Posts Tagged as ‘math’

June 9, 2009

TUESDAY NOTES: De-Numbing Numbers

Do you like numbers? Some folks like numbers. They grow up to be accountants, math teachers, scientists, etc. They enjoy calculating probability and formulating solutions to different mathematical problems. It is likely that they also enjoy reading the book of Numbers from the Old Testament.
For most people, Numbers isn’t the first book they would choose [...]

January 29, 2009

MATH: Hazardous to Your Spiritual Health

Pop quiz! What is (4-3)+4(5+3)/3? The answer is eleven. Question two: what’s (Romans 10:17)+(John 8:24)+(Acts 17:30)+(Romans 10:10)+(Acts 22:16)? That’s the mathematical formula for salvation. Wait. Where is Ephesians 2:8? Shouldn’t grace be mentioned somewhere in the formula?
Too often scripture is viewed as a mathematical formula. There are five steps for this and five acts for [...]