Blogape vs. C.S. Lewis? Joyfully, No.
My dissertation chapter on joy argues that the article on joy from the Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible is mistaken about much of the following. Joy. Positive human condition that can be either feeling or action. The Bible uses joy in both senses. Joy as Feeling. Joy is a feeling called forth by well-being, success, or good fortune. A person automatically experiences it because of certain favorable circumstances. It cannot be commanded. The shepherd experienced joy when he found his lost sheep...
How to Pronounce Words Correctly
This is too good. You simply must read it. The logical end to linguistic prescriptivism is a strange world. HT: Mike Aubrey
Fatuousness
The only person I have ever known to be fatuous—the one person that comes to mind whenever I think of that word—was a preacher. Merriam-Webster’s definition for the word is unfortunately accurate: “complacently…foolish.” Now I do not at all believe that this preacher is fatuous all day, every day. I believe better things about grace. I’m sure he has many redeeming qualities, and I will not call him a “fool,” full stop (Matt 5:22). I don’t believe he is a fool. Instead, I’m thinking of my only...
The New BestCommentaries.com
BestCommentaries.com has gotten a nice redesign—and it added the one feature I most consistently missed. You can now look up a particular commentary set and see how high its individual volumes are ranked. That means you can quickly get an idea how valuable a given set is. Today, because of Logos Bible Software, buying whole sets can make a lot of sense. Or it can waste a lot of them. The more highly recommended a set is overall, the more likely it is to be worthwhile for you to buy the whole...
Can Anyone Tell Me What Calvin Wrote?
In the commandments of the Law [Matt 22:34–40, the Great Commandments], God does not look at what men can do, but at what they ought to do; since in this infirmity of the flesh it is impossible that perfect love can obtain dominion, for we know how strongly all the senses of our soul are disposed to vanity. Lastly, we learn from this, that God does not rest satisfied with the outward appearance of works, but chiefly demands the inward feelings, that from a good root good fruits may grow. John...