Abbots Langley Methodist Church
Magazine
February 2008

BIBLE STUDY GROUP

from Elizabeth Manning

Bible Study group will give way in February and March to Lent Study Groups and will re-convene early in April with a look at the Second Book of Samuel. Book I was action-packed and we agreed it would have made a good film!

We are discovering that there’s still a lot of interesting stories in the Bible which don’t usually find their way into our Sunday service readings, although of course we didn’t actually find this one:

Moses and his flock arrive at the sea, with the Egyptians in hot pursuit. Moses calls a staff meeting and says: “Well, how are we going to get across the sea? We need a fast solution. The Egyptians are close behind us.” The General of the Armies responded: “Normally, I’d recommend that we build a pontoon bridge to carry us across. But there’s not enough time – the Egyptians are too close.” The Admiral of the Navy said, “Normally, I’d recommend that we build barges to carry us across. But time is too short.” “Does anyone have a solution?” Moses asked. Just then, his Public Relations man raises his hand. Moses called on him – “You? You have a solution?” The PR man said “No, but I can promise you this, if you can find a way out of this one, I can get you a lot of coverage in the Old Testament.”