OK so it’s not Saturday.  Well, maybe it’s Saturday somewhere.  Now that I think about it there are planets which rotate so slowly that a day for them is like a thousand years for us (Isn’t there a Scriptural connection here?) so in fact today is Saturday somewhere (Let’s say it’s on Saturn since that [...]

Study The Bible with Lingamish is a really cool lens that I created a couple months ago to gather resources on the Internet about studying the Bible. I really like the verse of the day feature as well as links to Bible study blogs that are updated daily.

I continue to find many challenges to be a better father in James Dobson’s “Bringing Up Boys.” He writes on page 80:
If character training is a primary goal of parenting, and I believe it is, then the best way to instill it is through the demeanor and behavior of a father.  Identification with him is [...]

Actually I’m looking for information on the book of Job.  Anybody have online resources on this book?  I’m planning a couple posts in the near future on this fascinating book and would appreciate information on dating the book, OT culture, interpretation, etc.

Thanks,

Lingamish

I’m feeling a bit snarky this morning. Maybe it’s the fact that I didn’t get any coffee. My supplies that I brought with me from the U.S. are all gone and I’m back to using local stuff. I’m a sad example of caffeine addiction. Well, I hear that certain beloved family [...]

I created the New Testament Greek Lens a couple months ago and it has turned out to be a pretty useful resource.  If you are studying Greek or interested in Greek reference tools on the web you might want to check it out.  The lens also contains a list of reference books that I consider [...]

A couple great posts out there in the last week on Bible-related topics:

Rick Mansfield at This Lamp reviews the beloved Good News Translation: The Good News Translation: Top Ten Bible Versions #8 Daniel at Apologia Christi is starting yet another blog (!) called Abandoned Truth. He’s taking on the defense of veritology. [...]

What’s the perfect Bible translation?  For our family we find the Contemporary English Version (CEV) best communicates God’s message in English we understand.  But not everybody is crazy about this translation.  In fact, some people detest the CEV.  They see it as a perversion of the Word of God.  Others see it as a Bart [...]

Stephen C. Carlson of Hypotyposeis blog fame has a quirky little blog called Feeble Mindings.  Lots of interesting stuff on there including a link to my post on Translating temperatures in your head as well as “sherbert” vs. sherbet and when a burrito is not a sandwich.  A snippet on speaking in tongues caught my [...]

What would a Bible translation look like if it was “open” in the modern sense of open development?

What if from the first day, the eventual end users of the Scriptures had access to the Scriptures rather than it being hidden in some office somewhere for years of polishing before anyone could have a look? A [...]

Dan Phillips at Pyromaniacs has published a post, When you don’t “get” a verse. (HT Think Christian) Dan is confronting honestly and practically a difficulty often faced by those who try to read the whole Bible “devotionally.” He gives some good advice on this issue and his post is very entertaining. That Pyromaniacs blog is [...]

I just picked up a bit of information about the CEV in an Amazon review of the The Learning Bible: CEV. According to the reviewer, Roy Gathercoal:
“[O]ur Seminary (George Fox Evangelical) has just switched from NIV to this version, the Contemporary English Version (CEV), partly because they felt the scholarship was better. They came [...]