Re: The centre of the Bible

Stephen

On these fine nights (gets dark at 10 30pm for us) look at the centre of
your bike wheels and pedal off into the sunset. But remember some Texans
fall of their bikes when they cycle in Britain, but he hasn't kept his
balance over anything for over 5 years.

Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen J. Krogh" <panterragroup@mindspring.com>
To: "Hon Wai Lai" <honwai.lai@gmail.com>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 8:40 PM
Subject: RE: The centre of the Bible

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu
>> [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On Behalf Of Hon Wai Lai
>> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 4:50 PM
>> To: asa@calvin.edu
>> Subject: The centre of the Bible
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>> I came across a powerpoint slideshow illustrated with beautiful nature
>> photographs, with the following messages in the slideshow:
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>> ........................................
>> This is pretty strange how it worked out this way.
>> Even if you are not religious, you should read this.
>>
>> Q: What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?
>> A: Psalm 117
>>
>> Q: What is the longest chapter in the Bible?
>> A: Psalm 119
>>
>> Q: Which chapter is in the centre of the Bible?
>> A: Psalm 118
>>
>> Facts:
>> There are 594 chapters before Psalms 118.
>> There are 594 chapters after Psalms 118.
>> Add these numbers up and you get 1188.
>>
>> Q: What is the centre verse in the Bible?
>> A: Psalm 118:8
>>
>> Does this verse say something significant about God's perfect will for
>> our
>> lives?
>>
>> The next time someone says they would like to find God's perfect will for
>> their lives and that they want to be in the centre of His will, just send
>> them to the centre of His Word!
>>
>> Psalms 118:8 (NKJV)
>> "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man."
>>
>> Now isn't that odd how this worked out...or was God in the centre of it?
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> SNIP
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>> However, does anyone know if the above assertions are indeed correct - at
>> least in the NKJV translation (how about NIV?), and how might one
>> downplay
>> the apparent pattern? Also when was the Bible delineated with verses and
>> passages?
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> I thought this looked a little familiar.
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> http://www.snopes.com/religion/center.htm
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Received on Tue Jun 6 16:23:23 2006