The Cardinals drove a knife deep in the heart of Texas last night. This one’s gonna hurt for a while. Congratulations to the Cardinals. They played like champions.
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Game 6 Wore Me Out
Some are already calling game 6 of the 2011 World Series the greatest World Series game ever played. That may be true, but it wore me out. I am a Rangers fan. Twice during last night’s game, we were one strike away from winning the franchise’s first ever championship. Twice! It was heartbreaking when what’s-his-name hit that last home run for St. Louis. I think I need to re-evalutate my priorities in life because I woke up this morning with a pit in my stomach about that game. I hope I’m wrong. I just had the sense that when we lost that game last night, we lost the series. I…
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Surprised by the Lead Singer of The Killers
Has anybody out there ever been a fan of The Killers? I remember their hit song from the mid-2000’s “Mr. Brightside”, and in light of that song the video above is a complete surprise to me. This is not what I thought the lead singer would be like. You have to watch until the very end to get the last surprising twist. After you’ve done that, go read Mike Pohlman’s reflections on the meaning of all of this.
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Jim Hamilton on the Removal of “Selah” from the NIV
Jim Hamilton takes issue with the decision of the NIV translators to remove the word “Selah” from the book of Psalms. He argues: For reasons textual, structural, intertextual, cultural, and theological the NIV 2011 should reverse itself on this point and put the word Selah back where it belongs: in the text. Hamilton concludes: When I read an ancient text from a different culture, I don’t want to look into a linguistic mirror. I would like for that text to feel a little foreign, to feel a little ancient. I don’t want it only telling me what I already know. This word Selah occurs over and over all across the…
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New Hebrew-English Old Testament Based on the ESV!
I just received Crossway’s 2012 Academic & Pastoral Resources catalog yesterday, and there are two items in here that I am really excited about. They are both Bibles, and I think they will be tools that will encourage pastors and teachers to read their Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament. The first is a Hebrew-English Old Testament that displays the ESV Old Testament alongside the Hebrew text. I am most enthusiastic about this one because the diglot options for the Hebrew Old Testament are fairly limited. Now, Crossway has given us the entire BHS text laid out next to one of the best translations in English. The release date…
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Game 6 of World Series Postponed until Thursday
From NBCSports.com: MLB announced that tonight’s scheduled Game 6 of the World Series has been postponed because of expected rain in St. Louis.
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Another Abortion Gaffe from Herman Cain
I like Herman Cain the man, but his lack of clarity on the abortion issue is a deal-killer for me. His public pro-life position has been consistent over the years, but he keeps muddying the waters when asked about his own family members. He did it last week with Piers Morgan, and now here’s an interview today with The De Moines Register in which he does it again: DR: Part of your 2004 Senate campaign focused on your stance against abortion, something you’ve struggled in recent days to articulate after an interview with Piers Morgan. What did you need to clarify in that interview? CAIN: I am pro-life from conception.…
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Moo, Grudem, and Clendenen Talk about Bible Translation
Wayne Grudem, Doug Moo, and Ray Clendenen recently participated in a symposium on Bible translation at Liberty University. Grudem represented the ESV, Moo the NIV, and Clendenen the HCSB. These men have different opinions about translation philosophy in general and about each others’ translations in particular. You can view the video of these presentations here. The audio is available below.
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John Calvin Pumpkin Template
In honor of Reformation Day, Timothy Paul Jones has linked to a John Calvin pumpkin template, and I think this is the one of the most hilarious things I have ever seen. You’ll have to be a true artisan to carve this design, but I’m sure that if you can get it done this pumpkin will scare a whole lot of people away from your front door!
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Speaking of Political Ads…
My good friend and historiophile Matt Hall recently pointed out a website featuring vintage political ads, and I confess that I haven’t been able to get enough of it. The ad above is from Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1952 campaign in which he defeated Adlai Stevenson. The one below is from John F. Kennedy’s successful 1960 campaign against Nixon. There are scores more where these came from ranging from 1952 all the way to 2008. The website is called The Living Room Candidate, and it is a piece of history.