Let’s Interlope by EBENIM PUBLISHING

Are you fed up with the sham and charade of the “Christian” dating game? Are you uncertain as to the Biblical veracity of “Kissing Dating Goodbye?” Are you concerned about where to find a good wife for your sons?

Ebenim Publishing announces the unveiling of its new booklet: Let’s Interlope–a truly Biblical model for finding a wife from the book of Judges. This highly acclaimed booklet will bring clear, scriptural understanding to this emotional topic.

You’ll learn from Judges 21 these important principles:

1. How vineyards are the key to a happy marriage,
2. How catching a mate may be easier than you think,
3. How dancing can be the key to your future.

For less than the price of premarital counseling, you to can own this important booklet that will transform your views of finding a wife.

From Judges 21

Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?” And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel. However, we cannot give them wives from our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the one who gives a wife to Benjamin.’” Then they said, “In fact, there is a yearly feast of the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”

Therefore they instructed the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go, lie in wait in the vineyards, and watch; and just when the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, then come out from the vineyards, and every man catch a wife for himself from the daughters of Shiloh; then go to the land of Benjamin. Then it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, that we will say to them, ‘Be kind to them for our sakes, because we did not take a wife for any of them in the war; for it is not as though you have given the women to them at this time, making yourselves guilty of your oath.’”

And the children of Benjamin did so; they took enough wives for their number from those who danced, whom they caught. Then they went and returned to their inheritance, and they rebuilt the cities and dwelt in them.

Paul Simpsonized, 2007

My friend Fletch from Mangotimes directed Pamela and I to a website that analyzes a photograph and creates a Simpsons characture.  While not as close of a match as his, its a fun diversion...I wonder if the Flanders' house is for sale...


From Matthew 22:

And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”

Does it really need a caption?

Anyone who has mounted a tank to a toilet without the aid of another has an additional reason why it is not good for man to be alone...

Mahogany Plank

Some how we got on the topic of multiple wives recently in a family discussion and how it isn't God's plan.  One of the boys declared that the opposite of polygamy was mahogany.

From Song of Solomon chapter 2

Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods,
      So is my beloved among the sons. 

I sat down in his shade with great delight,
      And his fruit was sweet to my taste.

The Nun, from the Library of Congress

We currently live near a convent.  I've been wondering...

If a creamery sells Ice Cream, if a bakery sells baked goods, if an eatery sells meatloaf, and if a cannery sells cans...

What does a nunnery sell?

From Leviticus 25

And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor’s hand, you shall not oppress one another.   According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years of crops he shall sell to you.

Prohibition Postcard

I was just reading Steve Walden's blog online and he inspired me...so here's a list of a few things I've been thinking about or questions I'm pondering.

1. What kind of person names his blog "the mango times" and doesn't like mangos?

2. When did I move from "DON'T DO THAT!  YOU MIGHT HURT YOURSELF!!!!" to "Don't worry dear, if he hurts himself, I'm sure it won't be life threatening"?

3. Why is it called an "autoharp" when it doesn't play itself?

4. Why did I choose that image for this post?

5. How many more books can I try reading at the same time?


From Proverbs 30...

There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
      Yes, four which I do not understand: 
The way of an eagle in the air,
      The way of a serpent on a rock,
      The way of a ship in the midst of the sea,
      And the way of a man with a virgin.

Mystery Machine

Guess...

1.) What it is, 
2.) What it does,
3.) What time period it is from.

I'll come up with some cool prize for the best guess and the most creative guess.

Paul

I found this radio themed cartoon on my hard drive.  I don't remember what the original context of the comic was and I don't have the original caption either--so I need your help coming up with something clever.

"I think he really DOES have the ability to cloud men's minds..."