Pam in Colorado wrote:
Sis, I actually like reading books about people in Scripture (or other time periods I have not lived in) that do take some liberties of placing them in time traditional context. I realize that it may not be totally accurate, but it helps me "see" history, and imagine how one might have been.
I also like to picture things like "heaping coals of fire on your enemy's head" or "a millstone around your neck" and then to see a millstone or an olive press, in real life and be able to have that "ah ha" connection of the true weight/process of the imagery.
I don't do so well with scripted Bible studies. Steph touched on some of the "why" for me as well. There is so much that people add on, that is not always true to the meaning of the Scripture. Frustrates me.
Well, finally something we're different in!
I don't like Veggie Tales for the same reasons I don't like biblical novels and movies. I often don't know if I've read something or seen it. It gets confused in my brain.
I *do* like to see real millstones or other real artifacts from the time period - we've seen jewelry of the time period that was unearthed in Jerusalem -
. I imagine walking in the area where Christ walked and seeing the places talked of in the Bible would be pretty amazing.
I don't like things "added on" but I do appreciate those that have studied deeper and longer than I have pointing out other scripture that could/does pertain or connections I might not see.