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So call me a pagan... 6
In chapter five of "Pagan Christianity?" Viola takes on the "Pastor." Oh, Frank... "So prevailing is the pastor in the minds of most Christians that he is often better known, more highly praised and more heavily relied upon than Jesus Himself." When I was in College, I can remember being around some folks, and in the midst of our conversation, apparently I made a number of derogatory remarks about myself and men in general. After maybe one too many remarks from me like that, one guy looked at me and asked "Man... What did she do to you? Must have been something bad..." Halfway through this book I'm starting to wonder who the pastor was that hurt Frank Viola so badly... The main thesis of this chapter is: "There is not a single verse in the entire New Testament that supports the existence of the modern-day pastor! He simply did not exist in the early church." So where did we get pastors? Glad you asked. "If contemporary pastors were absent from the early church, where did they come from? And how did they rise to such a prominent position in the Christian faith? The roots of this tale are tangled...
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A stone seal bearing the name of one of the families who acted as servants in the First Temple and then returned to Jerusalem after being exiled to Babylonia has been uncovered in an archeological excavation in Jerusalem's City of David, a prominent Israeli archeologist said Wednesday. Photo: Edwin Trebels courtesy of Dr. Eilat Mazar The 2,500-year-old black stone seal, which has the name "Temech" engraved on it, was found earlier this week amid stratified debris in the excavation under way just outside the Old City walls near the Dung Gate, said archeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar, who is leading the dig. According to the Book of Nehemiah, the Temech family were servants of the First Temple and were sent into exile to Babylon following its destruction by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. ... "The seal of the Temech family gives us a direct connection between archeology and the biblical sources and serves as actual evidence of a family mentioned in the Bible," she said. "One cannot help being astonished by the credibility of the biblical source as seen by the archaeological find." Read the rest here
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Hey Bob-
I love your images! Have you ever given a tutorial on how you create them? Do they cost you anything to create? Also, what did you use to create the Evergreen font logo thingy?
Grace and peace,
Steve
Posted by: Steve | January 19, 2008 at 02:00 PM