Yours truly will work as a camp counselor next week at a political camp for high schoolers. She has drug her unsuspecting husband into working at this camp, in the evenings, after he is done slaying the dragons of injustice at his office each day.
The kids at this camp will be "mock legislators" for the week. Even now I can anticipate all of the politicking that will ensue. It should be very fun but very exhausting too. I will definitely take advantage of the comp-time afterwards!
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The other day Kevin participated in an online discussion on the authority of scripture. I thought his comments were pretty insightful. Basically, someone asserted that the gospels/N.T. take preeminence over the O.T.
"If you elevate some Scriptures over others, you have a serious dilemma. Aside from the problem of implying that God is less truthful with us in some areas of His Word than in others, how does one determine which Scriptures should be elevated? Can we just pick and choose?
Scripture has many balancing truths which deepen our knowledge and understanding of who God is and who Christ is. Just as one example, the Bible teaches that God is just and punishes the wicked. But it also teaches that God is merciful. If we were to focus on only one of these two attributes of God without reconciling the other, we would not see the true God for who He really is, and our understanding of God is skewed. And if we willfully fail to see the true God as He really is, we are looking to and worshiping a false god.
Thus, there is danger in elevating some Scriptures over others; the danger of idolatry, false worship, and blasphemy. Rather, we should seek to understand the whole of Scripture."
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