Idle musings of a bookseller

Idle musings by a once again bookseller, always bibliophile, current copyeditor and proofreader. Complete with ramblings about biblical studies, the ancient Near East, bicycling, gardening, or anything else I am reading (or experiencing). All more or less live from Red Wing, MN

Monday, June 30, 2008

111111 meme

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OK, I've been tagged by Jim West and Nick Norelli for the BSC 111111 meme. I am not nearly as clever as those two, and have been str...
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God and war

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More from War in the Bible and Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century “The evidence of Exodus 15 may be multiplied throughout the Bible; when...
Friday, June 27, 2008

War in the Bible

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I have been reading War in the Bible and Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century . I have some good excerpts marked from chapter one, but forg...
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Bang! Bang! Another one bites the dust

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OK, bad title, but I have to agree with Scot McKnight on this one. The Supreme Court might be legally right, but they are wrong. The Supre...
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lost post

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I ran across this yesterday, it was supposed to have been posted a week ago Wednesday, which explains why there was no post that day :) Agai...
Thursday, June 26, 2008

ATLA morning

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Here are a couple of pictures. This is not a fancy display; I didn't even bring our pull-up banner because United would have charged me ...

Death or death?

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From My Utmost for His Highest : We have to recognize that sin is a fact of life, not just a shortcoming. Sin is blatant mutiny against God...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Moonlit walks

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<idle musing> Because I am away from home, I can't take my daily walk with Debbie. We usually take a walk around midnight or so, c...

Thoughts on travel

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Well, I finally arrived at the hotel tonight. I arrived at the airport in South Bend (Indiana) around 3:00. I got a ride from Debbie's p...
Monday, June 23, 2008

Strawberries

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It's that time of the year again. A bit later than normal this year because it has been so cold, but that worked out better for me with ...
Thursday, June 19, 2008

Eisenbrauns 10 day sale

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1000 years ago this year the scribes finished copying the Leningrad codex . Eisenbrauns is celebrating the milestone with a sale on the f...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Tuesday's thought

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Another selection from Absolute Surrender , compliments of Blogger's delayed posting action: I fear that if you take the preaching thro...
Monday, June 16, 2008

Monday's thought

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If you are reading this, then the delayed posting function of Blogger works :) Here's another selection from Abosolute Surrender : God g...
Friday, June 13, 2008

Lost shipment

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This one has to take the record for time lost. We sent a shipment out to a customer in December, 2006. It was a foreign address, so we allow...
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Thought for a Friday

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I haven't had a lot of time to read lately, but I picked up Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray again the other day and read chapter 7....

Various notes

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I am getting caught up on some blog reading, and wanted to point to a few good posts Nice post by Claude Mariottini on why just changing t...
Thursday, June 12, 2008

Lakeland again

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Well, it looks like I don't have to figure out how to post the PDF. Gary sent it to Todd, and he posted it on his website here . Peter ...

The what?

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I think we need to start reapplying the lex sedentium Huh? I had never heard of it before either, but Alan Knox posted on it recently . H...

Sometimes you have to say good-bye

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But it is not always easy. Monday they did surgery on Emily Grace. Tuesday, she went to be with Jesus. I only got to see her two days, but s...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Lakeland (long)

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Up until now, I have avoided saying anything about the Lakeland outpouring . But, it seems that some comments need to be made, so here we g...
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