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A Great Bible Study Tool
Posted by L.G. Parkhurst in Bible, For Study on December 21, 2009
Every now and then I come across a tool that I find to be excellent and exactly what I need. A couple of weeks ago, I received a marvelous gift that will be so helpful to me that I wanted to pass on the information to you. I think you would find it useful too, especially in daily Bible study. I was given a “Journal 21 Daily Planner.” Over the years, my efforts to keep a daily calendar have been haphazard at best. Unless I need to plan for a wedding, a funeral, or a doctor’s appointment, I trust to memory. However, I will not be using the “Journal 21” as a calendar, but as a daily Bible Study Journal. I prefer the format of the “Journal 21” to any that I have ever seen before, because the numbers along the left edge of each daily page are small enough that they do not detract at all from my recording my daily reflections on my study of the Bible. On the other hand, because the hours from 8 AM to 9 PM are numbered on each page, if I want or need to put a appointment reminder on a page, I can. This way, too, my daily calendar will not look so disorganized, for my main purpose is using the “Journal 21” as a Bible Study tool. In addition, I will probably want to record important events that happen in the course of some unusual days, and there is room for that on each page too. This journal is so nice that it will draw me to it each day and help with my daily study, and I believe it will become a journal worth keeping from year to year as a reminder of what I studied and my thoughts at that time on different books of the Bible. It is of very high quality in construction; and of vital importance to me it is fountain pen friendly!
I recommend that you learn more about the Journal 21 from Quo Vadis Planners.
Another good website for you to see what the “Journal 21” looks like is at this link: http://www.shopwritersbloc.com/exacompta-journal-21-daily-desk-diary–soya-cov21.html
There are two other places I found online that sell the Journal 21, and I am sure there are others.
http://store.alkos.com/exd221o.html
http://www.vickerey.com/pex407.html
I think that because this will be my first year to use the “Journal 21,” that I will find additional ways to use it, but I know that I could not have designed a better one. I am posting this now, because you may be needing a new journal to begin a new year, and this is one to consider. If you have not used a journal before, this is the best one that I have ever found to begin with.
Disclaimer: I do not make any money from any sales by any company of the “Journal 21 Daily Planner,” I am just a very excited about beginning a new year with a truly useable and versatile journal and Bible study tool.
Mideast Land: Gifts from God
Posted by L.G. Parkhurst in For Study on January 3, 2008
Every now and then something in the Bible jumps out at me, and it seems this might be the place to share these thoughts. As I was reading Deuteronomy, chapter 2, I came to think about the fact that God gave Mideast land to three different groups of people. You might like to give some thought to these gifts too.
As the Israelites traveled to possess their Promised Land in Canaan, they passed by their brothers, the descendants of Esau, and God said to them, “I will not give you even so much as a foot’s length of their land, since I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession” (Deut 2:5-6). So, the Bible teaches that God gave land to both the children of Jacob and the children of Esau.
Furthermore, God told the Israelites, “Do not harass Moab or engage them in battle, for I will not give you any of its land as a possession, since I have given Ar as a possession to the descendants of Lot” (Deut 2:9-10). In addition, God told them, “When you approach the frontier of the Ammonites, do not harass them or engage them in battle, for I will not give the land of the Ammonites to you as a possession, because I have given it to the descendants of Lot” (Deut 2:19-20). Lot was, of course, a nephew of Abraham.
So, God gave Mideast land to each of these people groups and expected them to live in peace and respect the property rights of each group. I found this very interesting, and perhaps you do too. So, the next time you read Deuteronomy 2, think about how God demonstrated His concern for the family of Abraham.
Free Seminary Lectures from iTunes
Posted by L.G. Parkhurst in For Study on December 6, 2007
Today I discovered that we can listen to some very good seminary and conference lectures free through iTunes. Reformed Theological Seminary, a seminary committed to Five Point Calvinism, offers a nice selection of lectures that might interest you. You do not need an ipod to listen to these lectures. Any MP3 Player will work or you can listen to them through your computer. If you find additional seminaries or universities that offer good lectures for free using the MP3 format, please leave me a note in Comments below so others can learn ab0ut these.
For those new to iTunes, you will need to download the Apple iTunes software and install it before you can access these lectures, but then you can play the MP3 audio or music files on any player.
If you hear some good lectures, please tell us about them, where to find them, and what you think of them. I plan to listen to 3 lectures by DA Carson on NT Wright’s ideas on The New Perspective on Paul. Wright has written a fine book that I have read twice now with great enjoyment and benefit, and I am hoping to learn from Carson both the good and bad points of Wright’s book Paul: In Fresh Perspective