Archive for September, 2007

Bible study spotlight: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Friday, September 21st, 2007

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (TSK in SwordSearcher) is probably one of the most important Bible study aids ever published. Many Bibles have cross-references in their margins, but these are typically anemic.  The TSK is like a Bible margin as wide as the Bible text column itself. I love this resource because it is all [...]

What famous leader are you?

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

From the “amusing diversions department:”

What Famous Leader Are You?
Note: quiz length makes a difference. The first time I took the test, I chose the shortest one, and it said I’m Hitler. Figuring it just didn’t get to know me well enough (for one thing, I’m not a socialist!), I re-took it with 27 questions and [...]

Government schooling trains for subservience

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

People don’t seem to realize this very often: allowing the government to control education is inconsistent with living in an individualistic and free society.
Case in point: A Judge rules that school administrators can take punitive actions against students for things they write outside of school.
U.S. District Court Judge Mark Kravitz denied Avery Doninger’s request for [...]

The Bible in Klingon?

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Shakespeare is best in the original Klingon, as every Star Trek fan knows.  The Bible… not so much.
Joel Anderson has used a lexicon to “translate” the Bible into Klingon and compiled a SwordSearcher “Klingon Language Version.” Tranlsate is in quotes because as Joel says on his website, “It is useful for for entertainment value, not linguistic [...]