‘”Until the Bible begins to talk to us, we really have not been reading it.”
– AW Tozer
Archives for March 2012
What?!?!?
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16 Let me start by saying this:
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Footnotes:
- 2 Timothy 3:17 Or that you, a man of God,
I absolutely believe this. It’s the foundation of my whole faith.
That being said…I often read a verse that completely befuddles me. More often than not, the study bible footnotes are no help either. So from now on I am going to post these verses and see if any of you can help. I know they are in the Bible for a reason. I just don’t know what that reason is in every case.
Here’s the first one:
Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.” And Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
1 Samuel 15:32-33
What?!?!?!
TeeVee
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We at Kline Manor don’t normally watch a lot of television. Normally when someone says that, they want you to know how intellectually superior they are. They want you to know they think tv is somehow beneath them. That’s not the case for our family. We love tv and we ain’t intellectually superior to much of anything. But we are pretty busy and between dropping kids here and picking them up there, most nights of the week just aren’t condusive to hours of tv viewing.
For a while, we were very excited about the ‘On Demand’ feature of our cable system. Our excitement waned when 6 out of 7 times that we settled in to watch something, that feature was out of service for some reason. Apparently wind, rain, sun and happiness interfere with the signal. So we basically decided that we would just plan to catch up on a lifetime of television after Kevin retired.
Until I found this little miracle.
The Roku has changed my life. Now we can stream Netflix to the large family tv plus my Amazon Prime account (which is the best 79 bucks I have ever spent) gives us access to a gazillion different programs. And the thing works on demand every dang time.
First, I watched every delicious episode of Downtown Abbey. I have no words to adequately describe how much I love this show. Let’s just say I want to eat it and leave it at that.
Kevin and I also discovered Breaking Bad. (I know what you are thinking already. Why are we three years behind on every good tv show? We suck. Move on.)
Have you seen this show? Honestly, the writing and acting are so good. It makes you weep for how bad other shows are. We are only on Season 2 but I kinda never want it to end.
I saved the best for last.
Ya’lll…
This is THE BEST SHOW EVER!!!
Now, clearly, I have a bit of a Sherlock Holmes obsession. I don’t deny it. (Much like my crush on Adam Levine, I thought I was keeping it secret. My husband assures me I am not. Touche’) But even if you barely know anything about the great detective, this show will make you happy. First, Sherlock is played by a man named Benedict Cumberbatch. Seriously. Wouldn’t Benedict Cumberbatch win first place in a “Make up a quintessentially British fake name ” contest? I will not rest until I have a grandchild named Benedict Cumberbatch…or maybe a dog. Whatever.
Anyway, all of these shows are free on either Netflix or Amazon streaming. Get both. Get a Roku.
Be happy 🙂
Bible Tuesday – Luke 7
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We talk a lot about how Jesus ate with sinners. Tax collectors, prostitutes, etc. He loved them all. To eat with someone in the culture of Jesus’s earthly life was a big deal. It meant acceptance. Jesus says:
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3:20
Dinner with Jesus was no Baptist potluck. It was a big deal.
Now lookie here:
One of the Pharisees asked him (Jesus) to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
Luke 7:36
A pharisee invited Jesus to dinner.And Jesus accepted. We sure beat up on these guys a lot in Scripture. And not without good reason. The pharisees represent the very worst of religion. And Jesus calls them out on a pretty regular basis. But Jesus loved the Pharisees too.
Remember that the next time you see a supposedly evangelical blowhard on teevee. It helps a bit.
