{"id":4879,"date":"2009-12-08T10:23:35","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T15:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=4879"},"modified":"2011-05-18T09:36:34","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T15:36:34","slug":"the-bible-in-five-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/the-bible-in-five-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bible in Five Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marcn\/16151713\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/rapture.jpg\" alt=\"rapture by Marcn\" title=\"rapture by Marcn\" width=\"254\" height=\"254\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4880\" srcset=\"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/rapture.jpg 254w, http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/rapture-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A fun <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_meme\">meme<\/a> has been floating around the interwebs as of late &#8212; Summarize the Bible in Five Statements.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t tracked down the originator yet, but I picked up on it from <a href=\"http:\/\/zoecarnate.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/29\/the-bible-in-five-statements-a-meme\/\">Michael Morrell&#8217;s post<\/a> and it&#8217;s been fun following along as it&#8217;s spread from there. <\/p>\n<p>And now I&#8217;ve been tagged too by the legendary podcaster himself, <a href=\"http:\/\/homebrewedchristianity.com\/2009\/12\/07\/five-bible-statements-meme\/\">Chad Crawford<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nHere are the rules&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Summarize the Bible in five statements, the first one word long, the second two, the third three, the fourth four and the last five words long. Or possibly you could do this in descending order. Tag five people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Chaos<br \/>\nGod breathes<br \/>\nMankind rebels against<br \/>\nJesus brings total restoration<br \/>\nJourney towards heaven on earth<\/p>\n<p>So, now I tag the following:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanolog.blogspot.com\">headphonaught<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stewartcutler.com\">Stewart Cutler<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.existentialpunk.com\">existentialpunk<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevindhendricks.com\">Kevin Hendricks<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlestlee.com\">Charles Lee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And if I can cheat and tag a few others:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mikerusch.com\/\">Mike Rusch<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregrussinger.com\">Greg Russinger<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/livingsent.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/jason-c-dukes-blog_29.html\">Jason Dukes<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knightopia.com\">Steve Knight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here are some of the others who have participated&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anamchara.com\/2009\/11\/28\/the-bible-in-five-statements-meme\/\">Carl McColeman<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/zoecarnate.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/29\/the-bible-in-five-statements-a-meme\/\">Zoecarnate<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanbrink.com\/2009\/12\/05\/the-bible-in-five-statements-meme\/\">Missio Dei<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/homebrewedchristianity.com\/2009\/12\/07\/2009\/12\/03\/the-bible-in-5-statements-a-meme\/\">Trip &#8220;the legendary Homebrewer of Theology&#8221; Fuller<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thehopefulskeptic.com\/blog\/?p=202\">The Hopeful Skeptic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/carpenters-shoes.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/bible-in-few-words.html\">Carpenter&#8217;s Shoes<\/a><br \/>\nEphemermal Thoughts<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/episcopalifem.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/04\/bible-in-five-statements-meme\/\">Episcopalifem<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sallysjourney.typepad.com\/sallys_journey\/2009\/11\/my-good-friend-the-arch-druid-eileen-has-tagged-me-in-an-meme--and-i-am-thankful-that-she-has-asked-me-to-respond-to-the-orig.html\">Eternal Echoes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/epiphanygirl.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/30\/the-%E2%80%9Cbible-in-five-statements%E2%80%9D-meme\/\">The Girl Who Cried Epiphany<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mattstone.blogs.com\/christian\/2009\/11\/summarise-the-bible-in-five-statements.html\">Glocal Christianity<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathangilmour.com\/hardly\/2009\/12\/i-stand-tagged-the-bible-in-5-lines\/\">Hardly the Last Word<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/khanya.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/27\/the-bible-in-five-statements\/\">Steve Hayes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/himcalledbean.xanga.com\/717665138\/\">Him Called Bean<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/aspiritlikethewind.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/fifteen-word-bible.html\">A Spirit Like the Wind<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rjhargrav.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/29\/the-bible-in-five-statements\/\">Tanzania and James<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/anamchara.com\/2009\/11\/28\/the-bible-in-five-statements-meme\/\">The Websight of Unknowing<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/heartofflame.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/tricky.html\">Yewtree<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nSo what about you? How would you summarize the Bible (or your scripture of choice) in five statements?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marcn\/16151713\/\">(HT marcn for the photo)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fun meme has been floating around the interwebs as of late &#8212; Summarize the Bible in Five Statements. I haven&#8217;t tracked down the originator yet, but I picked up on it from Michael Morrell&#8217;s post and it&#8217;s been fun following along as it&#8217;s spread from there. And now I&#8217;ve been tagged too by the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/the-bible-in-five-statements\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Bible in Five Statements<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[917,1244,2788,2787,481],"class_list":["post-4879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","tag-bible","tag-meme","tag-statements","tag-summarize","tag-theology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pEnSo-1gH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}