Someone from Elgin, Illinois (which I figured out by looking up his IP address) just tried to leave this encouraging comment on my contact page: I just saw your post about Gilbert Bilezikian may I say that you my friend are out to lunch and need to read you bible more careful and instead of […]
Ref.ly Makes Sharing the Bible Easier
Logos Bible Software just launched a new website called ref.ly (think bit.ly). It allows you to share Bible verses as links via Twitter and other places where you have a limited number of characters and want to keep the URL as short as possible. Enter a Bible reference, and ref.ly will instantly generate a short […]
My Alma Mater Makes National News
Nope, not Bob Jones this time, for which making national news is fairly commonplace. Heritage Christian School in Findlay, OH, a ministry of Calvary Baptist Church and the small school where I attended from kindergarten through 12th grade, has been getting a lot of unwarranted bad press over the last few days for suspending a […]
Calvinism and Missions
Originally published April 27, 2009, on the Calvin500 blog (calvin500.com). One of the main objections to the Calvinist or Augustinian doctrine of election is that it is inconsistent with a robust doctrine of missions. Why evangelize if God is sovereign, has already chosen from eternity who will be saved and who will not, and will […]
Driscoll and Piper on Love and God’s Commands
I follow Mark Driscoll on Twitter and just watched a little 4:27 video that he tweeted about: “Song of Solomon Q&A 3.” I’ve embedded it below. It contains some solid practical advice for troubled marriages. On the whole, it’s good stuff. Two items caught my attention—particularly because of how they seem to be at odds […]
The Passive Voice Should Be Avoided, Right?
Like most of you who have taken classes with teachers who provided grammatical and stylistic critiques of your papers, I was told to avoid the passive voice as much as possible. Yet I was never really completely convinced of the notion. The Greek New Testament is full of passives, I rebutted, and a grammatical active […]
OpenLibrary.org: “Every Book Ever Published”
I knew that would get your attention. Internet Archive, a site I use regularly for researching public domain books, just announced their newest project: OpenLibrary.org. Here’s the site’s description: One web page for every book ever published. It’s a lofty, but achievable, goal. To build it, we need hundreds of millions of book records, a […]
Gaffin on Union with Christ
WTSBooks points out via Twitter a 5-part series (plus 2 Q&A sessions) by Richard B. Gaffin Jr. on “The Mystery of Union with Christ.” Gaffin delivered these messages at Matthews Orthodox Presbyterian in March of 2005. I’ve downloaded them and listened to part of the first one. It looks to be a very good series. […]