Archive for October 2012

Of linebackers and liturgy

This week Brian LePort at Near Emmaus is providing and hosting some theological thinking about the National Football League. I’m honored to have been included in the series today, with a post called “Of Linebackers and Liturgy.” Read it here.

The Martyrdom of Perpetua (d. 203)

Perpetua was a nursing mother who rejected her father’s pleadings to deny her Christian faith and make the requisite sacrifice to the Roman emperor. As the story goes, depicted above, she had to help guide the sword of her trembling executioner to her throat. The book 131 Christians Everyone Should Know, by Mark Galli and Christian … Continue reading »

“As sparks through the stubble, they will run about” (All Saints Day)

November 1 is All Saints Day.  It’s a holiday in the church calendar of multiple Christian traditions: Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, and others. Halloween gets its name from All Saints Day.  All Saints Day used to be known as All Hallows Day, and Halloween was a contraction of All-Hallows-Even, or All Hallows Eve. All Saints … Continue reading »

Christian Apologetics winner

We have a winner in the giveaway contest at Words on the Word for Zondervan’s primary source compendium, Christian Apologetics: An Anthology of Primary Sources, edited by Khaldoun A. Sweis and Chad V. Meister. I have weathered the storm, several flickers of the power on and off, and have selected the winner at random. (Actually, … Continue reading »

View of Hurricane Sandy from my deck (VIDEO)

Football and theology

Head over to Near Emmaus this week for some theological thinking about the National Football League. Day one’s reflections are here. Brian LePort writes: Some people may brush off these questions. “It’s just a game.” “Enjoy it, don’t over-think it!” But games matter to people (we fill stadiums with thousands to watch these events) and … Continue reading »

My Logos 4 review: all six parts

Here, collected in one place, are all six parts of my review of the Bible software program Logos 4. Part 1: Logos 4 Review: Install and Initial Impressions Part 2: Logos 4 Review: The Septuagint Part 3: The Original Languages Library in Logos 4 Part 4: Using the Exegetical Guide and Passage Guide in Logos 4 Part 5 (excursus): Logos 4: a quick note … Continue reading »

Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) in Accordance 10

The next generation of the Biblia Hebraica Stutttgartensia (BHS) is the Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ). I’ve written more generally about scholarly editions of the Hebrew Bible, and have reviewed the BHS module in Accordance already. In this post I review BHQ in Accordance. Some excellent scholarly treatments of the BHQ have already appeared. Anyone serious … Continue reading »

Searching in Logos Bible software (concluding part of my Logos 4 review)

I own a concordance, but it’s packed away in a box somewhere. Useful as a print concordance is, with sites like the NET Bible and Bible Gateway, not to mention various software programs available, I can do any word or phrase searching quickly at a computer. This post will mark the completion of my multiple-part … Continue reading »

Christian Apologetics: free book giveaway

One good giveaway deserves another. The other day I noted that Zondervan has just put out a primary source compendium called Christian Apologetics: An Anthology of Primary Sources, edited by Khaldoun A. Sweis and Chad V. Meister. I have an extra copy to give away (not my review copy). It’s a good resource to have on the … Continue reading »