Comments on: Your Life In 500 Words…Or Less

By: tia

tia — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:14:51 +0000

hahaha, nice plug for the esv study bible!

i really want one, by the way, so i will buy one … eventually :]

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:09:50 +0000

That is extremely interesting! Thanks for posting that!

-Emily

By: Stephen Altrogge

Stephen Altrogge — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:44:56 +0000

Jon – I somewhat agree with you. I think that the ESV Study Bible can be a tremendous resource as long as people treat the study notes as just that – study notes. They serve as valuable insight by godly men, not inspired scripture. They are a valuable tool, but not to be accepted without question.

Thanks for your comment.

By: Matt Blick

Matt Blick — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:35:02 +0000

erm that should be ‘deeply’

By: Matt Blick

Matt Blick — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:34:00 +0000

Being Left handed myself Ehud’s one of my bible heroes! I agree with the first post they didn’t search his right side because his sword should have been on the left side (incidentally I believe that is why we shake hands with our right hand , to show we are unarmed).

I wrote a musical exposition of the Eglon/Ehud story based on the ESV text which you can hear on my site (http://www.hemustincrease.com/profile/MattBlick). I hope it will minister seeply to your inner man.

By: Jon Wymer

Jon Wymer — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:51:46 +0000

I was with you until you started plugging a product. The Scofield Bible was heralded by many, yet it’s weaknesses have left us generations of misled Christians. What happened to the power of Scripture without notes and explanations in the margin? I say the same thing about other study Bibles, so don’t take it personally, but I’m not sure the average person can always keep the line clear between the commentary of men and the Word of God.

By: Josh C.

Josh C. — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:25:04 +0000

Hey, I know why Ehud was left-handed!

Ehud went into Moab and was able to kill the king of that country, Eglon. The reason for the killing is that the Israelites were being ruled by the Moabites, so Ehud was sent by God as a deliverer. Here’s where the left-handedness plays out: in most courts, anyone asking to deliver a message to the kng (as Ehud asked to do), they were checked to make sure they weren’t hiding weapons. Unfortunately for Eglon, the custom was to check the left side of the person, as most people were (and still are) right-handed. Thus, the Moabite attendees didn’t even bother to check Ehud’s right side, as they assumed he was right-handed. Too bad for the king that Ehud was part of the minority.

If you want a good song to sum up the story in a silly way, check out the ApologetiX’s “Plump”. Http://www.apologetix.com/music/album.php?id=8