tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post2626238506892532095..comments2024-03-24T13:45:25.132-05:00Comments on Bookfoolery : God Sightings: The One Year Bible in NLT (review)Bookfoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-63442477453100018222010-02-15T15:18:32.070-06:002010-02-15T15:18:32.070-06:00Bellezza,
Cleaning is never done, but we've b...Bellezza,<br /><br />Cleaning is never done, but we've been really, really lax. I don't think I bothered even tidying for the last couple months of Miss Spooky's life and then I was paralyzed with grief, so we're just now really hitting it hard. We're ready to find some furbabies. :) <br /><br />Thanks. I think we're okay. Watching my accounts like a hawk. We had an identity theft problem.Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-13229638217896068502010-02-15T13:43:31.077-06:002010-02-15T13:43:31.077-06:00I loved hearing from you on my blog; that was a Va...I loved hearing from you on my blog; that was a Valentine in itself! As to cleaning, when it <i>that</i> job ever done? Acculumated papers, accumulated clothing, it all seems to pile up unawares if we're not careful and diligent to rid the detritus! I hope all is well with you, Nancy, and the issues Go Away speedily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-44684036664031508112010-02-14T21:29:04.213-06:002010-02-14T21:29:04.213-06:00Bonnie,
When I was a kid, my mother had a paralle...Bonnie,<br /><br />When I was a kid, my mother had a parallel Bible with 4 different versions that I absolutely loved. I kept sneaking it off the shelf to read because you get so much more out of a Bible passage when you read it several different ways. We're definitely in agreement on that!<br /><br />I'll try your method, sometime, thanks!<br /><br />You know what strikes me about Bible characters is that they're such a freaking mess. The characters in Genesis are downright kinky, the women you mentioned are mostly noted for sin -- or at least singled out for being socially unacceptable. That is really a huge, huge comfort, isn't it? That's one of the few things I wish I could tell everyone. Look, the Bible is cool because it says, "Humans are imperfect, but there's still a loving God who cares for you . . . even if you're a serious screw-up." I love that. :)Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-86777996566614906062010-02-14T21:19:46.194-06:002010-02-14T21:19:46.194-06:00You wrote: "I've discovered that reading...You wrote: <i>"I've discovered that reading two versions at once is really helpful."</i><br /><br />YES! I think reading a section from two (or more) versions is often more helpful than reading what someone else thinks about the passage. And it sometimes makes a difference to read the passage five or even ten times in a row, because doing that has been known to make me suddenly see something I hadn't noticed before. One way of doing that is to, say, type out a single verse or two. (That's reading it once.) Then change the font, which may put the words on different lines because of the size of the font -- and different words stand out. (That's twice, already.) Maybe play with the text by indenting or changing the font color of all SPOKEN words. (That's three times you've read it.) And so forth. Try it someday, when you have the time, and let me know what you think of my study tips.<br /><br />As for the "begats" (I don't like the King James Version because it uses words like "begat" that are no longer meaningful), you can find all sorts of fun things in them, if you look. In the first chapter of Matthew, find the FIVE WOMEN listed in the genealogy of Jesus: Tamar (pregnant by her father-in-law), Rahab (a prostitute), Ruth (a foreigner from Moab, who became the great-grandmother of King David), the wife of Uriah (we know her as Bathsheba, whose husband Uriah was sent to the front of the battle to be killed because Bathsheba was pregnant by David), and Mary herself (mother of Jesus who was not yet married when she got pregnant). Reading THIS genealogy makes you wonder why only these five women are named -- though the "wife of Uriah" is actually unnamed, seemingly to emphasize the point that David sinned (why do people want to blame HER, when she was summoned by the KING?).<br /><br />There you go -- today's Bible lesson, in a mere two paragraphs!Bonnie Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813549471704485150noreply@blogger.com