Jonathan Boyd

This is a great site for learning languages.

linguaverbum.com/home

Hey, Seumas, I'm still working on my Hebrew but am always happy to see what you are doing! Blessings to you with each of your projects.

Hi, Kirk,

Some I enjoyed preaching in the past were Habits of Grace, The Trinity, and a series that gives an overview of the whole Bible.

I loved your exhortation, "If you are a creator of any kind, lean into your embodied abilities and resist the pull of A.I. alternatives."

In the past I've thought, "Oh, I'll just let Chat help me a little with ______," but that impulse ruins the whole enterprise of creative work.

Thanks!

"We live in a dangerous world. The paradox of Psalm 2 is that safety and blessing are to be found (paradoxically) by surrendering my autonomy to the gracious authority of Jesus the Messiah."

Ash, Christopher. 2024. The Psalms (Vol. 2, Psalms 1–50). Crossway. www.perlego.com/book/4380183.

Yikes!

My enthusiasm for IA has been plummeting (grading a bunch of students' papers didn't help!).

I also don't hear many people talking about how much energy it uses.

Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence for the One Called Christ Abstract. This book brings to light an extraordinary connection between Jesus of Nazareth and the Jewish historian Josephus. Writing in 93/4 ce, Josephus c

This looks like a fascinating book!

academic.oup.com/book/60034?l...

For me #8 y #9 have been of great help, and I usually read a harder book while I eat breakfast every morning.

I have found #11 helps even if it's just reading along with a substacker who comments each week on a book (I did it with The Republic by Plato and it kept me motivated and I learned more.)

My problem is I have a stack of five other books to read first, but I'll put it on my list.

That book looks great. I haven't been able to get through the full version, so maybe that's the one I need!

»Todavía estaba lejos cuando su padre lo vio y se compadeció de él; salió corriendo a su encuentro, lo abrazó y lo besó. (Lc 15:20 NVI)

En las tres parábolas de Lc 15 vemos: algo perdido, después encontrado y el gozo compartido.

Un mejor nombre para la tercera podría ser «El corazón del Padre».

Me encanta la parábola del «hijo pródigo». Escuchamos ecos de la historia de Esaú y Jacob.

«Pero Esaú corrió a su encuentro y, echándole los brazos al cuello, lo abrazó y lo besó». (Gn 33:4 NVI)

En los dos casos, se espera una reacción negativa y se recibe misericordia.

This is short and sweet!

Master of Arts in the Great Books - Memoria College Online Master's Degree in the Great Books

My brother just mentioned Memoria College, which looks interesting! I signed up for a short course on an introduction to classical pedagogy.

I love how many groups are now offering courses like this.

memoriacollege.org

Thanks for this, Irina.

I would say that God's giving the Israelites a shabbat reminds us that we are limited, and that we should embrace that limitedness. Trying to "produce" is if we were machines shrivels our humanity and sucks the joy out of life.

Thanks, Alan! I've found your writing encouraging. In fact, I think you've encouraged me enough to start writing a book myself. I've said that a few times in my life, but I think I have the tools and motivation to make it happen, once I get out of the heavy part of this semester. Blessing!

I love the variety of Scripture. I definitely find the epistles the easiest genre to preach from, but as far as reading I like them all (law being the hardest for me).

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@tantoraudio.bsky.social

Johnson reminds me of one of my favorite sayings in Spanish, «Cada loco con su tema».

Lit. "Every crazy guy with his topic." or "To each their own" maybe.

Thanks for pointing us to Christ and the gospel!

I'm enjoying trying to write in Hebrew calligraphy.

I've been working through ירושלים של אנשים ומקומות, an intermediate Hebrew book on Jerusalem.

I've found the level good for me, and I purchased the audio to go with it.

www.magnespress.co.il/book/%D7%99%...

«Blanca luna
como el cuerpo del Hombre en cruz, espejo
del sol de vida, del que nunca muere.
Los rayos, Maestro, de tu suave lumbre
nos guían en la noche de este mundo
ungiéndonos con la esperanza recia
de un día eterno».

«Tú salvaste a la muerte. Abres tus brazos
a la noche, que es negra y muy hermosa,
porque el sol de la vida la ha mirado
con sus ojos de fuego: que a la noche
morena la hizo el sol y tan hermosa».

I read a small part of Miguel de Unamuno's poem, «El Cristo de Velázquez», with my students last week.

It made me think of Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot.

It's a long poem that rewards deep reading. Here are a couple of interesting lines:

I enjoyed this! Thanks!

I hadn't heard of the two types of courage in Thomas. The idea of courage as endurance strikes me as a very helpful for my students (and myself). Thanks!

I'm finishing up teaching a course on Eschatology & Revelation. Of any doctrine this is the one that requires more understanding of the whole Bible.

I was privileged to teach, but I have a long way to go to say I have a grasp on everything!

The Samaritan Pentateuch: An English Translation with a Parallel Annotated Hebrew Text This new translation into English seeks to introduce the reader to the character of the Samaritan version of the Pentateuch, while emphasising the fundamental differences between it and the Masoretic ...

Wow, this must be the release of the year: A translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch into English side by side with the Hebrew Text, with the differences between the Samaritan and the MT highlighted in red.

Best of all, it is open access!

www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...

Starting to get the web site up to speed with reality, that @appianway.bsky.social is focusing on automating translations of ancient Greek authors into readable English editions. Do check it out, and do feel free to ask me any questions.