LSU Still Trying to Fix Offensive Woes

LSU Still Trying to Fix Offensive Woes


http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/105983468.html

Rocky Mountain hiring?

http://www.2theadvocate.com/blogs/tigertracks/105904593.html

LSU's Miles mentioned as possible candidate for Colorado job.

Josh Hamilton

Hamilton finds redemption in faith, sharing

Rangers star hopes others can learn from his rise from despair

http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101026&content_id=15838500&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

SWBTS acquires more scrolls fragments

SWBTS acquires more scrolls fragments


http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33955

Seminary's Dead Sea fragments go hi-tech

Seminary's Dead Sea fragments go hi-tech


http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33954


FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--In a convergence of ancient Scripture with the latest in photographic technology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary worked with the West Semitic Research Project this fall to prepare for the study and publication of its Dead Sea Scrolls collection and other artifacts.

An Update - From Monday....

Monday [10/25] was a somewhat quiet day for me.  The FBCJ Women's Lunch didn't meet because the Mississippi Baptist Convention was meeting there instead.  I made a trip to the post office and picked up the mail, but that was it.


Tuesday [10/26] I had an appointment with my doctor in the afternoon.  He was able to take me early - surprising - and so I was done at a time that was only 1/2 an hour past my actual appointment time.  He did 3 tests and now I'm waiting on the results of those.  


I stopped at Wendy's on the way home and got a late lunch/early supper.  Then I came home - it was raining lightly - and pulled in the garage and parked.  I came on in the house and sat down to eat; Rusty started cutting up and carrying on and so I had to get up and go let him inside.  The dog was on target - no sooner did I get him inside and get the door closed back, there was a heavy clap of thunder.  The rain picked up in intensity and we got a nice shower that lasted for some 15-20 minutes.  


Later in the day a friend came by and picked me up and we went to our Josephus class - I've already posted about that.  


Wednesday [10/27] - it has rained some this morning - lightly and then heavier intensity.  I went over to the post office and picked up the mail - I had a pile waiting plus keys for 2 packages.  I picked those up.  I haven't gone through the pile of mail yet, though.  I also went over to the grocery store and stopped at the pharmacy and turned in prescriptions my doctor wrote - one to be filled, the other two to go on hold.  I asked that they fill the other prescriptions already in the system.  I went on to do a little shopping; I'll stop back by there either on the way to work or on the way home afterward tomorrow and pick them up since I don't need any of them today.  


This is all I have for now....

Josephus Class - October 26, 2010

A friend arrived about 7:00 PM to pick me up. We headed off to Grace Bible Church.  Pastor John Ward and a few other people were already there – including a couple named Dale and Miriam from Seattle, WA.  They’re friends with John and his wife, Carole, and came to reciprocate a visit.  They’re staying with John and Carole while they’re in town. 

When the class got started, John took us through:

Book IX: From the Death of Ahab to the Captivity of the Ten Tribes

2 Kings Chapters 1-17

I took some notes in my notebook, plus I also marked passages in both Josephus and the Bible.  John took us through other passages of Scripture and showed us that Josephus confirms events recorded in the Bible. 

John gave us our homework assignment for the next meeting – January 25, 2011:

Josephus: The Antiquities of the Jews:

Book X:   From the Captivity of the Ten Tribes to the First Year of Cyrus

Book XI:  From the Death of Cyrus to the Death of Alexander the Great

Book XII: From the Death of Alexander the Great to the Death of Judas Maccabeus

The Bible:

2^nd Kings Chapters 18-25

1^st Chronicles

2^nd Chronicles

John said that we should take note of anything that Josephus mentions regarding Pharisees, Romans and the Intertestamental Period [between Malachi and Matthew].  John shared with us that the Hebrew Bible goes from Genesis through 2^nd Chronicles. 

Josephus:

Book X   =  11chapters

Book XI  =   8 chapters

Book XII  = 11chapters

Bible:

2^nd Kings 18-25 =  8 chapters

1^st Chronicles =  29 chapters

2^nd Chronicles = 36 chapters

This may appear to be a lot of reading – and it is – but we have 3 months to get it done. John went on to tell us that he is going to “map it out” but he wants to be done with Josephus at the end of the June, 2011 class meeting.  Antiquities of the Jews has a total of 20 chapters.  So, right now we’re nearly ½ way there.  

En route home, my friend and I talked about the class – we both agree that Josephus just goes on to confirm events in the Bible.  She said she wonders if Josephus ever, as a result of his writing, ever came to faith in Christ before he died.  There is, as far as we know, nothing recorded concerning this.  There is, however, a writing called Testimonium Flavonium in which Josephus seems to attest to Jesus’ existence.