Hey everyone, two very important things:
(1) Go to this site and read the story of David and Goliath under The Message translation. It is very interesting, and a little funny. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20samuel%2017&version=MSG
(2) I haven’t started planning for next week’s study yet. So I thought we’d make it a little interesting. Answer the questions below in the comments section. Whoever gets the most right wins a spectacular prize. And I promise not to let your comments guide me.
- How many videos will be shown in class? Over/under 2.5
- Who will arrive last to class? (And you can’t claim yourself.)
- Will there be Sporcle?
- Will any children’s materials be used?
- How many pop culture references will there be? Over/under 5.5
7 comments:
Under 2.5;
Jesse Hebden;
I have no idea what a sporcle is! "It's been a long time since I've been sporcled....?"
I thought we use children's material every week!
Under 5.5 (that's a big number!)
I love Patti Smyth!!!
Under 2.5
Jessie Hebden
No sporcle
yes, children's material will be used
over 5.5 pop references
www.sporcle.com (We've only told you about it fifty times.)
Oh, and I'd like to say the risk that a robot is reading and contributing to this blog is worth it. I hate the human verification.
Oh, and Austin, Patty Smyth was the first woman I had a thing for based purely on voice.
# of Videos: Under 2
Last to Class: Hmmmmm
Sporcle?: yes
# of childrens's materials: 5
Pop culture reference: Over 5
How did we discuss David vs. Goliath and not talk about the fact that the story involves a giant. A literal giant! Goliath was part of a group of people called the Nephilim. They are first mentioned in Genesis 6:1-4: 1 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with[a] humans forever, for they are mortal[b]; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
Why did God create these giant people?
What are "sons of God" and "daughters of humans"? It sounds like these giants were almost supernatural creatures. What does it mean that "They were on the earth in those days and also afterward"? Did they survive the flood? Were they preserved so that God could remind Israel of His sovereignty when David (and Israel) killed them?
The story of David and Goliath also resembles the story in 1 Chronicles 11:10-24 and 2 Samuel 21:15-22. Are these different accounts of the same story? Why are they so similar?
Goliath wasn't the only giant mentioned in the Bible. References to races of giants are found in Deuteronomy 12:10-12, Deuteronomy 2:20-21, Deuteronomy 2:10-11, Deuteronomy 3:11, Joshua 13:12, Joshua 17:15, 2 Samuel 21:15-22. What’s up with all these giants?
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