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Speaking at BibleTech Conference

I've always wanted to go to Logos Bible Software's BibleTech conference, and this May I get to go and speak on Bible typography! I'm really excited. And you can come! We’ll be exploring the intersection of faith and technology in Seattle, April 30th–May 2nd. I've got...

Help Attributing Al Mohler Quote

Friends, I need to find the attribution for the following: Al Mohler was being interviewed by a secular journalist. “Why are conservative Christians so hung up on homosexuality?” asked the journalist. “I don’t know that we are,” replied the Christian leader. “You’re...

Site Stats for 2014

A few of my most dedicated readers may find this annual By Faith We Understand WordPress blog report interesting.

Best Ting Deal I’ve Seen

  Ting is offering it's best deal ever—I know, because I've had Ting from its earliest days. Get $100 credit on a phone or $100 off service by clicking this referral link—and I get $50 of service credit. Plus, Ting has the best website and the best customer...

RACHE

It's not a very satisfying revenge, but an authoritative proofer nixed my favorite phrase in a little paragraph I just wrote for my current project at BJU Press, one focused on biblical worldview and the CFR metanarrative. This phrase must see the light of day—or,...

Pure Pleasure in Being Praised

I have small children, and I think of this all the time: No one can enter heaven except as a child; and nothing is so obvious in a child—not in a conceited child, but in a good child—as its great and undisguised pleasure in being praised. Not only in a child, either,...

Ellery Lewis Ward

Ellery Lewis Ward was born at 5:37 a.m., September 2. He is 7 lbs. 8.5 oz; 21 inches long. He looks like a full-term baby, but he’s in the NICU right now for standard treatment for premies—he's four weeks early. He is getting a little help with breathing. Mommy is...

The Day of Small Things, Part 2

See below to find out what happens when Tim Challies links to your obscure blog! (At the very end of the graph you can see a comparatively small tick upwards from a link I just got on the Crossway blog.)

BJU School of Religion Blog

If you haven't already subscribed to the BJU School of Religion blog, I recommend it. There was one post by Mark Vowels that was especially good, and they're letting me post over there, too.

The Day of Small Things

THREE FACTS: In each of the last three months, I have gotten far more hits on my "SBL Bible Book Abbreviations" post than on any other. The ESV commands a whopping 3% of all American Bible reading. Jonathan Merritt (citing Barna, in a study I missed a few years back)...

BJU School of Religion Blog

Over a year ago, Kerry McGonigal and I decided to put our heads together, go through the proper channels, and make the case for a BJU School of Religion (SOR) blog. After an initial meeting or two, I dropped out and let Kerry go the rest of the way (since I'm not part...

Which Bible Software Should I Buy?

I've had a few people ask me what exactly I'm planning to say at the BJU Greek forum this coming Thursday (April 10). Here's a quick teaser: I want to describe the five things I actually do with Bible software, day in and day out. Then I will compare how well the...