kingdom travelin'

I really enjoyed the OT section of this book. It has been really eye opening as a secular guy (he is of Jewish stock, but a secular upbringing) wrestles with the law of, the faith in and the reality of God… I have learned some interesting things about the OT law and the writings surrounding it. It has been interesting to watch A. J. Jacobs journey… He has gone from calling it an idea and project to his describing himself as on a spiritual pilgrimage. I’ve just begun the NT part and so far, he is visiting Lynchburg and watching the 700 club so nothing new in wither of those places… He does ask an interesting question: Can one follow the moral teachings of Jesus without accepting Jesus? This is what he seeks the answer to first in his NT quest. An important question indeed. Lewis’ famous answer is, of course, no, but that requires one to trust the words of the Bible doesn’t it? Jacobs believes in the JEPD hypothesis (Laci, we will allow you to describe the JEPD theory in a comment for us), so I don’t know what he will do with Lewis or if he will even encounter Lewis’ work. We’ll see…

Huh… Jacobs encounters Lewis… they both use their initials, that would be an interesting thought process. Maybe he Twitters, I’ll look and, if he does, I’ll ask him… (yeah, like he will answer)

BTW this is post number 799! What should I do for post number 800????? 

(yes, I do watch how many posts I have posted, and yes, I do watch my statistics… sad, huh?)

in The Year of Living Biblically, a friend told the author that he could just read the Bible without it changing him… he is discovering that this is true… “thy word will not return void”

stop for a moment and think about the things that change us… 

how much is intentional?

how much just happens without our knowing it?

how arware of the change that is happening in us is of our planning?

read Romans 12:1-2

as I mentioned a week or so ago, I am reading The Year of Living Biblically and I really like it… it is funny and it is interesting to read the perspective of a secular, just Jewish NYer on living the laws of the Bible – – yes, he tried to keep the laws… and he has not yet given up… It is interesting to hear how these things affect his heart… struggling with his sin (though he would not call it that) and learning to pray… indeed, his intentionality about praying would put the vast majority of Evangelicals to shame… his desire to ‘get’ the sabbath and finally experience it while locked in a bathroom for four hours was a cool read – he was ready for four hours of quiet… would you be ready for four hours of quiet? no books, no i-pod, no magazines, no tv, no nothing… sabbath… I need a week of them…

A friend told me about a Scripture that should be considered by all. Click here for a Scripture for the era our world is in.

If you are a regular, you will have realized that when kingdomtravelin goes quiet, it means I have gotten too busy… too busy means that I am unable (or too tired) to do meaningful reading which then feeds my thinking which (whether meaningful or not) appears here… this is one of those times. Busy-ness is a part of life and I’m not complaining at all… and it’s not necessarily all bad – as long as times with Him within that busy-ness are meaningful, the other stuff (including, and perhaps especially, this blog) can wait… it’s when time with Him becomes less meaningful (or even a burden) that one MUST evaluate where one is and make some changes… right now I am dwelling in Psalm 46. Why not dwell there yourself? Click HERE to enter into His refuge.

The every-three-year Urbana event is happening this year from December 27 to 31. Here is how to learn more… click HERE