The Israeli Antiquities Authority is going to put the Dead Sea Scrolls online in amazingly high-quality digital format. In addition, the half-century-old infrared photographs will go up. Have you never read the romantic story of the release of the Dead Sea Scrolls by...
Mark Ward
Why I’m Writing My Dissertation
This comes from a high school Bible textbook (teacher's edition, in this case) which I read recently: The unsaved, and even some Christians, tend to view love as an emotion. Biblical love, however, involves commitment. It desires the best for others, and gives...
ESV Study Bible
The ESV Study Bible comes out soon. Check it out. Click below. Again I'm not sure if I'm going to spend my book budget on this, but I do want my family to have it. Maybe I can persuade my wife to spend part of the (i.e., her) furnishings budget on it!
One of the Most Shocking Things I Have Ever Read
My eyes widened in disbelief as I began to realize just what Linda Hirshman was arguing in this Slate article. I'm a bit of a late-comer in Internet time: I had saved it for a few days in order to include it in the newsletter I write. Hirshman calls evil good and good...
No More “Hymn” Books
Mainline denominations can now promote greater gender equality with an alternative to the masculine-sounding “hymn” book. The new collection of sacred songs put out by the United Lutheran Church of America is called the “Her” Book. “We thought about it a lot,” says...
Pretty Cool Link
Wow, check this out if you need commentary recommendations. Visually cool virtual shelf included!
Jonathan Edwards on the Affections Part 1 of 3
"I think it clearly and abundantly evident that true religion lies very much in the affections," wrote Jonathan Edwards in his classic The Religious Affections (or see a solid modernization here). I'm going to post his ten supporting points for that assertion in three...
The Slightest Blotch
It was still the most spectacular show I've ever seen.
Wiseacres
Spurgeon told the pastors in his Pastor's College: In order to be able to expound the Scriptures, and as an aid to your pulpit studies, you will need to be familiar with the commentators: a glorious army, let me tell you, whose acquaintance will be your delight and...
Gentium
I like Gentium so much that I'm using it for my dissertation. Gentium looks like this if you're not already seeing it: So why download and use yet another font? Yes, as the Gentium site says, "The design is intended to be highly readable, reasonably compact, and...