Scout Sunday Bulletin Long Lake Friends Church 03.01.20 CLICK HERE Texts, ESV (in-line) Psalm 104.24-26 Job 41.1-2, 7-8, 15-16 There are other texts mentioning various animals in the Hebrew Bible. I believe the Apostle John is an avid student of the Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, so you may find that he and Isaiah seem to be using the term that is under consideration in more of an Eschatological sense. Nonetheless, the writings of the Psalmists and those of Job... Read more
There’s a Bald Eagle, and another one Word for word transcription [italics mine]. Background music not included to avoid infringement. I did not want to doctor up this piece at all so there are only slow motion and reverse effects at the end. Just enjoy the silence! Transcription: [1st Frame] That is a Bald Eagle, right outside my window, and there it goes. It circled around – like 3 times before I caught it [on video] and realized what was... Read more
When one of my responsibilities was being a PR man for a college, I spent some time with the someone who was doing a lot of media editing for us. I’m not sure how many computers and recording devices he had in his shop, not to mention cameras. As we talked about the quality of a master copy, he said that it’s difficult to burn it to a second generation, because something is lost in the quality. At least that’s... Read more
Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both... Read more
I’m not sure these infographics even qualify as infographics. After last week, my 17 year old son informed me that these do not qualify as memes, because there’s no punch line. Regardless, I’m providing less infographics from fewer days, yet adding more definition. This is not a definition for a term, like you would find if you Google it. I’m taking a verse and providing a little more definition and context. It may not seem like there’s any rhyme or... Read more
Some people elevate the parental relationship so high that they seem to forget how to engage in the marital relationship. In a healthy family, the parents are a dyad, and the children are not on the same level. However, if the parents blur the boundaries with their children, an unhealthy triangulation occurs. Any time there is a triangulation that comes between the marital dyad, there is dysfunction. Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath... Read more
Last week I wrote about the voice of many waters.[1] It’s just a way that I sometimes view the direction of the Holy Spirit. This week, I’m offering a rare glimpse into my Christian readings and responses. I’m not completely inviting you into my devotional life because the vast majority of that is known to no man. So I will just share some snapshots for the sake of showing you that over time, God can and does do what I... Read more
There is a band of fiber-like materials that connect the left and right hemispheres of the brain called the corpus collassum. It has long been argued that this band of connective tissue is larger in the female brain than in the male brain. Literature on this abounds, and of course there are two sides to the coin, so I feel no pressing need to cite sources. What if this is true? What are the implications? First of all, as someone... Read more
I’m reviewing my recent posts in various forums and seeing that I’m chasing a theme without realizing it. Perhaps I’m sleeping on the job, doing something right . . . unintentionally. There are times that we’re intentional about righteousness, purity, moral norms . . . and then there are times when we wake up and see that we’ve stumbled onto the right path in a new day. So here are some posts from the last few weeks. I haven’t tried... Read more
Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband. – Ephesians 5.33, NRSV Wesley Adams, a commentator in the Full Life Bible Commentary, writes, “5:33 summarizes the entire passage: The husband ‘must love his wife,’ and ‘the wife must respect her husband.’”[1] In 2004, Thomas Nelson published the book Love and Respect: The Love She Most Desires, the Respect He Desperately Needs, by Emerson Eggerichs.[2] This book has been transforming marriages ever... Read more
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