"The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain and the surrounding influence and qualities produced by that relationship. That is all God asks us to give our attention to, and it is the one thing that is continually under attack.
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- Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest
Thursday, April 15, 2004
This comes via Jared:
Warned to fall back, Milroy chose to stand his ground, much as Banks had done in a similar predicament the year before.Follow the herd:
- From Stars In Their Courses - The Gettysburg Campaign by Shelby Foote
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.
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Comments on "A Rumble Heard Across The Blogosphere":
2. Bill
- 04/15/2004 7:23 am CDT
No kidding?
Shelby Foote is awesome. If you've never read it, you need to read Shiloh - it's a quick and fabulous read.
3. jen
- 04/15/2004 7:27 am CDT
I have Shelby Foote's Civil War trilogy and I've yet to do more than skim through passages.
5. jen
- 04/15/2004 8:47 am CDT
Ahem. I'll have you know that I read/listened to all of the Lord of the Rings, thankyouverymuch.
Have you seen the Shelby Foote trilogy? It's HUGE!
6. Shrode
- 04/15/2004 8:47 am CDT
Here's mine:
I'm having a hard time deciding which book is closest to me, since I'm surrounded by them.
But I guess it's this one:
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord; Holy is the"
From the 23rd page, 5th line of The Baptist Hymnal
7. Jen (Yoshimi)
- 04/15/2004 10:44 am CDT
"Thus systematic theology asks, for example, 'What does the whole Bible teach us today about prayer?'"
- Grudem's Systematic Theology
:)
8. Jared
- 04/15/2004 10:49 am CDT
Grudem is the man! And his ST is absolutely the best modern ST out there, not to mention the most fun.
9. Marla
- 04/15/2004 10:58 am CDT
"This honest commitment to truth is the unifying factor in Lewis' writings." --The Quotable Lewis (from the introduction)
10. Quaid
- 04/15/2004 11:38 am CDT
"It is impossible in the very nature of God for Him to do otherwise."
-Jerry Bridges in Pursuit of Holiness referring to the previous sentences, "God never vascillates. He always does what is just and right without the slightest hesitation."
Cool post. Shelby Foote rocks. He is fun to watch in the Burns Civil War documentary from PBS. You can tell that he LOVES what he does (Civil War historian). He laughs and giggles at everything.
11. salguod.net
- 04/15/2004 3:56 pm CDT
This is either kinda cool or really goofy, I'll let you decide which. I have no idea what 'Book Meme' is, but I saw it at the Thinklings and thought I'd play along. Here's mine: After being asked to speak...
13. Jen (Yoshimi)
- 04/16/2004 5:40 am CDT
Hey Jared, I like Grudem a lot. Glad he's got fans here! :)
17. Jen's Dad
- 04/17/2004 6:47 am CDT
from
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Earthscience/Geology/OilandGas/AboutOilandGaz/briefhistory/briefhistory.htm
When oil first started flowing out of the wells in western Pennsylvania in the 1860's, desperate oil men ransacked farmhouses, barns, cellars, stores, and trashyards for any kind of barrel--molasses, beer, whiskey, cider, turpentine, sale, fish, and whatever else was handy. But as coopers began to make barrels specially for the oil trade, one standard size emerged, and that size continues to be the norm to the present. It is 42 gallons.
The number was borrowed from England, where a statute in 1482 under King Edward IV established 42 gallons as the standard size barrel for herring in order to end skullduggery and "divers deceits" in the packing of fish. At the time, herring fishing was the biggest business in the North Sea. By 1866, seven years after Colonel Drake drilled his well, Pennsylvania producers confirmed the 42-gallon barrel as their standard, as opposed to , say, the 31 1/2 gallon wine barrel or the 32 gallon London ale barrel or the 36 gallon London beer barrel.
And that, in a roundabout way, brings us right back to the present day. For the 42 gallon barrel is still used as the standard measurement, even if not as a physical receptacle, in the biggest business in the North Sea--which today of course in not herring, but oil.
18. Jared
- 04/17/2004 7:41 am CDT
At first I thought Jen's Dad had missed the part about the "fifth sentence," but then I realized this was answering Bird's/Rong's barrel conundrum.
Go Jen's Dad!
20. TulipGirl
- 04/18/2004 10:13 am CDT
"Ministry in the city, then, will help you grasp the gospel of grace in powerful ways." Follow the herd: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 23. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the...
25. Bill
- 06/27/2005 12:45 pm CDT
I'd love to read that paper when you're done. Stars in Their Courses is a great book!
Ooo. I bought this book on Tuesday. Cool.