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This month's giveaway is Keri Wyatt Kent's Deeper into the Word: Reflections on 100 Words from the New Testament. The contest is open to those in the U.S. You can read my review of the book here. The rules to the giveaway have changed a bit. One of the changes is that you can enter a large number of times if you share the giveaway on your blog or Facebook. Every hit registered from your link to the giveaway post will equal an entry. Enter only once with the form below. Entry will close on June 15th. The winner will be announced shortly after.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
June 2011 Giveaway
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Review: NASB In Touch Ministries Wide Margin
The Lockman Foundation has a strong legacy of producing high quality Bibles, and I was greatly impressed by the NASB Side-Column Reference Bible; however, the NASB In Touch Ministries Wide Margin Edition is by far the finest edition of the NASB I have ever seen, and it might be the nicest Bible I have ever handled. This calfskin wide margin Bible was designed in partnership with Charles Stanley (a well-known abuser of Bible editions (edit: He always wraps the back cover around the front, which puts a lot of stress on the binding)) and reflects a distinct usability with the finest craftsmanship. Dr. Stanley's introduction to the edition immediately reveals the heart behind this Bible's intentional design:
I'm excited to join The Lockman Foundation in creating the In Touch Ministries Edition of the NASB. This Bible features the translation of God's Word that is most accurate to the original languages, with greatly expanded margins perfect for extensive note-taking. Included are a solid concordance and an impressive full color map section. We also have selected a wonderful imported paper that will not allow distracting bleed-through of the text. The unique binding allows this Bible to open and lie flat from the first time you use it. Finally, we chose premium cover materials--top-grain cowhide, genuine leather, and hardcover--to make it a lifetime tool.I am exceptionally impressed with this handsome edition.
The burgundy calfskin edition features a rich color (a bit darker than the pictures reflect), a deep pronounced grain and soft, supple leather. This is the only Bible I've reviewed other than the Cambridge editions which has a leather-lined interior and it gives this Bible a distinct feel. The thickness and softness of the calfskin rivals and may even surpass Cambridge's goatskin editions and is considerably cheaper. The difference between calfskin and goatskin often comes down to individual preference. Goatskin editions come with a natural grain, whereas all other leathers have a grain stamped into the leather. While my Cambridge goatskin Bible has a complex natural grain, the grain on this edition has a greater depth and definition and provides a highly pleasurable texture.
The spine features raised spine bands, which are a favorite feature of mine, and raised bulges at the top and bottom of the spine for added protection.
The dimensions of the Bible are 10.7 x 8 x 2.1 making it slightly taller and narrower than a Cambridge wide margin. The binding is smyth-sewn, providing the most proven and durable method of Bible binding.
This Bible does gymnastics fairly well, though not as flexible as the Side Column Reference its flexibility parallels a Cambridge edition. The flexibility and thickness is achieved not only with supple leather, but with a leather lined interior.
A truly beautiful spine accented by rich gold letters and gilding.
The layout in this edition is one of the major attractions this is a wide margin edition with a very readable 10 point font. The margins themselves are about 1" and 3/16ths on the outside, top and bottom margins and about an inch on the inside margin. As usual the inside margin is smaller than the outside, which is counter-productive. The inside margin curls into the spine and is much harder to write in, which would make a larger inside margin desirable. The outside margins are somewhat smaller than the margins within a Cambridge wide margin, but the top and bottom margins are significantly larger. This could be an advantage depending on your note-taking habits. This edition gains space by foregoing a cross reference system, but takes more space for the larger font.
The 10 point font is very readable and a desirable option, as this is the largest font I know of in a wide margin edition, but this also means the columns are narrower than usual, allowing about 20 verses per page. This allows more space for notes per verse but may also make reading slightly more difficult. This layout takes advantage of a readable font and a format that permits extensive note-taking, highly comparable to the Cambridge editions, but with a few different choices.
This edition features a full 70 page concordance with a very small font, making it fairly extensive. In addition it features 8 color maps and a few pages of blank paper at the end for notes. The cover is complemented by a felt slipcase. The paper in this edition is high quality but perhaps not as high quality as I have seen elsewhere. It should only be a drawback for those with highly selective tastes. This Bible also features some of the best ribbons I have ever seen, they are thick, durable wide and high gloss. This Bible may not feature cross-references or other extras, but it maintains a high quality in all its features.
The In Touch Ministries Wide Margin excels in materials, workmanship and design. It accomplishes elegance and beauty in a classic wide margin format that gives the reader a number of new options, including a larger font and a more even distribution of writing space. While the inside and outside margins may not be as large as some wide margin editions, but the larger font allows more space per verse. This is my favorite NASB of the editions I've handled, and it would be my first recommendation to any note-taker looking for an NASB. Different readers may be looking for different features or aesthetics, but this edition meets my preferences at many levels and provides exceptional quality in a simple approach.
My thanks to the Lockman Foundation for providing this complimentary review copy. I was not required to give a positive review but an honest review.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Extra Bibles?
Do you have some extra Bibles lying around? Maybe some that are well-read but you've replaced with a fresher copy? Bible Senders helps connect individuals with those in need of Bibles and welcomes donations of any extra Bibles you have lying around. While I have not yet used Bible Senders, they may get a shipment from me very soon. There is a desperate urgency for Bibles all over the world. Our affluence and abundance puts us in a unique position to reveal the generosity of God to the rest of the world.
Bible Senders - The Place to Get Free Bibles and Donate Free Bibles to others...
Help spread the "Good News" worldwide by putting new, used or old bibles back to work! If you are like many Christians, you probably have 3, 4 or 5 extra bibles in different translations and languages, just lying around collecting dust. Here is a chance to put those used bibles back to work and help fulfill the Great Commission in Mark 16:15. Join Bible Senders.org as we work to send bibles all over the world and give them "Free Of Charge" to anyone who can't afford a bible and wants to hear the good news!
Imagine, not having your own bible to read...Today, as you read this, there are still literally millions of people around the world who have yet to hear the Almost Too Good To Be True News. Together, your family and mine, we can make a difference.
What you can do...Send us new bibles, your used bibles and / or old bibles. You can buy new ones online, purchase some at the store, find them at garage sales, do a bible drive in your church or get them from your friends and relatives as there is a huge need for bibles in any version and in every language . Once you get one or a few bibles, send them to us and we put them into the hands of individuals and missionary groups not only here in the United States but all around the world. So, come on, share the love, get off your duff and send us your dusty bibles and get to work fulfilling the Great Commission in Mark 16:15!
What we will do...When we receive your extra bibles, we ship them or hand deliver them into the hands of those who ask, "Free Of Charge" its as simple as that! If you are a Christian missionary out in the trenches preaching biblical truths, a Christian who can't afford a study bible or a Non Believer who is asking; "Is God real" and "If he is, how does Jesus fit in the the story?" We will send you a free bible to help you with your biblical studies and finding God's bible promises.
For more information on the scarcity of Bibles check out this article from VOM. They have numerous articles on the need for the Bible around the world and in persecuted churches.
|Statistics for VOM's Bibles Unbound program.
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Friday, May 20, 2011
Watchman Nee on Meditation
Both Joshua 1:8 and Psalm 1:2 tell us that we have to meditate and dwell on the word of the Lord all the time. At ordinary times (i.e., other than the times when we are reading the Bible), we should meditate on the Lord's Word. We should learn to mold our thoughts according to the thoughts of the Bible. We should be meditating whether or not we are reading the Word. Romans 8:6 speaks of the "mind set on the spirit." This means that we should think on the spirit, and fix it on the spirit. This verse does not mean that we should set our mind on the spirit only, but that we should have a mind of the spirit. We should not just concentrate on the spirit, but should have a concentration that is of the spirit. In other words, whenever our mind turns, it should always turn to God's Word. No matter what the circumstances may be, our mind should always be fixed on God's Word. This is a matter not of artificial reminding but of spontaneous meditating. Ordinarily, our mind should be a mind that is set on the Word. Our mind should not be set on the Bible only when we are thinking about the Bible; it should be on the Bible even when we are not thinking about it. We should be inclined toward God's Word in a spontaneous way.
There are two sides to our meditation. On the one hand, we meditate when we read the Bible. On the other hand, we meditate at all times. When we are reading the Bible, our mind should be meditating on God's Word. But when we are not reading the Bible, we should also be actively exercising ourselves with our trained mind. It is not a matter of forcing ourselves to think about the Scriptures. The Holy Spirit will direct our thoughts in this direction, and it will become part of our habit. Once we develop such a habit, we will spontaneously become rich in the Lord. (Watchman Nee, How to Study the Bible p.86-87)
Watchman Nee presents an alternative side to meditation, one that does not demand intense concentration or patience or internal stirring, but an identity in the Word and the continuing process of the Holy Spirit renewing our mind and establishing us in the mind of Christ. In a world of quick hits and many distractions, it is comforting to know that the Holy Spirit is more energetic than the things around us vying for our attention. He aggressively and vivaciously plants scripture within our thoughts and heart. When we read and study, the Word is planted within us. The Holy Spirit sets it bubbling up within our mind and heart, creating a different king of meditation: a mind of the Spirit. I once heard a preacher say, just let your mind wander, wherever it goes, that's where your heart is. This also is meditation: a mind that wanders back to the Word.
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New Nature Video (on vimeo and youtube)
Graham Cooke NEW NATURE from Jonathan Ammon on Vimeo.
Download the audio and the transcript from my earlier post on the project.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Review: The Almighty Bible
The Almighty Bible is a new and exciting project which aims to present the entire narrative of the Bible in a graphic novel format for teen and preteen audiences. What makes this project so attractive is that they are publishing individual books of the Bible with an almost complete text of the book in a translation based on the American Standard Bible. This means that a good chunk of the Bible is presented with full color illustrations, elevating this from a simple picture Bible to an elaborate and thorough illustrated version of the Bible.Moses begged Yahweh and said, "Repent of this evil against your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you said, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'" Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people. Exodus 32:11-32:14
The Almighty Bible is edited down from the World English Bible translation, that is itself based on the 1904 American Standard Translation. The chapters and verses that are the source for each page are listed on each page of the book and the full text is a simple two-fingered tap away on the iPAD version. The Almighty Bible is produced under the direction of Kevin O'Donnell who has 25 years of experience with high level children's projects, including Liberty's Kids on PBS (which he created and co-produced) - The Adventures of Hyperman (on CBS - which he co-created and produced) and interactive games for companies like Lucas Arts, IBM and Sundance.
Professor Tremper Longman III, PhD (Yale) writes forewords for the books and helps bring his insight to the project as the team attempts to be as historically accurate as possible, in terms of dress and technologies of the times. The Almighty Bible is created in a manner that maintains the drama and excitement of these amazing books but is also respectable of family norms and values when it comes to the nature of the images. Pastor Charles Kim heads a multi-denominational Advisory committee that is designed to keep The Almighty Bible on track for years to come.
The illustrations are not elaborate but they are dynamic and hold a strong style, almost appearing like stills from a Disney film. They illustrate the text and give movement and emotion to the story, helping the imagination and providing emotional detail to the text. This combination with solid biblical text creates a good transition from a children's Bible to a full Bible. The Almighty Bible is currently available in Genesis and Exodus, with the Gospel of Mark and the Book of Acts soon on the way. In addition to the hard copies, the Almighty Bible is available for the IPad and on CD.
This project has innumerable strengths because of its emphasis on accessible storytelling, technology, art and depth; however, there are a few notable weaknesses. First, the Almighty Bible features an abridged form of the text. This is true for all children's Bibles, but this is understood because of the limitations regarding the age group. You could argue that many teens and preteens are capable of reading at an advanced enough level to appreciate the full text, and anytime you abridge the Bible, you risk losing the meaning and negatively influencing the interpretation and meaning of the text. It's risky business, especially the closer you get to the whole text because the abridgment becomes more intentional. Children's Bibles are understood to be a loose paraphrase. Will this project be understood that way, or will it be approached as a whole Bible?
The second negative is one I noticed immediately: the unrealistic portrayal of the supernatural. Surrounding Jesus's miracles with bright lights and some sort of magic energy adds an unreality to the text and could easily encourage people to not believe in Christ's miracles. The power of God becomes something akin to the magic of children's movies or worse. When Jesus healed someone it was real, but there wasn't magic energy and stirring music, it was unseen power manifested in a healing and miracles, to portray otherwise makes it seem like magic. In addition, not all of the illustrations are in the best possible taste and depending on your personal convictions may portray moments like Adam and Eve in the garden in too graphic a presentation. This is part of the battle between literary and graphic presentation for all artists and publishers must decide what is better left to the imagination. My hope, however, is that projects like these will help engage the imagination in a positive way and encourages readers to better understand the engaging reality of the narrative of scripture.
In spite of these weaknesses, I am pleased with the ambition of the project and the holistic approach of the material. I may have wished the publisher would have gone about it a little differently in some areas, but this still makes a great bridge between the Children's Bible and the whole text if your adolescent needs such a bridge. The graphics' ability to draw the reader in should be useful and accessible. I hope The Almighty Bibleopens the door for many comprehensive illustrated Bibles and opens the Bible afresh for a young generation. You can flip through Genesis and Exodus below.
My thanks to Apple of the Eye publishers for providing complimentary review copies of Genesis and Exodus. I was not required to give a positive review, but an honest review.
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Saturday, May 14, 2011
Top Bible Verses to Memorize Wallpaper
Inspiks once again has created a phenomenal wallpaper for scripture memorization. I highly reccomend browsing through their site and picking up more wallpapers to help memorize and illustrate scripture or create a visual for meditation on the word.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Sermon Jam and Transcription: New Nature
Earlier this month in the Jots and Tittles May 2011 post, I linked to a sermon jam I created from a sermon from Graham Cooke on the new nature. The sermon offered a fresh, redemptive perspective on a familiar concept and one that has been absolutely paramount to my own growth as a Christian: our death and life in Christ. Cooke's message is overwhelmingly positive, incredibly encouraging and transforming. His words reflect the heart of God and the eyes of grace.
I took the sermon and cut and pasted various pieces together using Audacity and added background music to blend the piece together. Later, I transcribed the recording and added relevant scriptures to support various points.
One of the comments on the Jots and Tittles post follows:
re the New Nature sermon - when he got to Phil 4:8, well, pass the kleenex...really needed to hear that. This is a concept that was never "taught" at our mainline denomination - it was almost considered impertinent to believe that the Lord wanted to have a direct part in your life. It's hard to shake off the teachings of decades (I'm in my 40s) and re-learn what the Bible really says/means. Don't have a clue who that was (maybe you could give an answer later in the month? and what was the music as well?)Thank you for sharing this.Lynn in ON, Canada
God is using this message to teach us His heart and renew our minds: to redirect our eyes off of our failures and our old nature and onto our new nature, the nature of Christ within. The music is from James Newton Howard's soundtrack to The Village. I don't recommend many movies these days, but I wholeheartedly recommend the soundtrack.
Part of the transcription is below. The full transcript and New Nature sermon jam have been uploaded using Digital Dropbox. Download them by right clicking and clicking "save link as..." I hope you are blessed.
New Nature
Graham Cooke
(Taken from a sermon preached at the Mission Vacaville on 4-11-2010.)
The paradox for you spiritually is that a part of your life is already a finished work, but another part of it is an ongoing work that's clearly not finished. The finished part of you is the old nature: it's dead.
How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Romans 6:2-4Your old nature is dead; God is not going to resurrect it. You're not allowed to raise it from the dead in any way, shape or form. Neither is your wife or your husband. There is a part of you that is a finished work. Your old nature is dead. It's in the ground; it's buried; it has a personal headstone. There is no possibility of it coming back. God says to you in Romans 6:11, "consider yourself dead…but alive to me."
…our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. Romans 6:6-7
Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:11
So the finished part of the work of God in you is that you're dead. Jesus came to deal with your old nature.
In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
Colossians 2:11-13
The Bible says that God dealt with sin once and for all, which means He's not dealing with your sin anymore. It's dead.
For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Romans 6:10
He's not resurrecting a corpse. He's not dealing with your old nature. Why would God deal with your old nature and tell you that it's dead at the same time? Does that make sense? That doesn't make sense to anybody. It certainly doesn't make sense to the Lord. Because He's not a schizophrenic, so He wouldn't say to you, "You consider this dead. Oh, but I'm dealing with your old nature."
Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:11So when God puts His finger on a part of your life that's not working He's inviting you into the site of your next miracle. He's saying, "We're going to bring some life into this area." So we're in Christ. We're dead. We're learning to be Christ-like. We're learning to be alive in Him.
If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:1-3
The role of Jesus was to kill off the old nature. The role of the Holy Spirit is to establish your new nature. So everything that God is doing in your life, He's not working with the old nature. It's dead. He's working with your new nature. So God is not dealing with your sin; He's establishing your righteousness.
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20
So when He puts His finger on a part of your life that's not working, He's not bringing condemnation into that area because He knows it's already dead. But the thing is we don't have a sin nature anymore. We have a sin habit. There are some things that we've learned over the years, and now that we're in Christ we're learning how to stop doing those things because we've done them so long it's almost second nature. And what God is doing is, He's dealing with the residue. He's dealing with the habit that we've had of always thinking this way, of always behaving this way, that when we're under pressure or under threat we push back. We react, but we're learning not to react. We're learning to respond. So when He puts His finger on a part of your life that's not working, what He's actually saying to you is, "I have something for you, in this area." When God looks at you He doesn't see what's wrong with you, He sees what's missing from your relationship with Him. And He's absolutely committed to giving you that. He's dealing with your new nature. He's establishing who you really are.
…put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:22-24
Therefore, when God puts His hand on a part of our life that's not working, we're really excited because God is saying to us, "I've got something for you in this area. I'm taking away from you something that you don't like, and don't want, and I'm going to give you something you've been crying out for. I've come to give you life." Jesus didn't say, "I have come that you might have meetings and have them more abundantly." He said, "I have come that you might have life." So when He puts His finger on a part of your life that's not working, He's got some life to give you because He's already done the death thing. Now He's giving you the life thing.
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 1 Peter 1:1-4
There is a part of our walk with God that's a finished work, but there's a part of our life that's an ongoing work, because we're learning how to grow up in all things in Christ. Here's the thing, when God puts His finger on a part of your life that's not working, He doesn't say, "Let's fix this." He says, "Lay it aside." You lay aside the old nature. You don't work on it.
that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, Ephesians 4:22
In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, Colossians 2:11
But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, Colossians 3:8-10
He doesn't want to throw you a quick CD on five ways of dealing with your anger problem. He just looks at you and says, "You don't have an anger problem, you're dead. What you have is that you haven't discovered yet how to be gentle." When He's dealing with your frustration, He doesn't throw you a book: Fourteen Ways How Not to be Frustrated. He says to you, "You're not frustrated. You're dead. What I'm dealing with now is your patience. If you had patience, you wouldn't be frustrated, so I don't want to deal with your frustration. I want to give you some patience." Always He's dealing with our new nature: who we really are in Jesus. He's dealing with your true self, your real self, in Christ. So the Holy Spirit is always energized when He talks to you because He's only dealing with what is good. He's looking at you thinking, "Brilliant, let's deal with this next." So when He puts His finger on something and says, "I want to deal with this," You're going, "That would be so cool!" It's like somebody coming to your house and saying, "I want to remodel your kitchen for free." Of course you're going to sit there and say, "Well, I'm not really sure about that. A new cooker, brand new fridge? I don't know. I don't know. What? New countertops? A new floor? New everything? I don't know. I'm going to have to pray about this." In a pig's eye you'll think like that. You'll be saying, "Here're the keys to my house." When God comes to your life and touches a part of your life, He's saying, "I'm absolutely committed to remodeling this area and making it completely new. And no, we're not just going to change out a few things." God doesn't want to fix you because you were too bad to be fixed. You had to be destroyed. You were too bad to cleanse; you had to be crucified. He ain't trying to fix you. He's already killed you. He's not resurrecting your old man. So neither are you. This is where we become Christ-like.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 1 Corinthians 5:17
But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation. Galatians 6:14-15
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Your Dream Bible
Randy just posted a great article over at Bible Buying Guide describing his dream Bible. This is something many of us have spent time thinking about and publishers have yet to satisfy most of us. Hop over and comment on the article and let us know what your thoughts are and if you have a dream Bible in mind. I have a few. I'm still waiting for my KJV/Amplified parallel interleaved edition. . .
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Saturday, May 7, 2011
Creating Cross References
Cross-References are one of the oldest, most trusted and most effective Bible study tools, and while there are many complex and extensive cross-reference schemes, the fundamental principle behind cross-references is simple. Applying that principle can reach great depth.
One of the fundamental principles of Protestant biblical interpretation is that "Scripture is its own best interpreter." Luther expressed this principle with the words, Scriptura sui ipsius interpres ("Scripture is its own expositor"), and it was summed up by the authors of the Westminster Confession thus: "The infallible rule of interpretation of Scripture is the Scripture itself: and therefore, when there is a question about the true and full sense of any Scripture ... it must be searched and known by other places that speak more clearly." For this reason the most important feature of any edition of the Bible (aside from the quality of the translation itself) is the system of cross-references provided in the margin, which helps the reader to find out the meaning of any hard place by "comparing spiritual things with spiritual" (1 Cor 2:13). A good set of cross-references, when used diligently and with intelligence, will make much commentary unnecessary.Bible-researcher.com does a phenomenal job of explaining the philosophy and method behind cross-references.
Cross-references follow a simple logic and can operate a number of ways. My Cambridge ESV features an explains the following types of cross-references featured in their edition
- References to Specific Words or Phrases.
- Comparative References. These references direct the reader to passages with the same theme.
- Less Direct References. These references generally provide additional information or insight about a specific theme.
- Quoted References. These references indicate the source for verses or phrases quoted from other places in the Bible.
References to specific words or phrases seem to be the most common. Similar language causes recognizable association. This means that cross-references will vary by translations in a similar way that concordances do. Comparative references and less direct references fall under the umbrella of topical references, which link verses by content, topic or theme rather than language or wording, though the two often converge.
One of the most common ways to take notes in your Bible is to create your own cross-references in the margins, linking verses that interpret and illuminate each other. Often the process and order of creating these cross references leads to new revelation as topics connect and diverge, one theme leads to another and the relationship between topics in the Word often brings light. The Word's relationship and association with itself is astounding as it confirms and empowers itself, while also creating tension within itself.
A brother in Christ and on the mission field here studies the Bible predominately through creating cross references. The margins of his Bible are filled with references and topical studies that often converge and morph into new topics and associations. As we struggle through difficult situations and conflicts in life and on the mission field, he often copies down references from his Bible into diagrams and gives them to me for study. Our conversations have led to the creation of many of these studies, and cross-references have become part of our fellowship and ongoing dialog in discerning the will and Word of God.
The above diagram tracks topics of freedom, authority, righteousness and the second coming.
This features a study on faith and works, living out a radical lifestyle that confirms our faith, a topic we are basing our high school camp around in August.
Cross-references have the potential to create a dialog within scripture itself, isolating the Word of God within itself to allow it to bring light to itself. Our goal should always be to find the best interpretation of scripture through scripture itself.
For more understanding of how to create cross-references and topical chains see this post from Studiesinscripture.com.
The above diagram tracks topics of freedom, authority, righteousness and the second coming.
This features a study on faith and works, living out a radical lifestyle that confirms our faith, a topic we are basing our high school camp around in August.
Cross-references have the potential to create a dialog within scripture itself, isolating the Word of God within itself to allow it to bring light to itself. Our goal should always be to find the best interpretation of scripture through scripture itself.
For more understanding of how to create cross-references and topical chains see this post from Studiesinscripture.com.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Review: The Essential Bible Companion to the Psalms
Zondervan's new Essential Bible Companion to the Psalms couples succinct information with an attractive presentation, creating a highly accessible resource. Accessibility may be the greatest strength and the greatest weakness to this volume. The book gives basic information and insight into each psalm, but does so on a quickly and easily digestible level. Most adept students of the Bible will find their knowledge amplified, but will probably not regularly find new understanding. This makes the volume good for a devotional supplement or for a quick reference beyond a simple study Bible; however, a pared down commentary may be even more beneficial to an apt student.
The format of the book assigns each psalm a page (even 119) and gives brief commentary on Theme, Type, Author, Structure, Special Notes: which includes language issues, cross references, etc. and Reflection, which operates as a short summary or introduction to the psalm. Included is an attractive color scheme and some pleasant (though not always relevant) illustrations.
One of the most useful sections in the book is the front which includes a large number of indices and resources for topical study. These studies should be useful for any number of purposes.
The Essential Bible Companion to the Psalms presents basic information and background on each psalm and important concepts for understanding the context of the psalm. It does not include lenses for interpretation or vast segments on application. It does not provide piercing theological explanation or deep word studies. In some cases, a thorough study Bible may do more for explaining the psalm than this resource simply because it doesn't give explanation or reflection for specific verses. Digestibility is a main value in this work. The information is highly introductory and partnered with a format and presentation that gives clarity and makes it highly readable and highly accessible. The entire book could probably be read in a couple hours. This makes it limited as a reference work and probably more suited to a devotional work. The charts and indices in the front are the piece most suited for deeper study and reference. Much is left to be desired, but if you approach the book as a devotional aid or supplement to basic understanding rather than a reference tool it becomes much more useful. I would recommend the volume for those looking for some basic introductions to the psalms that they can absorb quickly or use for devotional study. I would definitely not recommend it to scholars or mature students of the Bible as a reference or study tool, as they will be looking for something either more academically satisfying. I would probably not recommend it as a preaching aid either because it lacks a consistency of interpretation involving the new covenant or the gospel. These are not necessarily weaknesses if you understand the focus of the work as fairly limited: a simple, accessible introduction to each psalm. Within that focus The Essential Bible Companion to the Psalms succeeds by majoring on accessibility.
My thanks to Zondervan for providing this complimentary review copy.
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Jots and Tittles May 2011
Lot's of good reads and resources to post this month. Last month's poll results are in. Thanks to all who voted.
- Today is the 400th anniversary of the printing of the King James Bible.
- Randy from Studies in Scripture has created a new site: Biblebuyingguide.com, which will feature reviews from this site.
- For those who haven't heard, N.T. Wright is publishing his own translation of the New Testament, called the King's Version due at the end of September. Derek Oullette collects the details.
- In the future I will be uploading files in conjunction with the blog using Digital Dropbox. A 2gb account is free. If you sign up for an account using my referral link, we both get an extra 250megs of space.
- I've created a sermon jam (hosted on Dropbox) from a recent sermon on our New Nature that is challenging my view of myself and others and provides what may be a controversial freshness. Comment on this post identifying the speaker (a bit controversial himself) to receive a No-Prize. Comment and let me know if you love it or hate it.
- Better Bibles Blog corrects a USA Today article, featuring statistics suggesting that among those of us who read their Bibles the KJV is greatly preferred. They partner the post with another reflecting on the article's unfortunate wording, which inadvertently announces that the Geneva Bible may be making a comeback.
- Though I am not highly invested in textual criticism. Stephen Rives wrote an interesting introduction to textual criticism.
- Sermonindex features an article on Recovering a Theology of Martyrdom.
- Voice of the Martyrs reminds us of the scarcity of Bibles worldwide in their article Getting a Bible in our Churches is like Getting a Kilogram of Gold. VOM is also offering persecution theology workshops.
- For those interested in my missionary activities my May Newsletter is up and almost in the mail.
- This month I was deeply moved by the last chapter of Tim Keller's Prodigal God and am currently reading Watchman Nee's How to Study the Bible.
And here I thought it was discipline.
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Published: 1993
It's about: "Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride is inspired by "The Robber Bridegroom," a wonderfully grisly tale from the Brothers Grimm in which an evil groom lures three maidens into his lair and devours them, one by one. But in her version, Atwood brilliantly recasts the monster as Zenia, a villainess of demonic proportions, and sets her loose in the lives of three friends, Tony, Charis, and Roz. All three "have lost men, spirit, money, and time to their old college acquaintance, Zenia. At various times, and in various emotional disguises, Zenia has insinuated her way into their lives and practically demolished them.
To Tony, who almost lost her husband and jeopardized her academic career, Zenia is 'a lurking enemy commando.' To Roz, who did lose her husband and almost her magazine, Zenia is 'a cold and treacherous bitch.' To Charis, who lost a boyfriend, quarts of vegetable juice and some pet chickens, Zenia is a kind of zombie, maybe 'soulless'" (Lorrie Moore, New York Times Book Review). In love and war, illusion and deceit, Zenia's subterranean malevolence takes us deep into her enemies' pasts." (goodreads)
I thought: It's been a few years since I read anything by Margaret Atwood, and I loved getting back into one of her novels. Her writing and character development in The Robber Bride are, as always, excellent. She weaves in these intriguing themes of power, seduction, manipulation, the nature of evil, and the slipperiness of truth. It reminded me a bit of Cat's Eye, revisiting some of the same ideas only this time exploring them within women's relationships rather than young girls'.
But I didn't go gaga over the story like I did with The Handmaid's Tale and The Blind Assassin. This is a very clever reworking of the Grimm fairy tale, and I certainly wouldn't call it dull or difficult to read. Perhaps it was the structure that I couldn't get into- most of the novel is backstory. As much as I love to read characters' histories, I definitely wasn't being strung along with an amazing plot full of twists and turns. That just isn't the purpose here. It's more of an exploration of the nature of relationships, I think, than a rip-roaring tall tale. The story is carefully, methodically, slowly built.
I can only really complain about the unsatisfying ending. After all that buildup, I wanted more of a Hollywood-style BANG.
Verdict: Stick it on the shelf.
Reading Recommendations: I really enjoyed the wikipedia article about this one. It made me think about things I hadn't noticed, and I wish I had read it before or while reading the book rather than afterwards.
Warnings: sex, including the rape of a child, and swears
Favorite excerpts: "Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it's all a male fantasy: that you're strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren't catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you're unseen, pretending you have a life of your own, that you can wash your feet and comb your hair unconscious of the ever-present watcher peering through the keyhole, peering through the keyhole in your own head, if nowhere else. You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur."
"On the whole she fares better with the men, if they can work their way past the awkward preliminaries; if they can avoid calling her "little lady," or saying they weren't expecting her to be so feminine, by which they mean short. Though only the most doddering ones do that any more. If she weren't so tiny, though, she'd never get away with it. If she were six feet tall and built like a blockhouse; if she had hips. Then she'd be threatening, then she'd be an Amazon. It's the incongruity that grants her permission. A breath would blow you away, they beam down at her silently. You wish, thinks Tony, smiling up. Many have blown."
What I'm reading next: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier


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How To Play Wii Games On A PC
There are a couple solutions for those of you looking up how to play Wii games on a PC. On one hand, there is a quasi legal method involving an emulator. Naturally, this method is only for intellectual curiosity because playing copied games is illegal. The other method to play on your PC uses a video capture device. This is the same hardware used by people who enjoy recording their moments of video game glory and posting them on YouTube. Since this method still uses an actual Nintendo Wii, it is not frowned upon by the legal community.
To play Wii games on a PC, you will need:
- A Nintendo Wii
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- Video capture device
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- Shadow method. It was once thought impossible to play Wii games on a PC but bored people can get incredibly creative. Emulators are programs that use your PC to run the console software. Wii emulators have come a long way. The most popular emulator these days would be the builds coming out of the open source Dolphin project. There is a fantastic support team over there, tutorials to get you started and a growing community of Nintendo Wii homebrew developers. And yes, you can even use a Wii Remote to play.
- Video capture. The easiest way to play Wii games on a PC legally is through a video capture device. Dazzle DVD Recorder is a popular brand, and you can get them for anywhere from 40 bucks used to 100 plus dollars for the newest ones.
- Basic set up. Read the instructions on your video capture device and install the software to your PC. You will need to use the color coded cables from the Nintendo Wii, and plug them into your video capture device. This will plug into your PC through a USB device. If you want to also view the game play on your TV while you are doing this, you will need some audio video Y splitters.
- Fire it up. To play Wii games on your PC, first turn on your Nintendo Wii and the TV if you are using it. Now, load the video capture software on your PC. You will be able to see the Wii menu in the program window.
Older computers may have lag issues when using video capture devices so check the system requirements before purchasing.
People who run emulators use PCs that have been set up for gaming purposes. Think multi core processor with good graphic cards like nVidia.


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The Master Composters of Rodale Institute training program trains individuals to become "Masters" of backyard composting, waste management, and outreach education to encourage a wider adoption of organic waste composting within communities. Trainees complete six 2-hour classes, one class a week for six weeks, participate in demonstrations and hands-on activities, as well as three field trips. Topics discussed during the classes include compost biology, chemistry and physics, vermicomposting, compost systems and uses, and how composting fits into a larger picture of solid waste management. Learn more about this program here.
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Rodale Institute is partnering with farmer collaborator Dan Hunsicker to conduct a research study on one of his corn fields to demonstrate, under standard grower practices, the effects of using high-biology compost with or without high-biology compost-extract on corn kernel production, plant tissue nutrient content, weed suppression, and soil quality. The purpose of the project is to evaluate whether the adoption of greater-biology compost or compost extracts or their combination works as an integrated component of growers' management systems to increase kernel production, improve soil quality, and control weeds.
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The trial is a 12-acre, 72 plot trial that currently compares four replications of six farming systems. The farming systems vary in their crop rotations, inputs and tillage practices. In any given year there are 18 unique treatments present in FST. The goal of FST is to demonstrate sustainable, consistent yields in the organic systems while building ecosystem services.
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As death toll from the tornado that struck Joplin on May 22 reached 132 people Friday, one restaurant chain announced plans to help.
All five St. Louis Houlihan's are donating ten percent of food sales during Memorial Day weekend, which includes Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. There, is however, a catch: In order to donate, you must be part of the restaurant chain's online club and present a flyer sent out via email. Patrons who spend $50 will receive $10 off their bill, and another $10 will be donated to the American Red Cross.
Another restaurant that's part of the Houlihan's family, the Bristol Seafood Grills, which has locations in Creve Coeur and O'Fallon, will also be donating to relief efforts under the same plan.
If you know of any other local eateries (or a chain with a presence here) making donations to the relief effort, let us know in the comment section below.


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It's called Washington Heights. What heights, and why Washington? The Washington part refers to our first president, and heights to a section of Manhattan's Upper West Side that indeed deserves the name because of its high elevation. Boarding the No. 1 Broadway Local subway, I took a ride there late one fall afternoon with the Morris-Jumel Mansion as my immediate destination. A Palladian-style building with a pillared front portico, it was built in 1765 by a loyalist English officer named Morris, who returned to England at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. George Washington briefly used it as his headquarters during the war; and it later served for several years as the home of Aaron Burr, who had married one of its subsequent owners, a rich widow named Jumel.
Though visiting hours were over, I walked around the mansion and its grounds, fenced in by handsome old iron railings, in admiration not only of the house itself, but also of the miles-wide view from one corner of the property. Such was the clarity of the day that it allowed me to see not only much of Manhattan, but also parts of New Jersey. Nearby streets are lined with rows of late 19th-century town houses with huge bay windows that project outward from the second floor.
A few blocks farther down the Heights, I walked through Trinity Cemetery to see the grave of an early inhabitant of the area, the naturalist John James Audubon (1780-1851). Normally the gates of the cemetery are locked, but that day a television crew was filming an episode of "Law and Order" (film and TV crews are a frequent sight in New York's neighborhoods, and cemeteries are fair game for them), so the gates were open and a kindly crew member pointed out the grave with its 16-foot-high stone runic cross. Two sides are carved with birds and mammals of the kind Audubon painted during his travels around the country. The paintings eventually were reproduced in his renowned Birds of America and its companion volume on quadrupeds.
Roaming through other parts of the extensive cemetery grounds, I came across large mausoleums dating from the middle and late 1800's—elaborate affairs in brownstone and granite. Now somewhat deteriorated, all of them suggest bygone families proud of their wealth and prestige. Audubon himself had his estate in the area, as did a number of other rich New Yorkers who wanted to build their homes on choice sites overlooking the Hudson River. From a nearby street, its broad expanse could be seen gleaming in the day's late afternoon light.
Wealth and privilege, however, took a sharp downward turn in the second half of the last century. The neighborhood changed from well-to-do and white to middle class and then to low-income Hispanic and Afro-American. It is now mostly Hispanic, home to the largest community of Dominicans in the nation. Walking from the subway station to the mansion, in fact, it was Spanish I heard, not English. Sidewalk sellers of fruits and vegetables, their wares on folding tables, were doing a lively business in peeled oranges and pineapple chunks in clear plastic bags. Stores with signs like Envios, Pasajes y Llamadas (shipping, travel and long distance calls) and Farmacía are threaded along that section of Broadway, interspersed with newsstands displaying brightly colored Spanish-language publications.
Washington Heights has become a far different world from what it once was. A recent study found that Dominicans rank among the poorest of New Yorkers. The contrast with the area's past—exemplified in the Morris-Jumel Mansion and the cemetery's mausoleums and the elaborate Victorian row houses—is all the sharper. But if poorer, the area has gained in the vitality evident in the crowded sidewalks along Broadway—a hard-working, immigrant-based vitality that has brought new life to decayed communities not just in New York but around the country. This same vitality serves, moreover, as a useful reminder that ours is a nation built primarily on the work of immigrants both past and present.


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There's a whole range of ways you can get involved depending on the size of your business.
Although we rely heavily on food donations we desperately need more financial support. Money allows us not only to manage our stock levels better but also enables us to get the best price for the food we need. We need more organisations big or small who would like to support our work and this could be done in one of the following ways:
Charity of the year— Make us charity of the year and engage your staff in a worthwhile cause and make a real difference to your local community
Corporate monetary donations—Why not make a one-off or regular donation to the Welcome Centre to help cover the costs of our packs
Fundraising events—Staff can get involved in a range of fundraising activities on behalf of the Welcome Centre ranging from raffles, sweepstakes, skydiving to organising a company event. Download our A-Z of ideas
Match funding—Another winning way to motivate staff is to promise to match the sum raised by employees
Employee volunteer days – Come and spend the day with us on your employee volunteer opportunity helping us out directly at the centre. Share you skills with us and help us develop our team
Gifts in kind— Support us in a way specific to your business. Can you provide a product or service that will help our centre?
Sponsorship— The Welcome Centre holds a number of events each year from bag packs, to curry nights, university collections to fashion shows and not only is there the chance to get involved which can be great team building but there is also the opportunity to sponsor the event.
Cause related marketing—This can be a great way to support the Welcome Centre as well as portraying a positive corporate image and demonstrate social responsibility. You may choose to make a donation for each item sold or service provided e.g. a donation for every pie sold or haircut


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The United States Marines were sent into Lebanon a year ago - they landed on Sept. 29 - for the purpose of letting the Lebanese choose their own government. This week, for the first time, US guns fired on the soldiers of one faction of Lebanese while those soldiers were trying to influence the choice of government.
The immediate purpose behind the actual firing on Druze positions in the mountainous Shouf region was to protect the US marines on the coastal plain below.
But the effect of the firing was to prevent the Druze militiamen on the mountain from capturing the town of Souk al Gharb and improving their leverage in the maneuvering going on behind the scenes over the future complexion of the government of Lebanon.
It was incidental interference in the internal political affairs of Lebanon, but it was interference. The fact that it apparently had to be done for the protection of the marines underscored the ambiguity of the position of those marines in Lebanon. They were no longer in Lebanon to hold the ring. They are in the ring.
It did not matter whether they were in the ring incidentally, accidentally, unintentionally, or intentionally. The essential fact is that their very position on the coastal plain in the line of fire between different and rival Lebanese armed forces made them participants in what had become a civil war.
Both the Shiite Muslims in southern Beirut and the Druze Muslims in the Shouf mountain area are unhappy about the composition of the government of Amin Gemayel. They object to it partly because it is, or they think it is, loaded with Maronite Christians and hence unrepresentative of the entire Lebanese community.
The Druze and Shiite communities are also unhappy over the Gemayel government because it has come to terms with Israel and because it is supported and to some extent is influenced by the Phalangist militia, who are regarded as enemies by both Druze and Shiite factions.
Had there been no US marines controlling the Beirut airport, and had US naval vessels offshore not fired into the Druze positions in the Shouf mountains, it is probable that Druze and Shiite forces would by this time have taken the airport and south Beirut, and possibly even the whole of the city of Beirut.
The airport itself is a major bargaining asset in Lebanese politics. The Druze and Shiite factions are denied possession of that bargaining position by the presence of the Marines.
Syria is backing the Druze and Shiite factions.
The real question Washington faces this weekend is whether it is willing to go to war against Syria to save the regime of Amin Gemayel in Beirut.
Complicating the decision is the distaste of US allies who also have troops in Lebanon for any such activity. The French, Italian, and British contingents were sent in along with the US Marines for the purpose of getting the Israelis out of Beirut and out of the airport area - and thus allowing the Lebanese a chance to set up a government of their own and get it working.
This week many quarters in France, Italy, and Britain expressed disapproval of the US shelling of Druze positions, hence disapproval of the idea of interfering in the internal politics of Lebanon. It seems probable that if the US continues to play an active military role in the Lebanese civil war, the US Western allies will pull out.
President Reagan has several reasons for staying in and playing such a role. Withdrawal of the Marines under fire would be unpopular with his conservative constituents. The newly formed Lebanese Army has been trained by the US, hence Washington has a paternal interest in its welfare and survival. The Gemayel government, under US guidance, concluded an interim agreement with Israel and is therefore an active ingredient in current US efforts to obtain a peace between Israel and Lebanon.
The combination of these reasons explains why the marines were still in Lebanon this week, three weeks after they first took casualties in the Lebanese fighting. The first American casualties occurred on Aug. 29 when two marines were killed and 14 wounded.
President Reagan has an unpleasant choice to make. If he withdraws the marines, the almost certain consequence would be collapse of the Gemayel government and disintegration of the newly formed Lebanese Army. That in turn would put an end to the agreement worked out between Israel and the Gemayel government.
Washington would have to start all over again in its quest for peace along Israel's frontiers.
But if the marines remain and the US role in the Lebanese civil war escalates , the US will in fact be making war against Syria. And that in turn would put a new strain on US relations with the entire Arab community and with much of the Muslim world.
Also down that road lies the danger of military confrontation with the Soviets.
This week US relations with the Soviets were being conducted within the context of the most angry exchange of rhetoric since the Soviets invaded Hungary.
While the President wrestled with conflicting arguments for getting out or staying in Lebanon, the Congress in effect seems ready to wash its hands of the problem by moving to give the President permission to keep the marines there for another 18 months. Few on Capitol Hill in Washington wanted to be labeled either way about the marines in Lebanon.


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COACHES: Be careful where you turn your team's attention!
It always bothers me when coaches talk to their team before a game and focus more on what the other team can do vs what their own team will do.
Not only does that pull your team's focus away from executing what they need to, it can also put a dent in their mental game. How?
Think about this, you can either keep your players focused on executing and performing well…
…you can turn your players focus on your opponent, what they can do, what their strengths are.
Guess what will move to the forefront of your player's minds throughout the game.
Whatever it is you turned their attention toward.
If you filled your team's mind with…
- how they will hit the ball
- how they will capitalize on certain situations
- how they will execute what they were taught in training
- how they will shut down the other team on defense
- etc, etc, etc
…then when it starts happening in the game, they'll think, "Hey, coach was right! We can hit the ball, we will execute well, we are going to score runs, and we will play solid defense."
BUT, if you filled your team's mind with…
- how strong your opponent's pitching is
- how hard the other team can hit the ball
- how much the other team usually scores
- how the pitcher will get strike outs (their go to strike out pitch)
- how tough the other team's defense is
…then when things start happening in the game, your team will think, "Hey, coach was right! The other team DOES have good pitching. The other team CAN hit the ball hard. The pitcher DOES have a great change up…"
etc, etc, etc.
Which thoughts would you rather have your team focused on before and during competition?
More often than not, you're better off keeping MOST of your focus on things you can control (like your own team)!
One more thing…
Don't allow your game to be ruled by what other people say, do, or think. Too often we hear someone criticize the way we do things and allow what they say to dictate what we do going forward, even if it's not what's best for us.
There's a difference between keeping and open mind/effectively using constructive criticism and changing what you do simply because other people think or say you should. Make sure you make changes for the right reasons!


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Steven Lin is an Asian dating consultant based in New York City. He is the author of the dating book, The 10 Code.
It's common to hear Asian men complain that Asian women prefer White men, or that certain girls only date White men. This topic has been debated on for years, and my article will not prove things one way or the other. However, I do have some logical arguments for why I believe that the vast majority of Asian women actually DO NOT prefer White men.
First I'll say that there are going to be a percentage of women (not just Asian) that do prefer to date white men. But this also doesn't mean that she will exclusively date White men. Being white to these women is just a preference. Just like for some men, they may have a preference for large breasts. But like a man who has a preference for large breasts, a woman can overlook this preference if other criteria are met. Also a great number of women who have exclusively dated White men just haven't even met enough Asian men (there is only a 6% population of Asians in the USA after all). If you moved her to Asia, would she still have these preferences? It's hard to tell.
The next thing I want to look at is the number of Asian women (who have had over three partners) that have exclusively dated White men. This percentage is incredibly low, and while I don't have an exact percentage, I have talked to and discussed this issue with numerous Asian women across the United States and the world. Most Asian women who have dated White men have also dated an Asian man. This proves that you can't simply say an Asian woman has a "preference" for a White man just because she is dating a White man.
Next, I'll speak about the total amount of Asian women in the States who have dated a White male. This is a large percentage, but it reflects the fact that there are more White men in the states than Asian men. Similarly, you'd find that in Asia, there is an equally high percentage of White females who have immigrated there to be dating Asian men. This makes sense because Asian women have a bigger pool to choose from that are White, and therefore, for desirable Asian females, they will choose the most desirable mate.
To illustrate my last point. Let's pretend that there is a pool of 100 men and 94 of these men are White (or if you prefer to be more similar to the demographics of the states, non-Asian). A mere 6 of these men are Asian. An Asian female must go into this pool to choose a mate. The chances are that the higher quality men are in the group of non-Asians. This is an illustration of the demographics of the United States. Only 6% of the population in the States is Asian. Sometimes a woman may have grown up in a town where there was only one or two other Asian families. The natural choice there, is to go with a White man or a man of another race.
The conclusion is this. Humans are evolutionary creatures. We do mate based on certain desirable traits. It's not that Asian men don't have these traits. It's just that there's not enough of Asian men in the States. Therefore, it's not that Asian women prefer White men, it's just that they prefer to date the man with the better and more desirable traits.
So what does this mean for Asian men?
First of all, stop complaining. There are going to be Asian female, White male couples. Just like there will be some Asian male, White female couples (rising numbers in fact). By complaining, you are declaring yourself weaker or inferior to someone who is white. Stop this thinking.
You need to instead, decide how you can improve yourself. More game. More guts. More wealth even. You need to learn how to connect with a woman, to create deeper attraction. Instead, most of you are simply saying, "I Give Up! White guys are always going to be better than me." Don't do this.
I want to recommend checking out my book, The 10 Code, for some further help specifically targeted towards Asian men.
Of course, there is another argument in favor of the fact that Asian women prefer White men. It's that overall, Asian men are just less desirable than other races. So this statement arguing that if there was a group of 100 men, 50 Asian men and 50 White men, the White men will have more desirable evolutionary traits. I will talk about this argument in my next segment, "Are Asian Men Less Desirable?"
And remember, if you're an Asian man who needs help with dating and you still haven't read my book, The 10 Code, pick it up. It will absolutely transform your dating life or your money back.
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At DEF CON 22, I signed up at the Be The Match booth to be a bone marrow donor. I didn't really think much about it. I noticed the booth while waiting in line for my Vegas 2.0 badge. I attempted to participate in the Blood Kode, but was still recovering from a cold and was disqualified. I'd never paid attention to bone marrow donation prior to this. The sign up for Be The Match was a cheek swab.
Two months later, October, I received a call from Be The Match indicating I was potentially a match and they would like me to have a blood test to further determine my compatibility. I had the test. Two months later, December, I received a second call indicating I was a full match and if I was willing to go forward with the donation via hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. I agreed.
The next step was a physical including more blood tests to make sure I was physically capable of donating. After the physical results were returned, a donation was scheduled. It was a 5 day process. On each of the first 4 days, I had injections of Filgrastim. On the fifth day is the donation. During the first 4 days, I encountered joint pain in my hips and back. That appears to be extremely common.
The fifth day was the donation. I went to the hospital handling the donation. It is basically dialysis for a few hours. They hooked me up to the machine, then I sat there for 6 hours while the process occurred. I still had joint pain for 24 hours after the donation, but the pain has gone away.
Am I the first DEF CON attendee to donate? I don't know. I tweeted @_defcon_, but they haven't responded.


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|Invisible and Forgotten: Colombian Refugees
Colombian refugees often suffer secondary persecution in their countries of first asylum, and JRS continues to work with governments in Ecuador and Panama to preserve protection space for refugees. UNHCR and local governments must reinvigorate efforts to integrate Colombian refugees in host communities while the global community strategically deploys resources for refugee families linked to local development to ease the burden on host communities. The U.S. must act to increase the numbers of Colombian refugees resettled here and UNHCR should prepare to refer vulnerable cases that meet resettlement criteria, with a special focus on securing a durable solution for the refugee population in Panama.
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|Urban Refugees
Most of the world's displaced people now live in urban areas. Although the quality of services and availability of jobs may be better than for those refugees confined to a camp, urban refugees face a myriad of obstacles ranging from xenophobia to detention. Jesuit Refugee Service works to ensure that the most vulnerable urban refugees do not fall through the cracks.
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|The Horn of Africa
Jesuit Refugee Service has worked in Ethiopia since 1982. Currently we provide services for urban refugees in Addis Ababa; counseling, adult literacy and a variety of youth programs in the Melkadida and Kobe refugee camps for Somalis near Dollo Ado; programs for nearly 15,000 Eritrean refugees at the Mai Aini and Adi Harush refugee camps in the north.
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|Helping the vulnerable in Syria's conflict
Jesuit Refugee Service staff, volunteers and partners continue relentlessly — and in the midst of many difficulties — to help affected people. JRS continues to hope that violence is eschewed by all. Our prayer, as always, is that peace, security, and stability return to the people of Syria as soon as possible.Accompaniment — one of the pillars of JRS work — is embodied in regular family visits, which are at the heart of every JRS project across the region. Through these visits, JRS is able to identify the needs of families, and more importantly, to address these needs through accompaniment.
While coordination between JRS, Jesuit networks, hundreds of committed volunteers, and other Christian and Muslim entities helps civilians receive much needed support, this assistance it is not sufficient to meet the rising needs. Generally, the international community has not adequately supported Syrian civil society initiatives, a situation that needs to be rectified.
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|Global Education Initiative
"As human beings, we are often at the mercy of war, of nature, of governments — of forces beyond our control. For this reason, more than 60 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes, constantly moving. But for people living in motion, those who cannot take possessions can bring knowledge and change their world." ~ JRS International Director Fr. Thomas Smolich S.J.
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|Peace through Education in South Sudan
Amidst the chaos of war in South Sudan, suffering transcends borders, ethnic differences and age. Children are more severely affected, some growing up never having a secure home, others losing their parents and left to fend for themselves. Widows, unaccompanied minors, the elderly, and persons with disabilities all face the brunt of fighting and are at higher risk exploitation and trauma. Comprehensive humanitarian aid, including educational opportunities and psychosocial support, is essential to protect lives today and build a more just tomorrow.
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|In support of the JRS Global Education Initiative
There are more than 65 million refugees and internally displaced people worldwide, the highest level ever recorded. This offers a challenge to all of us. Pope Francis urges us to see these refugees as more than statistics, but as persons, each with a face, a name and a story. In response to this challenge, Jesuit Refugee Service launched the the Global Education Initiative. Through the campaign, JRS is committed to raising $35 million and doubling the number of people served in our education projects to more than 240,00 by the year 2020.
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|Migration to and Asylum in the United States
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|Supporting self-reliance. Advocating for the stateless.
Haitian refugees and migrants, earthquake-displaced Haitians and Dominican-born persons of Haitian descent are living in particularly vulnerable situations within the Dominican Republic. They face arbitrary detention, xenophobia, and a host of other protection-related concerns. Forcibly returning Haitians to Haiti is not a safe or humane practice and should not be implemented by any member of the international community.
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The Jesuit Refugee Service/USA chaplaincy programs provide pastoral and religious assistance to meet the needs of non-citizens detained by the Department of Homeland Security in five U.S. federal detention centers located in Florida, Texas, Arizona and New York. These programs enable people of all faiths to have access to pastoral care within their faith tradition. In 2015, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA chaplaincy programs at DHS facilities coordinated 2,172 religious services, 587 religious teachings, and 1,076 spiritual support sessions totaling 117,342 unique or multiple participations by detainees.
JRS/USA's chaplaincy staff spent 1,834 hours of direct service offering religious services, religious teachings, and spiritual support. In addition, chaplains spent 1,304 hours visiting detainees in special housing units as well as 2,650 hours providing detainees with religious items, processing requests for religious diets, handling marriage requests, tending to special needs, facilitating volunteer applications, and addressing emergency notifications. Volunteers played a significant role by providing 3,105 hours for religious services, religious teachings, and spiritual support.
The religious profile of the detainee population participating in chaplaincy programs was 37% Roman Catholic, 45% other Christian faiths, 7% Muslim, and 11% other religions, mostly Buddhism, Hinduism, Rastafari, and Sikhism. Fourteen percent of services were offered in English; 62% in Spanish or bilingual English/Spanish, and 24% were in other languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, and Punjabi.
In 2014, JRS/USA chaplaincy programs at DHS facilities coordinated 1,235 religious services, 512 religious teachings, and 696 spiritual support sessions totaling 45,180 unique or multiple participations by detainees.
During 2013, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA chaplaincy programs coordinated 1,339 religious services, 504 religious teachings, and 582 spiritual support sessions in which 50,566 detainees participated.
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DOT investigates accident in Route 33 construction zone
A conduit fell onto the Kensington Expressway Tuesday night, resulting in a multi-car accident.
The incident occurred at about 8:10 p.m., in the midst of an ongoing deck replacement project on the East Delavan Avenue bridge crossing the expressway. A conduit carrying telephone lines, which is attached to the bridge, became disconnected and fell, according to Susan Surdej, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation.
"There were no injuries," Surdej said this morning. The exact number of vehicles involved wasn't available.
The expressway was closed in both directions for approximately 90 minutes near the accident scene.
Oakgrove Construction Inc. of Elma was awarded the contract to replace the deck on the East Delavan Avenue bridge and three others – Deerfield Avenue and Hospital Drive in the city, and Union Road/Route 277 in Cheektowaga – that cross the expressway.
Work is being done at night and outside of peak travel hours to minimize the impact on commuters. Construction on the four is expected to last through the fall.
Surdej said the DOT is investigating what happened Tuesday night.
"We are taking a look and seeing exactly what the circumstances were, what the conditions were," she said.
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