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 […]
Miscellany
Most and Least Religious States
A new Gallup Poll evaluates states according to their religiousness. Want to be almost certain you’ll have religious neighbors? Move to Mississippi. Prefer to be in the least religious state? Venture to Vermont. A new Gallup Poll, based on more than 350,000 interviews, finds that the Magnolia State is the one where the most people […]
An Emoticon in a Lincoln Speech from 1862? ;)
A blog post at the City Room Blog at NYTimes.com has received some attention this week. In “Is That an Emoticon in 1862?” the author explores whether a ;) in a transcript of a Lincoln speech is an emoticon or a typo. Some are convinced that this is the earliest example of an emoticon. Most […]
What Is Plagiarism?
I stumbled across a helpful article on plagiarism that I thought I’d share in light of my previous post highlighting an egregious example of plagiarism. It’s written by the folks at Desiring God. I commend it to you. The only issue I have with the article is that it is potentially misleading on what it […]
Piper on the Election
Good stuff. John Piper shares his heart on womanhood, race, abortion, the prophetic perspective, the sovereignty of God, and the gospel as they relate to the election. https://youtube.com/watch?v=YGjGbZNyIBY HT: JT
“Reprinted with Correcttions”
I was looking at some Geerhardus Vos stuff on the Kerux website and got a good chuckle when I read this: The Nature and Aims of Biblical Theology* Geerhardus Vos Biblical theology is a comparatively recent arrival in the theological family. In view of this, it can create little surprise that a wide divergence of […]
What to Do When a Baseball Is Thrown a Foot from Your Head
Not this! https://youtube.com/watch?v=AzGywBeWT6Q I don’t like baseball and normally wouldn’t post something like this, but I was at this game last night, sitting directly behind home plate (albeit quite a few rows up) with my coworkers in the marketing department at Logos. This was certainly the most exciting part of the night. The Mariners lost […]
Wallace vs. Ehrman on the Textual Reliability of the NT
Today and tomorrow Daniel Wallace will be debating Bart Ehrman on “The Textual Reliability of the New Testament.” The debate is part of the Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum, a ministry of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Here’s the announcement from DTS: On April 4–5, 2008, Dr. Dan Wallace, professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas, will […]