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 me a book for helping them out. But let me point out that the time I’ve spent on number one is not justified by the amount I’ve gained from number two. All that said, here’s how things stand right now: BJU students get a 30%...
New Blog Design
I just installed a new theme for the blog; it’s my favorite yet. Kudos to Nick Roach of Elegant Themes, whose sites are easy to use, powerful, and beautiful. Buy a theme from him by clicking this link and you support the work of βλογάπη. For $39, you can download as many of his themes as you want for a year. You can use only one at a time, but as soon as you tire of it you can get a new one. He churns out new ones regularly, and he has a pretty deep portfolio.
How to Read Good
I found the following three posts on reading to be genuinely helpful. Carl Trueman’s contrarian views challenge what C.S. Lewis calls our “chronological snobbery”—and even our “continental snobbery.” Fred Sanders’ second paragraph is real gold on reading strategy; it sounds like Adler’s How to Read a Book to me. Brad Green also sets a good example.
Pogue Effect
When David Pogue, tech reviewer at the NY Times (and PBS NOVA host), likes something, I usually do, too. So today, I signed up for Groupon. He says it’s a good idea. We’ll see how it goes.
A Disinterested Observation
I had an English major for a dad, so vocabulary quizzes were never difficult for me in school. I remember a particular classmate—who bore more than a passing resemblance to Scut Farkus—looking at me with a mixture of incredulity and loathing as I said, "Mrs. S., I already know all the words on our new list." (Needless to say, I wasn't popular in high school.) What motivation should high school students have to expand their English vocabulary and increase their grammatical "correctness"? My...