Today found me in Leviticus 15-16, Mark 7 and Psalm 40 — strange combination on the surface. Genital discharge, menstrual periods, intercourse (I’m not making this up) and putting them all together (such as monkeying around while the woman is having her period) were the topics of discussion in Leviticus. Quite a change from the […]
Leviticus is killing me, but Sunday’s coming!
Those of you doing the one year through the Bible, are you about to bog down with all the junk in Leviticus? Kinda tough to slog through it, isn’t it? Like my bud, Pastor Jeff noted as we talked about it yesterday, it’s like the Bill Murray movie, Groundhog Day, where the hero has to […]
Bored stupid?
I’ve been mulling over what I read today . . . I took a class in my undergraduate years on the book of Leviticus many years ago (I sincerely find it almost impossible to believe that the class took place more than 30 years ago!). Professor Roland must have been born a few years after […]
The erudite amidst the minutia
Want to read something interesting? Peruse Exodus 39 and 40. How many times can you find the expression: just as the Lord had commanded? Now, ask yourself, why? The tailend of today’s reading in The One Year Bible might lend a clue: Proverbs 9:11-12 Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life. […]
Fiddlin’ while Rome burns
Driving home last night I saw a sign advertising an Easter pageant. When I got home and turned on Rede Globo (the Brasilian television network we get by satellite), I saw all the wild and almost frenzied preparation for Carnaval which will start on Friday. An interesting contrast and a sad commentary. Carnaval is a […]