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Getting into Grammar - Books to help you learn what you already know

Submitted by andrewdmck on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 3:16am
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The purpose of this series is to introduce you to books that will assist you in getting in touch with the Basics of English Grammar that you once knew but have forgotten, or don't realize you already know. There aren't really any specific titles in Logos format that specifically deal with this topic, though some of the Greek Learning Grammars may have an Introduction or Appendix that touch briefly on the topic.

He is Not Silent

Submitted by tcblack on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 1:11pm
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[amazon 0802454895 thumbnail] I've just finished reading Albert Mohler's "[amazon 0802454895 inline]". If you want to do it quickly it is a quick and easy read; but a necessary and hard one - especially for preachers.

In ten pithy chapters Dr. Mohler takes you through the state of preaching today which he characterizes in the preface with Dicken's famous opening line, "It was the best of times and the worst of times..." Such, claims Mohler, is the state of preaching today.

Reviewing an ESV Study Bible Sample

Submitted by tcblack on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 11:52am
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ESV Study Bible Revelation Sample

In an email this morning the ESV Study Bible has added a new sample to their site. Formerly the introduction to Luke was available this one contains the introduction to Revelation.
It contains 12 major sections

  1. Author and Title
  2. Date
  3. Genre:
    This information is taken from the ESV Literary Study Bible and I'm very glad to see this included.
  4. Theme
  5. Purpose, Occasion and Background
  6. History of Salvation Summary
  7. Timeline (of the writing not an interpretive timeline)
  8. Key Themes
  9. Literary Features (again from the ESVLSB)
  10. Schools of interpretation
    1. Historicism
    2. Futurism (both Historical Premillennialism and Dispensational Premillennialism)
    3. Preterism / Partial Preterism
    4. Idealism
    5. Mixed View
  11. Millennial Views
    1. Premillennialism (Classical & Pretribulational)
    2. Postmillennialism
    3. Amillennialism
  12. Structure and Outline

Overall the introduction is balanced and attempts to represent the divergent interpretive schools without tipping your hand in either direction. The ESVSB goes on to note,

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