If you have been lamenting your dearth of Old Testament understanding, here is the book to make you all the wiser.

“Bruce Waltke’s An Old Testament Theology is truly a great work form the hand and heart of a great evangelical biblical theologian. Bearing the marks not only of hard work and responsible exegesis, but also a lifetime of creative thought and reflection on central biblical texts, Waltke’s Theology will immediately join the ranks as the standard by which evangelical will measure all future publications in this field.” – John H. Sailhamer, Author of Introduction to Old Testament Theology.

Anyone studying the state of religion in America over the last several years might easily conclude that the best word to describe it is schizophrenic. How do you explain a society in which 90 percent of adults say they believe in God, and 82 percent call themselves Christians, while at the same time books advocating atheism keep rocketing to the top of the bestseller lists?

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Read the review on Bridges forthcoming book.

HT:JT

Buy one, get one. Yes, a laptop. The XO laptop is designed to withstand the harsh conditions of rural village life, while boosting education among the world’s poor.

I wonder if this is a good idea? Sure, boosting education is great, but social disruption created by one child having a computer in a remote village could be immense. What do you think?

Read the Times article