, the amount of money and stuff you can amass, how many are under you in your power structure at work, or by something else? What you draw your identity from speaks volumes about who you are.

Understanding our identity

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For the past few weeks, I have been teaching a series about the character traits of Jesus. I’ve been asked to post the messages, and open this up for discussion. I hope you enjoy learning about our Savior as much as I did writing these!

It’s often said that plagiarism is one of the most sincere forms of flattery in writing circles. But, what does this mean exactly? Parents and people who work with children know this lesson well! How many times have we known a child mimic an action or repeat something they heard us say without understanding what it really meant? For many of us, that memory is an embarrassing one for sure! If you are a trainer or manager at your workplace, it means those under your leadership will

Interesting triad of words, huh? Microsoft Word’s spell check thinks so. As does the spell check built into Firefox and Google Chrome (what? You think I’d use Internet Explorer?). While there may not be a single spell check known to the common man that would recognize that triad up there, still I chose to use it as the title to this blog. And in case you were wondering, yes, they are real words…technically…just not in the English language.

So what is Acta, non Verba? In its simplest form,

Since this website will have plenty of Biblical references in it, it makes sense to take a second to discuss Bible translations, and which ones I prefer to use. This is not meant to be the definitive authority on the subject of translating the Bible from its original languages, it is intended to give you, the reader, a little insight into the what’s and why’s I use specific translations of the Bible when studying and teaching.

Bible translations basically (remember: the operative word is basically, this is not a Biblical studies class!) come in three flavors: Formal Equivalence (word-for-word), Dynamic Equivalence (thought-by-though) and