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It is good to move as chance bring new things in life, paves the way for advancement, etc. But it is well known to everyone that moving to new location with bulk of goods is not an easy task to move or shift from one place to other place because I have experienced about that because I face the problem of vacation homes There I go to village near to my city faced that problem there.
I'm interested in continuing to lead if people are interested in my continuing to lead. As always, I'd like to ask enough questions to get people to digging around on their own.
Bob's right, it will be a good bit of work, but it should be interesting. I have a number of resources I'd be glad to share, too.
You might have an easier time looking at why a particular Gospel writer appears to have arranged the material in a particular way (though you will also need to compare the Gospel accounts). In the synoptics (Matthew, Mark, Luke), Mark is generally thought to be the earlier Gospel. Matthew and Luke generally follow Mark, with few emendations. Also, there are texts in Matthew and Luke that seem to be derived from a common source other than Mark. This source is referred to as Q.
Most of the interesting observations are in noticing the pattern of the arrangement of the material. HOWEVER, this will take a good bit of work on the part of the teacher. I would suggest that you might start with the Interpretation commentaries. I think I have an extra copy of the Luke commentary in that series if anyone wants to have a look.
I also have a copy of Throckmorton's Gospel Parallels that parallels the various passages in the Synoptics that is useful. I would be glad to loan this as well.
I think it would be interesting to take stories from the Gospels and compare & contrast them. Why did Matthew write it one way and Mark another?
Any thoughts?
Mike, are you interested in continuing to lead this?
This week's first question was "What does 'thank-you' mean to you?" Do you suppose it meant the same thing in Paul's day in Paul's culture? Is understanding the Mediterranean culture important to our understanding of Paul? What do bone boxes and circumcision have to do with our understanding of Philippians, or do they have anything to do with it at all? We wandered around in all these questions and more today. We'll take a break for the Easter breakfast next week, and wrap up our thoughts on Philippians on the 19th. Please join us as we talk about themes and more about what the Philippians have to say to to the Graceland-ians.
We had our first Wednesday evening Hot Dog dinner and cleared $53.00 for our Mission Trip. Thanks to all the ball players and choir members who supported us and the Combs family and Bob Palmer. Although there will be no choir practice next Wednesday, we will be there at 5:30 for the ball players and anyone else that wants to stop by for a dog, chips, drink, and moon pie.
This is a good thing,
Mike Lee
Do you enjoy organizing things? Do you enjoy seeing a plan come together? Do you thrive on semi-controlled chaos? Do you enjoy taking a part in silly skits? Then directing Vacation Bible School might be right up your alley. Please let Mike Brower know if you'd be interested. As always, please keep our programs in your prayers.
The question for yesterday was "What is the Philippian's story?" That brings up the question, "What is Paul's story?" We looked back again at Paul's relationship with the "Jesus Group" at Philippi, we looked at Paul's own description of who he was. We talked about Paul's insistence that this group be inclusive and not be swayed by those who would try to exclude one group or the other.
How do you see Paul? How do you relate to Paul? What does Philippians have to say to us today? Join us next Sunday as we delve into the "issue" in Philippi.
For some reason I thought I did this, sorry its late. We did some review and we talked about chapters one and two of Philippians. We talked about how we see ourselves as church in relation to the world around us. I've be re-reading the letter in light of our study of The Practicing Congregation. How do we practice looking as it says in 2:4 "not to your own interests but the interests of others"? How do we embody "community"? What does it mean to you to rejoice in the Lord always? Join us again on the 29th to talk about these questions and more.
We looked at some of the history surrounding Philippi, we talked about the city and its importance to the mission of spreading the gospel, we talked about Shakespeare. We began to drill into the first chapter.
If you haven't read the letter yet, try reading it aloud to yourself. Before you read a footnote, before you read a comment. That's Fred Craddock's suggestion. That's the way it was meant to be heard, read aloud to the assembly, probably at worship.
Please join us next week as we continue to explore.
I downloaded it at this link and I can open it.
http://www.discipleshomemissions.org/ChristianEducation/VBS.htm
We're going to start on the 15th with the letter to the Philippians. I'm adding a link to the text here. If you want to get a jump and read ahead, we'll start the discussion here whenever you're ready.
http://net.bible.org/bible.php?book=Phi&chapter=1
When I was little it meant sitting in manditory Catholic catechism classes being told what to believe to go to heaven, the difference between mortal and venial sins and the many things that a person could to do go to hell.
Now in my life it means learning more about the background of bible stories and having discussions about beliefs and ideas.
Sounds like an interesting concept, but I could not open the file. It kept saying that some numbers were out of range.
He sounds like he's pretty proud of himself. The only "con" to this text is if we have to read anything aloud we'd never get through a sentence.
That would be an interesting way to tie it all together.
I don't believe that for even ONE MINUTE!
Just tossing out some ideas...
Genesis 1...John 1; Genesis 11...Acts 2; the ones Bob mentioned Thursday night, Genesis 38, Joshua 2, the book of Ruth, 2 Samuel 11-12 and 1 Kings 1...Matthew 1 (this is the key to reading the genealogy of Jesus without losing interest)
There are so many more to explore.
"No fun" Bob!
There are several books and parts of books (specifically some additions to the Book of Daniel) that are called "Apocryphal" books. Some of these were discovered late, but most were left out of the Old Testament by the rabbis. The Roman Catholic Church still includes them in the Roman Bible.
Tobit is one of the smaller books of the Apocrypha. You can read Tobit online here.
The most interesting books in the Apocrypha (which I really wish had been included in the canon for historical reasons) are the books of 1, 2, 3, and 4 Maccabees. Maccabees contains the stories from which the celebration of Hanukkah comes. They tell the story of the overrun of Jerusalem by the armies of Alexander the Great and the desecration of the temple in around 168BC by Antiochus Ephiphanes.
Okay...I'm curious. Who or what is Tobit?
Aww...come on Bob. Reply away. I can take it. You wouldn't get in too much trouble.
Search for this in google
N. T. Wright Comment 1 Timothy 2
then look at what should be the fourth link down for a little different perspective.
I suppose I'd better hang it up...I'm becoming too predictable. How about Tobit. Now there's a good book, Tobit!
I think I'll add this to the list of things it's better not to make a reply to...I could get in trouble.