For real marriage advice, click here. For a silly throwaway post I wrote to get free software, keep reading: I’m two things, but for years my computer could only be one. I’m a biblical scholar in training, so I have needed my computer to run the expensive and powerful...
Mark Ward
Snafusage
I admit it. Look it up. "Snafu" has a less-than-clean etymology. The other day, a nice middle-aged man heard me say, "Oops, I made a little snafu!" He later stopped me kindly in private and informed me about the word's etymology. "I was sure you wouldn't have used the...
What in the World!
This is an excerpt from the latest What in the World! newsletter: What is the Catholic view of salvation? Not all Catholics agree. But Avery Dulles, a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church and a Jesuit professor of religion at a Catholic university, is as...
Erstwhile Immorality
I wish I could say that never in my life have I been guilty of disobeying God's will, my own sanctification. But I have indeed sinned many times. Eliot Spitzer, governor of New York state, has sinned, too. And he admitted it publicly today without back-pedaling or...
Dissertation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
I spent about two hours Saturday looking at the dissertations at Bob Jones University's J. S. Mack Library. From 1947 to 2007—there were quite a number. My overwhelming feeling was that my own dissertation should not aim at significance! More than likely, it's going...
9Marks of a Healthy Church
Here are links to Mark Dever's nine sermons on the 9 Marks of a Healthy Church. I recently saw Mark Minnick, my pastor, recommend this material in Frontline. And I myself have been listening to Dever's interviews and deeply profiting from them for several years now....
RefTagger from Logos
Logos has a new tool called RefTagger that Phil Gons persuaded me to try. Here goes: Ephesians 5:25-32 is a passage I was looking at today as I revise the old Anglican vows for my wedding (see next post!). Eph. 5:25 is a precious verse. Those references should now be...
Answer a Fool According to His Folly
Ok, readers—all four of you (according to Google Analytics), whoever you are. I want some feedback. I wrote the following for the Bible Reading Program being put out for high school students by BJU Press. This is part of my introduction to Proverbs, and I need help...
Finally, ESV!
Crossway has finally come out with a single-column, paragraphed ESV. Here's the best price I'm aware of. I've just gotten so enamored with my much more spartan TNIV edition that I'm sort of holding out hope that the ESV will have a similar edition (no verse or chapter...
BibleWorks, BJU, and Logos
During two two-week periods each year Logos lets BJU students buy some of their major packages for 40% off. That time is about to expire. I'm helping Logos get the word out. I bought the Scholar's Gold package a little over a year ago, and I am glad I did. I have also...