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Review: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book made a deep impression on me. I could hardly stop reading it, even when I was supposed to be sleeping. Even when I was especially supposed to be sleeping because of a newborn who sometimes fails to do so...

Review: Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling

Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling by Andy Crouch My rating: 4 of 5 stars I went to a liberal arts school. Why did I bother? Why did I bother learning the history of art or music? Why not just learn what it takes to make money now? Andy Crouch answers...

Review: A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens My rating: 4 of 5 stars Dickens' deep insight in this book is not what I would call "Christian" (though it is consistent with Christianity) but "human." He sees quite clearly what anyone with eyes should be able to see, whether...

Review: Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus

Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus by Elyse Fitzpatrick My rating: 4 of 5 stars Preface to Make a Long Review even Longer I have an 18-month-old. He usually behaves pretty well. For an 18-month-old. I think. You see, I’ve never had one before,...

Zeal-of-the-Land Busy

I’m still reading God’s Secretaries, and I’ve arrived at a section in which Nicolson details the umpteen rules the KJV translators were supposed to follow. The second is this: 2. The names of the Profyts and the holie Wryters, with the other Names in the text to be...

Skunked Expressions

I've finally found the answer, the right name for a particular problem I face often due to my chosen line of work, Stalwart Opponent of Lexicographical Prescriptivism (SOLP). The problem is this: I happen to know that there's no "rule" against splitting infinitives,...

Tipping Point Proclamation

Whereas it is a common and salutary practice for writers of biblical scholarship to thank those who helped them with an article or book, and Whereas it is also common for said writers to add at the end of their thank-yous something like, "Any faults are of course my...

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Logos 4 Word Study on γάγα

I’m gaga over Logos 4. Immediate clarification: BibleWorks is still my first love, and I still think both programs are worth having and work complementarily. Logos 4 is still far too slow, even on my brand-new laptop, in its Bible searches. And I like the BibleWorks...