Nope that wouldn't be bragging. Exhorting maybe??? Not bragging. If I were
in your town. I'd be sitting there on Sunday's. Or if you had web
streaming messages, I'd be tuning in from here.
Brad
At 09:32 AM 2/12/2007, you wrote:
>Brad,
>That was just the tip of the ice berg. GRIN! But, I'm not bragging; am I?
>Kathy
>
>
>
>At 07:36 AM 2/12/2007, you wrote:
>>Pretty insightful preacher hubby you got there. Amazing how much we can
>>draw out time after time after time.
>>
>>Brad
>>
>>
>>
>>At 07:28 PM 2/11/2007, you wrote:
>>
>>>Phil & Brad,
>>> Greg's sermon was about the Tower of Babel today. Something
>>> about the story that I had never noticed before had to do with the
>>> materials used. When God told His people to build an altar, and later
>>> the temple, they were to always use stones and no tools were to be used
>>> on the sight. the Tower of Babel was built with inferior, man made
>>> materials of brick and tar. Greg used that example to illustrate what
>>> our ideas and drives are like when we just want to do things our own
>>> way and not seek God's will in the planning. "Bingo!"
>>>Kathy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 02:46 PM 2/11/2007, you wrote:
>>>>I noticed that in one of the resources but that is a good point, too. Had
>>>>to be a weird strange period of time in those days. I wonder how high the
>>>>tower of Babel got before God came down and scrambled the language?
>>>>
>>>>Phil.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "MV" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 12:23 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: Insult to compliment
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Phil,
>>>> >
>>>> > Could be because he was Ham's kid. Noah's grandson. Ham was the one who
>>>> > peaked at Noah while he was naked and drunk and then told his
>>>> brothers who
>>>> > then went in walking backwards to cover Noah's indecency up. Noah found
>>>>out
>>>> > what happened and God cursed Ham and his descendents... see below the
>>>> > Nimrod reference here...
>>>> >
>>>> > From Nelson's Bible Dictionary:
>>>> >
>>>> > NIMROD
>>>> > NIMROD
>>>> > [NIM rahd] (meaning unknown)-a son of Cush and grandson of Ham, the
>>>> > youngest son of Noah (Gen 10:8-12; 1 Chron 1:10). Nimrod was a
>>>> "mighty one
>>>> > on the earth"-a skilled hunterwarrior who became a powerful king. He is
>>>>the
>>>> > first mighty hero mentioned in the Bible.
>>>> > The principal cities of Nimrod's Mesopotamian kingdom were "Babel,
>>>>Babylon,
>>>> > Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar" (Gen 10:10). From the
>>>>land
>>>> > of Babylon he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh and other cities
>>>>(Gen
>>>> > 10:11). In Mic 5:6 Assyria is called "the land of Nimrod."
>>>> > The origin and meaning of the name Nimrod is uncertain, but it is
>>>> doubtful
>>>> > that it is Hebrew. It is probably Mesopotamian, originating from the
>>>> > Akkadian (northern Babylonian) god of war and hunting, Ninurta, who was
>>>> > called "the Arrow, the mighty hero."
>>>> >
>>>> > HAM
>>>> > HAM
>>>> > [hamm] (hot)-the name of a person and two places in the Old Testament:
>>>> > 1. The youngest of Noah's three sons (Gen 5:32). Ham, along with the
>>>> rest
>>>> > of Noah's household, was saved from the great Flood by entering the ark
>>>> > (Gen 7:7). After the waters went down and Noah's household left the ark,
>>>> > Ham found his father, naked and drunk, asleep in his tent. Ham told his
>>>> > brothers, Shem and Japheth, who covered their father without looking on
>>>>his
>>>> > nakedness. Noah was furious because Ham had seen him naked, and he
>>>> placed
>>>>a
>>>> > curse on Ham and his descendants. The offspring of Ham were to serve the
>>>> > descendants of Shem and Japheth (Gen 9:21-27).
>>>> > Ham had four sons: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan (Gen 10:6). The
>>>> > descendants of these four are generally thought of as immoral and evil.
>>>>The
>>>> > tribe of Mizraim settled in Egypt, while the tribes of Cush and Put
>>>>settled
>>>> > in other parts of Africa. The tribe of Canaan populated Phoenicia and
>>>> > Palestine.
>>>> > 2. A city east of the Jordan River during the time of Abraham. It was
>>>> > attacked by Chedorlaomer and other allied kings (Gen 14:5). The modern
>>>>city
>>>> > of Ham lies six kilometers (four miles) south of Irbid.
>>>> > (from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas
>>>> > Nelson Publishers)
>>>> >
>>>> >
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