Archive for June, 2005
ESV Bible Interview: What about the Textus Receptus?
Thursday, June 23rd, 2005An intersting question was addressed by the ESV translation oversight committee today.
How did you determine the Greek text used for translation—did the Textus Receptus play any role?
The answer is pretty simple:
In almost every case, we used the standard critical text used in scholarship today, represented by the United Bible Society’s Nestle-Aland people. And so we [...]
ESV Bible Interview: Footnoted verses?
Monday, June 20th, 2005Another good Q/A from the ESV Bible Translastion Oversite Committee Interview, on the subject of Footnoted Verses
There are several places where “extra” verses are placed in the footnotes, e.g., Matthew 12:47, and others like Mark 16 where the “extra” verses are bracketed out but in the main text. How did you make decisions like that [...]
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Nancy was informing me that The Last Samurai one was getting old. That and Batman Begins has unseated it as my inspirational/warrior movie for now.
I hope I don’t get sued.
Youth Ministry for Big People
Friday, June 17th, 2005I’m becoming increasinly convinced that the way to reach the emerging generation is to have a vibrant inter-generational ministry, that is focused on reaching the emerging generation (rather than catering to the desires of the older generation.)
I read this great article called “A Mad Multi-gen Strategy that Works, Dude: Bring generations together and reduce 20-something [...]
Review: Batman Begins
Thursday, June 16th, 2005Not so much a review, as an excited rave… but:
In short, it was better than Star Wars. That’s right, better than Star Wars.
I’m a humongous Batman fanatic. The first (Michael Keaton/Jack Nicholsen/Tim Burton) Batman movie is still in my top 10 favorite movies of all time, (though this one may just have replaced [...]
