Word of the Day #58: Spurious

Spurious: counterfeit; false; bogus; not proceeding from a true source. Spurious writings are not composed by the authors to whom they are ascribed.  With new technologies, it is sometimes difficult to determine authentic writings from spurious writings.  Politicians...

Tip of the Week #267: How I Fight Allergies

For me, May is allergy season.  Since I don’t completely trust pharmaceutical companies, I tend to avoid allergy medicines. Years ago, my wife discovered a DoTerra supplement called TriEase.  I take a few every morning before classes start.  It seems to do the...

Tip of the Week #266: Make Your Smartphone Dumb

For the past few weeks, the church I attend has taken on a new challenge. It’s called “digital detox.” Many of us are addicted to our smartphones these days.  That’s no secret. The pastor is calling for a radical rethinking of the way we use our phones. Last...

Word of the Day #57: Quercetin

It’s allergy season for me. During allergy season, I take quercetin.  Thomas at Compass Classroom told me about Quercetin years ago.  I’ve been taking it ever since.  It really seems to help me.  Consider giving quercetin a try if you are currently...

Latin pronuciation

I received this question a few days ago: Hi.  I got the Bible.is app. I’ve memorized part of John 1 with Classical Conversations. The version you like has a few differences in pronunciation. We say ‘prin-kip-io”. The app says...