This post uses Greek, but I promise that those who don't even know a little βιτ of Greek will still understand it if they try! This is what part of the entry for ἐλπίς (hope) looks like in the Logos version of BDAG (the standard Greek lexicon for NT studies): Those...
Tech
Logos Bible Software at Bob Jones University and Seminary
I am the semi-official representative for Logos Bible Software at BJU for two reasons: I want BJU students training for the ministry to get good advice on what Bible software to purchase* and how to use it.** Full disclosure: every once in a great while, Logos gives...
New Blog Design
I just installed a new theme for the blog; it’s my favorite yet. Kudos to Nick Roach of Elegant Themes, whose sites are easy to use, powerful, and beautiful. Buy a theme from him by clicking this link and you support the work of βλογάπη. For $39, you can download as...
Pogue Effect
When David Pogue, tech reviewer at the NY Times (and PBS NOVA host), likes something, I usually do, too. So today, I signed up for Groupon. He says it’s a good idea. We’ll see how it goes.
The Flip Side
Duncan Johnson made a valid comment on a recent post. The Internet may be an opiate for the people, but that's not the whole story. So here's something on the flip side. I recently attended a large evangelical-ish church while on vacation (and limited by snow from...
Western Assumptions about Technology
Americans assume that the Internet is a tool for democracy. Not necessarily so, says a new book (or rather a review of it). Authoritarian regimes make an implicit deal with their populations: help yourselves to pirated films, silly video clips and online pornography,...
Current Kindle Savings
I have now saved $83.26 on books by buying a Kindle. Admittedly, I would not have purchased some of these books had I not gotten a Kindle... And that would put the figure in the $60s. But I'm sure glad I bought those books (like Nothing to Envy, Stalingrad, and 1776)...
Technological Fun
The Best Things Have Been Calumniated
I love Logos 4. Google eBooks may one day supersede it; I don’t think so, but who knows? But right now Logos 4 is the best think you can buy if you want to gather a serious software library of scholarly level Bible study materials. For what it’s worth, here are a few...
Informing Ourselves to Death
The danger of constant connection is a becoming a relentless theme among people whose highest goals are merely laying up treasure on earth. For those who want to lay up treasure in heaven, this warning ought to carry an even greater weight. I want treasure in heaven....
Tyndale Tech Tips
David Instone-Brewer at Tyndale House, an evangelical study center at Cambridge, just released an excellent set of tips on word-processing. He has made it part of his mission to help biblical scholars (and all of us wannabes) use their computers wisely. There’s a...
SBL GNT for BibleWorks
Michael Hanel gave us an evening, and we get the SBL GNT for BibleWorks. Thanks, Michael! We needed a free, Unicode critical GNT.