Bible
David is on the run from his father-in-law Saul. The priests stand up for David, so Saul kills the lot - 85 of them. I don't know about you, but if I'd fallen from favour with God and wanted to get back into His good books, I'm not convinced that murdering His priests is the way to go!
Books
This past Friday night a member of the congregation loaned me "Spud" by John van de Ruit. This is the story of a 14-year-old boy attending a private boarding-school in 1990, and deals with growing up in an all-boys school at the pre-dawn of the New South Africa. It's brilliant! Despite taking part in a "Meet the Minister" session on Saturday, finalising my sermon preparations, and doing two services plus a hospital visit on Sunday, I managed to flatten the book by this morning.
Showing posts with label Bible - 1 Samuel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bible - 1 Samuel. Show all posts
Monday, 18 May 2009
Friday, 15 May 2009
14 - 15 May 2009 (Steven)
Bible
Getting to the "cool" stuff I read as a kid - the anointing of Saul; David and Goliath. I still remember those stick drawings I did in Standard Two of Samuel being surrounded by about a million (well, okay, ten) Israelites, who were shouting "We want a king!" Then little David going up against big Goliath - wow! Then not-so-little David decapitating the fallen Goliath - double wow!
Internet
On the DEWCOM website there is a paper presented by Ndikho Mtshiselwa of UNISA's Department of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies dealing with a thorough exegesis of Leviticus 18:22, one of the so-called "proof texts" dealing with homosexuality. To be honest, after wading through this 25-page analysis (excluding bibliography, which runs to a further three pages), it's mostly Greek to me (not to mention quite a bit of Hebrew as well), and the conclusion - which states that this text may possibly not be dealing with same-sex relationships, but is unclear on what it actually is addressing then - leaves me none the wiser. Probably because I'm still thinking like an accountant who likes there to be a credit for every debit!
Boring stuff
I got the Rules of the MCSA Supernumerary Fund this morning. 28 pages of "whereas" and "save to the extent that" and "notwithstanding" - eish!
Getting to the "cool" stuff I read as a kid - the anointing of Saul; David and Goliath. I still remember those stick drawings I did in Standard Two of Samuel being surrounded by about a million (well, okay, ten) Israelites, who were shouting "We want a king!" Then little David going up against big Goliath - wow! Then not-so-little David decapitating the fallen Goliath - double wow!
Internet
On the DEWCOM website there is a paper presented by Ndikho Mtshiselwa of UNISA's Department of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies dealing with a thorough exegesis of Leviticus 18:22, one of the so-called "proof texts" dealing with homosexuality. To be honest, after wading through this 25-page analysis (excluding bibliography, which runs to a further three pages), it's mostly Greek to me (not to mention quite a bit of Hebrew as well), and the conclusion - which states that this text may possibly not be dealing with same-sex relationships, but is unclear on what it actually is addressing then - leaves me none the wiser. Probably because I'm still thinking like an accountant who likes there to be a credit for every debit!
Boring stuff
I got the Rules of the MCSA Supernumerary Fund this morning. 28 pages of "whereas" and "save to the extent that" and "notwithstanding" - eish!
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
12 - 13 May 2009 (Steven)
Bible
It seems that some of the phenomena that we experience in the Church today are nothing new! 1 Samuel 2 speaks of two things we can identify with: firstly, and sadly, the manner in which some "preacher's kids" go off the rails, as Eli's did; and secondly, equally sadly, how those who claim to me God's ministers take advantage of their position for personal gain (see 1 Samuel 2: 27 - 29).
TEEC material
I'm at College at the moment so any spare time needs to be allocated to assignments. The stuff on Tozer was quite stimulating - I can buy his philosophies - but some of the other material is a bit like Greek to me.
It seems that some of the phenomena that we experience in the Church today are nothing new! 1 Samuel 2 speaks of two things we can identify with: firstly, and sadly, the manner in which some "preacher's kids" go off the rails, as Eli's did; and secondly, equally sadly, how those who claim to me God's ministers take advantage of their position for personal gain (see 1 Samuel 2: 27 - 29).
TEEC material
I'm at College at the moment so any spare time needs to be allocated to assignments. The stuff on Tozer was quite stimulating - I can buy his philosophies - but some of the other material is a bit like Greek to me.
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