Looks like I’m going to be blogging now at work, in addition to my current responsibilities. The purpose of the blog is to keep pastors informed with the latest Christian news, events, resources, etc. If you’re looking for another blog to add to your blog roll, check it out. Expect to see a handful of posts each day (at least Monday through Thursday).
The Spirit Communicating: Logos Syntax Search
My Bible reading plan had me in Acts 13 the other day (I’m following Carson’s slight variation of the M’Cheyne plan). Verse 2 reads, “While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.'” Curious about the nature of the Spirit’s speaking, I wanted to explore the other passages where the Holy Spirit communicates something. It would have been difficult to get a complete list of relevant passages were it not for Logos’s OpenText syntax database.
Here’s the search I constructed:
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$1 Guitar CD!
In preparation for the upcoming release of his second CD, fingerstyle guitarist Dave Wike, a coworker and friend of mine, is offering his first CD, “Waiting,” for a phenomenal price of just $1 (free shipping in the US). You can choose between the physical CD or downloading the MP3 files. Check out these four, two-minute samples to see if you like it. I enjoy listening to it as background music while I read or study. The play count in my iTunes is in triple digits! Read the reviews at CD Baby to see what others think. If you’re interested in purchasing a copy, email me at philgons-at-gmail.com. You can pay with PayPal or a personal check. Contact me for more details.
Update: I don’t have any more of these available. Visit DaveWike.com for details on how to contact Dave directly or order his CDs.
See also: Dave Wike’s New CD: “Still Waters”
The Beauty of Holiness | Michael P. V. Barrett
Michael Barrett’s fourth book, The Beauty of Holiness, has just recently been released. He seeks to provide the foundation of a solid, biblical theology of worship that is missing in so much of the debate about music. As anyone who has read a Barrett book would expect, it looks like it’ll be a good read. I’ve posted an excerpt that gives an overview.
PastorBookshelf Weekly Email
Some of you are subscribed to the PastorBookshelf weekly email, but for those of you who are not, I thought you might be interested in seeing this week’s email. If you think you’d find it helpful, I encourage you to sign up. I’ll probably start posting them here each week. So if your inbox is already swamped, just subscribe to my feed and look for the web version of the email here.
Google Analytics
I just set up our company websites to use Google Analytics. It’s a free service (of course, it’s Google!) that will track traffic on your website and give you some downright amazing statistics to help you improve your site. Granted, the service is intended for businesses that are trying to get more page views and make more sales. But bloggers can use it as well. It’s kind of fun to know that someone from Singapore visited your blog! :) Just paste a snippet of code on every page of your website (or into your template), and you’re good to go. If you use Blogger, it’s fairly simple. You can go to your layout, add a new HTML page element as a footer, and paste in the code they give you. Enjoy!
Adobe Reader 8
Adobe Reader 8 is now available for download. In addition to it’s improved UI, it has some nice new features. It now handles booklet printing. It also has a built-in tool that will read your PDF out loud. Check it out.
PastorForums.com
I know there are several solid forum sites out there, but I wanted to make you aware of the site our company just launched: PastorForums. Check us out, and help us get started. In case you’re not familiar with our other sites, we also have PastorResources, PastorBookshelf, PastorBlog, and PastorOpenings (coming soon).