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Good advice.

I had troubles with the end of the video -the sound breaks up for some reason. But anyway I heard up until you tell us to read Mt 5-7 and that you'll talk about translations next.

and that's fine with me

blessed Christmas

Matthew 5-7 is a lot less intimidating that the whole bible. Good start!

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"You see? A million monkeys at a million typewriters CAN come up with something good!"

This is delightful. I really like your point that the Bible isn't a single Great Big Book -- it's a collection of them. That's true even if one's just reading the Hebrew Scriptures (as I usually am.) My rabbi, Jeff, likes to point out that the Tanakh (Hebrew Scriptures) is like a the Norton Anthology of the Ancient Near East. It's got some creation stories, this great flood story, a terrific novella about this guy Joseph who went down into Egypt, a liberation tale...and it also includes histories (which, as you say, aren't exactly "history" as we understand it today), books about social justice, poetry both long and short, prayers, and more.

This is one of the reasons I really like the lectionary cycle. Because it encourages us to read a short portion of the story -- the reading for that week (and, in many parts of the Jewish world, also a reading from Nevi'im, the prophets) -- and to use the week to meditate upon that section of the book. The book unfolds over time, as we read it bit by bit. That's a very different experience than simply sitting down to read the Bible cover to cover, which -- well, it might be interesting, but it surely wouldn't make a lot of sense.

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"Why write unless you praise the sacred places?" -- Richard Howard

And there you go.

RLP, I may have to borrow these for an adult study of the scriptures at my church. Would that be okay with you? Think about it and let me know.

Peace to you this Christmas.

Tripp Hudgins

http://www.anglobaptist.org

I've noticed weird frame choices with my videos, too. My guess is it automatically picks a frame from a set time--like, say, one minute in, or 30% through, or something like that.

I can't see an actual human making these choices.

Or maybe we both pissed somebody off.

Nah.

You asked for comments on your still shot: Do a comb-over and you will have a good imitation of The Donald (yuk!).

Sunday School in six painless minutes! How I wish we could "equip the saints" this way everywhere, Gordon. I'm advertising this link and mailing it to a bunch of folks.

Great stuff, Preach. Thanks!

I wanted to pay attention, I did, but my attention was drawn to what I think was Dogmatics in Outline over your left shoulder. I drew from Barth in my systematics whopper-of-a-paper I turned in last week. Still having flashbacks. Love Barth, though.

Totally great! Thanks Preacher Man. I'm going to borrow this method, too, with an upcoming Bible Study I am planning on leading. I will give full credit to you!

Totally great! Thanks Preacher Man. I'm going to borrow this method, too, with an upcoming Bible Study I am planning on leading. I will give full credit to you!

Totally great! Thanks Preacher Man. I'm going to borrow this method, too, with an upcoming Bible Study I am planning on leading. I will give full credit to you!

I often hear people trying to bring every challenging thought to a grinding halt with their one-size-fits all grenade: "You want truth? Read the Bible."

Please.

Millions of other people read the Bible, too. The problem is we can't agree on what truth the book is trying to express. We're like a bunch of English professors arguing over the best interpretation of Hamlet, but we stake a lot more than our tenure on the validity of our interpretations.

I just wish Christians would concede that the book can be interpreted in different ways. That much seems like it should be obvious.

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By the way, you have a bug in the commenting code. I really didn't mean to post multiple times....

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If God intended us to be vegatarian, why did He make His critters so dern tasty?

Green Lint!!!
Goody!!

You need some red lint and it would be really Christmassy.

Dude:

This is helpful stuff. I have a suggestion for your viewers and for you re: "mutilating" your Bible. Most major translations come in what is called a "looseleaf" edition -- that is, an unbound edition which you can stick in a binder. One of the completely boss features of a looseleaf Bible is that not only can you take the book you are reading around with you, but you can also put in pages on which you have inserted your own study/reflection notes.

These will not be on the shelf at your local Christian retailer. You will have to ask, and be somewhat persistent. Tell them KJV, NKJV, NIV and NASB are available from Hendrickson. If I had the ISBNs right here, I'd give them up. I'd link to the CBD pages, but your comments won't accept HREF tags.

And I apologize that this comment comes across as spammy. It just seems to me that if you're going to drop real money on a Bible which you are going to turn into pamphlets, this seems like it saves you about 2 hours of careful page-tearing.

God bless you for doing something worth the bandwidth.

I'm trying to rediscover my faith and your introduction has captured me! I'll be following along...God is good!

An English lady

RLP-
Just started watching the vidoes. First one is great! You rock dude.

Jeremy