Desert Island Chapters

[ebia]

(as per desert Island Discs but adapted):

You are about to be marooned on a desert island indefinitely, and you get to choose 8 chapters of the bible only to save with you to read. Which 8 would you choose?

You get the Psalm 119, Romans 8 and John 20 for free.

 

[Achilles6129]

1) John 3
2) John 8
3) John 15
4) John 16
5) Rev. 1
6) 1 John 2
7) 2 Thess. 1
8) 1 John 3

 

[ebia]

You do like Johannine stuff, don't you ;-)

 

[MrPolo]

Let's see off the top of my head....

John 2
Revelation 12
John 16
Sirach 7
Acts 27 (about a shipwreck )
Luke 1
Matthew 5
Genesis 3

 

[ebia]

Mine:

Genesis 1
Isaiah 40
Luke 2
Luke 24
Philippians 2
Philemon
1 Cor 15
Col 1

 

[MrPolo]

I'll give a little more detail about why I picked mine.

• John 2 - Has the wedding at Cana story, Christ's first miracle and the role of Mary seemingly convincing Jesus to do it even though He sounds like He didn't want to.
• Revelation 12 - More Marian stuff and the battle between Christ and the dragon.
• John 16 - Jesus' discourse to the disciples, includes His promise to guide them to all truth by sending the Advocate, the Spirit.
• Sirach 7 - I love this whole book, but the most passages I have copied out of it are from chap. 7. Contains wisdom like, "Do you have cattle? Look after them; if they are profitable to you, keep them."
• Acts 27 (about a shipwreck ) This chapter would make a great movie.
• Luke 1 - The angel visits Mary, she says the Magnificat...
• Matthew 5 - Encouraging words from Jesus, like how the birds are taken care of, so how much more you will be...
• Genesis 3 - The Fall of Man, and the promise that the serpent's head will be crushed.

 

[ittarter]

Gen. 1-3
Deut. 4-5
Matt. 5-7

What would you pick, Ebia?

And what's up with the "free" chapters? Shouldn't the free chapters be Psalm 23, Romans 12 and John, uhh, 15? (For argument's sake)

 

[ebia]

I borrowed the idea, and the person I borrowed from (Tom Wright) assumes that everyone would want John 20 (the most indepth resurrection narrative) and Romans 8 (the climax of that argument). So, like Desert Island disks that chucks in the Bible and the Complete Works of Shakespear so people have to think elsewhere....

I added Psalm 119 just to avoid the question of whether it's fair to have one that is so much longer than the rest.

My choices are in post number 5

 

[ittarter]

Philemon, huh? (It seems to be the odd duck.)

 

[ebia]

Philemon, huh? (It seems to be the odd duck.)

Its a self-contained entity with plenty to ponder on.