Since we are still in PA with nothing to do but wait, we decided to fly my parents over with our free USAirways reward tickets. Haley and Darcy had no idea they were coming until the doorbell rang and Helen busted through with her typical, fun, loud kids songs. Poor Darcy; she was so confused. Still trying to process what had just happened, she asked, "Are we in Wisconsin?" --as if that is the only place that Nonny and Poppy can exist. This whole visit was a huge blessing since we thought Read More
For Better or Worse, ‘Til Death Do Us Part
I went to a wedding yesterday. Events like this always get me thinking and cause me to reflect. Few moments in life are as momentous as the wedding day and we should tremble in awe at the goodness of God in giving us such a truth-revealing experience as marriage. Wedding days are momentous, but marriage is even more momentous.1. Despite the cultural assumption that marriage is primarily for happiness, for some people marriage is momentously terrible for their happiness. Certainly for those who Read More
Job as Literature 3: Inerrancy and Poetic Language
I just thought I would raise an interesting issue with the book of Job that should help us think a little about how we read the Bible. I'll start by affirming up front that I believe strongly in Biblical Inerrancy. Now the problem with such a term is that it has to be understood and people who like to use Straw Men characterizations of Christianity love to take a book like Job and attempt to make the idea of Inerrancy look stupid. For example, in the book of Job we have speeches and conversation Read More
Job as Literature 2
Turnabout is fair play, or so the saying goes. Irony and turnabout are often elements of the kind of stories we enjoy and serve as some of the most effective techniques of slipping past our defenses and presuppositions to deal a deathblow to our pride. One of my favorite literary features of Job is the use of Irony in the story-line. Given what was written in yesterdays post maybe you could begin to put together some of the irony in the story.As the reader of the conversation we are in a Read More
Job as Literature 1
I have Dr. Branson Woodard from Liberty University to thank for being the first to introduce me to seeing literary technique and beauty in Scripture. His course The Bible as Literature was so compelling and eye-opening that I have never forgotten the important things I learned. When we read the Bible with literary quality in mind we may ask the question, how did the author write the book to assist the reader in understanding and experiencing the main overall point of the story? In Job this is Read More
So, what is the book of Job all about?
I wouldn't pretend to understand it fully, but I decided to read the book of Job last week as I continue my enjoyment of Old Testament wisdom literature. I am starting to think that Wisdom literature is my favorite genre of the Bible. After reading Ecclesiastes I headed for Job with the aid of the new ESV Study Bible, which I received as a gift courtesy of Jeremy Morrisey. Job is a book that is highly regarded as valuable for it's wilingness to honestly address the issue of suffering. If you Read More
Halloween
I better blog about last weekend before it's too late...This year Haley insisted that she wear her hand-me-down, ripped, purple princess dress despite the fact that she has many new, sparkly dress-up dresses. Oh well...I am trying not to be a controlling mother. She was thrilled with her whole get-up, and proudly announced to every neighbor that her hair was Jasmine hair and her body was the princess from Magic in Pegasus (I have no idea what she was talking about....Elizabeth Fauth must Read More
“At the Restaurant”
I sat down to do some Icelandic self-study today through the online program Colby got us called "Before You Know It." Here were the flash cards I studied: sviðin- singed sheep heads hakarlinn- rotten shark hrutspungarnir- ram's testicles (kept in sour milk) skatan- fermented skate sviðasultan- sheep head jellyMy new life is going to be so weird. Read More
Eastland Alpaca Farm
This morning we headed out to the Eastland Alpaca Farm for an agri-adventure. Read More
Q and A Ecclesiastes
In the Comments for the last post I answered the basic question below. I wanted to include the answer on the main page so here it is.Q. "Are we to see the blessings we have here and imagine that they pale in comparison to heaven's blessings awaiting us...i dont know...in a way it makes sense to me that true satisfaction in anything wont come until we go to heaven"?A.I think the way to think about is that there are two categories of desire. First the desires that God created us with and intends Read More
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