http://heissufficient.com Working out my salvation in a wilderness of words... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:18:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a quick note to say "thank you" to everyone who continues to stop by -- you managed to generate enough traffic in June to keep me in the Biblioblog Top 50 for the third straight month since my quasi return, albeit just hanging on in the last spot this ... http://heissufficient.com/2009/07/01/biblioblog-top-50-for-june/ Longtime readers of this blog will know of my affection for the NEB/REB line of translation and the touches of literary excellence one finds therein. One particular phrase, "a wilderness of words", has captivated me enough to make its way into my blog tagline and spawn several posts exploring the ... http://heissufficient.com/2009/06/30/joseph-conrad-the-neb-and-a-wilderness-of-words/ Having been MIA when this meme originally made the rounds, I'll thank John at Ancient Hebrew Poetry for including me on a "who's still missing" list. The meme asks that we "name the five books (or scholars) that had the most immediate and lasting influence on how you read the ... http://heissufficient.com/2009/06/26/five-books-on-the-bible-meme/ In a post from about a year ago, I considered various translations of 1 Timothy 1:6, which in the REB reads as such: Through lack of these some people have gone astray into a wilderness of words. The key phrase "a wilderness of words" is a translation of the Greek mataiologia, which ... http://heissufficient.com/2009/06/25/sound-and-fury-redux-mataiologia-vs-kenophonia/ If only for my own reference, I want to duplicate a C.S. Lewis quote that Bob MacDonald published on his blog, Sufficiency. The quote is from the essay "Evil and God", published in the book God in the Dock: Divine reality is like a fugue. All His acts are different, but they ... http://heissufficient.com/2009/06/25/divine-reality-is-like-a-fugue/ In my professional life, I am currently faced with learning a new software package. It is a niche program for our industry and unfortunately the only training is through a company that we compete with on some levels, though not directly. Enough so, however, that our management doesn't want to ... http://heissufficient.com/2009/06/15/questions-when-i-hate-to-read-the-bible/ Note: This is part of a semi-regular series of posts comparing the NIV translation of scriptures used in my church's sermons with similar translations. The intent is to identify hurdles that may be encountered when reading along in the pew with a different translation and to determine if they are ... http://heissufficient.com/2009/05/26/the-niv-readalong-you-suffered-he-suffered-they-suffered/ Note: this is a salvaged draft of something I wrote in late April, but never got around to publishing. I'm revisiting it now because a few bloggers have recently posted or commented on N.T. Wright's criticism of the NIV as a Protestant translation in his recent book, Justification. * * * ... http://heissufficient.com/2009/05/18/the-wright-way-of-reading-along-with-the-niv/ It's been a curious thing, these past 4-5 months. I've been incredibly busy with my full-time job and some sidebar freelance projects, nevermind the house and family, the sum of which has left very little time for blogging and other personal projects. After a self-imposed hiatus of several months, I ... http://heissufficient.com/2009/05/13/the-benefits-of-a-blogs-blood-pressure/ In 1 John 2:15-17, John offers a rebuttal to the world's version of the greatest commandment: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:5) HCSB REB Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves ... http://heissufficient.com/2009/05/08/with-all-your-heart-soul-and-strength-the-world-vs-god/