Back in September of 2003 I had this problem, see. I would often paste text into Microsoft Word that included "straight quotes" instead of “smart (curly) quotes.” I didn’t like having to go through and change them to curly, so I set up a macro. All it did was find and...
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If you aren't meticulous in your note-taking, always using quotation marks and saving your full citation, you might accidentally do this: One of the distinguishing marks of the child of God is love, a love that originates in God, displays itself in actions of...
I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends
I need your help. If not now, when? If not you, who else? The other reader of this blog?! But you kind of have to know a little Greek—or at least know the letters and basic ideas about conjugation. Here's my problem: BDAG, the standard Κοίνη Greek lexicon, is telling...
Word Biblical Commentary $400
Get the entire Word Biblical Commentary and Reymond’s Systematic Theology (and a bunch of other stuff you probably already have) for $400 here. As I always say when reposting things from Rejoice Christian Software, don’t ask me how this guy gets these prices. The WBC...
Warfield: “Are They Few that Be Saved?”
This is my own summary of Warfield’s article, “Are They Few that Be Saved?” I am studying the issue because I am writing on Matthew 7:13-14 for the BJU Press Bible Truths series. “The paucitas salvandorum [the idea that few will be saved] has long ranked among a wide...
Another Good Comment by R.T. France
I see some echoes of pithy OT commentator Derek Kidner in R.T. France’s comments on the Sermon on the Mount. I thought this was an excellent set of comments on Matthew 7:7–8, “Ask and it shall be given…; seek and you will find…; knock and the door will be opened.” The...
An Apt Comment from R.T. France on Matthew 6
Each major section of Matthew 6 (the second of the three chapters relating the Sermon on the Mount) contrasts earthly and heavenly rewards. The unregenerate are known for their pursuit of earthly treasures and earthly rewards. Kingdom citizens are notable for their...
A Typographic Proposal for e-Books
This post uses Greek, but I promise that those who don't even know a little βιτ of Greek will still understand it if they try! This is what part of the entry for ἐλπίς (hope) looks like in the Logos version of BDAG (the standard Greek lexicon for NT studies): Those...
Logos Bible Software at Bob Jones University and Seminary
I am the semi-official representative for Logos Bible Software at BJU for two reasons: I want BJU students training for the ministry to get good advice on what Bible software to purchase* and how to use it.** Full disclosure: every once in a great while, Logos gives...
Which Commentary Set Should I Buy?
If you’ve never used BestCommentaries.com, you’re in for a treat. You can search for commentaries by book, by set, and by author. I find myself most often searching by book, because on the Romans page, for instance, all the commentaries will be ranked by an aggregate...
An Article Worth Reading
Benjamin Baxter, "Hebrew and Greek Word-Study Fallacies," McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry 12 (2010-2011): 7-14. HT: Rod Decker
A Good Bible Commentary
A good Bible commentary combines judicious exegetical comments with a willingness to make and defend theological and personal application: Viewed from a perspective that holds this world to be a “closed system,” suffering is a harsh and final reality that can never be...