I’ve prayed the Lord’s Prayer throughout my life both verbatim and, more often, as a template. I’ve also sung it many times in a great men’s quartet arrangement of the Malotte setting. But I never noticed a simple point about the first line that numbers of...
Mark Ward
News Flash: D.A. Carson Makes an Insightful Point!
Carson comments on Matthew 6:7, in which Jesus warns kingdom pray-ers, “Use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do.” His point is that his disciples should avoid meaningless, repetitive prayers offered under the misconception that mere length will make prayers...
An Apt Comment from R.T. France on Matthew 6
Each major section of Matthew 6 (the second of the three chapters relating the Sermon on the Mount) contrasts earthly and heavenly rewards. The unregenerate are known for their pursuit of earthly treasures and earthly rewards. Kingdom citizens are notable for their...
Head, Heart, and Compatibilism
I just picked up a review copy of John Piper's Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God, because his views on the relationship between thinking and feeling have some bearing on my preparation for the dissertation defense. As always with Piper, I was struck by...
A Typographic Proposal for e-Books
This post uses Greek, but I promise that those who don't even know a little βιτ of Greek will still understand it if they try! This is what part of the entry for ἐλπίς (hope) looks like in the Logos version of BDAG (the standard Greek lexicon for NT studies): Those...
Logos Bible Software at Bob Jones University and Seminary
I am the semi-official representative for Logos Bible Software at BJU for two reasons: I want BJU students training for the ministry to get good advice on what Bible software to purchase* and how to use it.** Full disclosure: every once in a great while, Logos gives...
New Blog Design
I just installed a new theme for the blog; it’s my favorite yet. Kudos to Nick Roach of Elegant Themes, whose sites are easy to use, powerful, and beautiful. Buy a theme from him by clicking this link and you support the work of βλογάπη. For $39, you can download as...
How to Read Good
I found the following three posts on reading to be genuinely helpful. Carl Trueman’s contrarian views challenge what C.S. Lewis calls our “chronological snobbery”—and even our “continental snobbery.” Fred Sanders’ second paragraph is real gold on reading strategy; it...
Pogue Effect
When David Pogue, tech reviewer at the NY Times (and PBS NOVA host), likes something, I usually do, too. So today, I signed up for Groupon. He says it’s a good idea. We’ll see how it goes.
A Disinterested Observation
I had an English major for a dad, so vocabulary quizzes were never difficult for me in school. I remember a particular classmate—who bore more than a passing resemblance to Scut Farkus—looking at me with a mixture of incredulity and loathing as I said, "Mrs. S., I...