My Money Back Guaranteed Experience

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Darrell Buchanan

I’ve been testing some software the past couple of weeks for my new tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1) and have had three different “Money Back Guaranteed” experiences with vendors. In each case it was prominently posted or I confirmed through an email inquiry that I could get my money back without any hassle if the software wasn’t satisfactory. All payments were made through PayPal so that if I did have problems I could resort to its dispute resolution procedure.

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March (and April) of the Penguins

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Darrell Buchanan

You can live the life of a penguin at SeaWorld San Diego live 24 hours a day throughout March and April via Penguin Cam.

Pursue your Penguin passion here.

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Wandering Web Wednesday III

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Darrell Buchanan

This third edition of Wandering Web Wednesday offers the following tidbits:

  • First, let’s break the big news of the day: there will be no IPad 3 today. It will be an IPad HD (read It’s iPad HD, not iPad 3).
  • This isn’t good: Cerulean Sanctum’s Dan Edelen notes that the Christian Church spends $1.5 million to make one convert! (read The $1,551,466 Christian).
  • Church Juice ponders a study done that finds veteran Facebook users still log into Facebook, but are posting less (read Social Sharing Trends).
  • Dean and seminary professor Ken Schenck lists five features of Christianity that have staying power, despite strong counter-currents (read 21st Century Christianity).
  • Have you read James K.A. Smith’s Open Letter to Praise Bands and his subsequent Postcript? He is saying something important about worship as an intentional, communal, congregational practice.
  • Bob Hyatt at Out of Ur contends that the combination of ministry and celebrity is bad for our churches and our souls (read The Dangerous Pursuit of Pastoral Fame).

Stay tuned for WWW IV!

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The Philemon Files: Questions that Matter

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Darrell Buchanan

Although it is brief and seemingly straightforward, Paul’s letter to Philemon does raise a number of questions that must be pondered as we try to understand it.

Here are a just a few to consider:

  1. Why did Onesimus leave Philemon?
  2. How and why did Onesimus meet up with Paul?
  3. What is the debt, if any, Onesimus owes Philemon?
  4. What is Paul’s goal in writing this letter to Philemon?

Read the letter again and formulate your preliminary answers to these questions. I will share my possible answers for each of them in the next post in this series.

Previous Philemon Files:
The Philemon Files: Introduction
The Philemon Files: From Paul
The Philemon Files: Co-Senders
The Philemon Files: Co-Recipients
The Philemon Files: Witnesses
The Philemon Files: Onesimus

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Online Resources for Biblical Studies

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Darrell Buchanan

I thought that I would post a selection of resources for Bible study that I also posted on our church Facebook page (please note that your mileage may vary):

  • BibleGateway.com almost has it all with nearly 100 Bible versions in 50 languages as well as a selection of commentaries, eBooks, and dictionaries.  A great place to begin your study!
  • Biblia offers free access to a collection of Bibles and Bible reference works. If you are a registered user of Logos Bible software, you can access your own collection as well.
  • Bible Research is for those looking for detailed information on the history of the canon, texts, and versions of the Bible.
  • Into His Own is a tool for the historical study of the New Testament and focuses on  the ideologies, social standards  and politics of the world in which Jesus lived and from which Christianity emerged.
  • Bibledex is a collection of expert videos about every book in the Bible (and more). It is a project by the University of Nottingham’s Department of Theology and Religious Studies.

What sites have you discovered or use in your Bible study? Please share your favourites in the comments below.

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