Light All Around
I recently got a copy of Light All Around by the Master’s Chorale – it is quite a delight! I’ve enjoyed listening to it repeatedly. The CD has a refreshing variety of pieces and a sound that nicely combines good training and understandability. This album made it to my iPod Touch right away!Bauder: “God does not need fundamentalism”
I enjoy reading Kevin Bauder‘s articles in “In the Nick of Time” – they are consistently thoughtful, clear and appropriate.
What if you could see all the Bible’s cross-references in a picture?
You can. Right here. Pretty amazing, if you ask me. Even more amazing when you think about the fact that the 1189 chapters of the people were written over a spread of 1500 years by 40 different people, most of whom never met each other. It seems to me that there’s something humanly impossible about unity like the Bible’s coming out of such diversity!
Free Commentaries – Download ICC Volumes
Ok, so it’s not the most conservative commentary set around. Or the most current. But, hey – you can’t beat the price. The downloads are available here.
Book Bargains!
Today I stopped by a local Christian book store and checked out their shelves full of “rejected” books. I found several books for under half-price. I’m looking forward to reading (someday!) these:
A Prayer to Begin the Day Well
A prayer from Valley of Vision – a convicting and much-needed perspective to begin the day.
Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek
Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek, by Constantine Campbell. This new book from Zondervan will be available in November. Zondervan is giving away twenty copies to bloggers who will read and review it. I’m looking forward to receiving my copy in a couple of weeks – this is an area of recent development in our understanding of biblical Greek, a study that will be an excellent guide in accurate exegesis. As soon as I have that read, I’ll be posting a review here.I’m a lot like Mephibosheth – and so are you!
There’s a biblical name that people don’t often give their children: Mephibosheth. He was King Saul’s grandson (Jonathan’s son) who had been crippled as an infant (II Sam. 4.4). In II Sam. 9, we read that King David showed amazing kindness to Mephibosheth.
Taking responsibility when it’s “their” fault
Paul told the Corinthians to treat Timothy (a young minister) kindly and respectfully: “When Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, as I am. So let no one despise him. Help him on his way in peace, that he may return to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers” (I Cor. 16.10-11). Apparently Paul was concerned that something besides kindness and respect might happen. Timothy could have looked at that and said, “Look at these people – they don’t respect me. Paul even commanded them too! This respect thing – it’s all their fault!”
Exploiting the Desktop for Usefulness
As more than just an expensive picture frame, that is. And that’s all most people do with their desktop image – find a pretty picture (landscape, loved one or just some fancy design) and use it to fill the background. I decided to do something more functional than that, however…