Today in Bib Lit, my professor, Marion Bontrager, was teaching about literary pitfalls to watch out for while reading the Bible.
MB: "Now let's talk about decontextualizing. This means taking things out of context and not looking at what it is really talking about. For example there was the student who was failing all his classes. He was homesick, depressed, and behind on his inductive. In desperation he turned to the Bible for advice. He opened it randomly and read the first verse his eyes hit on, in Acts chapter 1. "Now Judas went and hanged himself". 'Hmmm...'the student thought. 'I'll try that again.' He then opened his Bible to Luke 10:37 - "And Jesus said to him, 'Go, and do thou likewise.'" One more try....and his finger stopped on John 13:27. "What you are about to do, do it quickly!"
*Marion waits for laughter to die down*
"Now that's decontextualizing."
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Bib Lit
Marion Bontrager (prof) : "Jonadab....I like that name a lot. Sounds kind of like a swear word. Jonadab!"
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Do It Anyway
THE PARADOXICAL COMMANDMENTS OF LEADERSHIP - by Kent M. Keith
People are illogical, unreasonable and self-centered - Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives - Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies - Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow - Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable - Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest people, with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds - Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but only follow top dogs - Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight - Build anyway.
People really need help, but may attack you if you do help them - Help them anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you may get kicked in the teeth. Give the world your best anyway.
If better is possible, then good is not enough.
People are illogical, unreasonable and self-centered - Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives - Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies - Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow - Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable - Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest people, with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds - Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but only follow top dogs - Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight - Build anyway.
People really need help, but may attack you if you do help them - Help them anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you may get kicked in the teeth. Give the world your best anyway.
If better is possible, then good is not enough.
Monday, August 17, 2009
RA retreat
"If you can't learn how to do something right, learn to enjoy doing it badly." - Neal Friesen, RD
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