Monthly Archives: February 2009

Anticipating the 2009 TBS

Posted on February 24, 2009 by

Weekend Fisher has written a post introducing her 2009 Trinity Blogging Summit submission and anticipating the summit itself.  I can hardly wait to read her submission and I hope that this serves as a nice reminder to all who have … Continue reading →

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Review Books: A Gift & a Curse

Posted on February 24, 2009 by

Review books are both a gift and a curse.  When it’s a good book then reading it and reviewing it is a joy.  But when you don’t like it then reading it and reviewing it is a chore.  My advice … Continue reading →

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Taking Chance

Posted on February 24, 2009 by

I just finished watching the film Taking Chance (HBO Films, 2009) starring Kevin Bacon and I have to say that it was an incredibly moving movie.  The respect and honor given to our dead servicemen is astonishing and I think well-deserved.  I … Continue reading →

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In the Mail

Posted on February 24, 2009 by

Three big books: Philip W. Comfort, New Testament Text and Translation Commentary (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 2008). Gordon D. Fee, God’s Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994). R. K. Harrison, Introduction to … Continue reading →

Posted in Books (Misc.), In the Mail | 11 Comments

On the Elimination of Emoticons

Posted on February 24, 2009 by

A couple of weeks ago I disabled the emoticon feature on WordPress so the infamous smiley in any of its incarnations no longer appears in any of my posts or in the comments.  My reason for this was simple: I … Continue reading →

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Stuff Worth Looking At

Posted on February 24, 2009 by

Bryan L. on Richard Hays on Paul’s use of Is. 28:10-11 in 1Cor. 14:21. The Spring 2009 Baker catalogue (HT: Michael Bird).  See also the Spring 2009 Eerdmans catalogue. Gary M. Burge’s Crucial Books in Johannine Studies.  I’d add F. … Continue reading →

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No Anonymous Comments

Posted on February 23, 2009 by

Someone just left a comment on this post saying: You should look again. Hays is a phenomenal exegete and expositor with articulative abilities leagues beyond the people he spars with. Robinson has been one of the few adversaries of his that … Continue reading →

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I Just Realized…

Posted on February 23, 2009 by

That I didn’t post anything yesterday.  I thought that my review of the Soul Infinity NT went out before midnight but apparently I was wrong.  Oh well, my goal for posting twice a day every day this year was already … Continue reading →

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I Hope So!

Posted on February 23, 2009 by

I was just looking at a video of N. T. Wright, Antony Flew, and Gary Habermas and the man introducing them said something funny; he called N. T. Wright a “New Testament scholar who has written extensively on the New … Continue reading →

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An Exercise in Missing the Point

Posted on February 23, 2009 by

I have to admit that I don’t read Triablogue unless someone whose blog I do read links to it.  Well, TurettinFan did exactly that in linking to an admittedly humorous post by Steve Hays in which he mocks Perry Robinson of Energetic … Continue reading →

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