The burglar stopped in his tracks. The woman calmly called the police and explained what she had done. Let us talk about Scripture today, and the value of Scripture. Scripture you might say is just words on paper. Yes, it is, but words matter.
Language is important, important enough to die for.
Recent language riots in Algeria resulted in the deaths of four Berbers protesting the government's decision to make Arabic the official language of Algeria, The Berbers interpreted this as a slap at their tongue, Tamazight. In Pakistan, riots throughout the last half of the century resulted in the deaths of people protesting Urdu as the official language in a country where Urdu competes with Bengali, Sindhi, Punjabi and others. In India, language is a sensitive issue. In the 1965 riots, people died over the issue in Madras, and 30,000 teachers lost their jobs. Even in our own country, we have a long tradition of language battles.