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...

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...

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...

This week I'm going to be at the Bible Faculty Leadership Summit—held right here at Bob Jones Seminary! In fact, I'm sitting right now inside the main Seminary lecture room with about 40 men from various fundamentalist schools. We're in for some good papers. The major theme is fundamentalism and scholarship, judging by paper titles. I'm hearing right now from Mark Sidwell, and Kevin Bauder (with a response by George Coon) and a few others will hold forth on that topic as well. Fellow bloggers...

I really do get good use out of the IVP Essential Reference Collection on Logos. My favorite maverick Bible software seller, Rejoice Christian Software, recently advertised the best deal I've ever seen on this collection. Here are a few tips on what you'll get: These dictionaries are pretty standard. You'll see them referred to often. The NDBT is a textbook for OT Theology here at BJ Seminary. It runs $35. Might as well just get this whole collection on Logos for a few dollars more. I haven't...