FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California ~ 05 MAR 2013

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[beachn4fun]

Howdy Ma ((HUGS))

passing through before signing off.

Hope you day is going well.

[Publius]

Marriages in that society were arranged by families. Because he had the "falling sickness" -- today known as epilepsy -- Paul was unmarriageable. This gave him time for intellectual pursuits.

Being conversant with Greek philosophy and the Latin language would have made him suspect in the eyes of his people, but his decision to cast himself as a Pharisee made him acceptable. It was good cover for a questing, restless mind.

Inheriting a Roman citizenship from his father and grandfather gave him a passport to the Pax Romana, which was an advantage afforded few Jews. Witness what happened when a provincial Roman governor put him in jail without a hearing, and the panic that ensued when the governor realized his mistake. You don't mess with a Roman citizen. Heads roll for less than that.

Had you met Paul outside of the ritual known as "The Lord's Supper", your exquisite koine Greek would have permitted you to argue philosophy and politics over red wine. He would have loved the intellectual stimulation. (The Romans engaged in the kind of Greek-versus-Italian wine debate that mimics the French-versus-California wine debates of the Seventies.) Unfortunately, had you opened your mouth during religious services, he would have said, "Dear lady, be silent."

He had this blind spot with women. Marriage might have cured him of that.

[Tanniker Smith]

Good evening, TS...how is teaching coming along this year? Lots of learners?

To use an expression I really hate: It is what it is.

My boss is offering me a couple of opportunities and next year I might have sophomores who may or may not have matured a bit. The freshmen, even at this late date, don't seem to realize that they aren't in junior high school any more and that that mindset and that behavior will lead to ... well, maybe not "ruin", but it won't be helpful.

There are some bright spots, and that's where I'll focus my energy for the rest of the year.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Focusing on bright spots is a good thing. And I suspect that that which is focused upon will appreciate it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, rochester-veteran. We thank you for your service to our country.

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It was possible that Paul’s ‘Blind Spot” was thoroughly appropriate in Corinth, where the “Church ladies” were really making a mess of things! (Some still do!)LOL. As a woman who has been in ministry for over thirty years, I would have been with Paul, telling these viragoes to “put a plug in it”.

However, in other communities, Paul was very complimentary of various ladies (Lydia, Priscilla, et al) who had churches in their homes, or who were paragons of Christian Hospitality.

I read the Book of Acts every night, and greatly enjoyed your post! I just finished reading the very section you described!

Anthony Hopkins did a decent job playing Paul in the miniseries “Peter and Paul”.

[Publius]

The problem with Corinth was that it was a port-and-Navy town. Think of it as a Greek Phenix City or Corpus Christi before they cleaned it up. Corinth's Temple of Venus was the largest whorehouse in the Romanized Greek-speaking world, and "a girl from Corinth" was synonymous with "easy lay". The passage about love is a wonderful mix of admonishment, education and irony. Brahms set it to music from Luther's Bible near the end of his life.

Brahms: "If I Speak in Tongues of Men or Angels", Op. 121/4

The term "put a plug in it" is a little different among horse people. I've heard it expressed as, "Put a bridle on it."

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LOL...The Norfolk of the Ancient World.

I LOVE The “Love Chapter”