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In the Beginning was the Word, but then Came the Emoji

2 February 2023 By David Trounce 1 Comment

In the Beginning was the Word, but then Came the Emoji - Sermo Humilis

Okay, so, time to interact with a little bit of our cultures' current affairs. It's hard to resist an emoji. They are a somewhat cute, imminently lazy, and, like flipping the bird, appeal to our little pagan hearts. Our world needs symbols, and God has given us plenty of them. … [Read more...] about In the Beginning was the Word, but then Came the Emoji

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Emoji, Man, Substance

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.