08-01-2009, 11:16 PM
LOL Is this what was meant by The Satanic Verses?
All scripture is so confusing, isn't it?
I think it was Jacob who slept with his daughter-in-law, who was posing as a prostitute, because he was not giving her his due respect, after the death of his son and her husband.
Should we return to the old ways? What are the new ways? Are they any better?
My kids get most of their bible reading from church. One year for Christmas, I gave them all a copy of a "bible story of the day" book. Only one of them read it.
The kids are never going to learn anything by reading scripture in a vacuum, like a Mandarin. Like everyone else, they are going to learn through experience. Here in America, there is so much violence that a story in scripture seems tame. Let's not forget wars, terrorism, schoolyard bullying, and sibling rivalry, too. Kids don't need to read scripture to learn about the dark side of human nature, it is all around them.
To learn the light of scripture is a totally different matter. I encourage them to read, but it more important for them to think. The Holy Spirit is written on our hearts. They will know it more as they grow, at a pace of their and God's choosing.
The Holy Spirit permeates the whole world. It is as visible in our conversation as it is in scripture. Of course, it is good for them to know the past, but the goal is to understand the past, and the present with it.
Quote:2 Corinthians 3
1Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? 2You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. 3You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
The issue is always one of interpretation. Some see the good and say it is good, others see the good and say it is bad.