Hebrew & Greek Paradigm Software – free for Mac!
Paradigmatic is a free biblical languages software for Mac. It’s got quizzes, verb paradigms and all sorts of helpful noun/pronoun/etc charts. So far the Hebrew quizzes aren’t that helpful for me, but it is an amazingly quick way to view verb paradigms on the fly!
I hear my mocking voice
I was reading Mark’s account of the crucifixion of Jesus (Mk. 15) today and I noticed the repeated emphasis Mark put on the mockery that Christ endured.
Cheering for the opponents
Last month, Grapevine Faith defeated Gainesville State School 33-14 in their football game. But that’s not important. What’s interesting is that half of Faith’s fans, parents & cheerleaders spent the game cheering for Gainesville – the other team!
Excel Spreadsheet to iCal Script
Every semester, I get an electronic syllabus for each class. A Word table contains all the assignments for the course. A few years ago, I could just copy that into Excel and import the spreadsheet into Outlook’s to-do list.
Prayer: Sodom and Bowling Pins
Last night, I bowled. Despite bowling poorly and narrowly escaping asphyxiation from nearby smokers, I had an enjoyable evening. At one point, a conversation turned to the remarkably universal practice of waving, shouting or wiggling oneself at a just-released bowling ball in the attempt to make it move where you want it. A friend confessed to me that as a child she would actually pray for the bowling ball as it rolled down the lane. Is that a good prayer to pray?
D. A. Carson MP3s
Andy Naselli posted an excellent resource today. The Gospel Coalition has made available a page with literally hundreds of Don Carson mp3 and m4v lectures and sermons. I have listened to Carson repeatedly and benefitted immensely from his clear and engaging teaching. The new Carson resource page will surely be a wealth of profitable material!
Web-Conference on Eschatology
Last Saturday, I benefitted from watching the live eschatology web-conference hosted by The Midwest Center for Theological Studies. Sam Waldron, Kim Riddlebarger, Richard Gaffin, and Vern Poythress discussed the doctrine of the end times from an amillennial perspective with particular emphasis given to the place of the nation Israel in God’s future plan for human history.
It’s a simple choice of priority: burgers or people
Not too many months after beginning my Facebook account, I conclusively decided that well over 90% of the third-party applications were utterly worthless. So I deleted them like crazy and consistently turn down requests. I removed several apps that were mundane and harmless, but absolutely worthless.
Punctuating God’s Word
The story of the receding floodwaters in Genesis 8 hangs its suspense on the question of when the dry land becomes dry enough. As Noah sends a raven and a dove, the tension heightens and the reader with fresh eyes wonders, “Will the ground ever be dry enough to live on?” In the NET Bible, the climax is written this way: “He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark. When the dove returned to him in the evening, there was a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak!” (Gen. 8.10-11). The sentence ends in a way that is (unfortunately) uncommon in English Bibles: with an exclamation point!
Prayer in the Old Testament
I recently completed a brief outline of an OT theology of prayer. It also provided my outline for a recent Sunday School message I was able to teach at KMBC last Sunday. It was a conviction and encouragement to me as I taught it and I hope it will be to you as well.