I wonder how many of you have heard the term pigeon English.

No, no, you're not talking about my English.

I'm talking about pigeon English.

Do you know why it's called pigeon English?

Well, let me give you a use of explanation, okay, so that you don't have to guess at it.

Because it's almost English but not quite.

That's why it's called Pigeon English.

It's like my English.

It's almost English but not quite.

You're not growing up in the Middle East,

you soon become conscious of the difference between pigeons and doves. You do. It's so easy to be able to know that the pigeon is almost a dove, but not quite.

Now, pigeons are of the same family as doves,

and sometimes pigeons look like doves,

but all, they are very different.

They are very different.

It is not an accident, therefore, that God,

the Holy Spirit was symbolized not by a pigeon, but with a dove. It is not an accident that when Jesus went down into that valley, into that River Jordan to be baptized, and then God the Holy Spirit

testified that this is God the Father's beloved son. He appears in a symbol of a dove and not

a pigeon. I'm a keen observer of what's going on among Christians, not just in this country, but around the world.

And as a keen observer of what's going on in the churches and Christian activities around the world,

whether it be in the professing church or the confessing church,

I am personally convinced

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