Monthly Archives: July 2008

This Struck Me as Funny

Posted on July 31, 2008 by

Psalm 139 (NLT) 19 O God, if only you would destroy the wicked!   Get out of my life, you murderers! 20 They blaspheme you;   your enemies misuse your name. 21 O LORD, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you?   Shouldn’t I despise those who … Continue reading →

Posted in Old Testament, Random Thoughts | 12 Comments

Bible Study and Tetris

Posted on July 31, 2008 by

Studying the Bible is like playing Tetris, you shift stuff around until it all fits together in an attempt to make the problems disappear.  And it’s also a lot of fun. :) B”H

Posted in Random Thoughts | 8 Comments

Oh Happy Day!

Posted on July 31, 2008 by

Nuff said… B”H

Posted in Miscellaneous | 13 Comments

NLT Study Bible: General Layout

Posted on July 30, 2008 by

Harrison, Sean A., ed. NLT Study Bible Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 2008. Pp. xl + 2486. Hardcover. $39.99. Amazon | CBD . . . In this post I’m going to offer a couple of comments on the general layout … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Studies, Book Reviews, New Testament, Old Testament, Scripture | 6 Comments

Sweet Deals

Posted on July 30, 2008 by

CBD has Ceslas Spicq’s Theological Lexicon of the New Testament (3 vols.) on sale right now for $29.99.  Also of interest was the Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd ed. (previously published as The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church) for … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Deals | 10 Comments

NLT Study Bible: Introduction Features (2)

Posted on July 29, 2008 by

Harrison, Sean A., ed. NLT Study Bible Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 2008. Pp. xl + 2486. Hardcover. $39.99. Amazon | CBD . . . In this post I will give the NLTSB’s description of the remaining six features of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Studies, Book Reviews, New Testament, Old Testament, Scripture | 5 Comments

Happy Hippo

Posted on July 29, 2008 by

David Ker is having a hand-drawn hippo doodling contest.  I’m not officially entering but I did take a minute to sketch out my own hippo, who ended up looking rather happy, hence the title of this post.  This hippo was … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | 7 Comments

Reverends of What?

Posted on July 29, 2008 by

The Christian Post reports that: The Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday defended the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has come under fire for his recent crude off-air criticism of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.   I don’t care much about what Jackson … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Random Thoughts | 12 Comments

Hebrew New Testament, Huh?

Posted on July 29, 2008 by

Nope, not another HNT giveaway (but look out for one soon!).  I’m sure that we’ve all heard the theory that the NT was originally written in Hebrew and translated to Greek, but I’ve never heard a case quite like this.  Some … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Translation, New Testament | 10 Comments

Organized Konfusion – Hate

Posted on July 29, 2008 by

As I said a couple of posts ago, Pharoahe Monch has long been one of my favorite rappers.  Well, he’s one half of the rap duo Organized Konfusion, the other half being Prince Po.  On their third album Equinox they had … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | 10 Comments