Phil Gons

Bible & Tech

Expositor’s Bible Commentary

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CBD is running a great price on the old EBC. The whole set is only $119.99. That’s $10 per volume. Since it doesn’t look like it’s going to be available any time soon in Libronix (thanks Zondervan!), I may have to pick it up. Unfortunately, I just bought volume 10 for my dissertation. I guess that’s what Half.com is for.

Use this coupon code (226575) to save an additional $5.

Academic Discount Offer for Bob Jones University

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Logos Bible Software is offering there academic discount pricing on their major collection (e.g., Gold, Silver, Scholar’s) to students, faculty, and staff of Bob Jones University from October 16-30. To place an order, go here or call Academic Sales at 1-800-878-4191. Logos discounts their collections 40% for students and 50% for faculty and staff.

I’d strongly encourage you to do buy Scholar’s Gold. To say that it’s worth every penny is a massive understatement! If you already have Gold (or even if you don’t), pass this on to your friends so they can take advantage of this great offer.

PrimoPDF 3.0

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Every theologian has the need to make PDFs, but not every theologian has the money for Adobe’s Acrobat Professional, now in version 8. By far the best free PDF maker out there is PrimoPDF. No strings attached. No annoying labels added to your documents. Full functionality. Lots of great features. Version 3 was just released. If you don’t have it, I’d strongly encourage you to get it. You’ll be glad you did.

However, once MS Office 2007 is released, it’ll finally have the ability to save documents as PDFs. Until then, PrimoPDF is the way to go.

Update: I’ve been disappointed with the Office PDF feature. It does have the advantage of maintaining all link functionality and preserving your document map for easier navigation, but the quality of the type is poor and the size of the file is unusually large. If you need links and/or document maps for navigation, the Office PDF feature is probably what you want. If you don’t, I’d recommend continuing to use PrimoPDF as it will give you a smaller and sharper looking document.

16 Books Most Influential on R. C. Sproul

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Sproul lists the 16 books that have been most influential on his life.

  1. The Freedom of the Will, by Jonathan Edwards
  2. The Bondage of the Will, by Martin Luther
  3. Institutes of the Christian Religion, by John Calvin
  4. God in Modern Philosophy, by James Daniel Collins
  5. A Time for Truth, by William E. Simon
  6. Charity and Its Fruits, by Jonathan Edwards
  7. The Person of Christ, by G. C. Berkhouwer
  8. Gospel Fear, by Jeremiah Burroughs
  9. Gospel Worship, by Jeremiah Burroughs
  10. Institutes of Elenctic Theology, by Francis Turretin
  11. Principles of Conduct, by John Murray
  12. A Christian View of Men and Things, by Gordon Clark
  13. Thales to Dewey, by Gordon Clark
  14. Here I Stand, by Roland Bainton
  15. A Simple Way to Pray, by Martin Luther
  16. The Coming of the Kingdom, by Herman Ridderbos

If you haven’t read them, you’ll probably want to add them to your list, as I am doing. I find lists like this to be very valuable. If you know of other similar lists by men of God like Sproul, add the link in the comments, and I’ll compile a list.