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Bibles

After cutting my teeth on the Living Bible, my parents gave me a New American Standard Bible (NASB’77) for my 13th birthday and, if for nothing other than sentimental reasons, it was “my Bible” for the next 20 years. Other translations appeared on my bookshelf from time to time, but I remained a “literal is [...]

Five books on the Bible meme

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: June 26, 2009
Having been MIA when this meme originally made the rounds, I’ll thank John at Ancient Hebrew Poetry for including me on a “who’s still missing” list.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 Bible. Note that these need [...]
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Questions when I hate to read the Bible

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: June 15, 2009
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 send money their way for [...]
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Seerveld: Psalm 51

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: May 22, 2008
Voicing God’s Psalms Calvin Seerveld William Eerdmans Publishing Company (2005) ISBN 0-8028-2806-X There has been quite a bit of discussion of Psalm 51 lately, especially on Better Bibles by Suzanne, David et al., so I thought I would add one more late voice to the chorus. A few days ago, I received my copy of [...]
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SoD: “His banner over me”

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: May 18, 2008
His Banner Over Me Words and Music by Kevin Prosch Copyright © 1991 Mercy Publishing Steve at Undeception has wittingly woven two of my recent posts together into one of his – in a response to being tagged with the “Weird Worship” meme, he includes the verses from this Kevin Prosch song, “His Banner Over [...]
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Love and lust: Seerveld and the Song of Songs

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: May 16, 2008
The Greatest Song, in Critique of Solomon Translated and arranged for oratorio performance by Calvin Seerveld Published by Toronto Tuppence Press (1988, paperback) ISBN 0919071023 * * * * * I have mentioned Calvin Seerveld‘s translation and study of The Song of Songs several times on this blog, as well as in the comments on [...]
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A long walk into the wildernesss: May 12

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: May 12, 2008
Miscellaneous blogging thoughts from the past week or so: By a very large margin, the number one search term, or more accurately – search terms, for this blog over the past 90 days has been some variant of “December 17, 1994″ and/or “Ronald Weinland”. The post and photos of the leather Oxford Study Bible aside, [...]
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Unconventional Christianity

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: June 25, 2007
Late last night I was looking on my bookshelf at the various things I’ve been reading over the past few years and realized that I’ve spent most of my time reading books that buck the traditional flow of things. I find a great deal of intellectual pleasure in digging out arguments against “conventional wisdom”, taking [...]
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  • Words wither and blogs fade away…

    Forgive me if you’ve heard this song before, but I've decided to stop blogging at He is Sufficient. I truly appreciate all of the wit, wisdom and words of faith that you have shared with me over the past few years. I wish you well in all of your endeavors, whatever they may be and wherever they may lead you. “God is sufficient for the needs of His people”. Amen!