Revealed Word God’s word.
fuss and feathers confusion.
southpaw [Slang] a person who is left-handed; esp., a left-handed baseball pitcher.
goop-eyed in awe.
fatuity stupidity, esp. complacent stupidity; smug foolishness.
hushed babble quiet confused, incoherent talk or vocal sounds.
relish anything that gives pleasure, zest, or enjoyment; attractive quality.
bully for you good for you.
precepts a commandment or direction meant as a rule of action or conduct.
pagan a person who is not a Christian, Muslim, or Jew; heathen; sometimes applied specifically to non-Christians by Christians.
perdition the loss of the soul; damnation; hell.
gall [Colloquial] rude boldness; impudence; audacity.
whoop up excite.
cocksure sure or self-confident in a stubborn or overbearing way.
cocks an eye looks.
scent in the wind understand what is going on that is not verbalized.
play in your ball park do as you want.
Jonah a minor prophet in the Book of Jonah in the Old Testament of the Bible.
Joshua Moses’ successor. Joshua leads the Israelites across the River Jordan and engages in a series of battles to take Palestine. His story is told in the Book of Joshua found in the Old Testament of the Bible.
Houdini Harry Houdini (1874-1926) world famous magician.
Copernicus (1473-1543), a Polish astronomer known for his theory that the earth spins on its axis once daily and revolves around the sun (which is at rest near the center of the universe) annually.
Original Sin In the Old Testament of the Bible, Adam sinned by eating from the Tree of Knowledge. Because of Adam’s fall, original sin is the state of sin that, according to Christian theology, characterizes all human beings.
sticks turned to snakes Biblical reference. Several times in the Bible, sticks or staffs are turned into snakes.
parting of waters reference to Moses’ parting the Red Sea (Exodus 14:15). When Moses brought the Israelites out of Egypt, God told him to raise his staff and stretch his hand over the sea to divide the water.
Rock of Ages Israelite faith considered God, figuratively, to be a rock, symbolizing the permanence and stability of divine protection. The Rock of Ages (1774) is a hymn written by a Calvinist Anglican minister Augustus M. Toplady.
die-hard stubborn or resistant person, esp. an extreme conservative.
glib gag a practical joke or hoax spoken in a smooth, fluent, easy manner, often in a way that is too smooth and easy to be convincing.
trap is about to be sprung someone is about to be caught in someone else’s scheme.
