{"id":10165,"date":"2020-07-03T17:01:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T22:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=10165"},"modified":"2020-07-03T17:01:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T22:01:43","slug":"introducing-wordwise-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2020\/introducing-wordwise-again.html","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: Wordwise (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->\n\n\n<p>My Dad spent countless hours in the study of God&#8217;s Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wordwise-new.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10166\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>That study was expressed as he taught classes at a Bible college, or as he led a Bible study, preached, or provided counselling. But he also spent countless hours writing. Much of that writing he put online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His online work actually focused on two topics &#8211; the Bible was one, and hymns was another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">After he passed away last August, we had to decide what to do with this online material. I finally decided to consolidate it all into one website &#8211; with the possibility of added unpublished work as well in the future. So, Wordwise Hymns and Wordwise Bible studies will be eventually all found here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:32px\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wordwisebiblestudies.com\/\">WordwiseBibleStudies.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, I am putting the material up a little at a time, which means that, Lord willing for the next few months (maybe years!), you&#8217;ll see new articles every week (currently 5x a week).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other than updating the format, the material will be posted just as he originally wrote it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re looking for some thoughtful, Bible-based studies and articles<\/strong> (including answers to many questions that he received over the years &#8211; including some interesting ones like <em>&#8220;Should I wear angel jewellery?&#8221;<\/em>)), I encourage you to check out Wordwise. 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