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In 1 Peter 1:13, the writer says, “Therefore, having girded the loins of your mind…”  What a strange phrase!  “Gird your loins”?  What does it mean?  Not much to modern Anglophones, apparently, for no mainstream modern translations say that.  “Prepare your minds for action” is the translation of choice for most.  The NIV has “with minds that are alert….”  But preparing for action and being alert is not quite the same as girding your loins. This is a clothing metaphor—one of m

The Center for Christian Studies is pleased to announce two new video series on the history of the American Restoration (Stone-Campbell)...

We are pleased to announce the publication of  A Voice in the Wilderness: An Anthology in Memory of Michael and Libby Weed . The book is...