A: Is he a seminarian?
B: No, he’s a pseudo-seminarian.
A: What’s the difference?
B: He’s more widely-read.
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Comma Separated List of Bible Books
Needed this for a project. Thought someone else might be able to benefit from a comma separated list of the books of the Bible:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrew, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation
Bargain Books at DeepDiscount
DeepDiscount.com is a little known online retailer that always offers free shipping on every order, no minimum. They provide very good competition for Amazon.com. While they largely specialize in DVDs, they’ve also got a bargain book section in which you’ll find some surprising works:
- David Clines, Word Biblical Commentary: Job 21-37 – $23.30 (Amazon $34.99) – link
- Stephen Smalley, Word Biblical Commentary: 1, 2, 3 John – $23.30 (Amazon $36.49) – link
- Alister McGrath, Christianity’s Dangerous Idea – $10.55 (Amazon $12.44) – link
These are just the first three to catch my eye. You can view an extended list of the books in the bargain bin. Also, if you’re looking for the perfect gift this Christmas, DeepDiscount has what’s sure to be a hit this holiday shopping season:
Joel Osteen’s Your Best Life Now – The Game for only $9.99 with free shipping. What else, right!? DeepDiscount rightly categorizes this in the “Fun Stuff” category. Get your copy today while supplies last!
Beauty in Books
I don’t just like reading books; I like books. I like their binding, their design, their font, their florals, their cover designs, their pagination, their layout, their texture, their beauty.
For example, while reading Jerry Bridges’ The Pursuit of Holiness I was struck by the beauty of the letter Q.
Isn’t that a beautiful Q? Look how long its tail is and how elegantly it swoops under two vowels. I love it.
Tiller’s Murder a Good Thing?
No.
Al Mohler writes:
The murder of Dr. George Tiller presents America with another reminder of the violence that exists within our midst. This is not the way the pro-life movement wanted Tiller’s life to end. Our mission is to convince Americans of the sanctity of every human life — born and unborn. The murder of Dr. Tiller does not serve that cause.
Read the entire article “The horrible lesson of Wichita” by Dr. Mohler.
Preacher Slip-Up
For a preaching class I’m taking this semester I have to turn in a sermon report form each week, providing a critique of preachers and sermons. I was listening along tonight and filling out my sermon report form when the preacher had a comical slip of the tongue. This is too good not to share.
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I’m not sharing the preacher’s name or church because I don’t want to shame him in any way, but I made this little clip/excerpt just to share his slip-up anonymously. If you’re interested in finding the complete sermon, I’ve included enough information to get you there in the comment field of the MP3 ID3 tag.
Samuel Johnson on Procrastination
Samuel Johnson knew about procrastination. His periodical The Rambler was published each Tuesday and Saturday for two years. He knew all about being employed deliberating on subjects that occurred to the imagination while having deadlines looming. Rambler #134 treats of this, every student’s anxiety and proclivity to procrastination. Johnson’s conclusion should be enough to get us up off our bums and doing something productive. If not, read the entire rambling.
The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to the active prosecution of whatever he is desirous to perform. It is true, that no diligence can ascertain success; death may intercept the swiftest career; but he who is cut off in the execution of an honest undertaking has at least the honour of falling in his rank, and has fought the battle, though he missed the victory.
Let’s go!
2009-04-10 Tweets
- New blog post: 2009-04-09 Tweets http://tinyurl.com/dc3dgw 00:23:13
- Who’s ever had to wait at a Waffle House? 06:03:27
- Listening to Jimmy Needham for the first time. The guy’s actually really good. 13:54:11
- Part two of date after Sheetz: Emily finds cute $5 top, i get a new roasting pan with rack. Where next? 18:18:16
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2009-04-09 Tweets
- New blog post: 2009-04-08 Tweets http://tinyurl.com/cr8jmh 00:22:44
- Amazing that drinking hot tea in the US is considered feminine, but iced is not 10:16:06
- Old woman in a motorized cart at Harris Teeter just blind-sided me while i was checking out. 12:14:53
- Why is it I’m wont to start to every tweet with the word ‘just’ 12:37:07
- Moo’s commentary on Romans sitting at my door when i got home: a thousand pages of sweet exegetical love 12:39:17
- @acts29 Received Vintage Jesus right in time for my birthday! A thousand thank-yous for the freebie! 14:30:21
- Emily’s trying to convince me that she once had a pet hamster named Samuel Whiskers who ate off his own leg. Tripod? 16:46:37