Reading the Bible
Wow, this blogger is doing something really far out, and he is making the news for it. He is actually reading the Bible. He is Jewish so he is only reading the Old Testament, but his blog concerning his daily readings is causing quite a stir and opening a lot of eyes as to what the Bible is really about. Here is an article in Reuters about it, and here is a link to his blog. I haven’t read much of what he’s written but from what I have read he is basically giving his own commentary on the story, which is sometimes pretty crazy.
So what is he discovering? He is discovering that the Bible isn’t a book about “how to be good.” In fact the Bible is packed full of stories of sinful people who are exactly the opposite of “good.” The bible isn’t about being good, the Bible is about man’s inability to be good, and about how God overcame that by sending Jesus, who was perfect, to accept the punishment for man’s sin. God also sent the promise that those who commit their lives to Him will have their sinfulness hidden and will be given the power of the Holy Spirit to live as God originally intended. The entire old testament points to man’s need for Jesus and points to his comming. The gospels give us the story of his comming. The epistles give us the implications for our lives of his having come. The bible isn’t about being good or learning how to be good. Its about God and his love and provision for man.
melissa Said,
November 16, 2006 @ 13:34
hello bradford dear.i so enjoy reading you posts that i thought to myself’ “self? everyone should be able to read this because it’s so very brilliant and educational!” so i put a link to your website on my website! yay for you!
love
lis
PS: can’t wait to see you at climbing tonight! maybe I’ll defeat my nemisis!
bradlands Said,
November 16, 2006 @ 14:32
I believe in you Lis! Can’t wait to go climbing. For the first time in like 2 months its been more then a week since I have been. (last time I went was last Tuesday!)
kev Said,
November 17, 2006 @ 13:24
You are such a slacker, mr bradlands. You call yourself a climber and don’t even go more than once a week. How do you sleep at night?
Have fun in Linville!
kev Said,
November 17, 2006 @ 14:35
interesting debate going on at the washington post:
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/
k