A friend e-mailed after my post yesterday recommending Tim Keller's The Reason for God . He suggested I provide a link to Keller MP3s on the Internet. I have not listened to even the majority of these recently collected Keller resources, but if you want to start...
Mark Ward
The Reason for Buying Keller
I began listening to Tim Keller MP3s at the recommendation of a friend a few years ago. He never fails to stimulate and challenge me. (And he's a real wit.) As I heard him give wise point after incisive comment about evangelism, I knew I had to buy whatever book he...
Joy, Part 3
An addendum to the previous post. Try out the common definition of joy as non-emotional action on your wife: "Honey, I rejoice in you by taking out the trash and mowing the lawn, despite what you are actually like! My joy in our marriage exists independent of any...
Joy, Part 2
I asked commenters recently to evaluate the following definition: Joy is the feeling that comes from something good happening to an object you love. And now for my view: I agree. I believe it's especially important that we view joy as a feeling, an emotion. Here is a...
Joy
All right, you commenters. Now help me out here. What do you think of the following definition of "joy"? Joy is the feeling that comes from something good happening to an object you love. I won't tell you whether or not I agree with this definition, only that it comes...
14º
I write today to commemorate the cold outside today in Greenville. 14º when I walked to work. I could barely read J. P. Louw's article on NT lexicography in this book, the air was blasting me so forcefully. It is too cold for sentient life. I did see some freshmen...
Ask Not What You Can Do for Your Church, But What It Can Do for You
I spoke last night to a new seminary student here at BJU. He just arrived from another undergraduate institution. I looked through his eyes at the choices he is about to make—especially about church attendance—and I trembled a bit. A word to him: You are the product...
How to Highlight a Book
These are a busy dissertation writer's tips for highlighting a book: Use yellow for any statements that grab you. Use orange for a statement that grabs you but is right next to another statement that already grabbed you, so you can keep them separate. Highlight in...
Google Books, However!
Google Books has become my constant companion during my dissertation research. You can see it up on my extra monitor below (I've been studying this past week at a basement hideout in a secret, no cellphones location far from South Carolina!). I'm reading again through...
Wikipedia and Ponies
I did it. I gave $ 10 to Wikipedia. I use the service 20-40 times a day, so it's about time I ponied up. Click below to join me.