BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND

Proof of what is unseen.

ABOUT MARK WARD

BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND

Proof of what is unseen.

ABOUT MARK WARD

Ouch, Oxford!

Ouch! This is what the Oxford English Dictionary's American counterpart (the OAD) offers on Jonathan Edwards: "Extreme Calvinism"? Nothing about theological or intellectual profundity? None of his pastoral heart? Very sad. If you are faithful to the Lord, then in this world you will have tribulation. If you're very faithful you may get tribulation even after you enter the next.

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What is the Anecdote to Anthrax? Well, Let Me Tell You a Funny Little Antidote about That!

I take too much delight in things like this... In the space of two days, I ran across dueling malapropisms, one in an e-mail and the other in an Amazon review. And both concerned someone named Ron! I need to coin a term better than "dueling malapropisms." I'll save that for another substantive (ahem) post. E-mail: "Last year I preached the funeral service for Ronald Pasch in Oswego. . . several people shared interesting antidotes about Ron." Amazon review: "Dr. Ronald Horton's book is a...

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Emotions as Concern-Based Construals

Take a look at this paragraph from Robert C. Robert's Spiritual Emotions . What do you think of defining emotions as "concern-based construals"? I hope to offer a minor refinement of his view in my dissertation, but I think he's on to something important (not that he would necessarily agree with all of the following!). Your emotions are a result, he's saying, of a collision between your ultimate concerns and your perception of your circumstances. What are your ultimate concerns? Well, you love...

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Apophatic Theology: Look it Up

Andy Naselli just posted an interview with Tom Schreiner on JT's blog. Andy asked a few of his friends to suggest questions, and I suggested question 12 (Andy actually wrote all the rest). You need to read question 11, however, to understand 12: 11. What people (e.g., theologians, biblical scholars, pastors) have had the most influence on you as reflected in this book? Along with Ladd, Piper, and Carson, Schreiner mentions N.T. Wright: 4. Tom Wright’s writings have been helpful because he...

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My Logos Toolbar

For those of you who attended my afternoon Logos session at the Bible Faculty Leadership Summit (and for anyone else who's interested), I'm posting my Logos toolbar. It began life as Phil Gons' toolbar, then I made some additions and deletions. Click here to download. Here are instructions for installing this toolbar (make sure to start with Logos shut down): 1. Download the file. 2. Unzip the file, placing the contents (Mark Ward's Toolbar.lbxctb) inside UserFiles/CustomToolbars in your Logos...

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