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People who don't like to read but want to write.  Why the president has to come on the radio and tell people on the East Coast to evacuate.  How stupid are they?  Who put that in his job description? Why Newt Gingrich is still running for president. Why people think college is more about social integration than learning.

On August 28 I will be teaching my last session of my Sunday School class.  I have asked to be relieved of it so that I can focus on campus ministry and writing.  I will miss it, but I do feel dry.  For six and a half years I have spent 5 or more hours a week on studying for the class, and I have been unable to go on weekend trips.  However, I have been able to get into the Bible in wonderful ways.  Most of all, my class members are awesome ladies.  This is the transcript of my last lesson, a strange one to end on! The Book of Ecclesiastes gets a bad rap.   It is not a depressing book.   It is a realistic book by a man who has seen what life had to offer and has some observations.   It is wisdom literature, so it is more about principles than promises.   So you won’t find a lot of discussion about heaven, redemption, forgiveness.   You will find a lot about world view:   how we should see...

Traveling Through.  Available at all online bookstores, and in Kindle and Nook.  http://www.amazon.com/Traveling-Through-Barbara-G-Tucker/dp/1602900639/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281706982&sr=1-1.

As I have written before, I usually (but not always) vote Republican, not because I am in love with Republican politicians but because the party's platform is closer to my own positions.  However, politics does not lend itself to nuanced positions.  I believe in a small government, pro-responsibility America.  If everyone would take responsibility to make mature decisions, we would be the kind of country we should be.  However, I think this includes treating the environment right and helping poor children and building strong schools, and not ignoring any of those.  I think there should be incentives to do the right thing, carrots if you will, but not sticks.  I also find it ironic that liberal, pro-choice people want women to have control over their bodies at every stage of pregnancy but don't want us to eat hot dogs or smoke cigs (granted, neither are good for you, but I think aborting an 8-month old preborn baby is a little more dangerous.)  I can't ...

I taught Song of Solomon last week and this.  Here are my two lessons, combined.  It's long, sometimes overlaps, and may seem a bit unorganized.  The sources of borrowed material are noted, but I think this could help you if you have to teach it. Sometimes I feel we get obsessed with the goings on of people 3,000 years ago in a strange mideastern country.   What impact does this have on me?   How can we make it matter to people?   OT must always be kept as background, as explanation, not as foreground. Solomon is both fascinating and mysterious. We have no background as to when and why he wrote this. Solomon is not included in the Luke genealogy.   Why?   Mary is descended from Nathan, David’s first son.   And sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam of Jezreel; 2Sa 3:3   and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the widow of Nabal of ...