I just wrote a little section in my dissertation on the fear of the Lord. Proverbs 1:7 reads, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” Fear (יִרְאָה) in this verse is certainly used often in the phrases “fear of God” or “fear of the Lord,” but it is also...
Dissertation
Chapter 3 Approved
Praise the Lord: chapter 3 of the dissertation sailed through smoothly. Please pray that chapter 4 would do the same. Thank you to those who have prayed for me. I've updated my word-count ticker.
Charles Hodge on Love in 1873
I rarely do this, but I felt Hodge was worth quoting at length (I added paragraph breaks and updated the Scripture reference format): Love in us includes complacency and delight in its object, with the desire of possession and communion. The schoolmen, and often the...
Chapter 2 Approved! Dissertation Tickers Updated!
I've decided to enhance my dissertation tickers rather than spending time writing my dissertation. The first ticker now shows how many words have passed all the way through the pipeline and how many I have written (basically three-ish additional chapters in various...