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PureText

September 24, 2007 by Phil Gons

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Someone pointed me to a helpful little piece of software that I now use daily, so I thought I’d mention it here. The tool is called PureText. It allows you to paste text into any program or file without all the formatting. I use it frequently when working on a document in Word, composing an email in Outlook, or writing a blog post in WordPress. Instead of using the normal control+v to paste text, you use windows+v (or another combination of your choosing) to paste text without its formatting. It’s that simple.

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Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Pure Text, software, Steve Miller, WordPress

Theological Journal Library to Add BibSac 1–90

September 14, 2007 by Phil Gons

tjl.jpgIf you don’t have the Theological Journal Library published by Hampton Keathley of Galaxie Software, you need to get it—period. These journals are without a doubt some of the best theological resources that you can get for the money. Volumes 1–9 are currently available, and Volume 10 should be coming out sometime in October (assuming Hampton is on the same schedule as last year). Each volume includes 50 journals (Volumes 1–5 are sold together and contain 250 journals), and the average cost per journal is just under $1 ($.67 if you buy the bundle).

Here’s what you get if you buy all 9 available volumes:

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Filed Under: Reviews, Theology Tagged With: Bible software, Galaxie Software, Hampton Keathley, journals, Libronix, Logos Bible Software, software, Theological Journal Library, theological journals, TJL

David Instone-Brewer Reviews SESB 2

August 31, 2007 by Phil Gons

sesb.jpgDavid Instone-Brewer (also here and here), the Technical Officer and Senior Research Fellow in Rabbinics and the New Testament at Tyndale House, has posted his review of version 2 of the Stuttgart Electronic Study Bible (SESB).

Here are some selections from his section “Overall Usefulness: much better than paper”:

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Filed Under: Exegesis, Reviews Tagged With: David Instone Brewer, German Bible Society, Greek, Hebrew, LDLS, Libronix, Logos Bible Software, original languages, SESB, software, Stuttgart Electronic Study Bible, Tyndale House

Economic Trinitarian Relations

August 22, 2007 by Phil Gons

Pastor Timothy Mills recently submitted a review of Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology to our PastorBookshelf Reviews website. His comments were generally positive, but not as positive as I would have hoped for such a fine introduction to biblical doctrine.

One area where he disagreed with Grudem was in his handling of the Trinity.

His choice, however, of the model of the Trinity as a hierarchy setting the pattern for the marriage relationship (454) is problematic. The Trinity is a tri-unity, while a marriage is merely dual-mutual. Yes, the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is head of the church (Eph. 5:23), but that is a relationship between the husband and wife, as between Christ and the church; but not as between the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. No where does the New Testament make that comparison.

I suggested to Pastor Mills that that is precisely the connection Paul makes in 1 Cor 11:3: “But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.” Just as a husband is the head of his wife, so the Father is the head of the Son.

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Filed Under: Deals, Exegesis, Theology Tagged With: Godhead, PastorBookshelf, software, subordination, Trinity, Wayne Grudem

My NT Logos Workspace

May 21, 2007 by Phil Gons

A friend recently asked me how to get the most out of some of the great resources in SESB (now in version 2). My response was that he should create two workspaces—one for OT studies and one for NT studies—and integrate the texts and apparatuses with his other language tools. That led me to revisit my NT workspace and tweak it to take advantage of some newly acquired resources. Here’s a screenshot of my NT workspace, which was inspired by Rick Brannan’s workspace. I’m able to fit three columns comfortably on my 22″ Acer. I haven’t tried this on my 15″ laptop screen, but I imagine it would be a little cramped.

NT Workspace

(Click to view the full-sized image.)

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Filed Under: Exegesis Tagged With: Greek, Logos Bible Software, NT studies, software

Logos vs. BibleWorks: A Brief Comparison

March 23, 2007 by Phil Gons

Someone recently asked me for my opinion about Logos vs. BibleWorks. I posted this at the Bible.org Forum in response to a discussion there. I’m reproducing it here (with some very minor changes) in case there are others who are trying to decide what Bible software to buy and use. This is by no means exhaustive, probably oversimplifies some of the issues, and certainly expresses my opinions and preferences, but it may be of help to some. I offer this not as a polished review, but as some off-the-cuff thoughts from one who uses and recommends both.

BibleWorks 7BibleWorks

I’ve been using BibleWorks since version 4. I currently have and use version 7. It’s a great program that I plan to continue to own, upgrade, and use indefinitely. Here are its strengths and weaknesses:

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Filed Under: Books, Reviews Tagged With: Bible software, BibleWorks, BibleWorks 7, digital books, digital resources, ebooks, Libronix, Libronix Digital Library System, Logos Bible Software, Logos Gold, software, WordPress

Bible Geography Meets Google Earth

March 22, 2007 by Phil Gons

The folks at OpenBible.info have done a real service to the Christian community by tagging every identifiable location in the Bible for Google Earth. You can download the KMZ file and explore any place in the Bible. They even give you all of the passages where each location occurs—hyperlinked to the ESV. I love being able to see the places about which I’m reading, and being able to zoom in and interact with them in a 3D environment beats a 2D map or image as far as I’m concerned, though being able to preview and link to these locations in Google Maps is still pretty cool. Here’s an example of all the locations in Galatians. And here’s a neat post that traces the locations in the Bible through six historical periods. I’m hoping Logos will implement my suggestion and use this data to link to these locations from within their software.

OpenBible.info and Google Earth

For more info visit:

  • OpenBible.info Geocoding
  • OpenBible.info Blog

HT: ESV Blog

Update: This blog post gives simple instructions for using the data in Google Earth.

Filed Under: Miscellany Tagged With: Bible geography, geography, Google, Google Earth, Logos Bible Software, OpenBible.info, software, website

Free! Mark Dever’s Book on Polity

March 20, 2007 by Phil Gons

PolityMark Dever’s Polity: Biblical Arguments on How to Conduct Church Life (also online) is available as a free download from Doxa Digital Press for the WORDSearch/Bible Explorer/Bible Navigator engine. Also newly available is the 2005 Founders Journal (4 issues), which is edited by Thomas Ascol. If you don’t already have WORDSearch, Bible Explorer, or Bible Navigator, you’ll need to download Bible Explorer 4 (free) in order to use these resources.

See my related post: FREE eBooks!

Update: It’s no longer available, and Doxa Digital Press no longer exists.

Filed Under: Books, Deals Tagged With: Bible Explorer, Bible Navigator, Doxa Digital Press, Mark Dever, polity, software, Trinity, WORDSearch

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