Happy Thanksgiving

A Happy Thanksgiving to all in biblioblogdom!

What am I thankful for?

• The saving grace of God
• My wonderful wife and kids
• Scripture
• family and friends
• high-speed internet
• holiday goodies (fudge, pralines, “trash”, fried turkey, my brother-in-law’s “duck d’oeuvres”!)
• health
• freedom
• being southern

There are, of course, many things for which I am thankful and some of the items on this list are there in jest. Nevertheless, I thank God for all that He has done and that He has used me in His service. Thank you, Lord.

Αυτω η δοξα,

Jason

Yet Another Milestone

I’ve finally made it–10,000 hits! That’s chicken scratch to some of your more prolific bloggers, but for this blog I’d say that’s not too shabby! Thanks to all who stop by and make comments–I appreciate it!

What’s the next milestone? In terms of traffic, I’ll probably note the 50,000-hit mark, a goal so far away I can’t even imagine! There are other things I hope to see for this blog in the months to come, but 10,000 visits is a good number.

Αυτω η δοξα,

Jason

Commentary Giveaway

Bryan Lopez, a friend of Peter Lopez at Beauty of the Bible, is giving away a 22-volume set of Calvin’s commentaries! All you have to do is repost regarding the giveaway or friend him on Facebook to enter! Plus, you can read about the ministry he and his wife started, so head on over and check it out!

Αυτω η δοξα,

Jason

 

Grammar Meme

So Nick tagged me in this grammar meme, asking “what’s your biggest grammar foible?”

I try to be very careful about grammar, particularly when speaking (because you can’t backspace an ill-formed comment!), but inevitably, when writing there is one that I can’t seem to not think out: the word “vacuum”! Are there two “c”s or two “u”s??? I even misspelled it tying this post!

Another one that trips me up sometimes is “judgment.” Sometimes I forget there is no “e” and in it goes! That’s not that bad, but “vacuum” usually gets misspelled once!

I tag Robert, Bitsy, and Jeff.

Αυτω η δοξα,

Jason

On Footnotes

Nick’s distaste for endnotes has been well documented, and I would echo his sentiments. Endnotes can make for an exercise in frustration when trying to track down references cited in the text. As such, footnotes are just better. Period.

I was reading the first pages of Desta Heliso’s Pistis and the Righteous One: A Study of Romans 1:17 Against the Background of Scripture and Second Temple Jewish Literature and was pleased to see footnotes (which you would expect in this kind of work). But not just one here or there! On the first page, there are three lines of main text with the remaining 85% of the page filled with footnotes! Page 2? Four lines of the main text and the remainder of the page is footnotes! Obviously, this author felt there was plenty of pertinent information that was necessary to undergird the main text; can you imagine having to thumb to the back to track down a pesky endnote? Μη γενοιτο!

Αυτω η δοξα,

Jason

Another Milestone

I just realized this evening that I’ve made another milestone on the ol’ blog–1,000 comments approved! The lucky blogger is Jesse Wisnewski, who blogs at Reformed and Reforming. What’s a bit odd is that it was his first time to comment here. I thought surely Nick, TC, Matt, or Robert would have been #1,000! There’s no giveaway or prize, only my hearty “Congratulations!” and encouragement to stop by again soon!

Αυτω η δοξα,

Jason

Seinfeld

As everyone knows, Seinfeld is the greatest tv show. Ever. Period. It’s one of only a handful of shows of which I can watch reruns, and I have seen many of them so many times I can’t count them. It is, hands down, my favorite show of all time. But I wonder, with a cast of truly unforgettable characters and a host of memorable secondary characters (who could forget the Soup Nazi?!?), who is your favorite?

My favorite character, by far and without hesitation, is

Cosmo Kramer, everyone’s favorite hipster doofus!

So, who’s your favorite (and it doesn’t have to be one of the main characters)?

Αυτω η δοξα,

Jason

Stat Check

I was clicking on the various stat categories on the dashboard and found these results interesting (these account for all activity since I began this blog):

• Top three referrers (that is, those whose blogs someone clicked a link to get to mine): TC, John, and Nick.
• Top three posts/pages: my About page, my review of John Walton’s The Lost World of Genesis One, and My Library page.
• Top three blogs clicked through my blog: Broadcast Depth, Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth, and New Leaven.

Αυτω η δοξα,

Jason

I’m jealous…

…of all you guys and gals who are attending the SBL and/or ETS meetings in New Orleans! As I’ve probably commented on your blog here or there, my wife and I lived there for three years while I was in seminary and she was in grad school. When we first moved in, we were a little homesick and uncertain about New Orleans as a home. But, once we made our nest there, it was home and we loved it!

Sure N.O. has a reputation (or, reputations) and it can be a rough place to live if you happen to live a bad part of the city. We actually lived in a part of the city that was not the best–you wouldn’t want to take an evening stroll through the neighborhood! But there were so many places to go, so much history to see, and, best of all, too many fabulous restaurants to name!

So, enjoy your conferences, your book booths, your discounted book orders…but take some time to enjoy a true gem of a city. And, the only business you have on Bourbon Street is eating at one its fine restaurants (I wonder how many “where-is-Chris-Tilling-now” posts will be borne of this year’s meetings in the Big Easy!)!

Αυτω η δοξα,

Jason

Beginner’s Guide to Christianity

Michael Patton, who blogs at Parchment and Pen, posted a rather humorous take on practices and terminology every new Christian should know.

*DISCLAIMER*

It’s meant to be funny, so don’t get too bent out of shape when you find yourself saying, “Hey! We do that at my church!” There are perhaps more on his list that you do than you don’t! Have a good laugh at yourself and then pray for repentance!

Αυτω η δοξα,

Jason