I’m very humbled to say that as of today, approximately 6,799,500,000 people haven’t seen this blog.
Here is a post by Shaun Tabatt on libraries of some notable people. I like Albert Mohler’s and Mark Dever’s the best as far as the libraries go. Pretty incredible.
Here is a video of a library that made the rounds at least a couple of times in the past that I like a lot.
I can’t figure out why the Church Connection blog by Louis McBride isn’t more popular. He regularly post about good books and subjects of interest. He’s very well read and is a mature Christian that I always learn from.
Fighter Verses is a blog I found related to Scripture memory. I can’t tell you how valuable Scripture memory has been for me.
Coming up will be reviews of The Prayer of the Lord and How to Enjoy Your Bible.
I may write general thoughts on Genesis as I read through it recently but I’m not sure if that’s a good idea. Unfortunately some parts of the Bible can’t be written about without rancor ensuing.
It’s a pity about Genesis. Although I come at it from what’s commonly called a “literalistic” perspective, it’s an incredible book even viewed from the angles of metaphor or simile or epic. And the underlying theological truths of creation, the fall, redemption, human conflict, etc. are portrayed in insightful and beautiful form, regardless of one’s view as to its historicity. Pity we’re all at each other’s throats about it.
Mitchell, yes! I also view it as history literal and that’s very unpopular now. You get labeled as a fundamentalist or lacking in knowledge. But I may do it and just post my thoughts on what I read without posting any opinions if that’s possible. I loved it except for the bad parts. God’s sovereignty shone through like never before for me.
Jeff
Although I wouldn’t dream of telling you what you should or should not write on your blog, I would definitely be glad to see you posting on Genesis. One of the things people can’t swallow right now is the idea that people can think Genesis tells history in more or less exact can think this without being exceedingly ignorant bigots. And so if you do do a post on Genesis, it’ll be one step closer to bringing things to where actually conversation can happen without mudslinging.
I may write up a post myself on Genesis 1, trying to lay out while I think Genesis 1 is literally true in a reasonable way.
I think I’ll post. It’s just things I noticed and appreciated while reading. I’d be interested in your post. You’re braver than me but then I’m not an apologist in that way at all.
Jeff
Some of us are quieter and some of us are noisier. I’m a preacher’s kid. As a middle and high schooler, I was dropped into a school full of highly liberal kids who loved to talk politics and religion, and who also came to the discussion with the assumption that anything even vaguely conservative was nothing but a scheme concocted during an evil child-sacrificing ceremony presided over by Republicans, Businessmen, Soldiers, and Fundamentalists. So I learned to talk about issues, and it’s stuck with me. But the quiet folks are also servants of God, and often braver than us noisier ones. I look forward to your post.
I am almost done with a two month study of Genesis 2:25-3:24. And it has been unbelievably eye opening and humbling and so much more. I am also coming to some conclusions (as much as I can really conclude anything) about Bible study. One of the things I have noticed is that on every paragraph and verse I can not skip a step of study, because I never know which step God is going to use to open something to me. Sometimes it is a different translation, other times it is from consulting the concordance. Other times it might be from using a cross-reference and others it might be from a word definition or a study note!
Have a great weekend!
Jeff–I’ve got the post here: http://fontwords.com/?p=796. The basic summary is that I’ve been unable to find logical consistency in any system that spiritualizes Genesis, the beginning of Jesus’ genealogy, while viewing the end bits as historical truth.
tom that would be quite a study. I’ve done some amateur NT exegesis and I’m surprised by what I learn from some of the steps that Gordon Fee has you go through. I haven’t done anything real deep in the OT other than some stuff on Psalm 19.
Have a nice rest of the weekend if this is in time.
Jeff