Oh, Critters, don't you have an exegesis to be working on?

[Critters2]

Hmmm...?

[Critters2]

1. Yes. Yes, I do.

x(

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. talking to yourself?

the last refuge of a procrastinator :P Don't worry I have a few papers to write by Thursday myself...

what's the exegesis on?

[quip]

6. Yes, what is your text? From the lectionary?

[Critters2]

9. Yeah, I'm preaching the lectionary right now. I'm considering some series

options for Eastertide, but the lectionary now. I had been preaching the Johannine texts, but I think there are some interesting Girardian possibilitiies with the Ezekiel text.

[quip]

13. If you skipped John 11, you'd miss my favorite Bible verse (which I've memorized, BTW)

"Jesus wept" John 11:35 Thankyouverymuch! :P

I like Ezekiel 37; there are some very powerful images in that chapter. It could be worse! Good luck. :hi:

[Critters2]

14. Yeah, they're both interesting, which makes it hard, actually.

Life is much easier when only one of the texts seems worth preaching.

Oh, and I am deeply impressed with your knowledge of scripture...and your memorization skills. Nicely done! :applause:

[quip]

15. I considered seminary (even took a year of Greek!) I was a religion major and studied in Israel

for a semester in college. Maybe I should put THAT in the "5 things about me" thread. It might actually cause a few DUers' minds to explode! :rofl:

And yes, I am very proud of my photogenic memory! :D

[Critters2]

16. Cool. You were better prepped for seminar than I was.

I was debating between seminary and law school right up to my last semester in college.

[Critters2]

7. John 11, the raising of Lazarus, and/or Ezekiel 37--the valley of dry bones.

I'm leaning toward preaching the Ezekiel passage. At least they're both interesting.

[Reverend_Smitty]

10. neat...

I had to write one of those things back in college. I took a biblical literature course and wrote mine on Matthew 5. One of the few times in my four years in college that I spent a long time in the library doing research flipping through a lot of dusty old theology books

[Critters2]

11. Matthew 5 is interesting. Especially for source criticism.

All the "Q" stuff, but also Hebrew sources.


I don't think people realize how much research is involved in this. They think we just make stuff up out of our heads. And now that we have the internets, a lot less of it is from dusty old books. The newest research is found online, not in commentaries. I'd be lost without my subscriptions to several websites with new info.

[Reverend_Smitty]

12. I actually learned quite a lot in that class

it was interesting to read all 4 gospels critically and to see the gradual embellishment of the the stories starting with Mark and ending with John. I also had no idea until I looked at them side by side how much word for word overlap they had, and of course the whole "Q" source thing. I'm a person who is not particularly religious but I do enjoy learning learning about different religions.

[Parche]

3. what is an exegesis

is it like this???



:hi:

[Critters2]

4. No, not quite that interesting.

An exegesis is a kind of bible study that incorprates literary criticism, source criticism, historical criticism, redaction criticism, stuff like that. It's the beginning of the process of writing a sermon.

[Parche]

5. Bible?

You write sermons from a fictional fantasy book?

I know where is the finger..................:rofl: :hi:

[Critters2]

8. When is that tech guy gonna get here and network that 'puter back in?!!!!

Parche!!!

[texas1928]

17. Well, not sure what them there big words mean...

But I hope not cuz it sounds like I won't enjoy it and it might hurt, a lot.

[Critters2]

18. Only hurts a little. And I enjoy it.

Make of that what you will. :)

[texas1928]

19. Well, whatever puts the motion in the ocean for ya there...

:thumbsup: