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June 27, 2006

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deborah

Cheeky? I think that's a new one.

Bill

It' British. It means "having or showing cheek" according to Merriam-Webster OnLine.

deborah

No, I meant something new that I've been called.

Bill

Ahhhh...

Lauraconk

Just like Thomas the Tank Engine!
You can see how I spend my days :)

deborah

Thomas Rules! Lauraconk - who do you prefer as the narrarator? I have a dvd with George Carlin. It's weird, I keep waiting for him to go into one of his routines.

Bill

Talk about imaginary trains on your own blog. ;-)

Lauraconk

NO... we'll discuss them here!
I think I like the more recent guy whose name I don't know.
I can't stand when Alec Baldwin does is... he irks me. Drew always makes me watch "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" where Alec is actually IN the movie... agh.


So, Beej... your canon. What does that mean for the parts well before Abraham and after the early church?? I'm so not sure I want the answer.... but since you didn't say from creation to Revelation....I guess I'm wondering why they seem to be eliminated ? Is that true?

Lauraconk

And hehem... who is to say exactly that Thomas is IMAGINARY?? I've ridden on him, touched him even. While he didn't speak to me and I found it personally pretty disappointing............. he is REAL! Any self-respecting man who believes in an Easter chicken should have no problem believing in a talking train :)

Bill

lol...

To answer your question, I think that Abraham's story is pivotal as a beginning to the story of God's people. I look at him is an historical figure who is possibly more "historical" than the persons named before him. I'm not trying to make a definitive statement about that, however. Perhaps I should change that part.

As for the "early church" part of the statement, that is meant to describe the books of the New Testament from Acts onward. I believe that even the book of Revelation was written for the churches of its day and has application to 1st century events (i.e. the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD).

Lauraconk

Oh... so then the 4 gospels... ? I'm just tryin to understand.

Bill

I just assumed they were included in the middle. In other words, I was saying that the "bookends" of biblical history are "from before Abraham's time" and "the accounts of the early Christian church." .That includes everything in the middle. :-)

I was basically just saying that the Bible is our best resource in understanding the history behind our faith. I think as you get further back in time before Abraham (Genesis 1-11), the accounts are less "historical" in the literal sense. That doesn't make them unimportant theologically, however.

ken

Well, why didn't you just say that in the first place? ;-)

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