Comments on: Wisdom Literature and the Emerging Church, or Where do we go from here? http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/ your source for illegal theology downloads Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29599 michael lee Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:12:43 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/30/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29599 [quote comment="29579"]Ecclesiastes it is. Though I'm not sure how well "Life is meaningless" will follow "Sex is rad!" We'll see.[/quote] It's even more ironic if they were written by the same person! Which leads us to the obvious conclusion that, in spite of having 1,000 wives and concubines, Solomon wasn't having nearly enough sex. All snarkiness aside, I think Ecclesiastes is a deeply human sort of book. It's exactly the kind of book that would be written by someone who looks at the world around him, and says, "Where is God? This world is broken, and I am set adrift in it." The opening and closing couplet use that word <em>hebel</em>, which gets translated as vanity, or breath, or smoke. Even though it's a cry of frustration, I think the author finds some comfort in the fact that everything he sees around him is temporary and illusory, and that the only thing of substance is the sovereignty of God, and his ordination (Ch. 3, 12). [quote comment="29579"]Ecclesiastes it is. Though I’m not sure how well “Life is meaningless” will follow “Sex is rad!” We’ll see.[/quote]

It’s even more ironic if they were written by the same person! Which leads us to the obvious conclusion that, in spite of having 1,000 wives and concubines, Solomon wasn’t having nearly enough sex.

All snarkiness aside, I think Ecclesiastes is a deeply human sort of book. It’s exactly the kind of book that would be written by someone who looks at the world around him, and says, “Where is God? This world is broken, and I am set adrift in it.”

The opening and closing couplet use that word hebel, which gets translated as vanity, or breath, or smoke. Even though it’s a cry of frustration, I think the author finds some comfort in the fact that everything he sees around him is temporary and illusory, and that the only thing of substance is the sovereignty of God, and his ordination (Ch. 3, 12).

]]> By: Morphea http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29586 Morphea Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:25:12 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/30/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29586 If three Gen-Xers (and artists, no less) can't come up with a whole...nay, three or four volumes even...of "Life is Shit" then the world's going to come to an end. Cerise If three Gen-Xers (and artists, no less) can’t come up with a whole…nay, three or four volumes even…of “Life is Shit” then the world’s going to come to an end.

Cerise

]]> By: aly hawkins http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29579 aly hawkins Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:17:07 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/30/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29579 Yep, we're published by Regal...and I work there as an editor. I like to think we'd have gotten published by pretty much anyone because our book is so awesome, but darn it if the inside track isn't nice. First right of refusal and all that. Thanks for the input, kiddos. Ecclesiastes it is. Though I'm not sure how well "Life is meaningless" will follow "Sex is rad!" We'll see. Yep, we’re published by Regal…and I work there as an editor. I like to think we’d have gotten published by pretty much anyone because our book is so awesome, but darn it if the inside track isn’t nice. First right of refusal and all that.

Thanks for the input, kiddos. Ecclesiastes it is. Though I’m not sure how well “Life is meaningless” will follow “Sex is rad!” We’ll see.

]]> By: Melody http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29572 Melody Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:17:36 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/30/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29572 As I suspected, you are published by Regal Books. I worked there in the '70's when Fritz Ridenour (How To Be A Christian Without Being Religous) was Senior Editor. I tried to create a library of all the books they had ever published. What a job. As I suspected, you are published by Regal Books. I worked there in the ’70’s when Fritz Ridenour (How To Be A Christian Without Being Religous) was Senior Editor. I tried to create a library of all the books they had ever published. What a job.

]]> By: ness http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29472 ness Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:08:44 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/30/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29472 Once upon a time I was very depressed. For lots of very good reasons. My husband is also my pastor. He preached through Ecclesiastes. Meticulously. For over two months. In a very honest way. I got better. I love Ecclesiastes. It's good stuff. Once upon a time I was very depressed. For lots of very good reasons.

My husband is also my pastor.

He preached through Ecclesiastes. Meticulously. For over two months. In a very honest way.

I got better.

I love Ecclesiastes. It’s good stuff.

]]> By: june http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29155 june Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:36:15 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/30/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29155 I've no clue where you should go from here, but this phrase: "the disordered maelstrom that is my brain pan" has been ringing in my ears all weekend...especially after the birthday party for my six-year-old son. Six boys, all ages six and under plus sugar equals a mental maelstrom like nothing else. If I can still read after this weekend, I'll enjoy whatever you do next. I’ve no clue where you should go from here, but this phrase:
“the disordered maelstrom that is my brain pan” has been ringing in my ears all weekend…especially after the birthday party for my six-year-old son. Six boys, all ages six and under plus sugar equals a mental maelstrom like nothing else. If I can still read after this weekend, I’ll enjoy whatever you do next.

]]> By: grammy http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29074 grammy Sun, 03 Dec 2006 07:43:00 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/30/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29074 Ecclesiastes by a HUGE margin. It's such a weird, misunderstood book and pastors avoid teaching it like the plague. So go for it, seestah!!! Ecclesiastes by a HUGE margin. It’s such a weird, misunderstood book and pastors avoid teaching it like the plague. So go for it, seestah!!!

]]> By: harmonicminer http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29062 harmonicminer Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:06:59 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/30/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29062 Didn't know where to place this comment, so I put it here: We talked a bit not so long ago about whether emergent folks considered themselves part of a new Reformation. Apparently some do: http://www.emergentvillage.com/weblog/emergent-and-the-new-reformation Didn’t know where to place this comment, so I put it here:

We talked a bit not so long ago about whether emergent folks considered themselves part of a new Reformation.

Apparently some do:

http://www.emergentvillage.com/weblog/emergent-and-the-new-reformation

]]> By: Cliff http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29059 Cliff Sun, 03 Dec 2006 03:24:56 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/30/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-29059 Ecclesiastes wsa the first one that came to my mind, too. Ecclesiastes wsa the first one that came to my mind, too.

]]> By: Sam Carr http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-28937 Sam Carr Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:55:52 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/30/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-28937 Definitely Ecclesiastes! Definitely Ecclesiastes!

]]> By: Melchizedek http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-28876 Melchizedek Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:03:10 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2006/11/30/wisdom-literature-and-the-emerging-church-or-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comment-28876 I think Ecclesiastes would be the way too go. I think Ecclesiastes would be the way too go.

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