Books
Ubiquity Command for the Westminster Library
If you frequently search the Westminster Library then you may be interested in this post. I have created a command for Firefox’s Ubiquity that allows you to search the Westminster Library Catalog without ever leaving your web page. You can even highlight text on any web page and automatically search the library catalog using that [...]
Add the Westminster Seminary Library to your Browser Search Bar
As a follow-up to my Westminster Bookstore Search Plugin I have created a similar plugin for the Westminster Seminary Library, which works in both Firefox and IE7. So now you can search Westminster Seminary’s library right from your browser, and since the site natively supports Zotero, this makes research all that much easier.
The same instructions [...]
Add the Westminster Bookstore to your Firefox Search Bar
Who needs Google when you’ve got the Westminster Bookstore, right? Well now you can add that famed repository of Reformed Christian resources right into your Browser search bar.
How? Easy. If you are viewing this page (and my guess is you are), just click on the search engine toolbar in your browser and select “Add [...]
Ubiquity Command for the Westminster Bookstore
If you love the Westminster Bookstore, then you’re going to want to read this post. I have created a command for Firefox’s Ubiquity that allows you to search the Westminster Bookstore without ever leaving your web page. You can even highlight text on any web page and automatically search WTS Books using that text.
If you [...]
How to Keep your Greek
There is nothing worse than learning Greek again. Learn it once! Constantine Campbell has some sage advice on how to keep up with your Greek so you can spend time improving your Greek, rather than learning it over again each time you need it. Here is an excerpt:
From my background in music, I’m absolutely convinced [...]
Which Greek Text?
For those trying to decide which Greek Bible they should purchase, Mounce has posted a helpful rundown of your options.
If you’re serious about learning and using Greek, I recommend you get two Bibles. (1) First, you need a Greek NT with a critical apparatus, either the UBS 4 or the NA 27 (both editions optionally [...]
Free Books
Here is a compiled list of books available online (from a variety of sources) for free, all relating to Biblical Studies. There are a bunch of winners on this list.
Oh, and don’t forget to search the Internet Archive for more.
A Golden Age for Children’s Books
Justin Taylor posts an argument to that effect here. Fiction should be an important part of any reader’s diet, and children’s fiction makes for great family time, as I argued here. For more recommendations, check out this post, which includes some lively discussion in the comments. And of course feel free to add your own [...]
Some Recommended Fiction
In this post I extolled the importance of Fiction. Here is some recommended reading to get you started. The books range from Children’s literature to thrillers to some noteworthy classics to diamonds-in-the-rough.
It’s OK to Read Fiction
John Piper reminds us fiction junkies that it’s OK to read stories, even children’s stories. Quoting C. S. Lewis:
I was therefore writing “for children” only in the sense that I excluded what I thought they would not like or understand; not in the sense of writing what I intended to be below adult attention. I [...]
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