Living All In

Two years ago, I got wife wife Hayley to switch from a PC to a Mac.  Her one hesitation was that over 90% of her personal bible study and research for writing her books was done using Logos Bible Software.  As a former employee of Logos (both in publisher and ministry relations) I assured her that a Mac version was coming and we’d just have her run Logos and windows using Parallels on her new Mac.  

Well, she switched and has been dealing with the not-quite-perfect scenario of emulating Windows to use Logos.  When the Beta of Logos for Mac was released, she still couldn’t use it as her main study tool because of her extensive verse lists and note files that the Beta doesn’t yet support.

Long story short, Logos is taking preorders for both the library bundles and the engine itself.  So the wait is almost over.  $60 for the new engine and use our existing libraries.  So hopefully we’ll get this present before Christmas.  Pre-kudos to Bob Pritchett and the Logos team.

From FBW: 

Feminists and egalitarian proponents often interpret Scripture through a gender lens, but editors of a new commentary offer a conservative woman-to-woman approach to Scripture interpretation. The Women’s Evangelical Commentary New Testament from LifeWay Christian Resources’ B&H Publishing Group offers verse-by-verse exposition of the Bible for women, by women.

With the help of more than 15 contributors, editors Dorothy Kelley Patterson and Rhonda Harrington Kelley systematically explain the purpose of the New Testament texts. The commentary is designed for women to use when teaching a class, directing a small-group Bible study or studying Scripture.

"Although the commentators are all women and write from that perspective, the Word of God is not to be interpreted through the ‘gender lens,’" write Patterson and Kelley. "God’s Word is for women and men, but this particular resource, without apology, is prepared primarily for women to use."

Conservative and scholarly, this resource uses the Holman Christian Standard Bible translation to accurately exegete Scripture and steers clear of predisposed bias toward 21st century social agendas, say the editors.

"Some Christian women have been influenced by gender issues today. Women often forsake the biblical role of women in the home and church and follow personal desires," Kelley said. "There also is a trend toward speculation or guessing what might be implied in the Scripture. Careful interpretation of the text will ensure accuracy in understanding the truth of God’s Word as applied in our lives."

Kelley serves as professor of women’s ministry and director of the women’s ministry and student wives programs at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary where her husband, Chuck Kelley, is president.