You can now borrow Kindle books from your local library. The Greenville Library says the service is “coming soon.” HT: Dustin Battles
Mark Ward
Another Verse in the KJV That Can Be Easily Misunderstood
A few years ago I turned on the TV (don’t ask why; I had no excuse) and flipped over to the Church Channel. There I beheld a white, 40-something charismatic preacher jumping around the stage before a wildly clapping and shouting audience. He read the following verse...
Review: Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus
Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus by Elyse Fitzpatrick My rating: 4 of 5 stars Preface to Make a Long Review even Longer I have an 18-month-old. He usually behaves pretty well. For an 18-month-old. I think. You see, I’ve never had one before,...
Different Strokes for Different Circumstances
Lev Grossman in the NY Times: The codex isn’t just another format, it’s the one for which the novel is optimized. The contemporary novel’s dense, layered language took root and grew in the codex, and it demands the kind of navigation that only the codex provides....
ACPADI Book Club—Creation Regained Week 4, Chapter 4: “Redemption” (With Chapter 5 and the Postscript Kind of Thrown In There)
I’m late, I’m late… I was on a professional development trip and I just couldn’t get the last post of the month out. I needed to redeem the time a little better, apparently. So here we go: Redemption. First I’ll just tick off a few reflections: Normally I’m...
1 Marks Interview Series: Kerry McGonigal, Preaching and Teaching Preaching
Right click here to download the interview. In the first installment of the 1Marks interview series, I spoke with Dr. Robert Bell about Old Testament stuff. In the second, I spoke with one of my pastors, Dr. Robert Vincent, about church and personal evangelism. Today...
The Funniest Computer Problem I’ve Ever Had; OR, It Could Have Been a Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day
This story comes in two acts. ACT ONE: Last week I went on a professional development trip to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Because I love my iMac so, I carefully shut it down and even unplugged it before I left. I returned a week later in a flurry of activity. I had run...
Love the Lord with All Your Heart
Several years ago our outreach pastor asked me to write some music for words by our church's resident lyricist, Eileen Berry. The purpose was to have a "theme song" for our church's Bible clubs. Because I worked at the weekly teen club, it also landed in the rotation...
NICOT and NICNT for Logos
The most valuable commentary set on the planet (by some estimates) is again available at the cheapest price Logos has ever given for it, $1,000.
Reports of the Death of English Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Poor English has been dying since at least the 17th century.