I was happy to find some Micron PIGMA pens for sale recently here in the UK. They are great for a variety of things. I could use them for all the writing I do, though because they are a bit costly (they are manufactured in Japan), I mainly use them to take notes in my… Continue Reading
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Arriving in Edinburgh
Last friday my family and I arrived in Edinburgh. We were exhausted from the trip (traveling with a 7-month-old is tiring), and to be honest, a bit overwhelmed as we had to prolong our sleep drought to go purchase some necessities. At the airport, we were pleased to meet our taxi driver, a Polish man… Continue Reading
Chapter Review of Bock's A Theology of Luke and Acts
I decided to join in the blog tour fun at the Koinonia blog, specifically by offering a review of one chapter from Bock’s A Theology of Luke and Acts. Before I begin, let me thank Zondervan for the gratis copy, and assure you that my opinion here is not influenced by the publisher’s generosity. Also, while my… Continue Reading
The Church, Academy and Calling: Interview with Con Campbell
See the series intro here. Today’s interview is with Constantine Campbell (who you hear playing tenor sax, video below), senior lecturer in New Testament and Greek at Moore Theological College, Sydney. He holds a doctorate in Ancient History, and is an Honorary Associate of the Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University, Sydney. He is a public speaker, musician, and… Continue Reading
The Church, Academy, and Calling: Interview with George Guthrie
See the series intro here. Today’s interview is with George Guthrie, the Benjamin W. Perry Professor of Bible at Union University in Jackson, TN. Guthrie received the Ph.D. and the M.Div. degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Th.M. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author of numerous articles and seven books, including, The Structure of… Continue Reading
The Church, Academy, and Calling: Interview with Darrell Bock
I begin with the series introduction: I recently shared about my decision to leave one PhD program for another. On my road which lead to taking up studies at the University of Edinburgh, I pulled over from time to time to reflect on significant questions surrounding the relationship between the Church, the Academy, and my… Continue Reading
Why Swap Horses Midstream? Leaving one PhD program for another.
It’s seldom a good idea to swap horses midstream, right? Right. And it is, in my opinion, seldom a good idea to swap PhD programs midstream. But I did, and I want to reflect a bit on my decision in hope that this may help someone else facing a similar dilemma. In the Beginning I… Continue Reading
LaTeX and Why I Won't Use It For My Thesis
In my previous post I discussed some of the software choices I’ve made for working on a PhD thesis. This evening I spent a bit of time researching the pros and cons of using various document markup languages for taking a raw text and styling it (or typesetting). The main one that intrigued me is… Continue Reading
Software for Writing a PhD Thesis
There are four categories of software for thesis writing: (1) project organizing; (2) word-processing; (3) bibliographic organization; and (4) specialty software. Here are some of the best programs, along with those I find essential to my PhD thesis and scholarly writing workflow. [UPDATED 2 February 2019 – And I have successfully completed the PhD! Hooray!] Continue Reading
UK Bound
[excerpts from our letter] Dear friends and family: At the very end of August, my wife, Mel, and son, Zachary, and I will be moving to Edinburgh, UK (Scotland) so that I can complete a PhD in New Testament. Many of you may know that I was in a PhD program at Midwestern in Kansas… Continue Reading