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eleazar
05-09-2007, 08:09 PM
I guess I found my way here the way many others have, by searching for help in getting a book published. It is great to find a community like this and I hope it is mutually beneficial.

I am intrigued by the fact that a creator God, capable of unbelievable sophistication and finesse as demonstrated in the design of all things living, chose to reveal His own heart through ordinary men and women. His whole treatise to this world was written in the vernacular and around the real world experiences, of everyday struggling authors - people like Moses, David, Isaiah, Paul, Luke, John (I can't find their surnames or email addresses, but they all got published in the bible, so you may have heard of them).

God has been speaking through writers and preserving timeless stories in their words, since the beginnings of time. Of all the relics of the past, the most deliberately preserved and most valued to modern archeologists, are the writings of past cultures. Biblical cultures were particularly careful in this. Thanks to them, the faith of our fathers has been faithfully handed down to us, having survived all kinds of challenges on the way.

So, though we may feel at times like our message may not have value, we are in fact part of a great company of individuals that have been writing since the dawn of time - our words will make a difference to this culture and to future cultures, because the pen is mightier than the sword.

David Meigs
05-09-2007, 09:44 PM
Peter, welcome to the CW family!

Merry
05-09-2007, 11:05 PM
Hey, Peter, good to meet you!

righter1
05-10-2007, 01:10 AM
Welcome, Peter! Glad that you've joined us!

Just an aside, one of our pastors at my church--I think he's in charge of missions--is from South Africa.

Anyway, we're happy you're here!

whitehawke
05-10-2007, 01:37 AM
Hi there. Welcome to cw.

Keith Wallis
05-10-2007, 04:32 AM
Hi Peter, welcome to CW.
We have a number of ex-pat South Africans in our local community (mostly teachers).

eleazar
05-10-2007, 09:05 AM
I would love to chat to those ex-pats. In kingdom terms I guess we are all ex-pats, strangers on foreign soil, seeking a kingdom whose builder and maker is God - so I always enjoy relating to believers, wherever they may be

Thanks for the feedback.

Blessings

eleazar
05-10-2007, 09:08 AM
Hi Liberty - great name. What's his name?

Blessings, Pete

eleazar
05-10-2007, 09:08 AM
HI Whitehawke - nice to hear from you and thanks for making me feel welcome.


Pete

eleazar
05-10-2007, 09:09 AM
Hi Merry - likewise. This is fun and its great to be amongst people with such a shared passion.

Blessings, Pete

eleazar
05-10-2007, 09:12 AM
Curmu... hey you don't seem like a killjoy, so how come curmudgeon? Thanks for teh family welcome. Pete

righter1
05-10-2007, 08:15 PM
Hi Liberty - great name. What's his name?

Blessings, Pete


I figured you'd ask me that, and I can't remember his last name! First name's Shawn, though.

See the Scripture reference near my name, and you'll find my namesake!

Again, great to have you here!

eleazar
05-11-2007, 01:43 AM
I know the text well, so am taking a chance (should look it up), but it seems so obviously appropriate - clever play on words.


P

paulchernoch
05-11-2007, 09:15 AM
Hello Eleazar. Welcome to CW, where we strive to imitate the publishing industry of apostolic times. Here we will teach you how to recruit and train a large body of scribes eager to copy your manuscripts, and a few hardy travelers to carry it on foot across the continent. We start the day with calisthenics, careful to rub our feet with oil for the forty miles we will have to walk today to make our next appointment. (Don't worry about trying to keep up the pace - the mob of angry pagans and Roman soldiers on our heels supply all the motivation we need.)

Did I mention I like satire?

My brother-in-law Wellington is from South Africa, Durban I think. Used to be a judge there before moving to the US.

- Paul

eleazar
05-11-2007, 11:13 AM
Hi Paul - i think there is something in what u say anyway. There is a need to use new highways (electronic ones) to communicate news, encouragement and challenges to the wider ecclesia. As God used the roman roads and the greek language to reach that known world, maybe we have a new vehicle to reach this known world and to draw disparate lives and cultures towards our common identity - for suddenly we can now relate with no respect for geographical limitations, something the Apostle Paul (who used his feet and voice to great effect) would have used very powerfully (if by any means he might save some), but which we have yet to harness.

It must make an interesting comparison to practice law in SA and then US?? Regards to Wellington.


Pete