Of
the 50 or so Bible computing principles, this is one of my favorites.
I love to share it with others and you will too.
Principle
#3 – A special list.
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Turn
to Mark 8:19-21
- The third principle involves the way that Jesus was quizzing His disciples as He taught them about the Pharisees. He demonstrates the structure of a database with an attitude in that teaching.
A
database is simply a list with with structure. That is, the way the
information in each line is ordered.
A
telephone book is a printed database
we are comfortable in using every day. It’s a list containing
records that contain LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, ADDRESS, then PHONE
NUMBER. Each
line(record) has the same order. But Mark
8 shows us a database with
an important twist.
When
I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of
fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. And when the seven
among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?
And they said, Seven.
And he said unto them,
How is it that ye do not understand?
Do
you see the two records; the two questions Jesus asked His disciples?
5 Loaves,
5 Thou, Leftovers ? Food – Fed – Fragments.
7 Loaves,
4 Thou, Leftovers ? Food – Fed – Fragments.
The
important twist is that He kept asking about the leftovers.
Computer
Programmers work at being good DATA MINERS. They look at the leftover
data for even more ways to make the organization more productive.
POWER
PRINCIPLE in this reference
Look
at leftovers – wasted resources, space, talents, and tools
Like
a goldminer’s pan, there’s golden resources in the leftovers, and
maybe even a lost soul.
Can
you create a small database that might include some friends and
newcomers and some of your activities with them?
1.
_____________________ ____________________
______________________ _________
2.
_____________________ ____________________
______________________ _________
3.
_____________________ ____________________
______________________ _________
4.
_____________________ ____________________
______________________ _________
5.
_____________________ ____________________
______________________ _________
