Posted on 07/30/2004 6:47:58 AM PDT by Billie
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Trying to work on all those little projects that keep getting shifted to the end of "The Priority List!"
dutchess, saw your post that Rusty is officially our newest Finest Family dog..:))
Hi, Temple - just dropping in to say hello to those I missed *yesterday*! Hope you're enjoying your weekend, too!
Did you watch any of the Convention this week?
Nah, I couldn't bring myself to watch one minute of it.
I held my nose and watched part of it - Teraza's introduction and speech Monday night, the Breck Girl's intro and speech Wednesday night, and the all-powerful intros & speech Thursday night by the hamster hero. Like most, I was underwhelmed - poor imitation of the Republican Convention, for the most part!
Thanks, Aqua - will probably be using Dubya's pledge often - please feel free to use it, too, if you like. :)
Amy, I included your name because I know you post the pledge at Amy's Place often, and thought you might want to use this one sometime.
Aqua, that link about Kerry and the 'Hampster" was hilarious!
Oh, the look on the hamster's face! LOL!
Did we miss your birthday, Gail? :(
Let's have some cake TODAY!
Good morning on Saturday, Kitty! Missed saying hello to you yesterday. :)
"The hamster hero"
I'll be giggling all day now. Thanks Billie.
That one is just too funny! Hi, Colleen! Hi, OESY!
Good morning, Tonk. Thank you for those links on Kerry. The more these are distributed, the better!
Good SATURDAY morning, Rus - sorry I don't get the TGIF threads up early enough for you to post your coffee and daily devotionals before you must leave for the day.
HI, Lakeside! Good to see you this morning! Miss you the days you're not around. :)
Morning, EMB! Thanks for those fantastic pictures!
Hi, Maggie - guess we all have those little nagging projects that aren't *quite* so important that we can't wait another day! :)
LOL! You're welcome - glad I could help!
Read: Luke 10:1-12; 17-20
[Jesus] said to them,“ I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.” —Luke 10:18
Bible In One Year: Psalms 54-56; Romans 3
If Jesus has won the victory over sin, suffering, and death, why is it that we still sin, suffer, and die? To understand this seeming contradiction, we must recognize the“already, but not yet ”tension of the gospel.
On the one hand, God ’s kingdom has already come in the person of Jesus. As the incarnate God-man, He died on the cross so that through His death and resurrection He might destroy the devil (Hebrews 2:14).
On the other hand, the perfect kingdom toward which He pointed awaits His personal return to earth. We experience the tension of living between the“already, but not yet”aspects of God’s kingdom.
Luke 10 illustrates this tension. Upon returning from preaching, the disciples were jubilant.“Even the demons are subject to us in Your name,”they told Jesus (Luke 10:17). He replied that He had seen Satan“ fall like lightning from heaven” (v.18). He also assured them that nothing would hurt them (v.19). Yet many of them suffered and died as martyrs, and evil is still rampant today.
Even so, we can face whatever comes, for someday we’ll enter fully into the victory Jesus has won. In the meantime, we can take comfort in knowing that nothing shall separate us from God’s love (Romans 8:35-39). —Herb Vander Lugt
Thanks for the devotion.
Dead Sea Scrolls link up with NOBTS archaeological center
By Gary D. Myers Jul 29, 2004 Baptist Press News
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--The Dead Sea Scrolls are coming to the Southeast.
The Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center in Mobile, Ala., has been selected by the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) to host the traveling Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit Jan. 20 to April 24, 2005. With assistance from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, the Exploreum will display 12 authentic Dead Sea scrolls on loan from the IAA.
"These are the oldest surviving texts of the Bible ... the oldest Bible we have," said Steven Ortiz, director of the Center of Archaeological Research at NOBTS. "The Dead Sea Scrolls contain excerpts of all the Old Testament books except Esther.
"Many people don't have the opportunity to go to Israel to view the actual scrolls, and now they are going to be right here in our own backyard," he continued. "It is a unique opportunity for Christians."
The exhibit includes seven 2,000-year-old biblical scrolls with the oldest surviving text of Genesis, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Isaiah and Jeremiah. The remaining fragments are from sectarian documents found at the Qumran site in Israel. One of 29 Deuteronomy fragments found at Qumran, the one that will be displayed in Mobile, is the only one to include all Ten Commandments.
The scrolls, discovered near the Dead Sea by a shepherd boy in 1947, represent the most important find in the history of biblical archaeology. Excavations at the site uncovered 100,000 scroll fragments stored in clay jars in a desert cave. The discovery and resulting research has confirmed and helped insure the reliability of the Old Testament text found in modern translations of the Bible.
"This event is phenomenal because people can go to the exhibit, look at the scrolls and their English translations; then pick up their Bible and compare the texts.... [T]his brings our Bible back to the time of Jesus," Ortiz said. "In fact, one of the scroll fragments [Isaiah] is contemporary with the scroll Jesus read from in the Nazareth synagogue where He preached His first sermon [Luke 4:16f]."
The pieces for display in Mobile range in size from small one-inch fragments to a 39-inch-long excerpt from Psalms. Each fragment includes legible, Hebrew text.
While the exhibit made stops in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 2003 and will visit Houston in October 2004, the Mobile stop will be the largest display of biblical scrolls ever shown in the United States. The IAA only allows scrolls to be displayed for three to four months at a time. The scrolls must then return to Israel for 15 months of "rest" designed to preserve the fragile documents.
Officials at the Exploreum are pleased with the scrolls the IAA has chosen to send to Mobile. While only two biblical scrolls were included in the Grand Rapids and Houston tour stops, seven will be displayed in Mobile. Eleanor Kulin, marketing and development director for the Exploreum, said this focus on biblical texts is especially suited for the region.
"This will be an exhibit with broad, mainstream appeal in our area," she said. "This won't be a flashy exhibit. It relies on the power of the Word ... words that were scribed 2,000 years ago.... [T]hat is the value of this exhibit."
Ortiz and Dennis Cole, assistant director of the Center for Archaeological Research, jumped at the opportunity to participate in the exhibit when they were approached by the Exploreum.
"The exhibit provides a unique opportunity to highlight the potential we have for the [NOBTS] center," Ortiz said. "This will lay the groundwork for the research that will be conducted over the next 10 to 15 years by faculty and students at NOBTS."
The seminary's involvement includes consulting work in the exhibit design and layout and supplying artifacts to supplement and enhance the exhibit. Ortiz and Cole will assist in the development of lectures and educational programs supporting the event.
Items from the Bible Lands Museum of the Center for Archaeological Research, the John T. Christian Library and the Center for New Testament Textual Criticism at NOBTS will be used in establishing a historical timeline for the main Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit. This includes pottery, biblical manuscripts and a Torah scroll.
As a sponsoring institution, NOBTS and the Center for Archaeological Research have separate exhibit space on the second floor of the museum to display other important items in its collection.
Why Mobile? It's a question that frequently comes up in discussions about the event.
"Every two years the center brings a major exhibition to the area," Kulin said. "When we heard about this exhibit, we thought [it is] an important exhibit to bring to Mobile because the Bible has such influence in our area.
"We had to go through extra hoops to convince the Israel Antiquities Authority that we had the wherewithal to care for these documents for 95 days," she continued. "We passed all their tests and here we are."
The Exploreum is a nonprofit science museum located in downtown Mobile. Founded in 1998, the museum occupies a $21 million facility complete with interactive exhibits and an IMAX theater. Additional information about the Exploreum and the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit is available at www.exploreum.net.
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For more information about the Center for Archaeological Research or to contact Ortiz for speaking engagements, call (504) 282-4455, ext. 3249, or e-mail sortiz@nobts.edu. The center's website is www.nobts.edu/academics/Archaeological%20Center.shtm.
Wonderful "pledge" graphic! Good job!
(I'm late letting you know, but there just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day. Or minutes in the hours. Or something.) ;)
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