Before I Start!
Before I start my dissection of the SAB website's drivel, I'd like to recommend a book to you:
This book is an excellent treatment of most of the alleged discrepancies found in the Bible. I say most and not all for two reasons:
1. The book only deals with alleged 'internal' discrepancies, i.e. those in which the Bible appears inconsistent with itself; cases in which it appears inconsistent with secular history or science are not dealt with (I will deal with those myself separately).
2. Not all the alleged discrepancies that appear on the SAB site are dealt with by the book (other sources will be referred to for these cases
Been married 'lots' of years now. Started courting in high school, but known each other since we were about 10 years old.
Ephemeral Mortal Junior (a.k.a Damien)
He's an (almost) 13 year old Playstation addict.
Ephemeral Mortal Canine (a.k.a. Milo)
He's a 4 year old, very placid (with people) Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
And finally...
Ephemeral Site of natural beauty (a.k.a Pontsticill Reservoir)
This is my favorite tranquil retreat, and is only a 5 - 10 minute drive from my house. I enjoy taking in this breathtaking beauty, and then realising that some day all this will be dissolved and reconstituted to make an even better new heavens and a new earth.
Before I start my dissection of the SAB website's drivel, I'd like to recommend a book to you:
This book is an excellent treatment of most of the alleged discrepancies found in the Bible. I say most and not all for two reasons:1. The book only deals with alleged 'internal' discrepancies, i.e. those in which the Bible appears inconsistent with itself; cases in which it appears inconsistent with secular history or science are not dealt with (I will deal with those myself separately).
2. Not all the alleged discrepancies that appear on the SAB site are dealt with by the book (other sources will be referred to for these cases
That said, this is an excellent book; well worth a read and is also well indexed for easy reference.
I will be starting this over the next couple of days, beginning at Genesis and working through each case as quickly and thoroughly as my time permits.
Some Light Relief
Allow me to introduce you to some of the undeserved blessings that our Lord has gracefully bestowed upon me:
Mrs Ephemeral Mortal (a.k.a 'my rib' or Annette)
Been married 'lots' of years now. Started courting in high school, but known each other since we were about 10 years old.Ephemeral Mortal Junior (a.k.a Damien)
He's an (almost) 13 year old Playstation addict.Ephemeral Mortal Canine (a.k.a. Milo)
He's a 4 year old, very placid (with people) Staffordshire Bull Terrier.And finally...
Ephemeral Site of natural beauty (a.k.a Pontsticill Reservoir)
This is my favorite tranquil retreat, and is only a 5 - 10 minute drive from my house. I enjoy taking in this breathtaking beauty, and then realising that some day all this will be dissolved and reconstituted to make an even better new heavens and a new earth.
posted by Ephemeral Mortal at 6:16 pm
7 Comments:
having just got back from wales, i can vouch that the beacons area certainly is tranquil. we had a nice barbeque over near ystradfellte in one of the most isolated places i've ever been.
Did you walk the beacons while you were there Daniel?
yep, did four (Corn du, Pen y fan, Cribyn and Fan y big) on Tuesday. Was a beautiful day. It's probably the first time that i've been up there when the clouds have been higher than the peaks. I was sure that I could just about see the Millenium Stadium from the top of Corn du.
Brilliant. You sound like a serious walker Daniel.
around london, there's not a great number of places where serious walking can be done. It's nice to go to Wales/Scotland once in a while, but really my home is in London and at the Tab. Which church do you go to? Is there much in Merthyr?
Hello Daniel, There is not much in Merthyr with regard to reformed churches (though they may say they are). I worship at a small church in Rhymney, the next valley across from Merthyr. Do you worship at the Met Tab? I'm currently attending the seminary. Looking forward to October too. I'm usually there with an ex seminarian friend of mine from Merthyr, Nick Shires.
Hi, yes, i'm at the Tab. It's a tremendous blessing to be able to hear the Word there so often. The seminary sounds like its helpful to so many. As yet, i've not been, but I hope to.
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