Had a great weekend. Great weather, lots of yard work done, a visit from family. Loved, loved, loved all the sunshine and warm weather, although Sunday morning was cold. Especially when I went to church at 7:45 am, rolled down my passenger side window to clear off the condensation, and then the motor quit and the window wouldn't roll up! I rode to church FREEZING! At least it wasn't raining.
Had a great day at The Journey today. I like the new black wall behind the stage, and the band did a great job. We showed a stupid video, and by that, I mean stupid. Maybe the dumbest we've ever done. I enjoyed speaking today. It's a difficult message because there's just so much there to talk about and so little time to do it. Hopefully it connected okay. I do think the larger issue when it comes to the stories of the Bible, is what do we believe about God and who He is. We tackled some of the fairy-tale stories of the Bible and focused on Jonah and a big fish.
Lots to do this week, and just as big of a topic come Sunday.
By the way, for those who are looking for it - The Bible was written over 1600 years, 40 different authors, 3 different continents, 3 different languages. Copyists were meticulous. They would throw away any scroll where there were mistakes or it didn't match up with the original. There's over 6,000 manuscripts of the New Testament with the earliest being within 150 years of the original. That's compared to 643 manuscripts of the Illiad by Homer with the earliest being within 500 years of the original. If you'd like more information you can check out Lee Strobel's book The Case for Faith and The Case for Christ. Lee is a former atheist and investigative journalist.
