I arrived home to find a beautiful Crossway ESV Reader's Bible waiting for me. Thanks to Nick Norelli from Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth . Follow him on twitter at @NickNorelli  which is where I found out about this gem of a giveaway.       

Yesterday, Ron and I went to see Sherlock Holmes . (yes! it was another really good movie!) We got there a little early when the adds were still on. There was one for New Church . It was a very clean ad with words along the lines of A New Church? In the Bible Belt? Really. And then just gave the url. So I went and found: The New Church is a new Christianity Oh really? Wondering what a *new* Christianity is. Of course I've got some suspicions all people who live good lives, regardless of their religion, are welcomed into heaven. Ahhh, didn't take too long to find it. This is an old church and based on the *theological* writings of the scientist Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 to 1772). Lots of items to read in a search of his name. Add the word cult to his and well, there's just too much to dig through. What I find interesting is that Jesus clearly said,  “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." And still, people who base their...

HT Mine is: Ecclesiastes 11:5 NIV As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. Fine yours. And please share!

This young blogger, Paul Himes, is the son of an online friend of mine, John Himes aka John of Japan . Paul is also a student of our dear Dave Black and finishing up his PhD at Southeastern . Blog is Paroikos Bible Blog .

Here's the book I made with the downloaded materials. Instead of getting a moleskin, I made my own. Here is the Philippians insert (PDF) from Tim Brister . Lined Paper 2 col I made if you'd like to do this but can also make your own little book. Nothing special or difficult, but no need to reinvent the wheel. It's a docx file. Here's the outside and a page from my homemade book.

Reading through Jonah in the car today and here are some things that struck me in one way or another. God tells Jonah his plan and Jonah flees from God's presence. Where did he really think he could go that God wouldn't know about? The men on the boat didn't want to throw Jonah over even though they were frightened by what he had told them. They actually tried to row to shore rather than kill him. Why would they do that? If man is totally depraved, what made these men, who had been pleading other gods for their own safety, not want to save themselves by killing him? How big would a fish really have to be to swallow a man? The people of Ninevah repented - beginning with the King. What had happened in the king's experiences that made him react this way instead of hardening his heart? Jonah gets mad? Who does he think he is? He wants an entire people to be killed so he can save face. What a ton of gall. It seems Jonah excelled at getting mad about all the wrong things.

I can't say I've been thrilled with the apps I've used or tried to use lately, but I have used the ereader successfully on the phone. Small but do-able. The WordPress app has been a complete disaster. FB is ok. Twitter has worked out much better than expected.Google - ahhh I'd be lost without it. Marc Cortez posted about Olive Tree today, so I went and did a BB Storm search to see how others felt about the application and the reviews were favorable. So, if you have a storm and want to give it a shot, here is the reader download , and here is a free download for the ASV . Not one I normally use, but it will let me get a feel for how it works on the BB. They've got quite a few other free offerings too. Some are single chapter, but many are full texts. There are other Bibles in this section. Some are sample texts, others have fewer notes, but they are there.