Military Chaplains' Review

Excerpt from Military Chaplains' Review: Da Pam 165-130, Summer, 1981 No, it's the continuing series of small tragedies that send a man to the madhouse. Not the death of his love But a shoelace that snaps with no time left. An aphorism, which webster defines as a short, pointed sentence expressing a wise or clever observation or a general truth, can likewise be built into our sermons and counseling. Think of how widely used these two aphorisms have become: The Buck Stops Here, and If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. The book of Proverbs in the Bible is a grand collection of aphorisms that have been used for centuries in preach ing, worship, and counseling. Deliberate ambiguities, puns, and allusions likewise are the lan guage of change. Frequently used in the past, we now have a theoretical basis for understanding their impact. Love is a four-letter word seems to impact on our right-hemisphere from several directions at once. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.