The Mind of Querns

So far so good guys and girls. We are definately getting some good conversation. Instead of responding to "Attum" in the "fences" post I decided to start a new post since the conversation is leading to a more specific topic. The topic is moving toward the inspiration, authority, translation, exegesis, and interpretation of the Bible. Harry brought up the idea that science seems to be trying to find ways which it can make the Bible untrue, or depending on how you look at it, science has found things that seem to be leading towards having us interpret the Bible in deifferent ways. Which one do you think? I think that what harry is saying leads us to think negatively of science and its findings, even if what they find is unrelated, we do have to take a look at what our faith is actually founded upon. Let us say that what Harry says is true and the sea never parted for Moses. What does that do for your faith. I feel that if your faith is shaken just because some part...

It has been a few months since I posted anything. I have been contemplating a few things. About 3 months ago (around the time I stopped posting) I met with Pastor Tim from our church. We talked about a bunch of things, and it was a very positive and thought provoking conversation, also the breakfast sandwiches were delicious. We talked about a lot of the things that I post on here, and we disagreed on a bunch of things, however it was exactly what I wanted this blog to be.... responsible and productive. One of the main take-aways that I took from the meeting was something that Pastor Tim talked about. He had been given a piece of writing that works with behavioral sciences and The Bible. The title of the article is "Idols of the Heart and "Vanity Fair"" by David Powlison . Much of what it says was condensed down into an auto-biographical story from Pastor Tim. He also warned me of something that he struggled with when he was younger and in seminary like I am. H...

     On to Sophomore year for some pretty boring stuff. This one is on an interpretation of Psalm 122, however it is really boring, wordy, and not written well. Mostly this was trying to teach us how to turn 9 verses into a couple thousand words, haha. Take what you want from it, hopefully someone learns something or is inspired somehow by this drudgery. (Also I suppose I need to include my bibliography even on a Blog, I probably did it wrong back then, but they deserve whatever credit there is) 12/16/2004                                                 Psalm 122: Old and New Zion      When readers of today read the Old Testament, they may sometimes not understand the concepts, culture, and ideas that it has for them. This is due to completely different understandings of many things. In the psalms this occurs very regularly, especially i...