I came across a couple of books recently that may be of interest to Biblio-Bloggers.  Both books examine Christian communication in relation to our expanding repertoire of technical communication.  Be sure to give them a look.

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I’m currently reading The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment by Tim Challies.  This quote from chapter 2 made me wonder if my view of God is high enough or big enough.  It’s much more convenient for people to maintain the low view of God that is expressed in the first paragraph below.  Having a low view [...]

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All hail the kind postman who dropped the Sept/Oct issue of Biblical Archaeology Review in my mailbox today.  I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but I’ll probably start with the following articles: Sound Proof:  How Hezekiah’s Tunnelers Met by Hershel Shanks  (Pages 50-57; 78) The Shattered Crown:  The Aleppo Codex, 60 years [...]

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Many of you may not immediately recognize Mark’s name, but I’m willing to bet many of you are familiar with his great site:  www.seminarysurvivalguide.com.  Be sure to pay Mark’s site a visit and add it to your feed reader.  Mark offers a lot of practical advice for current and aspiring seminarians.  Mark, thanks again for [...]

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This review is a little blast from the past.  I wrote this as part of the Old Testament class I took while attending Wheaton College Graduate School back in 2005.  Covenant:  God’s Purpose; God’s Plan was my first exposure to John Walton’s writing.  He presents a nice summary of the concept of covenant as found [...]

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Justin Taylor pointed out this New york Times article.  The Israel Antiquities Authority has undertaken a project to digitize the Dead Sea Scrolls and make them available over the internet.  Between this and the recent project to make Codex Sinaiticus available on-line, the cause of manuscript studies and online collaborative tools is moving forward strongly.  [...]

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Thanks to Justin Taylor & Phil Gons for pointing out that Logos Bible Software is offering the Matthew, Mark Cornerstone Biblical Commentary free for a limited time.  Use the coupon code CORNERSTONE at checkout. Libronix Digital Library System 3.0E or greater required.

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There are still a few days left to download The Confessions of Saint Augustine from ChristianAudio.com before they put up the new free book of the month for September 2008.  Use the Coupon Code AUG2008 at checkout.

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I just finished reading the first chapter of Vintage Jesus & I wanted to share a quote from the opening pages of chapter one.  Some may perceive this quote as being a bit raw and some might say it’s at the very least disrespectful.  Keep in mind that a big focus of Mark’s ministry is [...]

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