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Prof. Libbie Groves’s dramatic recitation of Jonah (in biblical Hebrew!) is both funny and serious, just like the book. Check it out! You’ll enjoy it even if you don’t know Hebrew.
Tomorrow, I’m going to start preaching through the amazing gospel of John. If you’d like to hear these sermons, paste our podcast feed into your favorite podcast app. We post a new sermon, usually two, every Sunday. covenantopctucson.org/feed/podc…
I saw the Salton Sea for the first time on my way home from presbytery yesterday. And since I only had one pair of shoes with me, I had to do some cleaning before church this morning. Also, I learned after we left the sea that the mud is probably toxic.
Thomas Watson has some good advice on how to read and search the Scriptures.
This is my former professor, W. Robert Godfrey, as drawn by my seven-year-old. Note the handsome striped tie. He’s giving a lecture on the ancient church, in case you can’t tell.
It’s been fifteen months since the accident. But after many repairs, Matt Haimovitz is getting his cello back. No more waiting, but now, it’s like watching a loved one come out of a coma.
No school today and it was raining. So while the ground was easier to dig, the kids expanded our backyard rainbasin.
I’m bad about overusing the word like. The Linguistic Evolution of ‘Like’ helps explain why.
This one is for @MichaelHorton_:
“Connected with this general view are the facts that he “learned obedience by the things which he suffered,” his “strong crying” and “tears,” the fact at the “entreated,” that he “was heard” and that he was God-fearing.” These things are a marvelously constructed drama dealing with us.”
💬 Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration 30.6
Charm, writes Joseph Epstein, is “a disappearing luxury”. Which is sad because charm makes our world brighter, lighter, and sweeter. Perhaps it’s not too late?
The dictionaries won’t tell you this, but when a scream and squeak have a baby, it’s called a screak. A screak is the high-pitched sound an un-oiled hinge makes when you open it. It’s the sound that gives you goosebumps when a fork scratches a plate the wrong way. And it’s also the sound my youngest makes to entertain herself.