Day: September 9, 2005

Back to a faster laptop

The replacement part for my laptop has finally arrived, and works – my screen works again. Hewlett-Packard originally quoted me 8 days delivery for the part (which is only available in the US, so I couldn’t order it in advance!), but quoted over a month in the confirmation mail. After a sharp conversation with their ordering department, they promised to do what they could to speed it up. The subsequent mail still quoted the one-month delivery, though. Yesterday, ten days before the quoted date, a thin but large package arrived, containing a very small part!

I’ve been using an old laptop so far, which did the job OK. Now, I have a reasonable screen resolution and a higher speed, which makes Skype work much better. The old laptop is smaller and lighter, though, and looks better 🙂

Who is your covering?: all the rest

Who is your covering? book coverFrank Viola’s book concludes with a look at the nature of apostolic authority. He makes the point that we often look at Paul (particularly) as being a very authoritarian leader. Examining his writing, however, we find appeals, arguments presented, and references to fellow workers such as Timothy and Titus as ‘sons’, writing that Titus, for example “has gone to you of his own accord” (2. Cor. 8:17).
This ties in with Paul’s statement about apostles in 1. Cor. 4:9, “For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like men condemned to die in the arena.” That does not sound like someone professing great authority in his position.

In summary, Who is your covering? gives a good insight into the meaning of many of the New Testament’s statements about authority. Even though I did not agree with everything he said, the book was thought-provoking. It is well worth reading.