Monthly Archives: November 2011

Daniel 2

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Plymothian

It’s hard not to focus on the statue in Daniel 2, but the statue is not the focus.  The focus is on the source of Daniel’s wisdom.  The details odf the dream and the level of Daniel’s insight only go … Continue reading →

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Daniel 1

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Plymothian

We are starting our read through Daniel.  In the first six chapters each chapter stands alone as a small story and so we have to deal with the chapters as a whole so we don’t break up the narrative.  In … Continue reading →

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Daniel

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Plymothian

There is a debate about when the book of Daniel was written.  It could have been written in the 6th century BC or it could have been written in the 2nd Century.  The debate looks at the style of the … Continue reading →

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Repentant Failure

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Plymothian

During the rest of the book of 2 Samuel it seems as though David continually makes mistakes but owns up to them.  He takes a census that he should not have taken and because of this his people suffer.  The … Continue reading →

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David’s Exile

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Plymothian

David was forced by his son Absalom to flee Jerusalem.  It was a tragedy which teaches us a number of key things about David.  He was not willing to use the ark as a means to ‘manipulate’ God.  He realises … Continue reading →

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Kissing Babies and Shaking Hands

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Plymothian

The political life is one that makes us suspicious. We have seen perfect public figures exposed time an again for being hypocrites at home and at work. The pull of power has ever been a corrupting influence. Absalom, David’s son, … Continue reading →

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David’s Punishment

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Plymothian

David does not go unpunished for his taking of Uriah the Hittite’s wife.  the murder of Uriah and his wife are played out within David’s own house and David shows his guilt by paralysis.  Amnon rapes his sister.  This is … Continue reading →

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Power Corrupts

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Plymothian

Republican candidate Herman Cain is fighting off allegations from a number of women that he abused positions of power by abusing and harrassing them.  The details in the news are quite graphic of the nature odf the allegations.  We find … Continue reading →

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Kindness to Cripples

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Plymothian

My wife’s father was a cripple.  It surprised me sometimes to hear him comment on American football games and if someone dropped a catch he’d call them a ‘cripple’.  There was an irony there that I think that he intended, … Continue reading →

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Trophies

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Plymothian

When I was growing up I liked collecting medals.  I won medals for soccer, Bible recitation, running, and athletics.  I thought of them as giving me worth in some way.  My father had raised me with the ‘no-one-remembers-second’ mentality and … Continue reading →

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