A few weeks ago we published an animated version of Elizabeth Youman’s post, What Difference Do Words Make? Dr. Youmans also wrote Whoever Controls the Language Controls the Culture, a sobering call to consider the power of language in the lives of nations and communities. Click the video below to
Language is God’s gift to humans “No single book has so profoundly affected universal expression as has the English Bible.” (The Bible in English Literature, Edgar Whitaker Work, 1917.) Language did not evolve! Man did not crawl on all fours grunting like an animal for millions of years before he
In the first of this two-part series we highlighted the Philadelphia Boys’ Latin school. This institution is graduating young men of character whose language skills outstrip most of their peers. Eighty percent are going on to college. Anyone who learns Latin will be a better reader of English (or French, Italian,
In part 1 I argued that a new religion has taken root in the West, and it advances by redefining words — vacating them of their true meaning, and hijacking them to serve new purposes. This is a powerful tactic. We can already begin to see how the redefinition of
Before you can change a society you must first change the language of the society. Western society has profoundly changed as a result of a shift from a biblical worldview to an atheist worldview. That worldview shift has been accompanied by a shift in language. A few years ago I
Is truth “made,” or is it discovered? Is history meaningless or purposeful? The current, global discussion of the nature of human sexuality, of marriage and family arises from two very different worldviews. One worldview sees truth as a social construct, the other sees truth as objective. One view regards human
Words matter. Words have meanings. In fact, I have often reminded people that before you can change a society, you must first change the language. This means two things. First, we must fight for time-tested Biblical language in our daily speaking and writing. Second, we must recognize the force of words
Indian scholar, author, and speaker, Vishal Mangalwadi is one of DNA’s Idea Shapers. With his permission we are reprinting here a recent message he sent to his mailing list. One hundred years ago, Rabindra Nath Tagore became the first Indian to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his poems,
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