tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356730.post114947169313989984..comments2023-10-29T20:50:33.666-04:00Comments on hyperekperissou: Pentecost LearningPhil Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944477827816680359noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356730.post-1151494524416218542006-06-28T07:35:00.000-04:002006-06-28T07:35:00.000-04:00Hmm, that first 'our' should be your. Unless I'm t...Hmm, that first 'our' should be your. Unless I'm thinking of the royal 'we'. No, I don't think so. <BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/>PhilPhil Sniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08944477827816680359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356730.post-1151494461175206932006-06-28T07:34:00.000-04:002006-06-28T07:34:00.000-04:00daniels;Thanks for our comment and welcome. I appr...daniels;<BR/><BR/>Thanks for our comment and welcome. I appreciate the gospel passages as well. They are a good reminder of the different aspects of our life in Christ. <BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/>PhilPhil Sniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08944477827816680359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356730.post-1149733574143870472006-06-07T22:26:00.000-04:002006-06-07T22:26:00.000-04:00I keep thinking of a parody of Mambo Number Five, ...I keep thinking of a parody of Mambo Number Five, done by an Orthodox Jewish singer whose name escapes me. The singer re-writes what is a fairly raunchy song quite cleverly. Instead a sordid litany of sexual conquests (as in the original), the song becomes a story of a young, busy Jewish man, trying to find time in his life to learn (this is an intransitive verb in Jewish thinking; the object is for its sake or, which comes down to the same thing, God's sake). I'll have to find the lyrics (which aren't at hand, I'm afraid), but it is that spirit that I'm thinking of here. <BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/>PhilPhil Sniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08944477827816680359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356730.post-1149624093057086402006-06-06T16:01:00.000-04:002006-06-06T16:01:00.000-04:00His Grace of Canterbury, Robert Runcie has been wi...His Grace of Canterbury, Robert Runcie has been widely quoted to the effect that the particular heresy of the American is to treat the Bible as a book of rules. The rector of our parish refers to the mining philosophy you describe as, "have I got a verse for YOU! theology." I think they both have a point. <BR/><BR/>It is certainly true that we should study scripture for God's word to us, not what we can use to beat someone up. In fact, I at least try to do that. Thus my focus on +NT Wright's work which certainly does not always agree with my liberal leanings! Of course, I am reading Marcus Borg's latest book and a piece by E.P. Sanders at the moment too. ;-)<BR/><BR/>I think one cannot over do reading and reflecting on Scripture, as long as one is completely open to the likelyhood that the Spirit, like a good preacher is likely to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable as we read.<BR/><BR/>FWIW<BR/>jimBJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.com