Genesis 2

I just began reading through the Bible and I've hit a dry spot already. By that I don't mean that I've stopped reading. I mean I've hit a verse that I just can't get past. Genesis 2:3. All the commentaries I've read talk about it as God setting an example for us, just showing how important the Sabbath is. But I just feel like there's more to it than that. But I just don't know. Any thoughts?

Unusual Weekend

For once I've actually got a weekend planned out somewhat. Tonite's Man Night at Craig's. (Man Night is something married guys come up with. It's just a clever way to get the woman out of the house). Then tomorrow morning I'm heading up to Kenosha with Jeremy and some clothes and such. I'll be putting in a new stereo once I get home, and then I'll be heading down to hang out with Rachel for the day, or till whenever she kicks me out. Then Sunday night I've got youth group. Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?

Bib Studies

Today while I was in class I think I got a little confirmation from God that Bib Studies was the way to go for me. In my Intro to ministry class today, we spent the whole day on building a tool to help high school graduates pick a church when they move on to college. We were supposed to be learning this stuff and I already knew it. It's just too wasteful to me to spend time "learning" about ministry like this when I already know it.

I'm not trying to say I know everything about ministry. There's always stuff to learn. I'm just positive a Bib Studies major would help me out more. You know what I'm sayin? I just kicked the Christian Ministries major with my energy legs. Thank you powerthirst.

Trip to Iowa

This past weekend I got a chance to go to Iowa with Jeremy and Adam to visit Jon and his family. I always love visiting them, and this time was no exception. We left late Thursday afternoon and returned late Sunday night. It was a shorter trip than usual, so that sucked a bit. But I got to disc golf everyday there, and I loved that. I got to play with Micah and Ruthie. I got to drink lots of bubbly (white sparkling grape juice, its a tradition). I got to go to Godfathers. We saw Ninja Assassin. We stayed up late every night. We got to enjoy Sarah's fine cooking. It was just an enjoyable weekend. It wore me out, I'm exhausted. But I had a blast and I miss the Duey's already. Hopefully we can make it back out there during Christmas break.

Major

I've decided to major in Biblical Studies instead of Christian Ministries. I know more about ministry than I know about the bible, so it seems logical to go this way. I haven't picked classes for next semester yet though. I'm still glad this semester's about over, and I'm ready to start my next round of classes.

What a tease

Thanksgiving was great. But it turned out to be a big tease. I still have to go back to school, with homework ready to turn in. I don't want to go to school. I want to stay home and bake cookies with you.

The Psychology of Biblical Interpretation

Just read through this book written by Cedric B. Johnson in about an hour and a half or two hours. It's about 120 pages. Decent book. If you haven't had any classes about philosophy and psychology, there's probably going to be a lot you don't understand. I've taken one class in each, and there was some stuff that just went right over my head. Plus I'm like falling asleep, so that probably didn't help in understanding.

Basically the book warns that you need to be careful when interpreting the bible. You come to the Bible with experiences, fears, influences, culture, and yadda yadda ya. I liked the book because it had to do with understanding how people work (and for some reason that always earns my attention). But I don't really think the book changes anything with how I'm going to interpret the bible. It has given me a new understanding that will help when I teach the bible to others.

It's not an entertaining book, not full of tons of useful and practical stuff, not long. Not the best book to read, but it wouldn't hurt to read if you've got two spare hours.