Not many months ago I purged my blog subscription list keeping up with only a handful of blogs now (mostly for the sake of time). One blog I really do enjoy is Larry Hurtado‘s. Earlier this morning he addressed the issue of how one’s religious stance (including faith or lack thereof) affects his or her… Continue Reading
Research | Writing | Digital Humanities | Biblical Studies
Review of SBL Greek New Testament
P. J. Williams at the ETC blog has reviewed the SBLGNT, concluding: The real significance of this text is the electronic release of its text with an enlightened End-User License Agreement. For this many users will be grateful. However, the hard copy of the SBLGNT is not significantly cheaper than NA27 and offers no advantages… Continue Reading
SBL Greek New Testament @ Bible Gateway
Via Mark Goodacre. . . A good Greek New Testament legally available worldwide via the web is a great thing! What’s new at the website? According to the biblegateway.com blog: The site has a new design! We’ve refined Bible Gateway’s design to make it simpler to navigate, and to make it easier to access features… Continue Reading
Hurtado on Camping's Predictions
Larry Hurtado recently reflected on the false rapture prediction of Harold Camping. He is troubled by three things: (1) that some believers can justify such predictions given the fact that the biblical text indicates Jesus himself does not know the time of his coming; (2) that the media gave so much attention to the issue;… Continue Reading
John Piper Interviews Rick Warren on Purpose Driven Life
Rick Warren and John Piper are among the most influential pastors in the United States (and possibly the world). Piper and Warren are similar in theological perspective but take different approaches to ministry (and quite different approaches to preaching in particular). I believe Warren’s approach to preaching and academia is largely influenced by his sense… Continue Reading
Try this exam!
Couldn’t help but share David Rattigan’s “rejected exam paper,” which I learned about from Mark Goodacre’s NT Blog. Like Goodacre, I particular find #6 funny: 6. Briefly solve the synoptic problem (3-4 lines max). Explain why the problem still baffles scholars today, and suggest what should be done to them. But #7 isn’t bad, either:… Continue Reading
Long Time No Blog
In more ways than one! Not only have I not been posting (studies are keeping me quite busy, along with my ministry position), but my site as a whole was down for sometime. The kind folks who host the site troubleshot the issue, and so I think it’s time to rekindle the blog. Continue Reading
Accordance 9
Accordance 9 is out, and hopefully I’ll have on opportunity to soon upgrade from 8 and post a brief review. Not long before the release of the newest version of Accordance, Rod Decker was anticipating the release and discussed some of updates to follow this release: The iPhone and iPad app will follow. Sounds like… Continue Reading
Ship Date on Logos 4 for Mac
Via the Logos blog: The release version of Logos 4 Mac has a ship date. We’ll be rolling out the completed version to new and existing users on Friday, October 1, 2010—six weeks from today! I’ve using the alpha and beta versions on the mac, and I am very pleased. I’m using the Beta 8 version… Continue Reading
Access to MJT and my recent article
It appears that the Midwestern Journal of Theology is available online through the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Library catalog. The latest (Spring 2010) edition is out, and here’s a link to the entire journal issue via the online catalog (pdf format). In my article, “The Rhetorical Function of Chiasmus in Acts 2:2-4,” [p. 66-77] (yes,… Continue Reading