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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>Subject: Re: Insult to compliment
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>>>
>>> > 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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