Thursday, February 02, 2006

The ancient art of blogging

I was thinking the other day about blogging. The way that I use the technology is to comment on Scripture or spiritual issues that have been raised in my life. I though it's too bad that they didn't have blogging in the Bible days. Imagine the stoics and philosophers conferring over the issues of the Mars Hill public forums. Think about the volume of research help that Dr. Luke could have had by posting his research for review by his professional peers.

It's too bad they were hampered by not having this kind of technology or were they? The writers of the New Testament letters often quoted OT Scripture or referred to OT characters to make their point. They journalled about life and how to live it Biblically. Their logs were not web logs but were instead Bible logs or 'bleogs! It is great to know that theirs were not human rants against the left wing or right wing government or its policies, nor were they reports of the weekend events. They were divinely inspired notes, commentaries on the previous revelation of the Word. These 'bleogs were infallible discussion of the practical ramifications of the very Words of God.

In case you were wondering, I claim no such inspiration or inerrancy for these posts! I believe that God created the Holy Bible through the right men at the right time for His perfect purpose! What an incredible feat! What a great book!

In love with the Author and Finisher of my faith,
and the perfect exegesis of God,
In His grip,
Mike

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