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Maoz Zur
Pick up some free cultural and religious enrichment at Amazon׃ a traditional Hanukah song which is more than reminiscent of the biblical Psalms. While listening, try to follow along in the Hebrew. (Please try, if only to justify the time I spent typing it out!) Hebrew: מָעוֹז צוּרִ יְשׁוּעָתִי לְךָ נָאֶה לְשַׁבֵּחַ תִּכּוֹן בִֵּית תְּפִלָּתִי וְשָׁם תּוֹדָה נְזַבֵּהַ לְעֵת תָּכִִין מַטְבֵּהַ מִצָּר הַמְנַבֵּהַ אָז אֶגְמוֹר בְּשִׁיר מִזְמוֹר הֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּהַ English Translation:O mighty...
Literacy Rates and the King James Version
Literacy in the U.S. is embarrassingly low. Nearly 50% of the adult US population reads at a 7th grade level or lower. Nearly 25% has reading proficiency so low they cannot read instructions on medication bottles, the manual that comes with a piece of machinery, or a newspaper. This means roughly 40 million Americans cannot do something as simple and critical as read the handout a pharmacist gives them that warns them of lethal drug interactions.[From Blog Action Day 2008: Attack Poverty...
Jonathan Edwards Is My Homeboy
One of my favorite teachers here at BJU recently read the book above to get insight into some of his more theologically inclined students. I want insight, too, and I had noticed this book riding some blogosphere buzz, so I picked it up. It was engaging, informative, and a nice quick read perfect for walks between home and work. It also managed to warm my heart toward the Lord; He brought it to me at a time when I needed some help and some rebuke. This book was three things for me: A rebuke:...
The Sins of the Bloggers
I publish these comments from the latest Themelios with some trepidation: I don't want to be guilty of these sins. But I publish these comments with some hope: I don't want to be guilty of these sins! D. A. Carson: Because the Internet is spectacularly accessible, almost anyone can voice an opinion or make a claim. In this sense, it is the most "democratic" of the media. Occasionally this means that voices otherwise silenced, voices that should be heard, are indeed heard. Much more commonly,...