Danker, of BDAG fame, died today. Prof. Danker is the editor of A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, a magnus opus that virtually every preaching pastor and Bible scholar uses with some regularity. HT: Rod Decker via Justin Taylor … [Read more...] about Frederick William Danker (1920–2012)
Love Walked Among Us – Paul Miller (50-60% off)
If you liked The Praying Life (and who didn't), you'll want to know that Paul Miller's book, Love Walked Among Us: Learning to Love Like Jesus, is currently 50% off ($7.00) at WTS Books. Buy 5 or more copies and get them for $6.00 each. Sale Ends Saturday, Feb. 4th. Excerpt from the Publisher's Description: In Love Walked Among Us, Paul Miller invites us to get to know Jesus, to observe His life and His love as they unfold in the Gospel narratives. The accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, combined with Miller's own life stories, will encourage us to imitate Jesus" way of loving … [Read more...] about Love Walked Among Us – Paul Miller (50-60% off)
Komen Foundation Drops Planned Parenthood
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, a leading charity for breast cancer, announced the termination of its partnership with Planned Parenthood in prevention screenings and education. Their reasoning, according to a statement from Komen's spokeswoman Leslie Aun, is that Komen refuses to partner with organizations under investigation by local, state or federal authorities. Pro-life groups like Americans United for Life praised the decision, which will drain funding for the nation’s largest abortion provider (and draw further attention to the ongoing investigation). … [Read more...] about Komen Foundation Drops Planned Parenthood
The Great Unbundling of the University
Alan Jacobs, Clyde S. Kilby Professor of English at Wheaton College, writes in The Atlantic on the growing phenomenon of online education, calling it "The Great Unbundling of the University." An excerpt: For a long time now, universities have flourished by offering a bundled package of knowledge and credentialing. People attended university in order to learn stuff that they couldn't learn elsewhere -- because the experts weren't elsewhere -- and to be certified by those experts as having actually learned said stuff. The bundle has been a culturally powerful one. But now: unbundling. … [Read more...] about The Great Unbundling of the University
John Piper – The Pleasures of God
Today, Multnomah releases a revised edition of one of John Piper's most significant books, The Pleasures of God. An excerpt: There is only one fountain of lasting joy – the overflowing gladness of God in God. Without beginning and without ending, without source and without cause, without help or assistance, the spring is eternally self-replenishing. From this unceasing fountain of joy flow all grace and all joy in the universe – and all the rest of the book. Let everyone who is thirsty come (p. 45). Multnomah is simultaneously releasing a DVD of Pastor Piper teaching on themes from The … [Read more...] about John Piper – The Pleasures of God
Why You Should Seek to be a Great Manager
Marcus Buckingham, from First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently: Our research yielded many discovers, but the most powerful was this: Talented employees need great managers. The talented employee may join a company because of its charismatic leaders, its generous benefits, and its world-class training programs, but how long that employee stays and how productive he is while he is there is determined by his relationship with his immediate supervisor. When talented employees work for mediocre managers, they either leave or stagnate. Now the latter might … [Read more...] about Why You Should Seek to be a Great Manager