Comments on: What’s your thorn?

By: Flicka Spumoni

Flicka Spumoni — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:29:53 +0000

Really good post. Keep up the good work you have a neat ministry formiing.

By: Elena

Elena — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:19:32 +0000

Voops…forgot a comma!

The Hebrews considered the soul, nephesh, to be the body …

By: Elena

Elena — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:18:33 +0000

I’m wondering about the influence of Greek philosophy on Paul’s understanding of the nature of the mind, body, spirit, and soul. The Greeks were the ones to think of these things as separate components. The Hebrews considered the soul, nephesh to be the body and the heart (which is where they thought the mind was located–they didn’t understand how the brain worked).

Would be cool to get some of our Hebrew scholar friends to chime in on this one.

By: digitalcowboy

digitalcowboy — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:13:16 +0000

That’s great. (Not that you were sick, but that God used it for good.) I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts.

Openness is all it takes. God expects (demands?) that you’ll be discerning, but that’s not done primarily with the mind when it comes to spiritual things.

My philosophy is: Question everyone and everything until you’ve “proven” it.

I mean “proven” there in the biblical use of the word: to test it thoroughly with the Word as the standard.

By: Elena

Elena — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:56:05 +0000

Interesting, DC. I’ll have to read this more in depth later.

Guess what? I saw Billye Brim on TV yesterday. I was home sick and spent most of the day watching Christian TV. Some of the people were the very ones I’ve been sceptical about. But truth is truth. I’m not saying I agree with everything one of those TV preachers says throughout his or her entire ministry, but God has shown me the nuggets in what these ministers present. I’ll try to post on my blog my thoughts on what I learned/gleaned.