Themelios 38-3

This old Confessional Lutheran will enjoy and appreciate mulling over it and perusing it for the next few hours or days or what will be, eh??? *smile*

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Here's an addendum for any looking to polish up his/her thesaurus skills.. Stop reading right here in order to not be delayed ... *smile*

Verb

mull over - reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

meditate, mull, muse, ponder, chew over, think over, excogitate, reflect, ruminate, speculate, contemplate

cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"

premeditate - think or reflect beforehand or in advance; "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake"

theologise, theologize - make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects

introspect - reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings

bethink - consider or ponder something carefully; "She bethought her of their predicament"

cogitate - consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind

wonder, question - place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"

puzzle - be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure"

consider, study - give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving"

mull over

verb ponder, consider, study, think about, examine, review, weigh, contemplate, reflect on, think over, muse on, meditate on, ruminate on, deliberate on, turn something over in your mind He had been mulling over the idea of making a movie.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Bruce Dunning

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This old Confessional Lutheran will enjoy and appreciate mulling over it and perusing

Speaking of mulling and perusing I really have enjoyed reading this issue. In particular I liked reading Carson's piece where he comments of the book "The Hole in Our Gospel". Themelios has some great articles.

Milford Charles Murray

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Blessings,Bruce! Yes! Thank you! *smile* So! We cannot be too much in a hurry ............... Even the Virgin Mary seeing the Shepherds' Response to the Birth of the Saviour ...... needed to meditate ........ and to praise ..... quote:

Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. ²⁰And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.