How We Got Our Old Testament with Pastor Phil Oswald
1800 B.C. to 500 B.C.
Maggid
(Hukawati)
“Story-tellers”
Laughter lau
 Etiquette laughter
 Contagious laughter
 Cruel laughter
 Eye-rolling laughter
 Canned laughter
 Belly laugh-snorting laughter
• Abraham’s Laughter
• Abraham’s Antics
• Sarah’s Laughter
• Isaac’s Name: Laughter
 Genesis 19.14 - Lot’s son-n-law laughs
 Genesis 21.6 - Sarah’s laughs again…but in joy!
 Genesis 21.9 - Ishmael laughs (mocking)
 Genesis 26.7 - Isaac “laughs” with his wife.
 It cuts the red wire of tension (anxiety)
 It connects you with your community rather than turning inward)
3. It lets you postpone a conclusion