EPISODE · Nov 7, 2025 · 33 MIN
Ep 108 (S6E15) Six Seven: Not the Random Incoherence Kind
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References: What’s all this about six seven?CBS News online reported that dictionary.com chose 6-7 as the 2025 word of the year“a ‘nonsensical and playfully absurd’ slang term”The evolution and cultural impactNot “knowing” makes some people anxious6-7 has been irritating teachersI’ve seen reports of 6-7 being banned from schools, etc. Can you imagine how trying to ban kids from saying “groovy” in the 60s would have gone over?Do I want to stop worrying?Philippians 4:6-7 (haha) is about stopping with the worrying (μεριμνάω - merimnaō verb from…)μέριμνα - (mer'-im-nah): care, anxiety (all 3 synoptic gospels parable of the sower, the seed that fell among thorns was choked out by the μέριμνα of this worldFrom μερίζω - (merizō): to divide, be split into factions (Mark 3:24-25 a house divided, a kingdom divided; 1 Cor 1:13 is Christ divided; Rom 12:3 the portion God has given)From μέρος - (mer'-os): a part due or assigned to one, lot, destiny (John 13:8 - if you don’t let me wash you, you will have no part with me [no share, won’t belong to me]6-7 is a way Gen Alpha feel a part of something others don’t understandBut ALL who are in Christ have a part in the Body of Christ (1 Cor 12)Pray (προσευχή) with supplications (δέησις) and thanksgivings (εὐχαριστία)Where will I find peace? Through vs 6 comes vs 7The peace beyond understanding will keepφρουρέω (froo-reh'-o)to guard, protect by a military guard, either to prevent hostile invasion, or to keep the inhabitants of a besieged city from flightto protect by guarding, to keep by watching and guarding to preserve one for the attainment of somethingSO, a final thing, fix your thoughts on…λογίζομαι (logizomai) middle voice verb from λόγος the noun to consider, take into account, weigh, meditate onλέγω (legō)to say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct, to point out with words, intend, meanLiving out what my thoughts are fixed uponA 4 part series on the 6 adjectives and the 7th (2 nouns) upon which we should meditate
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References: What’s all this about six seven?CBS News online reported that dictionary.com chose 6-7 as the 2025 word of the year“a ‘nonsensical and playfully absurd’ slang term”The evolution and cultural impactNot “knowing” makes some people anxious6-7 has been irritating teachersI’ve seen reports of 6-7 being banned from schools, etc. Can you imagine how trying to ban kids from saying “groovy” in the 60s would have gone over?Do I want to stop worrying?Philippians 4:6-7 (haha) is about s...
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