Yesterday was the 204th anniversary of the birth of George Müller (September 27, 1805–March 10, 1898). I haven’t read much of Müller, but I’ve come back to this section quoted in Desiring God (Amazon | Logos) many times. While I was staying at Nailsworth, it pleased the Lord to teach me a truth, irrespective of [...]
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MS Word Tip: How to Replace Hyphens with En Dashes
Though most people don’t know (or care when told), the correct character to use for a range of numbers is the en dash (–), not the hyphen (-). Even if you’re committed to using en dashes between digits, hyphens are a tad easier to type,1 making a find and replace necessary at some point. If [...]
Get CrossOver from CodeWeavers Free—One Day Only!
CrossOver Mac is one of the several ways to run Windows applications on a Mac. The advantage that it has over Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion, or Boot Camp is that it doesn’t require a copy of Windows. The downside is that not all applications will work. CrossOver Linux is a customized, commercial version of Wine, [...]
GAudi: Google’s Audio Indexing
Google’s new audio indexing, GAudi, looks very promising. Finally the ability to find what you’re looking for in audio or video without listening to the whole thing! This has huge potential for sermons and lectures and could really make audio and video more accessible sources for academic research. I wish I had access to this [...]
Resources on the Problem of Evil
I’ve seen several treatments of the problem of evil around the blogosphere recently. Interview with John Frame on the Problem of Evil Andy Naselli at Between Two Worlds The Logical and Emotional Problems of Evil Andy Naselli at his Theology blog The Problem of Evil, Suffering, and Pain C. Michael Patton at Parchment and Pen [...]
Xobni for Outlook
I recently downloaded and installed a cool new plug-in for Microsoft Outlook called Xobni (inbox spelled backwards). It’s a collapsible sidebar that instantly provides lots of helpful data. There are two main features: Search: Find contacts, emails (organized by conversations!), related people, and shared files in an instant—all organized nicely in a sleek sidebar. Since [...]
RefTagger from Logos
This week Logos launched a very nice tool for making the Bible references on your website much more useful to your readers by converting them to hyperlinks to the version of your choice at BibleGateway and giving you the option of adding a small Libronix icon linked to the version of your choice in the [...]
Essential Tools for Syncing Multiple Computers
If you use multiple computers (e.g., a desktop and a laptop or a home computer and a work computer), from time to time you probably find yourself in need of something from your other computer when it’s not easily accessible. The solution for most people is to use a USB flash drive or perhaps email [...]
Free Upgrade from Logos Bible Software OC to ND
Logos just released a new round of base packages labeled ND. No, that’s not an abbreviation for anything. They serve merely to distinguish the various versions of the base packages. The previous base packages were OC, the ones before that were QB, and the ones before that were RA. You can upgrade from your current [...]
“When I’m stumped . . . I go to Henry Alford.”
by Phil Gons on 23. May, 2008 in Exegesis, Greek, Software
Dan Phillips, who blogs at Biblical Christianity and Pyromaniacs, emailed me about a month ago and asked me about making Henry Alford’s The Greek Testament: With a Critically Revised Text; a Digest of Various Readings; Marginal References to Verbal and Idiomatic Usage; Prolegomena; and a Critical and Exegetical Commentary available for Libronix. In that email [...]