What? (LOST is back!)

Lost is back tonight for to finish Season 4. Saw this referenced at EW.com a few weeks ago-

Manna from Heaven

We were reading Bible bedtime stories with the kids tonight and we got to the story of the Exodus. My wife was reading from a children's Bible where God provides manna for the Israelites while in the desert.

Of course, toddlers don't know what is "manna" so G explained that it's like bread. M, the older one, immediately asked, "Do they have any butter?" Little G followed with, "Do they have any cheese?" M takes after my mom and likes to butter his bread at restaurants. Little G likes cheese on his bread, especially for breakfast. Hilarious.

To reinforce the idea of manna, G asked them something, I don't recall what. But M's response, "Yes, they have good mannas" - A word play on manna and manners. He's only 5 years old!

LOST Madness

The Washington Post is doing LOST Madness, a play on the NCAA Baskteball March Madness.

There's a bracket you can print and fill out, click on the bracket on the page to vote for the first round.

Tonight, I'll scan and post my bracket here. But I have Jack, Christian (Jack's father), Jacob and the Smoke Monster in the Final Four.

Between the Lines

Sometimes you just gotta read inter linear. What a cliche'!

Discovered this cool site for Old and New Testament Interlinears: http://www.scripture4all.org/

There's also a downloadable version to install on your computer: http://www.scripture4all.org/download/download_ISA20.php

Interlinears are a great Bible study tool, even if you don't know Hebrew or Koine Greek. It's helpful to just look up the the words in a Bible Dictionary or Lexicon.

I use The Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English. Don't have an Old Testament one yet.

How do you interpret the Bible?

Stumbled upon a pretty interesting Hermeneutics Quiz.

Click here to take the quiz: http://buildingchurchleaders.com/assessments/individuals/hermeneuticsquiz.html

Which of the three categories do you fall into? Agree? Disagree? What do you think?

I scored a 32.

Perhaps the title of this entry should be, "Why do you interpret the Bible the way you do?"