On the last of our five-day Tour of Texas for Thanksgiving Twenty Twelve, we drove east of Austin to visit with some friends on furlough. Emily was an IBEX student many years ago and she and Brant have served in Papua New Guinea for four years. As I write this (Sunday afternoon), they are getting… Read More »
Bike helmet laws may kill more people than they save. I should not have watched this collection of George W. Bush clips while eating lunch. Do you think there are more grains of sand on earth or more stars in the sky? Someone has figured it out and stars wins it by some orders of… Read More »
I don’t give many glimpses into my life as a dissertation writer, but it struck me today that library research may be quite different than it used to be. I started writing my first masters thesis 20 years ago and I remember spending long hours in several libraries in Jerusalem, photocopying articles sparingly because of… Read More »
I recently read Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books and I would recommend it to those who like to read or to those who would like to read more. It’s $3.03 for Kindle for a few days or more in print. Israel Today has a story about Yad HaShmonah in the wake of the… Read More »
I have to stop now for the better part of two weeks, but I have finished writing the “meat” of my first chapter (actually “Chapter Five” in the finished work). I had hoped to finish adding intros and conclusions for each section along with an overall conclusion by today, but that did not happen. I… Read More »
A friend sent me a link today for this blog, suggesting to me that someone wants me to keep it alive. I wrote earlier this evening to another friend that I’m staying on schedule with the dissertation but am behind on everything else. But friend #1 has motivated me to do something which has been… Read More »
Ten years ago today a young driver lost control of his vehicle in the Judean hills and ran head on into the IBEX truck which was carrying two students, the volunteer, and me. Though all of us eventually recovered fully (as far as I know), it was a traumatic experience for us and others who… Read More »
Is this the most epic Lego contraption of all time? This is a remarkable interview with a long-time left-wing Israeli historian who now believes that there can be no peace with the Palestinians. (Free reg. may be req ‘d.) Brian McLaren, who promotes a “new kind of Christianity,” recently presided over his son’s same-sex commitment… Read More »
Made in Israel by Jewish believers in Jesus to present the Messiah to Israelis, “The Other Side of the Cross” is viewable online (or start with the trailer). There is much wise counsel in John Frame’s Advice: 30 Suggestions for Theological Students and Young Theologians. I’m in the middle of #23 right now. If you… Read More »
Marcus Dods, in 1902: “Enoch walked with God because he was His friend and liked His company, because he was going in the same direction as God, and had no desire for anything but what lay in God’s path. We walk with God when He is in all our thoughts not because we consciously think… Read More »