September 9, 2009

Texts:
Judges 3-4
I Corinthians 4

Judges
Are you again noticing the different perspective of Judges, as compared to Joshua?
In 3:2, war is explained as being necessary so that people who had no experience of war would learn about it, ostensibly so they could then have a chance to obey God in the midst of war. Perhaps I'm reading this wrong. What do you think?

I'll be preaching about these two chapters on Sunday, so I'll save most of my comments for then.

I Corinthians:
Have you noticed the parental imagery in this letter? In chapter 3, Paul "fed you with milk", which is a maternal/nursing sort of image. In chapter 4, he calls them his children and refers to himself as their Father. What does this family language mean for you?