Bleeping on

Yesterday I went along to the EQUIP women’s conference here in Sydney, which was great. The topic of the main talks was ‘Heaven is waiting’, which was encouraging and challenging, and I went to Claire Smith’s elective on ‘The Modern Family’ (mainly because I read a number of blogs where what is called ‘Biblical womanhood’ sounds more like a particular culture than it does Bible, and for much of history, and throughout much of the world, families haven't functioned and don't function that way (which is not to say that they're wrong, but that I think it's important to keep principles separate from context you're applying them to), but Claire’s elective didn’t really take that angle on the subject).

I didn’t get away from this event without buying books and came home with Claire Smith’s new book God’s Good Design – What the Bible Really says about Men and Women and also John Lennox’s book Seven Days that Divide the World. (I heard John Lennox at Katoomba Easter Convention when he was speaking on Genesis, and by demand he did a special discussion one night on creation, which was excellent, and said there that he might write a book about it, and so he has. He said neither yes or no then to the ‘seven days’ argument by the way.)

But today I must write a bible study on Joshua for Wednesday night as I have bible study leader’s dinner Monday night, guitar class Tuesday night, then it’s Wednesday. Right now I have nothing with which to write it from except my bible (maybe this is not such a bad thing, it’s just going to take me longer!). I haven't found any very promising pre-written studies, and even the Bible Speaks Today commentary series doesn’t cover Joshua. Curious. Then it’s market day next Saturday and I am working on “The 2012 Collection”, so there might not be so much activity here for a week or so.