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The Message and Influence of Deuteronomy: A Festschrift for Dan Block

December 10, 2013 by Andy Naselli

Colleagues and former students of Dan Block surprised him with this Festschrift last month during a session at the Evangelical Theological Society in Baltimore:

Jason S. DeRouchie, Jason Gile, and Kenneth J. Turner, eds. For Our Good Always: Studies on the Message and Influence of Deuteronomy in Honor of Daniel I. Block. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2013. xxxvi + 572 pp.

You can read a two-paragraph description of the book at Eisenbraun’s site. [Read more…] about The Message and Influence of Deuteronomy: A Festschrift for Dan Block

Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts

July 20, 2013 by Andy Naselli

When I arrived at my BCS office yesterday to move my print library from boxes to bookcases, I noticed this playful sign outside the door:

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I love it!

I imagined that title four years ago.

Update (November 2022):

The 2 Issues I Most Frequently Address When Copy-Editing

July 2, 2013 by Andy Naselli

In the last eight years or so, I’ve done a fair bit of copy-editing. For example, I’ve edited some books and copy-edited every issue of Themelios since TGC took over that journal in 2008. For the last three years I’ve been editing a massive forthcoming project that will probably be about 1 million words (more on that later).

Here’s my basic philosophy of writing in six words: Omit needless words, and be clear (HT: Strunk, Zinsser, and Williams). There’s a lot more to good writing than that, of course, but it’s hard to communicate well when your writing is cluttered and convoluted.

So I most frequently address two issues when copy-editing: [Read more…] about The 2 Issues I Most Frequently Address When Copy-Editing

Samson’s Strength : His Hair :: Paul Tripp’s Wisdom : His Mustache

May 17, 2013 by Andy Naselli

Ryan Kelly asks Paul Tripp a profound question (26:28–28:46):

(Tripp’s mustache has its own Twitter account.)

A Funny Parenting Book by @HonestToddler (33 Excerpts)

May 7, 2013 by Andy Naselli

This book releases today:

Bunmi Laditan. The Honest Toddler: A Child’s Guide to Parenting. New York: Scribner, 2013.

I follow @HonestToddler on Twitter because it’s so entertaining, especially since my wife and I care for three little children.

The central theme in all the tweets and throughout the book is that [Read more…] about A Funny Parenting Book by @HonestToddler (33 Excerpts)

How to Listen on Double Speed with an iPhone or iPod

April 9, 2013 by Andy Naselli

I listen to a lot of audiobooks, lectures, and sermons on my iPhone. And I almost always listen on double speed. Here’s how to do it on an iPhone or iPod.

1. Import the audio into iTunes.

You can do this by simply dragging and dropping (i.e., copying) an audio file (like an MP3 file) into an iTunes playlist.

2. Change the “Media Kind” from “Music” to “Audiobook” in iTunes.

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Right-click the track(s) in iTunes.
Select “Get Info.”
Select the “Options” tab.
Next to “Media Kind,” change the category from “Music” to “Audiobook.”
Select “OK.” [Read more…] about How to Listen on Double Speed with an iPhone or iPod

How Reliable Is Your Memory? 3 Practical Lessons

March 12, 2013 by Andy Naselli

Unlike God, we are finite and sinful.

And our limitations and sinfulness apply even to our memory, “the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information” (Concise Oxford English Dictionary).

Lesson 1: Your memory might not be as accurate as you think.

See Oliver Sacks, “Speak, Memory,” The New York Review of Books (February 21, 2013).

This stands out:

Frequently, our only truth is narrative truth, the stories we tell each other, and ourselves—the stories we continually recategorize and refine. Such subjectivity is built into the very nature of memory, and follows from its basis and mechanisms in the human brain.

Last month I shared that article with a sharp biblical scholar in his mid-60s, and he replied, [Read more…] about How Reliable Is Your Memory? 3 Practical Lessons