I received a letter today that my dissertation topic was approved by the Ph.D. Studies Committee. My topic is the reign of Jehu, or more specifically: An investigation into the geopolitical aspects of the reign of Jehu, with particular focus on Israelite-Aramean relations. I won’t start real work on the dissertation until (probably) spring 2011. … Read More »
In the midst of an email a friend wrote the other day was this sentence: It’s amazing… even in Indonesia alone, New Tribes Mission would love to have 100 new families today to send into new tribal works of people who have never been reached. I thought, is that true? I mean, in just one… Read More »
Tommy Bosworth, a former IBEXer, a former travelmate to Turkey, and now a fellow student at DTS, went to the Desiring God conference last weekend on the Book of Job. He sent out a recommendation to some friends to watch the videos, and he listed some things that he learned. He has given me permission… Read More »
If you ‘re still entertaining any notion whatsoever of voting for Obama, you should read Justin Taylor’s review of the first thing that Obama has promised to do as president. The review concludes: So to summarize this act–which again, Barack Obama has promised to sign as his first order of business in the White House–abortion… Read More »
For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me (Romans 7:15-17).… Read More »
I became minorly personally involved in this project when an editor asked me for some advice. Later I was given the chance to endorse the Bible (on the basis of materials sent electronically), and it quickly became clear that whatever powers that be had really no idea of my humble status. Yesterday I saw a… Read More »
Watch Ryan Ferguson recite Psalm 145. This guy has memorized a lot of Scripture. Here’s one pilot that you hope you don’t have the next time you fly the friendly skies. I think I started a new phase in life last week, when I started signing emails “Dad.” You thought you had every Bible, but… Read More »
How can we learn contentment? (J. R. Miller, "The Hidden Life" 1895) "I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am." Philippians 4:11 How can we learn contentment? One step toward contentment, is patient submission to unavoidable ills and hardships. No earthly lot is perfect. No mortal ever yet in this world, has… Read More »
If you ‘re looking for a simple explanation of how the country got into this financial mess, you can read “Picturing the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown and Rescue as a Bedtime Story.” The one possibility that would bring death to nearly every liberal theory: the ancients were intelligent. Amazing bird sounds (3 min) – make sure… Read More »
So what do I do all week? Feel dumb. Last Friday I read hermeneutics and felt dumb. Monday I studied Isaiah and felt —-. Yesterday I studied the New Perspective on Paul and —- —-. Today in class, yup. Actually there was a bright moment, when, for about 10 seconds, I thought, hey, I’ve heard… Read More »