Andy Naselli

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Themelios 33:3

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The latest issue of Themelios was released today, and it is outstanding! (It is available as a 129-page PDF or in HTML.)

  1. Editorial | D. A. Carson
  2. Minority Report: The Way of the Christian Academic | Carl Trueman
  3. The Gospel and the Poor | Tim Keller
  4. Shared Intentions? Reflections on Inspiration and Interpretation in Light of Scripture’s Dual Authorship | Jared M. Compton
  5. The Center of Biblical Theology in Acts: Deliverance and Damnation Display the Divine | James M. Hamilton Jr.
  6. Salvation History, Chronology, and Crisis: A Problem with Inclusivist Theology of Religions, Part 2 of 2 | Adam Sparks
  7. Ezra, According to the Gospel: Ezra 7:10 | Philip Graham Ryken
  8. Book Reviews | 32 reviews
    1. Old Testament | 4 reviews
    2. New Testament | 6 reviews
    3. history and historical theology | 3 reviews
    4. systematic theology and bioethics | 15 reviews, 2 book notes
    5. ethics and pastoralia | 1 review
    6. missions and culture | 2 reviews

Publications

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I just updated my publications page:

  1. I reorganized it. Before it was organized chronologically as a single list, but now it is organized chronologically under three categories: books, articles, and reviews.
  2. I uploaded most of the articles and reviews.

Going to ETS/SBL next week?

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The annual meetings for the Evangelical Theological Society (Nov 19-21) and Society of Biblical Literature (Nov 21-25) begin next week. (I’m planning to attend only ETS this year so that I can devote more time to preparing for my impending comprehensive exams!)

After attending ETS and SBL last year, I made two observations:

1. ETS and SBL differ in several ways.

  1. Requirements for full membership: ETS requires “a Th.M. degree or its equivalent” and adherence to its doctrinal basis. SBL requires a Ph.D. Only some members of ETS are members of SBL, i.e., those with Ph.D.s and who focus on the biblical disciplines.
  2. Size: ETS has over 4,000 members, and SBL has over 8,500 members. I’ve heard that about 2,000 people attend ETS’s annual meeting. SBL’s annual meeting last week drew over 10,000 people. Consequently, there are about ten times as many books for sale at the latter.
  3. Doctrine: ETS consists largely of professing evangelicals who are orthodox, but such people are a large minority in SBL, which does not have a doctrinal basis or statement. It is not surprising, then, that the SBL meeting is diverse, including conservative evangelicals, post-conservative evangelicals, liberals, Buddhists, agnostics, atheists, and much more.

2. There are four prioritized reasons to attend ETS/SBL annual meetings.

(This is not original with me. I’ve heard D. A. Carson explain this a handful of times in various settings.)

  1. Network: Catch up with friends, and make new friends and acquaintances.
  2. Buy books: Everything is on sale, which warrants spending the majority of one’s book-buying budget. The stalls at SBL are superior.
  3. Meet re projects: If applicable, meet with certain people regarding various projects, proposals, contracts, etc.
  4. Attend sessions: If there is time, attend some sessions that you’d find profitable. Beginners often go with the mindset that #4 should be #1, but most valuable sesssions will be published shortly anyway. One exception for this general rule is when a particular session directly addresses a topic on which one is currently working.

Tips for Safer Surfing with a Firefox Browser

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Phil Gons shares that Firefox has some add-ons that can serve as tools for safer surfing online:

  1. Adblock Plus automatically blocks most ads on most sites. You can also allow them on some sites.
  2. Nuke Anything Enhanced allows you to right-click on any image to remove it instantly.
  3. Flashblock works similarly for Flash.
  4. Web Developer instantly removes all images on a page when you type Alt-t-w-i-n.

Related: John Piper’s “Resources on Sexuality“

IMAK SmartGlove

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I use a laptop for the majority of my theological research, and I’ve intermittently encountered symptoms of carpal tunnel. I’ve made two useful additions that minimized this at my main study: an external keyboard and a second monitor. [Update in May 2014: How I Set Up My Desks: One for Sitting, One for Walking.] I recently made a third addition that has virtually eliminated the problem: the IMAK SmartGlove. (I wear size medium. It’s also available in sizes large and small.)

I became aware of this product in May at The Gospel Coalition’s pastor’s colloquium. The man hired to transcribe the proceedings used his laptop and an IMAK SmartGlove on each hand. He highly recommended them to me when I asked about them. I now regularly and gratefully use them myself and am happy to commend them.

Themelios 33.2

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The latest issue of Themelios was just published online today, and there is now a Themelios RSS feed. This issue is available in HTML and as a 126-page PDF. Here’s the TOC:

I contributed three of the thirty book reviews:

  1. Review of C. J. Mahaney, ed., Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World. Themelios 33:2 (2008): 116–18.
  2. Review of J. Julius Scott Jr., New Testament Theology: A New Study of the Thematic Structure of the New Testament. Themelios 33:2 (2008): 85–87.
  3. Review of Carl R. Trueman, Minority Report: Unpopular Thoughts on Everything from Ancient Christianity to Zen-Calvinism. Themelios 33:2 (2008): 91–92.