Biblical Wisdom

April 29, 2014 by • Life • Tags: , , •

I have been thinking a lot about biblical wisdom in the last few weeks. It is something that is different from wisdom as we use it. Most of the time we apply wisdom to get out of some situation that affects us directly or indirectly. This helps us achieve some goal we have set or overcome some difficulty that comes our way.
The one thing it does not do is expose the motive of our heart. Such wisdom when applied may be laudable, it may look selfless but it does not tell the onlooker the true motive behind the execution.

This is where biblical wisdom is different. Biblical wisdom often uses syncrisis to arrive at its conclusion. It contrasts opposite themes or ideas and at times proposes the outcome of either. This pattern then advises the recipient to choose the proper action and therefore proper outcome.

Here the individual is told to choose between the wife of his youth and the adulterer, to be satisfied by her breasts rather than the fragrance of her whose door leads to the place of death.

In this pattern, the presence of godly wisdom is established. The choice of a particular outcome shows the heart of the one choosing. It just does not put up situations where there is room for manipulation it reveals to all that hear it the clear motive behind the action.

This when applied to our speech reveals to us what is behind our actions. We can self-assess and know how near or far we are when it comes to conforming to the nature of God.

James 1:5 tells us how to get wisdom. Wisdom is personalized in the book of Proverbs and Christ is revealed as the wisdom of God.

Oh the depth of the of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgment and how inscrutable his ways!

Soli Deo Gloria

As the month rolled by

March 31, 2014 by • Life •

I have tried to write this month but every single day kept bring its own challenge as the month rolled by. I basically had something fill every single free time and when the something did not require labor, it had to give way to rest.

Going Through the Days

So apart from the hectic schedule at work, there was the ‘small’ issue of learning about the theology of Thomas Aquinas from the perspective of his Summa Theologica. The summary of that experience is that well ahead of our time, Thomas had spent time thinking deeply about issues concerning our walk with God in this life and had chosen to use all the intellectual tools available to him to explain these issues in the light of the word of God and the teachings of the church.
It is really no surprise that people have turned back to him to learn, from him ways in which the assault posed today towards the faith could be handled.

While learning that, the place of the Hebrew poetry in the canon of scriptures was also imbibed. The beauty of the Book of Psalms and of the Prophet Isaiah came to life, showing the depth of the riches of the word of God. In these books, we see the various literary devices used to explain deep things to common people that their understanding might be reached.
We see the Suffering servant speak the words of life concerning his role, goals and mission. The word of God is just so powerful.

All in all, the month has been loaded and here we are at the end of the month. If I do not post this today, then the window is gone but as I have done it now, then I have hope that the future months to come will be better.

Soli Deo Gloria

As the month rolled by

March 31, 2014 by • Life •

I have tried to write this month but every single day kept bring its own challenge as the month rolled by. I basically had something fill every single free time and when the something did not require labor, it had to give way to rest.

Going Through the Days

So apart from the hectic schedule at work, there was the ‘small’ issue of learning about the theology of Thomas Aquinas from the perspective of his Summa Theologica. The summary of that experience is that well ahead of our time, Thomas had spent time thinking deeply about issues concerning our walk with God in this life and had chosen to use all the intellectual tools available to him to explain these issues in the light of the word of God and the teachings of the church.
It is really no surprise that people have turned back to him to learn, from him ways in which the assault posed today towards the faith could be handled.

While learning that, the place of the Hebrew poetry in the canon of scriptures was also imbibed. The beauty of the Book of Psalms and of the Prophet Isaiah came to life, showing the depth of the riches of the word of God. In these books, we see the various literary devices used to explain deep things to common people that their understanding might be reached.
We see the Suffering servant speak the words of life concerning his role, goals and mission. The word of God is just so powerful.

All in all, the month has been loaded and here we are at the end of the month. If I do not post this today, then the window is gone but as I have done it now, then I have hope that the future months to come will be better.

Soli Deo Gloria

This is a picture of the IFTTT website welcome page

IFTTT

February 15, 2014 by • Life • Tags: , , , •

IFTTT is if this then that. It is an internet of things app. It allows you to use the internet to automate certain tasks to make your life easier managing those very tasks. It does not work with everything on the internet but it supports most of the big services most of us use from day to day. Services like twitter, evernote, gmail and rss to mention a few.

The expectation of the service from the user is actually simple. You register your account and then you create your recipe or pick from the free numerous ones on the site.

You choose your trigger event then you choose the action you want performed then you activate the recipe. It would not hurt to test the recipe to be sure it will do what it has been designed to do.

IFTTT is available as an app on the iOS platform as well as on the internet browser. This makes it easy to use everywhere. The only problem I had with it is that when I’m in the offline mode on my phone, I can’t mix any recipe. I guess it does makes sense since it is about the internet of things but it probably is a cool idea to be able to try your hands on some mixtures while you are away from signal coverage areas.

I am still learning how to maximize it but looking at the recipes I have running now, it looks like this is something that will become very big with time.

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