[Between Two Worlds] C.S. Lewis on Why We Enjoy Reading
Advice for students on Maintaining Your Greek
John Piper, Brothers, Bitzer Was a Banker! Article about the importance of reading the bible in the original languages.
Which Bible?: A Guide to English Translations
David Dewey has surveyed the literature surrounding the different translations of the bible into English, as well as giving a good overview of the range of issues involved in translation. If you’re wondering how the bible came to be, and specifically how a series of ancient documents ended up [...]
Movie: Deliver Us from Evil
Saw this as a popcorn taxi preview. A documentary about the documented and admitted failings of an Irish priest in America, and the fallout from his actions. Although there’s nothing shown, the subject matter means it’s not for the faint-hearted. Perhaps surprisingly, the film doesn’t set out to demonize anyone: everyone [...]
Chef Simon Rogan at the L’Enclume in Cartmel (England) - 24 course tasting menu; sounds like an amazing meal, but perhaps that’s just too many courses.
It’s probably a bit early in life for me, but perhaps someone out there will find this list of 12 Ways to Love Your (fallen-away-from-Christianity) Child useful.
Decaf long black with greek
Day four of drinking decaf coffee, and at least in the early part of the day the greek seems to be making sense. I’ve been persuaded to cut down on the caffeine for health purposes, but so far it seems to be having a negative [...]
Big list of web design galleries.
A reading list: Where to go to start learning about the early church fathers
Greek chapter ten - complex sentences
Chapter ten - halfway through the textbook! This week, we learn how to put two small sentences together to make bigger sentences using relative pronouns (who, which, to whom). As with everything else, there are 24 different ways of writing the relative pronoun, but [...]
Omni blue, wynyard
Vittoria coffee. A sit-down café in a shopping centre, where the staff have a lot of personality: friendly with newcomers and regulars alike.
Coffee unreviewed, though their decaf long black is easy enough to drink.
Barefoot coffee traders, manly
Toby’s estate coffee. Wood floor, green tiled walls, this place has a hole-in-the-wall feel, seating only nine on some converted tree stumps. A lone barista keeps the place running, stern-faced but friendly in temperament.
Coffees are all $2.50, even for an affogato, which is quite a find [...]
Movie: Spider-Man 3
On the IMAX at Darling Harbour, which was itself a little too big to watch the film: there are occasions where things happen just out of shot, and you find yourself turning your head to see what’s happening.
Though filled with visual effects, and a worthy sequel, don’t expect anything beyond the relationship understanding [...]
Birthday macchiato at mecca
What better start to a birthday than a café breakfast? Why, a café breakfast with a free coffee! Thanks to the guys at mecca who - on hearing it was my birthday - gave me the second coffee free!
Their macchiati, though, are really worthwhile: so smooth, [...]
Lunchtime greek - forehead slapping moment
Doing some translating exercises at lunch: getting used to the new vocab, while trying not to forget the old stuff. New word - genitive singular masculine “this” is toutou in greek. In this sentence, the next word is “tou”.
I’m staring at the word, trying [...]
Another week of biblical theology: my illusions of being completely across all the course content are shattered when we are called upon to apply the principles of biblical theology to this passage from Genesis 9. Ouch. We’re coming back to it again next week, having covered the (much easier) story of Naaman for the groups [...]
Bar biscotti, north strathfield
Caffe molinari coffee - miscela di caffe oro blend. White tiled floor, chocolate and red colour scheme inside with indoor and outdoor seating. Staff are quiet and a little reserved, and the radio makes up the difference in drowning out the sound of the traffic outside.
Coffee [...]
Greek chapter nine - 3×5 inch cards
This week’s class started with another "fun activity", where three sentences crammed with revision from the previous week’s class were on the board. I arrived in time to copy down the answers, but despite spending more time than usual on the content, chapter eight is still [...]