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Pasa Graphe' Theopneustos Kai Ophelimos (Greek) is one of the most often-repeated passages from the Scriptures, ie, the Bible. The passage appears in the heading of our Facebook page. But what does it say to us in our various tongues? Well, for those of us who speak English, this passage is a bold testimony from the pen of one Paul, a first-century scholar from the Isrealite tribe of Benjamin. It is also a statement steeped in the thelogy of the Biblical narratives. So, Paul wrote to a young ethnic Jew named Timotheus: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable......"
At the time Paul wrote those words, there was not yet a codex known as the "New Testament." The scrolls of papyrus on which were written the Scriptures are what we call today the "Old Testament." In its immediate and limited interpretation, Paul is saying that the messages in the Old Testament are inspired by God. That being so, who is the man who would say that the record of the flood in Noah's day was simply an allegory, and not an historical account?

A Break In the Weather

Dear God: Our whole state is locked in a deep freeze, Father, and this four-day snowstorm has crippled us all. The roads are piled high with snow drifts; power lines are down. People can’t get to work and the schools are closed. Six people have frozen to death, and the gloom is pervasive.

Is it all right to ask you for some respite? No, I don’t believe that storms and typhoons are your way of punishing our planet for making porn movies. It’s unfair to call every natural disaster a kind of retribution or act of God. But even as your Son rebuked a storm on Galilee, I choose to believe that the elements are subject to your power and your commands. If it can ease human suffering, and also somehow bring glory to Your name, could You please call a halt to the endless flurries of snow?

In the meantime, thank you, Lord, for the warmth inside our own home. Thank you for giving us the earning power to keep paying our heating bills. Please bless those who are out in the snow, on the icy streets, stranded at the airport, or shivering without shelter tonight. You know them, Lord, and the painful chill in their bones. Warm them with Your presence and Your love.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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David B. Smith writes from Southern California.

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