Bible.Logos.Com
I've got to hand it to Logos. This is pretty cool. Search the Bible, read the Bible in paragraph format, check a lot of major versions. I'm awarding it some much-coveted space in my Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar! It's very fast, though, making me think that Logos is not really behind this effort. It could be a front for BibleWorks.
The Bitter Cup
I tried to track down the following classic quote from Spurgeon, and the best I could do was a reference deep in the recesses of the Internet to his sermon "Woe and Weal" on Micah 7:9. It would be a very sharp and trying experience to me to think that I have an affliction which God never sent me, that the bitter cup was never filled by his hand, that my briars were never measured out by him, nor sent to me by his arrangement of their weight and quality. Oh, that were bitterness indeed! But, on...
Some Good Online Courses and Lectures
My father-in-law recently asked for some recommendations for online courses to pass on to a friend. I replied recommending Dr. Ken Casillas's Old Testament Theology course at BJ Seminary. It's available via correspondence. I was in that class, and it was fantastic. I told him that there are also many classes available in iTunes from places like Covenant Seminary and Reformed Theological Seminary. Here's what I wrote him: I did some searching just now, and here are a few courses I recommend:...
A New Inner Relish: Christian Motivation in the Thought of Jonathan Edwards
I think the question "Why should I do right?" (or perhaps "What is the best motivation to to right?") is one of the most important questions we can ask in our process of sanctification. The opening verses of 1 Cor 13 should be enough to convince us of that. And I'm convinced that most Christians haven't come to a rigorously scriptural answer. Why should I do right? "Because God says so" is not enough—at least God doesn't think so. He offers reasons. I haven't read this book, but from what I...
Don’t Bury Your Computer in the Ground—WardMarkHelpfulFiles.zip
To those of you who attended my annual lecture, "Don't Bury Your Computer in the Ground," click here for the goodies I promised. I've included my entire filing system for valuable articles—minus about 99% of the files. It's your job, should you choose to accept it, to file valuable things you read for future reference. Here is a description of some of the key files I left for you inside the topic folders: WardMarkKeyToUBS4.pdf - In Greek Info folder. Helpful, I hope....