Tim Challies is on board with Apple now, and he “iPologizes” for his rejection of Macs in the past.
No apologies here. I haven’t been arrogant about Macs, just truthful.
On the other hand, I must admit that I am tiring somewhat of having to run my most important program, BibleWorks, in a separate operating system. Will someone please write a version of BibleWorks for OS X and send it to me? I’ll pay.
Thanks!
Mr. Ward,
I saw your demo in Dr. Olinger’s class for Logos. I came across this page on eBay and was wondering of you had any advice on it.
Thanks,
John
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John,
Good question. Many (I might even say most) of those resources are available for free online. I would hold out till you can get one of the official Logos packages or, better, get BibleWorks (if you’re planning to use Greek, that is).
Check out these sites for some of that free material (I use all of these, some every day):
- Google Books – myriad free books
- CCEL.org – myriad free Christian books, many very old
- zhubert.com – searchable Greek NT and other Bibles
- Logos’ free online Bibles
- Searchable ESV – tip: try turning off the verse numbers in the options!
- ESV Study Bible – not free, but probably the top study Bible available, and if you buy a copy you get online access
- BibleArc – a neat tool for exegesis (not free, but cheap)
- BibleMap.org – a handy way to find any Bible place you’re reading about
mlwj
The twice- or thrice-yearly BJU Logos Bible Software sale is on, but only for another week and a half.
I use and appreciate Logos Bible software. I recommend it as a close-to-essential (that is, close to BibleWorks) tool for seminary and ministry.
As time passes, however, my concerns do grow about the message contained in the medium of electronic books. You don’t want to write a dissertation, for example, by reading all of your sources piecemeal the way electronic books subtly make it easy to do.
But your sermons and school papers would probably benefit from a heavier seasoning, even in small doses, of good books. And Logos will help you do that in this busy world.
This is what I encourage people to do: sit down with the whole list of Logos books, look up on Amazon (via Ubiquity) the actual value of the books you will actually use. (Do not include the books which are available free elsewhere or are not worth much.) Add up that value. If it’s greater than the cost of the package, get the package if you have the money. For me, that meant I bought the Gold package a few years ago. I haven’t regretted it.
Another note: some sharp people disagree with me on this, but I don’t think you’ll read Pilgrim’s Progress or any other lengthy book on your computer screen (though I’m hoping to change my mind by getting my Logos books on a Kindle). So focus on reference works, books made for quickly looking up relatively brief passages of information. Commentaries, dictionaries, even journal articles fit here.
One last tip: get with someone who knows books and the classes which are likely in your future and show him the list you’ve created of 1) books you’ll actually use 2) with their Amazon prices included. Get him to tell you where you’re wrong: books you wouldn’t (or shouldn’t) use, and books you missed.
It’s 30% off for students, 50% off for professors, and 25% off for staff/alumni.
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Before I got married I used to spend a bit more time listening to MP3s… There’s been a marked drop-off in my listening time. Why would I want to listen to anything other than the sweet voice of my beautiful wife?
But if she and I ever do take time to listen to MP3s on car trips or while getting ready in the morning, I keep a stock at hand.
One podcast of an NPR radio show has become a favorite of ours: Radio Lab. Hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich take an entertaining, thoughtful, and knowledgeable look at various scientific issues. (Note: A few shows truly are appropriate for adults but not for kids.)
Jad and Robert
Robert, the elder of the two hosts, regularly but somewhat incompletely takes the more conservative, theistic side in a debate.
And Jad, I think, takes a real interest in sound design. The way they structure their interviews aurally is unique, beautiful, and engaging.
Listen with care because all scientific “facts”—including those I accept!—come with theories already attached.
But listen, because all truth is God’s truth and declares His glory, showing His handiwork.
A new feminist wave has hit theological scholarship. It’s called “Pauline Theology.”
Scholars who hold this view are especially incensed at Paul’s discrimination against women. Women can’t be pastors; they can’t even speak in church. And it’s all Paul’s fault.
So it appears these scholars have chosen an anti-Paul, a fictitious female church leader of the first century whom they have named “Pauline.”
Apparently the “Priscilla Papers” weren’t enough for these hyper-egalitarians, these Pauline theologianettes who believe that all men are created equal, but women are more equal than that.
Now I freely admit that my wife is more equal than me. She’s just flat a better person. But do we have to make a whole theology out of this truth?
What will they come up with next?
