互動式教會歷史年代表

朱聖典、王崇儒, 中華福音神學院 - 教會歷史年代表作業 Church History Timeline

[Kindle sale] The NIV Zondervan Study Bible

The NIV Zondervan Study Bible: Built on the Truth of Scripture and Centered on the Gospel Message Kindle Edition

by D. A. Carson (Editor), T. Desmond Alexander (Editor), Richard Hess (Editor), Douglas J. Moo (Editor)

Zondervan, 2015.

 

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A new journal: Unio cum Christo

A new journal: Unio cum Christo 
published by International Reformed Evangelical Seminary & Westminster Theological Seminary

• the first issue free (registration needed)

*Unio cum Christo = Union with Christ

planning to read your Bible in 2016

Justin Taylor, Reading the Whole Bible in 2016: An FAQ

• a good post to encourage you to plan for reading the bible in a year, with 
• different adjustable reading plans offered
• superb videos introducing books of the bible 
• superb videos on important biblical themes (both taken from the Bible Project -you can find all the videos and posters there).

[kindle] free ebook on sharing faith

That's a Great Question: What to Say When Your Faith Is Questioned Kindle Edition

by Glenn Pearson. David C. Cook, 2010.

one more online Greek NT website

Another online Greek New Testament reader, with parsing, Abbott-Smith Greek lexicon [this lexicon is sensitive the Greek word's Hebrew equivalents based on LXX], and Strongs and KJV definitions.

BibleWorks 10 troubleshooting: Affecting other programs' keyboard settings

BibleWorks 10影響到Windows其他program的鍵盤語言/中文輸入?

這篇knowledgebase ("How Can I Keep BibleWorks Language and Keyboard Settings from Affecting Other Programs?")能解決這問題。

learning Hebrew in Chinese

溪水编写组编著。《古希伯来语教程》(pdf格式)。溪水系列。四川：四川大學出版社, n.d.。
 

RIP the dean of evangelical NT scholars

In remembrance of "the dean of evangelical NT scholars," Professor I. Howard Marshall.
(It was such an honour that Evangel Seminary had him as our former adjunct faculty member. He's such a humble person as I knew him personally.)

To remember him, this is an interview on Howard's life and faith. Though published 15 years ago, it is still worth pondering and helpful to young seminarians and scholars alike:

Carl Trueman, “Interview With Professor Howard Marshall,” Themelios 26, no. 1 (2000): 48–53.


Here's just a few gems:

'We are not scholars who happen to be disciples. we are disciples who happen to be scholars'.

"I think it is important to be in a good Christian fellowship to have support from it and to be occupied in Christian work of one kind or another, and if possible to try and relate your studies to your practical Christian work."

"So the problem of defending the faith must still go on. We cannot assume that we have arrived, and think that we have solved all the problems and have all the answers. We most certainly haven't.... If we as evangelicals believe that Scripture has a message for today, then the responsibility is all the more upon us to get on and do it."

P.S.

• Tributes by various scholars: Ray Van Neste,  Stanley Porter, Darrell Bock, Michael Bird, Craig Blomberg, Andrew Clarke, Steve Walton, and Mark Goodacre
• An obituary from Christianity Today: "A tribute to the New Testament expert who kept the flame of evangelical scholarship from burning out." 
• 播道神學院訃聞
• Videos of his Acts lectures delivered at Moore Theological College (Australia). That was 1991.  

[Logos] free spiritual stuff by Lexham Press

Lexham Press Spiritual Growth Bundle (25 resources)

Note: You have to sign up for a free Faithlife account (somewhat different from the Logos a/c but actually not)

Individual Titles

• Connect the Testaments: A Daily Devotional
• 40 Days to the Cross: Reflections from Great Thinkers
• By His Wounds You Are Healed
• Embracing God as Father: Christian Identity in the Family of God
• Moment with God: A Devotional on Every Biblical Book
• To Love God and to Love Others: A Devotional Commentary on James
• Live in Liberty: The Spiritual Message of Galatians*

Transformative Word Series

• When You Want to Yell at God: The Book of Job
• Cutting Ties with Darkness: 2 Corinthians

Studies in Faithful Living Series

• Abraham: Following God’s Promise
• Jacob: Discerning God’s Presence
• Joseph: Understanding God’s Purpose
• Mary: Devoted to God’s Plan

[Olivetree ebks sale] notable items

Attractive Olivetree sale which you can really consider (Discounts End December 4, 11:59PM PST):

UBS Handbooks for Old Testament (21 Vols.)

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UBS Handbooks for New Testament (20 Vols.)

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Zondervan Illustrated Collection (3 Vols.)

 (Zondervan Atlas of the Bible, the Zondervan Bible Commentary, and the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary)

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Free Resource Friday for December -a Free Bible Study Title every week: sign up for our email newsletter to see what these free titles will be.

[Logos] free Blessing of Christmas

The Blessing of Christmas by Ratzinger, Joseph, Benedict XVI. Ignatius, 2007.

This profusely illustrated book is ideal for personal or group meditations during the Christmas and Advent season. With its inspiring, profound, yet popular meditations on the blessings of the season, this volume by Pope Benedict XVI is a spiritual guide for the soul. Taken from his sermons as well as his writings, these beautiful meditations by the acclaimed spiritual teacher, writer and now Pontiff, give his usual fresh insights into the deeper meaning of this most wondrous event, and show the pope to be a man who knows how to address both the mind and the heart. 

[Logos] free ebooks for 24 days of Advent

Notable items: 
Day 1:  Scripture and the Authority of God by N. T. Wright, SPCK, 2005.
Day 3:  Cornerstone Biblical Commentary: 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, Hebrews by Linda L. Belleville, Jon C. Laansma, J. Ramsey Michaels. Tyndale, 2009 .
Day 4: Tabletalk Magazine Bundle: Christian History (11 issues)
Day 5: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Esther by Lewis Bayles Paton. T&T Clark, 1908. 

Day 8: Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics, Volume 2: The Doctrine of God, Part 1     
Day 9: Be Comforted (Isaiah) by Warren W. Wiersbe. Victor Books, 1996. 
Day 12: 300 Quotations for Preachers from the Medieval Church by Ritzema, Elliot, Brant, Rebecca. Lexham Press, 2013.
Day 14: The Power of God unto Salvation by Benjamin B. Warfield. Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1903.
Day 24: Understanding the Bible Commentary: Isaiah by John Goldingay. Baker, 2012.
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monthly Logos free ebook (Dec)

The New Testament Library Series: Ephesians

Stephen E. Fowl
Westminster John Knox, 2012.

Even though it was written some two millennia ago, Ephesians still speaks to Christians today in themes quite familiar to the modern reader. In a predominantly Gentile context, the Christian community needed to be reminded of the priority of Israel and the astonishing work of reconciliation that God willed to accomplish in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This new volume in the highly acclaimed New Testament Library series reveals the great theological promises of Ephesians while discussing issues of context, authorship, and style.

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The New Testament Library Series: Hebrews

Luke Timothy Johnson
Westminster John Knox, 2012.

This volume of the New Testament Library offers a thorough and careful commentary on the complicated book of Hebrews, showing its meaning within the context of ancient culture and the theological development of the early church. Written by one of the leading New Testament scholars of the present generation, Luke Timothy Johnson, this commentary offers remarkable insights into the Hellenistic, Roman, and Jewish contexts of the book of Hebrews.