Monthly Archives: July 2008

An open response regarding Christian environmentalism

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: July 22, 2008
In the comments to a recent post on Al Gore, Christianity and environmentalism, TC made the following statements (quoted, but edited together – emphasis mine): I’m all for a cleaner environment for our enjoyment and our children’s children, but where is the biblical mandate? [...] We’re told in Scripture to love ourselves and not to destroy [...]
Posted in creation, eschatology, kingdom living | 9 Comments

First look: Oxford Complete Parallel Bible

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: July 20, 2008
With a mighty swipe, I’ve managed to replace several reference texts on my Bible bookshelf with a single volume. How’s that? With the addition of an edition that’s been out of print for a while, but still shows up at a reasonable price from time to time through online vendors like Amazon. I’m speaking of course [...]
Posted in bible publishing | 8 Comments

Remnants of the KJV

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: July 17, 2008
TC’s comments on 1 Peter 3 prompted me to look up a few verses and I came across another example of the HCSB’s alliterative translation: Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | 18 Comments

I’ve been Wordled…

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: July 16, 2008
Jeff has challenged us to Wordle our blogs as a way of visually seeing what we write about. Essentially the Wordle Java application parses your text and creates an image of the words you use, with the more frequent words represented in a larger font size. So without further explanation, here is my blog’s Wordle (created [...]
Posted in blogging | 10 Comments

Oxford University Press and the ESV Apocrypha

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: July 15, 2008
According to Amazon.com and Christianbook.com, the English Standard Version (ESV) with Apocrypha edition will be published by Oxford University Press on February 1, 2009: The English Standard Version Bible captures as far as possible the precise wording of the original biblical text and the personal style of each Bible writer, while taking into account differences of [...]
Posted in bible publishing, bible translation | 82 Comments