Philippians online

from Robert Jimenez! Well, it’s only part of Philippians, but still.

Edited to add: I’ve finished the first lesson and it was very good! I encourage you to give him a listen.

I’d also like to encourage all of my pastor friends to get at least some of your sermons online for the rest of us to listen to and learn from. And maybe not just us (your friends). Imagine the impact that an online sermon could have. I put my math lessons online on slideshare and I’m amazed that some of them have hundreds and hundreds of views – and that’s just for math! I know God will richly use these sermons.

blog comments

I got home and sat down at the computer with a snack to go through Google Reader for the first time since about 5 a.m.

One of the early blogs I hit had 17 posts! Remember that’s just since 5 a.m. I may hit 17 posts some weeks

But when I have hundreds of feeds pop up, I always go to my favorites first to see what they have going on. I’m frequently amazed at the depth of comments and the conversations that happen after the post. TC and Nick both frequently get great comments that turn into really good conversations. Peter has one today. Thirty-nine comments when I hit it. It’s on heaven and when Christians will arrive at the pearly gates. Very good discussion!

Another NLT giveaway!

Peter Lopez over at Beauty of the Bible is having an NLT Mosaic giveaway for the next ten days for his stop on the blog tour. If you haven’t won one yet, go over and enter.

Dig around his site too. He’s got some great resources!

Steven Anderson clone in NC

Good heavens! What is the world coming to?
Church To Burn Bibles, Christian Books
Pastor Says King James Should Be Only Followed Version

On Halloween night, Grizzard and the 14 members of the Amazing Grace Baptist Church also will burn music and books by Christian authors, such as Billy Graham and Rick Warren.

NLT Mosaic Giveaway at New Epistles

Kevin Sam is doing this giveaway a little differently. Go visit the page and check it out! Good luck to you!

The Glo Bible

Thanks to Stephen Smuts for posting this again. (some of us are just slow)

Pretty cool!

FAQs

Mosaic Holy Bible – Review

Thanks to Tyndale House (especially Christy Wong) for this review copy of the Holy Bible: Mosaic NLT.

First, this has  a beautiful cover in hardback. The first section which is the Mosaic is on heavy cream colored paper and has full color artwork. The devotions/articles span the Christian year and are from various time periods from ancient church to modern. Devotions are organized in weekly segments and contain Scripture, Historical and Global Contributions, Meditations, and a place to write. AND there is artwork. Some of it is gorgeous. They’ve also included some poetry in the readings – along with some wonderful narratives and quotes building upon the Christian year.

I wish the Scripture font was just a tad bigger. I have to pull my glasses out to read it. That’s not a given on all materials yet. AND I was just a little disappointed that the text for the Bible itself was in two column with references down the middle. I was hoping it would be like the Chronological Bible and span the width of the page. I really like that layout.

You are sure to enjoy the readings that are organized in the front half of the Bible.

My thoughts on the NLT submitted to The Church of Jesus Christ for the blog tour kick off:

Why do I like the NLT? It’s readable without the hiccups of more literal translations. It feels like a story unfolding before you. Not being a Hebrew or Greek scholar, I can’t tell you how words and phrases line up across the pages. I can’t tell you how accurate every jot and tittle is. What I can tell you is that the plain text has made me do a double take many times. “I didn’t remember that!” or “that seems different somehow” leads me back to other versions like the NASB for comparison. Wording may be different, but intent has always been the same. AND I think the reason some verses stand out more is because they are written plainly and not in a stilted manner.

I don’t have a Mosaic, but I do have a Chronological NLT. If you don’t have one of these, they aren’t very expensive (they come in hardback and paperback), and I love having Scripture from the same period presented together instead of separated by books. Granted, it’s not a good Bible for Sunday morning pastor following because it may take you longer to find the verses used for reference, but it’s great for reading. Just reading. From beginning to end or any section in between.

AND a list of the blog tour stops can be found in this post.

NLT Mosaic giveaway

NOT entering myself as I was lucky enough to get one for review (and won another one from Joel that I’m planning on using as a gift), but I do want to spread the good news about another NLT giveaway from one of my favorite bloggers, Nick Norelli.

Here is the giveaway scoop straight from Nick:

Like all of the other participants in the Holy Bible: Mosaic Blog Tour I have a gift certificate to give away that can be redeemed for a hardcover copy of the Holy Bible: Mosaic at your local bookstore.  The rules of my contest are simple:

1. In the comments to this post tell me in 50 words or less why you’d like to have a copy of the Holy Bible: Mosaic.
2. Link to this post on your blog, or, if you don’t have a blog then promise to tell someone about the contest.

That’s it.  You have until 11:59 PM (EST) on October 8, 2009 to enter and I will announce the winner on October 9, 2009 (my scheduled date for the blog tour).  I’ll then contact the winner via email and obtain their mailing information.  And I will be accepting international entries.

Hebrew basics

Friend from work mentioned this one:

Title:  Basics of Biblical Hebrew

Authors  Gary D. Pratico and Miles V. Van Pelt

ISBN:  0-310-23760-2

Publisher:  www.zondervan.com

Opinions?

The sad state of the Portuguese Bible

If you read David Ker at Lingamish, you know what I’m talking about. If you don’t, then please visit Lingamish and read about the lack of God’s Word in Portuguese. He’s covered it in the last couple of posts.

And pray for Bibles to be printed in every language. But I’m moving Portuguese to the top of my list.

Logos.com hawks luxury Bibles while the world starves for God’s Word

Illegal sources of the Portuguese Bible in digital format

Mosaic NLT Bloggers on the tour

From Polycarp. The emphasized ones are the ones I would have read anyway. It will be interesting to see what they are all saying.

Please make sure to visit these bloggers:

Holy Bible: Mosaic Blog Tour Schedule

September

22 – http://thechurchofjesuschrist.us

23 – http://www.deepbiblestudy.net/

24 – http://www.thislamp.com

25 – http://www.prsteps.blogspot.com

28 – http://www.chosenforgrace.com

29 – http://fccmaryville.com/FCC_Library.html

30 – http://jaredtotten.blogspot.com

October

1 – http://www.lawrencewilson.com/

2 – http://takingthoughtscaptive.wordpress.com

5 – http://www.katagraphais.com

6 – http://paradoxum.squarespace.com

7 – http://cntyourblessins.wordpress.com

8 – http://www.prsrant.com

9 – http://rdtwot.wordpress.com

12 – http://frugalplus.com/

13 – http://rickstilwell.wordpress.com

14 – http://www.internetmonk.com/

15 – http://www.mybookaddictionandmore.wordpress.com

16 – http://timothyarcher.com/kitchen

19 – http://kennedyandzach.blogspot.com/

20 – http://cherryblossommj.blogspot.com

21 – http://bookfoolery.blogspot.com/

22 – http://newleaven.com/

23 – http://beautyofthebible.com

26 – http://writingcanvas.wordpress.com

27 – http://www.theiemommy.com

28 – http://jeannesgifts.blogspot.com

29 – http://csahm.com

30 – http://englewoodreview.org/

November

2 – http://eisdoxan.wordpress.com

3 – http://newepistles.com/

4 – http://heidirafferty.blogspot.com/

5 – http://joshkidney.blogspot.com

6- http://jimkane.wordpress.com

9 – http://mochawithlinda.blogspot.com

10 – www.FaithBarista.com

11 – http://bradboydston.blogspot.com/

12 – http://davidladuke.wordpress.com/

13 – http://praxishabitus.blogspot.com

16 – http://blogmywaynow.blogspot.com/

17 – http://www.innerstrife.com

18 – http://haackreviewsbooks.blogspot.com

19 – http://www.vincetornero.com/

20 – http://www.beyondsilverandgold.blogspot.com

23 – http://myattkids.blogspot.com

24 – http://www.lovingheartdesigns.com/

25 – http://lullabeat.blogspot.com

26 – THANKSGIVING

27 – http://www.postrestorationist.blogspot.com

30 – http://kristieberglund.blogspot.com

In the mail today:

I got a copy of Tyndale’s new CD of The Screwtape Letters for review.

AND thanks to Christy Wong at Tyndale, I have a copy of the NLT Mosaic for review (not blog tour, but review none-the-less). Yippee!

3 Movie Meme

Jason tagged me for this meme. Jason had been tagged by Matt, the meme originator it appears.

Two old:

Ben Hur

The Ten Commandments

Two new: (I do know that’s more than three )

The Final Inquiry

One Night with the King

I think if I start tagging, we’ll be in for tag overlap, so if you haven’t been tagged, please share your favorites and give me a ping

Mosaic NLT

Well, I didn’t get in on this blog tour. By the time I responded to the email, all the spots were gone, but several of my brother bloggers (I’m sure there are sisters out there but I haven’t seen any of them yet) did get in on it.

Jason is one.

Joel is another. Joel is actually asking for content contributions, so if you’d like to see what it’s like to be part of a blog tour without taking the plunge, this might be a good intro for you!

Found another one: Peter at Beauty of the Bible

Adding Nick to the list.

Review: John (from the Life Application Bible Studies)

Thanks to Tyndale for this review copy of John (LABS). Book uses NLT.

From Amazon:

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers (November 12, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1414325614
• ISBN-13: 978-1414325613
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches

This book has multiple parts. Before you get to the Bible study, which starts on page 63, there are several sections that help you get get the most from an “application” study as well as a section introducing the NLT.There are time allotments for 60 and 90 minute studies.

Pages 3-62 are the book of John from the NLT with notes making this a one stop Bible study.

There are 13 chapters, and each chapter has sections labeled:

• Reflect on your life
• Read the passage
• Realize the principle
• Respond to the message
• Resolve to take action
• More for studying other themes in this section

Nice, compact Bible study.

I would have liked to have had this book last year when I was teaching the Life of Christ to teens. Some of the questions were excellent, like In what ways does God prune a fruitful believer? What kind of pruning experience have you had over the past few months? (p107) Or What changes might you make in your life to reflect more clearly Christ’s divine authority over your life? (p83) All in all, this is a very good little study. I think it would be much, much better as a group study verses individual.