“For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses….” “For prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:16,21).
I’ve been reading books again.
That explains a lot of things. It explains where my mind is these days, what’s been bugging me, and where I’ve been searching the Word.
I’ve been reading “The Story of Ain’t.” This is mostly about what goes into dictionaries, particularly Webster’s Third Edition. Author David Skinner brings us into the inner offices of G. and C. Merriam Company to show how decisions are made concerning the English language. If you like that, you’d love watching sausage being made. (It’s a difficult book to read and only the wordsmiths among us should “rush out and buy this book.”)
I’ve been reading “The Refiner’s Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844.” Author John L. Brooke takes us back into the context of the birth of this American-made religion to show that almost all its doctrines and revelations were the product, not from Heaven, but of ideas floating around when Joseph Smith was a young man.
I’ve been reading the Bible.
The contrast in these three is enlightening. Reflecting on them resulted in the following observations….