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C. S. Lewis, in Mere Christianity, writes that “you find out more about God from the Moral Law than from the universe in general just as you find out more about a man by listening to his conversation than by looking at a house he has built.” Thinking carefully about the connection between God and morality has apologetic value, as Lewis notes. Indeed, Lewis and a great number of other Christian apologists have thought the connection such that an argument from morality to the existence of God is possible. Beyond that, such an inquiry involves thinking about both the nature of God (e.g., His omnibenevolence and aseity) and the nature of mankind (e.g., our origin and moral knowledge)….
Almost all Christians familiar with the world of apologetics are familiar with the “moral argument,” which claims that in order for the moral law to be absolute and thereby create moral obligations, the moral law must be metaphysically grounded in an absolute source–namely, God.
It is rare that we hear serious dialogue among philosophers and ethicists who ascribe to competing views on this issue. Keith Loftin has ably served as a fair referee as four of these positions are stated, critiqued, and defended….
Blogs The biblical studies blogosphere was a bit vacuous this week. The biggest news is that Larry Hurtado posted a summary of the articles in the latest NTS arguing that the Jesus’ wife fragment is a forgery. It seems that there is now a consensus on the matter, unless serious rebuttals be given. We posted our first Keep Your Greek post on which Greek Bible is best to help you.. well, keep your Greek. We also posted reviews of BibleWorks 10, part…
Part 1 of this review series looked at BibleWorks 10’s design and interface, highlighting its simplicity but also warning those with high-res devices. This post will focus on BW 10’s new features, some of which are simple but extraordinarily helpful.
One feature I’m excited about is the “Forms” tab. When you hover over a Greek, Hebrew, or Aramaic word, the forms tab will show you every form of that word that appears in that textual version….
This is part 1 of our review of BibleWorks 10. This post will discuss the interface and design of BibleWorks, which I have always appreciated the most about the program because of its simplicity and down-to-business look. One friend says it looks like it was built for MS-DOS, which was a humorous exaggeration, but it truly is a simple, text-based design for serious exegetes. Moreoever, it’s lightweight and loads and operates far quicker than Logos, which is a beast even on my brand new, high quality Lenovo Yoga Pro 2. Searches on BW are nearly instantaneous and can be quite complex, as I’ll demonstrate in future posts. For now, let’s look at this simple, yet elegant design….
Enter here to win one of five sets of Colossians Greek Reading Videos! (A description of the videos is below in the giveaway widget.)
These videos are at the heart of what we at Exegetical Tools want to do for biblical language learners, namely, assist and empower you to continue improving your biblical language skills as you use them personally and in your teaching or preaching. Unfortunately, I’m not independently wealthy and it took me around 160 hours to complete these Colossians videos, so the only way….
There are several different types of Greek Bibles and all have strengths and weaknesses–for both the disciplined and the undisciplined among us.
Five lucky Greek nerds have won themselves $100 in free Greek resources, including David Black’s Learn to Read New Testament Greek and three of the Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament books. All four of these books, which all five winners will receive, are published by B&H Academic and they sponsored the giveaway by offering them for free. Thanks to B&H for their generosity and desire to foster learning of the biblical languages….
Eerdmans posted an interview with Alvin Plantinga about his new book Knowledge and Christian Belief.
I posted a summary (6,000 words) of G. K. Beale’s Handbook on the NT use of the OT over at Books At a Glance. If you haven’t signed up yet, try a free 30-day trial and read my summary of this fantastic resource.
We posted two new posts in our Greek Matters series, which looks at practical or devotional points we can take from the Greek that isn’t easily or at all apparent from the English translations. Check out Greek Matters: Colossians 1:3-5 and Christian Hope and Greek Matters: Colossians 1:9-12 and Pleasing God….
