Friday, July 29, 2011

Righteousness in the Psalms

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“The premium placed on righteousness rather than wickedness and the consequences of choosing one over the other is a clear sign that sin is ...

On the importance of grammar

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I just about died laughing at this : It is a truth universally acknowledged that it is only a short road that leads from grammatical laxity...
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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Just a few numbers

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Yesterday, July 27, our daughter turned 30; on Saturday, the 30, our son turns 27. I don't know, just struck me as funny. Hey Renee ! C...
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Greater than the sum of its parts

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“In many ways, studying the theology of the Psalter parallels the study of the theology of the Old Testament. The psalms reflect diversity a...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Sad news

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I heard via Katya Covrett that John Stott died. She also posted a link to an obituary . Updated link, thanks to Esteban. He will be missed...
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Job and mercy

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“The wager by Satan appears to be an extraordinary incident at the outset of the book [of Job], suggesting that God’s dominant mode is to bl...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

The harvest continues

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Over the weekend, I managed to can 11 jars of tomato sauce and 6 quarts of bread and butter pickles. From the looks of things, I will be can...

Woman Folly has the advantage

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“It appears that the sages are well aware that Woman Folly has an advantage. Not only are the potential feasters described in ways that sugg...
Monday, July 25, 2011

A refreshing thought

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From the CBA (Christian Booksellers Association) blog today: I can no longer in good conscience continue to write about the stuff of this ...

Wisdom and knowledge

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“One must be careful not to associate Old Testament wisdom with modern quests for knowledge and understanding, especially in their secularit...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Wisdom as life

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As is evident from these lists, wisdom is a lifestyle to be lived rather than merely content to be mastered. This “skilled” living encompass...

A berry good time was had

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Debbie and I went blueberry picking on Tuesday evening and managed to get about 13 pounds of blueberries. We froze them all—except for what ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The fear of the Lord

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“As is evident from this quotation [Deut 10:12-13, 20], fear is included among a complex of words used to describe (along with “walking . . ...

Knowing God

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“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice, making his subjects work for nothing, not paying them ...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

And so it begins

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The canning, that is. Last night I canned 3 pints of beet pickles, 6 quarts of dill pickles, and 4 quarts of rhubarb sauce. The Roma style t...

And the initiative belongs to...

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“In each prophetic collection the ultimate hope is shifted from human response to a divine gracious and transformative initiative . It is Ep...

A good bit of advice

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“This is what the LORD says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hands of their oppressors those who have been robbed. Do no wrong or...
Monday, July 18, 2011

The rhythm of the prophets

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“The prophetic books describe a God who remains free in relation to this process. Yahweh sovereignly responds as he chooses within this rhyt...

The promises are conditional

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But, we like to ignore the conditions, don't we? Jeremiah for the day: “If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be upro...
Friday, July 15, 2011

Garden goodies

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We ate our first tomato yesterday! And, our second cucumber. The first planting of beans is about done, and the second one is just starting ...
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