Kindle DX
We were waiting for the announcement, and now it's here: the Kindle DX. It appears to be no different from the Kindle 2 I have—except for a bigger screen, bigger storage, and a bigger price. That's 9.7" vs. 6"; 4GB vs. 2 GB; and $489 vs. $359. (The DX, targeting business consumers, can also read PDFs natively—that is a big plus.) I won’t be going for one now, but I imagine that I will upgrade my screen size in several years. In fact, I like the Kindle so much that I could see real benefits in...
Too Legit to Twit
I happened to catch a little bit of Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion last Saturday evening, and he had trained his satirical sights on Twitter. Dusty the Cowboy was tweeting every last detail of his life, to hilarious effect. Unfortunately, the sketch is not online yet, but I did find this message from the Ketchup Advisory Board. Middle-aged Barb is having a conversation with her middle-aged husband, Jim, who can't seem to stop Tweeting during their talk: Barb: I’m not sure you’re...
Ultimate Frisbee Makes the New York Times!
A truly great sport! Ultimate Frisbee Takes Off – NYTimes.com This is not from the NYTimes, but this guy whacked me in the face within one instant of this shot being taken so it's worth including in this post:
ἀγάπη Rejoinders
I recently posted a few of the kinds of statements my dissertation is opposing. For example, a Bible textbook avers, "Love is not an emotion, but an act of the will. Feelings may ebb and flow, but love remains constant." Let me now offer a few rejoinders: "Love" as the Bible employs and describes it (whether it's using love terminology like ἀγαπάω and φιλέω or not) simply is not an emotionless act of the will. That just won't work exegetically or in in daily practice. 1 Cor. 13:1ff. says the...
Regeneration and the Second Great Commandment
May the absolute necessity of regeneration never stop me from doing good to my neighbor when it is in my power to do it. A ... combination of theological principle and careerist caution meant that [Billy] Graham’s critique of segregation never went nearly as far as civil rights activists wanted him to go. He stressed individual conversion over political change, supporting legal reform in lukewarm terms while insisting that only the Gospel could really improve race relations. He maintained...