If a congregation is to work together for the mutual edification of all members, regardless of age, sex, or marital status, every member can benefit from learning experiences that include persons from two or more age groups. (religion-online.org)
In a fascinating sequence, Tavernier looks at the use of music across a number of films, including Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped and Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows, to note how his own edification as a filmmaker was informed by realizing that classical music and jazz could both be inventively used in the making of a contemporary film. (slantmagazine.com)
The purpose of speaking in other tongues was not for the personal edification of the Christians but simply as means of converting unbelievers This gift, therefore, was altogether utilitarian. (religion-online.org)