Capitalizing LORD
The practice of capitalizing LORD when it translates Yahweh (יהוה) and not capitalizing it (or rather, not all of it) when it translates Adonai (אדני) goes back at least to Luther. This is from Luther's Preface to his (German) translation of the Old Testament: Whoever reads this Bible should also know that I have been careful to write the name of God which the Jews call “Tetragrammaton” in capital letters thus, LORD [HERR], and the other name which they call Adonai only half in capital letters...
Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption
I finally got my copy. It's the culmination of my nine years at BJU Press and the one book of mine most likely to actually get read: Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption, a 12th grade Bible textbook for Christian and home schools. But I can't say the book is "mine," exactly. For the record (mine as much as yours), here are the chapters, along with a summary and an indication of whether I wrote them or not. If you like my blog, you'll like this book. There's more than an echo of my...
Ken Myers Binge
I’ve been on a Ken Myers listening binge. Mars Hill Audio Journal, the fantastic Epiphany Lectures he gave on music at New St. Andrews College, and now a series of lectures and panel discussions on culture and music (and, as always, the givenness of creation) that he gave at Southern Seminary. Myers is a voice in the wilderness, and I wonder how many people have the theological framework to even grasp what he’s saying. I say that in part because he complains eloquently that the whole idea of a...
Mars Hill Audio Journal
I finally found the space in my book budget to subscribe to the Mars Hill Audio Journal, and I can't believe my first listen is already complete. Myers knows how to pick 'em. Every one of the six interviews in vol. 126 was right up my alley. James W. Skillen, on the necessity of keeping our beliefs about Creation tied to our convictions about redemption, and the importance of understanding the place of all cultural life within God's plan of Creation. (I just helped write some chapters on a...
A Warm-Up for Tomorrow’s Post Mentioning Sacred Music in Secular Society
This is fantastic singing, so much sound from such a small group, and this happens to be one of my favorite choral pieces in existence, perhaps my very favorite.