9Marks of a Healthy Church
Here are links to Mark Dever's nine sermons on the 9 Marks of a Healthy Church. I recently saw Mark Minnick, my pastor, recommend this material in Frontline. And I myself have been listening to Dever's interviews and deeply profiting from them for several years now. Mark 1: Expositional Preaching Mark 2: Biblical Theology Mark 3: Biblical Understanding of the Good News Mark 4: Biblical Understanding of Conversion Mark 5: Biblical Understanding of Evangelism Mark 6: Biblical Understanding of...
RefTagger from Logos
Logos has a new tool called RefTagger that Phil Gons persuaded me to try. Here goes: Ephesians 5:25-32 is a passage I was looking at today as I revise the old Anglican vows for my wedding (see next post!). Eph. 5:25 is a precious verse. Those references should now be links!
Answer a Fool According to His Folly
Ok, readers—all four of you (according to Google Analytics), whoever you are. I want some feedback. I wrote the following for the Bible Reading Program being put out for high school students by BJU Press. This is part of my introduction to Proverbs, and I need help coming up with a good example for the bolded section below. If you are so inclined, please leave a comment with a suggestion! "So what are proverbs? More importantly, what were proverbs as the ancient Israelite king Solomon...
Finally, ESV!
Crossway has finally come out with a single-column, paragraphed ESV. Here's the best price I'm aware of. I've just gotten so enamored with my much more spartan TNIV edition that I'm sort of holding out hope that the ESV will have a similar edition (no verse or chapter numbers) soon. I really admire Crossway's push for innovation in Bible publishing. And as an occasional graphic designer I am very pleased with their typography, too.
BibleWorks, BJU, and Logos
During two two-week periods each year Logos lets BJU students buy some of their major packages for 40% off. That time is about to expire. I'm helping Logos get the word out. I bought the Scholar's Gold package a little over a year ago, and I am glad I did. I have also purchased several commentary and reference sets. Here's a complete list of what I've purchased, followed by approximate recollections of what I paid: Scholar's Library: Gold ($700) Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament...