Monthly Archives: January 2009

I Commend to Your Attention…

Posted on January 24, 2009 by

The last couple of posts from Esteban Vázquez: Gossiping the Gospel  On Blurbing (Or, This Is the Best Book to Appear since the Invention of Writing) The first post is a call to take more thought for what we say … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Stuff, Debates, Enjoyable Posts | 4 Comments

An Interesting Fact

Posted on January 23, 2009 by

Just a quick note before I head off to read Genesis and Bauckham’s newest book… A couple of hours ago I learned as I read my daughter a book for bedtime that dolphins and porpoises are actually whales and killer … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | 18 Comments

Blogging Hiatus (well, sort of)

Posted on January 23, 2009 by

Last night Mike Aubrey talked about his hard drive failing and having to ship his laptop off for repair and I thought to myself, “I’m glad I’ve never had a hard drive problem like that.”  Well, if ever I needed a … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, Technology | 16 Comments

BibleWorks 8 & NA27 Variants

Posted on January 22, 2009 by

Jeremiah said in a recent comment: “I wish I could figure out how to view variants with the NA27 text…”  To which I replied: “You and me both. The best I can do is look at the Tischendorf NT Textual Apparatus.”  … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Studies, New Testament, Technology | 17 Comments

The “So What?” Factor

Posted on January 22, 2009 by

Earlier today James White commented on his debate with Bart Ehrman saying such things as: I was especially interested in his tremendous fear to even talk about the Qur’an and Islam. I thought Dr. Ehrman is a professor of religious studies? … Continue reading →

Posted in Debates, New Testament | 44 Comments

Get Outta My Face!

Posted on January 22, 2009 by

Get Outta My Face! is the title of a new book by Rick Horne and WTS is selling it at 65% 30% [Update: They sold all of their 65% off copies] off the list price until 12:00 PM on January 24.  The … Continue reading →

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For Those Who Don’t Know

Posted on January 22, 2009 by

Be sure to check out Justin Brierly’s Unbelievable radio program on Premier Christian Radio.  Here’s a description from the website: Saturdays 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm Each Saturday, in the award-winning programme Unbelievable, Justin Brierley asks questions like: Can Christianity … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Studies, Theology | 2 Comments

BibleWorks 8: Day 2 Thoughts

Posted on January 21, 2009 by

After playing with BW8 off and on throughout the afternoon I’m amazed at how fast it is (btw, my computer is back to running at normal speed).  Whether you just double click on a word or highlight a phrase and … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Technology | 12 Comments

A Voice of Reason

Posted on January 21, 2009 by

The other day my father had asked me if I was going to watch Obama’s inauguration and of course I said that I wasn’t.  When he asked why not I responded by telling him that I hadn’t watched any president’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | 8 Comments

All the Answers

Posted on January 21, 2009 by

Bryan Lilly is reading Christopher J. H. Wright’s The God I Don’t Understand and has this to say: The book has been incredible so far. It’s very refreshing to see a biblical scholar talk about the fact that he doesn’t have … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | 10 Comments