Archive for July, 2010

July 19, 2010 0

Ralph Waldo Emerson and George Lakoff–two sides of the metaphor coin?

By Kenny Gradert in Incarnation

I first remember seeing “metaphor theory” in the linguistics section hidden far atop the Taylorian library where I did most of my work for the semester (and where I heard a screaming crowd greet the queen a few stories below). I didn’t get to read on metaphor theory until I got back to the states and found [...]

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July 8, 2010 1

Anachronistic Prophecy

By Kenny Gradert in Uncategorized

Some improper speculation I stumbled into during morning devotions. I’m in Isaiah, slowly plodding through all of the old testament. This morning I came to the messianic prophecies in chapter 53. And I thought.
Why does the author speak of the messiah in the past tense?

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