tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376223885962725313.post6084400697448208721..comments2022-09-08T01:59:21.584-05:00Comments on ellen has an opinion . . .: project 4:4: the prodigal weeks, week 10ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15216639533812087840noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376223885962725313.post-68260432185509829012010-04-23T12:47:50.852-05:002010-04-23T12:47:50.852-05:00I can't believe that this post was up for over...I can't believe that this post was up for over five days without someone commenting on the whole favorite brother thing. I thought Shane was way more self-centered and paranoid than that. Now I'm seeing him in a whole new light. Maybe he's my favorite brother, after all.ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15216639533812087840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376223885962725313.post-64981884292415247122010-04-23T09:13:23.802-05:002010-04-23T09:13:23.802-05:00The girls said that if Uncle Josh was Aunt Ellen&#...The girls said that if Uncle Josh was Aunt Ellen's favorite, Uncle Shane would need to be mine so everything would be fair and right with the world and no one would be left out. But I think it's funnier to be like the dad on Wizards--I love you all equally, just not at the same time! jkMichellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376223885962725313.post-88433696391189150742010-04-23T09:05:29.372-05:002010-04-23T09:05:29.372-05:00Well, Joshua is my favorite brother. So of course...Well, Joshua is my favorite brother. So of course Ellen would say the same thing because she wants to be just like me.Shanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376223885962725313.post-37034624502311832010-04-22T20:37:46.765-05:002010-04-22T20:37:46.765-05:00I so admire your ability to reflect on all that he...I so admire your ability to reflect on all that heavy reading. AND, I'm wondering why Josh is your favorite borther--hope it's not because Shane has been keeping up with his reading!Mother of Jew Lover and Bible Geeknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376223885962725313.post-38871652108935058702010-04-18T23:55:28.224-05:002010-04-18T23:55:28.224-05:00You'll be proud to know that I just put my new...You'll be proud to know that I just put my new ultra fancy, ultra handy Logos Bible software to work doing an analysis of the Hebrew phrase "Yaweh Saba" which Peterson translates "God of angel armies" and which we usually see as "LORD of hosts." Translating it as "LORD Almighty" is a terrible idea, since we have another Hebrew expression for God Almighty (El Shadai). The NIV is less literally accurate than The Message on this one. Not Inspired Version for sure!Bible Geek with limited Hebrew skillshttp://www.logos.com/videosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376223885962725313.post-91719920054344467162010-04-18T23:19:52.327-05:002010-04-18T23:19:52.327-05:00One of the things that is really easy to fall into...One of the things that is really easy to fall into when reading through the whole OT is to feel like the events are happening back to back to back, and it's easy to assume that the actual life and practice of Israel measured up to the Law in some sort of real way. What both the text and historical evidence tells us is that the vast majority of the time, it did not. The circumcision bit that you mention is a good example of this. Another is the Year of Jubilee which you read about and were no doubt completely inspired by back in the Pentateuch, but which, I am sad to say does not appear to have ever been celebrated by Israel. One that you're probably already figuring out is that even though Joshua makes it seem like the land is pretty well cleaned out of ___ites, Judges will begin by listing all the areas that remain unconquered, and Jerusalem will remain a Canaanite stronghold until the time of David's reign. <br />Two thoughts on this phenomenon: <br />1. It really reveals the humanity of these people (Israel). They continually screw up, and very very rarely (if ever) do that actually live up to their calling. They can't even get foundational things like circumcision down despite 40 years in the wilderness. They can't utterly destroy their enemies even when God has commanded it and is doing most of the fighting for them. They are a fairly miserable bunch of screw ups, and even the heroes suffer major flaws (Joshua notwithstanding). <br />2. They kept passing down those ideals that they never lived up to. Just about the time that I loose all my respect for ancient Israel as a people, I remember that they're the very ones who are passing on these stories and who are copying down these books. At a time when every king in the world was erasing all of his mistakes out of the history books and building monuments exaggerating his glory and accomplishments, this small, seemingly insignificant nation was writing down their national ideals alongside all the ways that they failed to live up to them. What I'm saying is this, Israel never stopped proclaiming the truth of God's word and they never stopped admitting that they didn't measure up to it. <br /><br />Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. <br />Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.Jew Loverhttp://z.about.com/d/atheism/1/0/I/F/JeruWailingWall1927a-l.jpgnoreply@blogger.com