I leaned over to my oldest son, who was already getting sleepy (it was about 8:45 at this point) and I said, “The first reading was Genesis, the second was Exodus…” and his eyes got as big as stained-glass windows. … They were able to keep up through each of the readings, which was great, but whenever something was chanted or sung, I could watch their fingers get lost in the script.
religion
They Did It All Wrong and God Loved It
Here is God, overlooking some blatant screw-ups during one of His most important holy days: Celebrated in the wrong month Celebrated by unprepared priests & Levites (should have only been priests that were clean) Celebrated by people that were unclean Celebrated by many people that weren’t even Jewish! Celebrated longer than God ever ordered it to be Celebrated in ways God never intended (with sacrifices from the king in addition to being from the people) Next time you are at church (if you know me, you know I’m the “you” in this sentence) and you want to gripe or be critical about the way things are being done, look at this hot mess in 2 Chronicles 30.
Unrelenting Wisdom Supplier
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
…It’s like He doesn’t even care if you’re a good guy or a bad guy, if you want wisdom, He will give it to you!”
Paul Goes All Habakkuk in Pisidian Antioch
For I am doing a work in your days, a work you would never believe, even if someone tells you.’ – Acts 13:41 Paul tells the people in Pisidian Antioch all about how all of Jewish history has been leading up to the birth of Christ, and then he quotes Habakkuk at the end of it. … Now if you who are Israel won’t turn to God and believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Gentiles will come in and plunder the blessing that is for you!”
Reading through Philippians 3
I’m working through the Lifetime Guarantee study book with some guys at the Rescue Mission and I made this for myself to think about the things that Paul boasted in.
… I’m not sure what I think about this poplet business, but it helps me to breakdown these ancient boasts and think of them in more modern terms.