Words that Don't Go Together
There are some words or phrases that just don’t go together. “Jumbo Shrimp,” “New Antiques,” “kind of pregnant,” or “sort of married” are some that come to my mind. Other phrases can become part of our standard english, like “virtual reality” or “Icy Hot.” In the English language we call them “oxymorons,” a funny sounding word in and of itself. That word has a greek origin, and could be translated as “pointedly foolish.” Another way to say it is that it’s a statement that makes a self-contradiction. All that intelligence I got from Wikipedia. (And that sentence is another oxymoron.) We all slip up in our speech sometime, but the Bible often uses these pointed phrases to drive home a point. The Bible often takes words that don’t go together, and puts them together, to grab our attention and help us see the point more clearly. For example, Paul writes “I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live” in Galatians 2:20. The Gospels tell of “Virgin birth,” and Jesus
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