Archive for August, 2008
Spreading Bad Reports
Tim Keller and David Powlison offer some biblical reflections on what we should do when we hear negative criticism about an individual. Justin Taylor indicates that such biblical reflection is particularly important for bloggers.
Alternative Readings of the Gospel of Judas
Here is Darrell Bock on Gesine Robinson on the recently-hyped Gospel of Judas.
Marcion, the NT, and God’s Care of His Church
I have come across a wealth of interesting quotes as I prepare for New Testament Introduction class next term. Here’s one on the importance of Marcion (remember Marcion, the 2nd century semi-gnostic theologian who created his own canon?) in the development of the church’s canon consciousness:
The theological and methodological deficiencies of [Marcion's] canon should not…prevent [...]
Should the President Twitter?
As a computer nerd who nevertheless has a strange love of LPs and dusty old books, I found this article interesting. Here are a couple of highlights:
While 73 percent of American adults use the Internet (only 35 percent 65 or older), according to a survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, it’s likely [...]
Turn Any Printable Document into a PDF
If you use Openoffice.org or run a Linux operating system, saving any document as a PDF is easy. There is also a plugin for recent versions of Microsoft Office that can do this. But what about exporting web pages, or documents created by other software? For this you will need a “Print to PDF” driver. [...]
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