Mary C. Findley's Blog, page 62
September 16, 2011
What Did The Ark Of Noah Look Like?
"The Holy Scripture cannot err, … the decrees therein contained are absolutely true and inviolable. But I should have in your place added that, though Scripture cannot err, its expounders and interpreters are liable to err in many ways," Galileo … Continue reading →
September 15, 2011
Permission to Fail?
Our daughter told me about a Bible study where the teacher mentioned Proverbs 31 and said something like, "We all know that the Virtuous Woman is an ideal. She's too good to be true." Suppose a military commander gives his … Continue reading →
September 12, 2011
Wisdom Says, "Can You Hear Me Now?"
Proverbs Chapter Eight is absolutely amazing. We try to read through Proverbs day by day each month and this one just stops me in my tracks every time. Why does God say that wisdom is a woman? I don't know. … Continue reading →
September 11, 2011
Comments on The Little Prince by Antoine de Sainte-Exupery
"But if you tame me, my life will be filled with sunshine. …" The fox to the Little Prince in the story of that name by Antoine de Sainte-Exupery People have tried to make me like The Little Prince for … Continue reading →
Who Do You Serve?
"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Matthew 6:23-25 An oft-stated goal … Continue reading →
September 10, 2011
Giants, Genetics and Original Sin
After the death of Virgil in the First Century BC, the Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar posthumously published his Aeneid. Caesar Augustus loved this book because it took the history of Rome, romanticized it and treated it as "prophecy." Virgil built … Continue reading →
September 8, 2011
All Glorious Within
Psalm 45 is a beautiful passage of Scripture. It describes a king which certainly seems to be the Messiah, Jesus Christ. In verse nine it begins to talk about women, and there are lessons for Christian women and their earthly … Continue reading →
September 6, 2011
Godly Womanhood
(A note on the picture with this post: Just to prove women can be both beautiful and godly, three Barbie "Makeovers" representing characters from Edmund Spenser's epic allegory the Faerie Queene: Left to right, Gloriana, representing the glory of God, … Continue reading →
September 5, 2011
Analyze, Analyze, Analyze
A message to parents and students: Never, ever, ever read a book, watch a movie, or see or hear a play or story or poem performed without answering these questions:(Don't read a book to your child or let anyone read … Continue reading →
Introduction to Antidisestablishmentarianism
The most religious people on earth are those who claim not to have any religion. Dogmatic, intolerant, and bigoted, they refuse to allow anyone to so much as speak their opposition. Yet these same people demand political power and tax … Continue reading →
