tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post110792737739468158..comments2024-03-05T02:14:39.266-07:00Comments on Strange Culture: In the Valley of Elah, David & Goliath, and Idolizing Biblical PeopleRChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-35345236080354073002008-04-21T12:28:00.000-06:002008-04-21T12:28:00.000-06:00Great points. One of the things I heard relativel...Great points. One of the things I heard relatively recently in Sunday school was that too often we look at and are taught in the fashion of "What Would _Saint_ Do?" instead of "What Did God Do With _Saint_?" It should be all about what God does with plain clay vessels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-91017789892689102122008-04-21T06:49:00.000-06:002008-04-21T06:49:00.000-06:00ComPLETEly agreed, RC. God is the hero of the Bibl...ComPLETEly agreed, RC. God is the hero of the Bible, in every story.<BR/><BR/>It was a fairly interesting film, all the same. Most of the time. :-)Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866532531312584126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-48118021400988393402008-04-20T15:28:00.001-06:002008-04-20T15:28:00.001-06:00When I read this line in your post, "but he conque...When I read this line in your post, "but he conquered him because he was brave and courageous and took him down with a slingshot rather than the sword of the king" I had the exact same feeling you later described. While I think we can look to Bible personalities, especially OT ones, as examples, that should be secondary to our understanding that it was God that allowed them to be examples. He is the focal ponit, not them. Your comparison to mythology is a great one. Great post and I couldn't agree with you more.Andohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131797508553759211noreply@blogger.com