Books and Texts Archive

Beautiful Collection of Ancient Bibles on Display in Dallas, TX

Last night, I had the opportunity to attend the opening of a fantastic new collection of Bibles on display at the Museum of Biblical Art in Dallas, TX. Charles Ryrie, a former professor at Dallas Theological Seminary probably best known for the Ryrie Study Bible, has been collecting rare Bibles for around 50 years. To

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Awesomely Awkward Technology Poses

Curious Rituals, an new ebook from the Art Center College of Design (by Nicolas Nova, Katherine Miyake, Nancy Kwon, and Walton Chiu) does a fantastic job of illustrating some of the “new” poses we make with modern technology products. They start the book with gestures like swipe and pinch, but then quickly move into the

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Free Download: The Best of The Atlantic’s Technology Writing

Over the last two or three years, some of the best writing on technology to be found on the Internet has come from The Atlantic‘s technology section. Until the end of the year, they are giving away a 345 page ebook of the best posts of 2012 for free. Here’s their blurb: The Best Writing From

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Descartes on the Purpose of Technology and the Body

As part of her dissertation research, my wife is looking at how Dostoevsky viewed and critiqued some of Descartes’s ideas. In doing so, she stumbled upon the following passage in which Descartes tangentially addresses technology, saying that the mind can produce tools which will one day offer us a “trouble-free” bodily existence: “knowing the force

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5 Things I Learned From “Reading” 10 Audiobooks

Not Enough Time Last spring, I was finding that I just didn’t have enough time to read several books that I really wanted to read. Then a friend reminding me about something called “audiobooks.” Because I have a long commute, I had always wanted to try audiobooks, but I had dismissed them because I didn’t

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The iPhone Shaped Body: Earthen Vessels

“Always buy the most hideous house in the neighborhood, so at least you won’t have to look at it.” – Unknown It’s difficult to get a good look at something when you live inside it, and this happens to be especially true of our physical bodies. Matthew Lee Anderson, author of Earthen Vessels: Why Our

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Captivated: A Christian Documentary On Media Saturation

Reader Kevin Sorenson just told me about a new video coming out next month called Captivated: finding freedom in a media captive culture put together by the folks at ReelCast productions and MediaTalk101 both of which are Christian organizations whose goals are to help Christians live in a media saturated culture. Captivated Trailer The cast looks to include teens,

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Free Streaming Conference with Albert Borgmann

Regent College is hosting a conference with Albert Borgmann today and tomorrow and they are offering a live stream of the event. Dr. Borgmann will deliver three lectures: Lecture I: Grace and Cyberspace  Wednesday, October 19, 7:30 pm Lecture II: Pointless Perfection and Blessed Burdens  Thursday, October 20, 11:30 am Lecture III: Matter and Spirit

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My Book is Free on Amazon Today!

Today my book, From the Garden to the City, is free on Amazon’s Kindle (UK Store) Could you do me a favor? If you have Kindle, are considering getting a Kindle, know someone who has a Kindle, or just have a computer, go ahead and buy it for free so it moves up the ranks. Thanks!

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A Great New Blog and Great New Book

OUTSPOKEN: Conversations on Church Communication Tim Schraeder of Center for Church Communication asked 60+ authors and creatives (including me) to contribute some thoughts on the importance of communication in the big-C Church as well as in small-c local churches. The chapters are just 500 words which means the authors got to their point quickly and you can

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