Monthly Archives: June 2009

In the Mail

Posted on June 23, 2009 by

Tyndale House sent along a copy of the Psalms/Proverbs commentary by Mark D. Futato and George M. Schwab in the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary series.  We all know I’m not a big commentary guy, but I’ll be doing a lot more … Continue reading →

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Learning Languages

Posted on June 22, 2009 by

I saw a picture of James Allen Hewett’s New Testament Greek: A Beginning and Intermediate Grammar in a photo on James Spinti’s blog the other day.  I asked James what book it was and he provided a link.  So I … Continue reading →

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Near Book Purchases

Posted on June 22, 2009 by

My daughter attended her third birthday party in four days (!) this morning and I needed something to do for the two hours she was there.  I couldn’t justify wasting the gas to drive home only to drive back out … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on June 22, 2009 by

Kevin Edgecomb: The equation of liberal German Protestantism with early Christianity is unbelievably stupid, in addition to being purely offensive. Well amen! :-) B”H

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Father’s Day Bounty

Posted on June 21, 2009 by

To my surprise my daughter had a couple of things waiting in the wings for me for Father’s Day.  Apparently she made them before school ended and kept them hidden.  So here’s what I got (click to enlarge): The one … Continue reading →

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On Fatherhood

Posted on June 21, 2009 by

The best parts of being a father are legion, but I especially enjoy laughing with my daughter.  Being around me her entire life has pretty much ensured that her sense of humor is quite similar to mine so we often … Continue reading →

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Obligatory Father’s Day Quote

Posted on June 21, 2009 by

Peter Widdicombe:  What we mean by calling God Father is to be determined by the way in which the word is used in the narrative account of Scripture, especially by the way in which it is used by Christ and … Continue reading →

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Happy Father’s Day!

Posted on June 21, 2009 by

To all the fathers out there: have a good one! For those interested, I did a series of posts for Father’s Day last year. B”H

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Joe Rogan on God and Evolution

Posted on June 21, 2009 by

UFC commentator and comedian Joe Rogan has a special that’s on right now and he just said something pretty funny.  To paraphrase he basically said that some people believe we came from monkeys and others believe we came from Jesus … Continue reading →

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TUF Finale Play by Play

Posted on June 20, 2009 by

I’ll be updating this post after every fight. 9:37 PM — I was wrong about the Stevenson vs. Diaz fight.  Stevenson looked great and he kept the pressure on Diaz the whole fight.  They both showed excellent jiu jitsu and … Continue reading →

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