Thursday Bible Study

  [DAVID] The battle is the Lord’s_   1 Samuel 17     The Bear is a story about an orphaned cub that is adopted by a giant Kodiac bear. The little bear copies everything he sees the big bear doing. He learns to eat honey from a beehive just like the big bear. He learns to fish from a mountain stream. And he learns to scratch his back – up & down and side-to-s ide – on a tree trunk just like the big bear.   Then one day, while the little bear is all alone playing in a field, a mountain lion begins to chase him. The bear runs across an open, rocky field and crosses a river . But with a splash and two leaps the mountain lion stands face-to-face with the baby bear and shows his teeth. He swipes at the bears f ace with his claws and draws blood. He swipes again – and your heart breaks as you realise that the little bear is about to die.   But in a desperate attempt, the little bear begins to do what he’s seen the big bear do – he stands up on his back le g...

  [DAVID] The Lord looks at the heart_   1 Samuel 16:1-13     In the film Twins some genetic engineers combine genes from several of the best men they can find – a brilliant scientist, a powerful athlete, a talented musician, a great artist. They implant these ‘super genes’ into a mother’s womb. But by accident, they also implant all the leftover genetic ‘junk’. Then nine months later, out pops the ideal ( according to our culture) baby, who grows up to be the ideal man: Arnold Schwarzenegger. But to everyone’s surprise, a second baby also pops out – the embodiment of everything our culture says you don’t want to be as a baby or a man – Danny DeVito!   The implied message of the film is that if you want someone to be CEO of your company or the captain of your team or the pastor of your church – or whatever – you'd pick an Arnold Schwarzenegger every time because he is tall, handsome, powerful and intelligent. But the last person you would ever pick would be ...