here is a case where the headline really does tell you enough: “Man loses job after searching too hard for aliens.”
But feel free to click through if you must have the gory details regarding misuse of public computers involuntary enlisted in the search for alien life to the tune of 1.2 to 1.6 MILLION dollars.
An interesting controversy has cropped up in an unexpected place. The Manhatten Declaration is circulating for signatures.
Kevin DeYoung has a thorough and balanced explanation of the controversy, including why there is a controversy and the positions of both sides.
here is his position:
So where do I stand on The Manhattan Declaration? Well, I wish I would have listened to my initial hesitation about signing these sorts of documents. The Declaration does not need my signature to make it significant and I don’t need people to misunderstand what my support means. But having signed it (only as one of the crowd), I still agree with the Declaration and feel no pang of conscience for supporting it. If it comes out that the Declaration was meant to minimize the deepest divisions between Evangelicals and Catholics, then I will regret my support. But as it stands, I agree with Mohler’s reasons for signing the document and share his understanding of what signing does and does not mean
Go read the rest of Kevin’s thoughtful post.
Psalm 37:4 says that we should delight ourselves in the Lord and he will give us the desires of our heart. Verse 5 follows that up by telling us to commit our ways to him, trust in him and he will act.
Psalm 103 is a great one extolling the goodness of God to us.
1(A) Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
2(B) Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and(C) forget not all his benefits,
3who(D) forgives all your iniquity,
who(E) heals all your diseases,
4who(F) redeems your life from the pit,
who(G) crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5who(H) satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like(I) the eagle’s.6The LORD works(J) righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.….
10He does not deal with us(P) according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11For(Q) as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his(R) steadfast love toward(S) those who fear him;
12as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he(T) remove our transgressions from us.
13As(U) a father shows compassion to his children,
so the LORD shows compassion(V) to those who fear him.
14For he knows our frame;[a]
he(W) remembers that we are dust.
Matthew 7:7-11 says:
7(A) “Ask,(B) and it will be given to you;(C) seek, and you will find;(D) knock, and it will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9Or which one of you, if his son asks him for(E) bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11If you then,(F) who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will(G) your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Old and New Testament thus affirm that God loves us and gives us good gifts.
why do we think that C.S. Lewis is crazy for writing something like this:
If you asked twenty good men today what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them would reply, Unselfishness. But if you asked almost any of the great Christians of old he would have replied, Love. You see what has happened? A negative term has been substituted for a positive, and this is of more than philological importance. The negative ideal of Unselfishness carries with it the suggestion not primarily of securing good things for others, but of going without them ourselves, as if our abstinence and not their happiness was the important point. I do not think this is the Christian virtue of Love. The New Testament has lots to say about self-denial, but not about self-denial as an end in itself. We are told to deny ourselves and to take up our crosses in order that we may follow Christ; and nearly every description of what we shall ultimately find if we do so contains an appeal to desire.
If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly to hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.
and why do we think John Piper is crazy for agreeing with him?
this is the important responsibility that married people have. To demonstrate the relationship of Christ and the church.
Here is John Piper on why this reminder is important.
- It lifts marriage out of sordid sitcom images and gives it the magnificent meaning God meant it to have.
- It gives marriage a solid basis in grace, since Christ obtained and sustains his bride by grace alone.
- It shows that the husband’s headship and the wife’s submission are crucial andcrucified. That is, they are woven into the very meaning of marriage as a display of Christ and the church, but they are both defined by Christ’s self-denying work on the cross so that pride and slavishness are cancelled.
Adapted from the 2007 sermon “Marriage: God’s Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace.”
for the day after Thanksgiving here is some brain food from John Piper and G.K. Chesterton.
G. K. Chesterton helps explain why.
It’s not merely true that a creed unites men. Nay a difference of creed unites men—so long as it is a clear difference . . . So a Tory can walk up to the very edge of Socialism if he knows what Socialism is. But if he is told that Socialism is a spirit, a sublime atmosphere, a noble indefinable tendency, why then he keeps out its way; and quite right too. One can meet an assertion with an argument; but a healthy bigotry is the only way in which one can meet a tendency. (What’s Wrong with the World 22-23)
Go here to find out what Chesterton is explaining.
here is a great story for Thanksgiving. Check it out.
Davis said he was sad to leave Yonan behind and worried about the interpreter’s safety.
“I told him, ‘If you come to the Austin-Round Rock area, I will do everything I can to help you live the American dream. … I will not let you fail,’ ” Davis said.
Today, Yonan and Davis and their families will celebrate Thanksgiving together — this time at Davis’ Round Rock home. Yonan just moved to Austin with his wife and baby daughter on a special immigration visa. Davis said he is determined to help him any way he can.
“He is a special person, and he and I have a bond,” Davis said.
That bond began developing when they met in Iraq, Yonan said this week.
Major Davis is a man who practices the instruction in Romans 12:13.
Happy Thanksgiving everybody.
How do I know God exists?
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HT to Ramblin’ Pastor Man
At our church, the Austin Stone Community Church, we are going through Genesis. So far the messages have been convicting and edifying.
Today Matt preached on the bigness of God and the closeness of God. God is both the sovereign almighty God who created the universe and everything in it and the friend that sticks closer than a brother. Whenever we emphasize one of the aspects at the expense of the other, we are not worshipping God, we are worshipping an idol we have created.
Matt expressed his belief that most of the modern American Church overemphasizes the relational aspect of God.
A test of where you are on the spectrum is how you feel about II Samuel 6:1-9. If it makes you angry at God that He struck down Uzzah, then you don’t give enough weight to the all powerful holy and righteous side of God. If you wonder why God doesn’t strike us all down this very minute, then you aren’t fully trusting in God as the lover of your soul.
Well, are you worshipping God as He is or are you worshipping an idol of your own making?
Here is a video from John Jordan’s facebook page explaining further how God can be glorified in the midst of suffering.
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further information on this topic in II Corinthians 4:7-5:15 and Hebrews 10:32-39.
love depth of field, bokeh and flowers
rediscovering film photography with a Nikon F5 and Fuji velvia 100.
wide angle lens and a polarizer
An interesting twitter discussion has arisen between Mark Lamprecht Wes Widner and Jacob Hall.
Friends of Mark’s have a six year old son who has developed a brain tumor and on his blog, Mark posted John’s facebook entry about Faith, Sovereignty, and God’s glory. Go take a look at John’s response to this situation and the thanks people are expressing for the faith that he and his wife are showing in this trial. here is some of it, but go read it all.
First of all, I’m unsure about what kind of faith is being talked about. I’ve never been sure that it is God’s will that our Gideon be brought back to full health.
Now, when I say that, I’m not saying that I don’t think God could do that nor do I want you do think that I don’t desire that. I just don’t think that is the way God always works. However, I do know that God does work all things out for Him to get the maximum glory.
Now, many of you may ask “how can God get glory unless he heals Gideon?” My response would be that he definitely gets glory by healing Gideon, but He gets even more glory when we have our full satisfaction in Him and Him alone!
God isn’t all satisfying and worthy of my praise because he makes us healthy and wealthy. He isn’t worthy because He heals my little boy. He is all satisfying because He is God and He always does what is right! He is all satisfying because he rescued me from my biggest problem.
Our greatest problem isn’t poverty, lack of self-esteem, or brain tumors. Our biggest problem is we have sinned against a holy righteous God. He has saved me from my sin, and for that reason alone he is all satisfying. He is enough.
Yes, we have faith in our God, but our faith is that He will do what’s right and what is best…even if that meant taking Gideon from us.
Mark then posted the link to the blog entry on twitter as follows:
How would you react if your 6 yr old had a brain tumor? Would you glorify God? One family’s responsehttp://bit.ly/3IV3Xh
Wes responded with this:
@hereiblog Glorify God for what? Giving the strength and comfort to endure it or for giving the brain tumor? One isn’t glorifying.
Jacobhall jumped in then with this:
@kai5263499 Your view of God is totally skewed. He is worthy of Glory regardless of the situation.
then Wes:
@JacobHall86 Not if he kills innocent people for no reason. Sorry, that’s not the picture of God the bible paints.
then Jacob:
@kai5263499 Noone is innocent. That is the picture painted in the Bible. You assume with Pelagian views. None are Righteous.
Now look up at the two portions of Wes Widner’s entries that I bolded. do you see it? Wes has decided that he knows what brings God glory and he knows who is innocent and he knows when there is “no reason” for a death.
I have some questions.
Why does Wes have such a high view of himself and his own knowledge?
Why does he not approach this topic with a little more humility?
Why doesn’t he even give lip service to the possibility that God has something in mind in this situation that is far higher than our poor power to deduce as we rock along here in our finite bubble of right now with our limited intellects and our limited set of emotional responses?
Does Wes think God doesn’t at least have the ability to control this boy’s tumor?
If so, then what else doesn’t God control in Wes’ world?
If not, then isn’t allowing it to happen functionally the same as causing it?
Wouldn’t God remain culpable for the illness?
If that is the case, then isn’t it better to believe God to be fully sovereign over every aspect of this situation and every other situation in our lives?
Isn’t it better to fully trust a sovereign God who loves us, sent his Son to die for us, and promised us good things, with our illnesses and their outcome?
Isn’t it true that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him, even in the midst of loss, heartache and pain?
Isn’t that what makes God look most fantastic to this lost and dying world?
just asking some questions here.
Timmy Brister posted an extended discourse yesterday on cooperation between Calvinists and Arminians that is well worth your time.
This morning, Timmy’s senior pastor, Tom Ascol, followed up with a quote from Charles Simeon that is too good not to repeat. Charles Simeon is talking about himself as a young calvinist minister meeting the elderly arminian, John Wesley.
A young Minister, about three or four years after he was ordained, had an opportunity of conversing familiarly with the great and venerable leader of the Arminians in this kingdom; and, wishing to improve the occasion to the uttermost, he addressed him nearly in the following words: “Sir, I understand that you are called an Arminian; and I have been sometimes called a Calvinist; and therefore I suppose we are to draw daggers. But before I consent to begin the combat, with your permission I will ask you a few questions, not from impertinent curiosity, but for real instruction.” Permission being very readily and kindly granted, the young Minister proceeded to ask, “Pray, Sir, do you feel yourself a depraved creature, so depraved, that you would never have thought of turning unto God, if God had not first put [it] into your heart?”–“Yes,” says the veteran, “I do indeed.”–“And do you utterly despair of recommending yourself to God by any thing that you can do; and look for salvation solely through the blood and righteousness of Christ?”–“Yes, solely through Christ.”–“But, Sir, supposing you were first saved by Christ, are you not somehow or other to save yourself afterwards by your own works?”–“No; I must be saved by Christ from first to last.”–“Allowing then that you were first turned by the grace of God, are you not in some way or other to keep yourself by your own power?”–“No.”–“What then, are you to be upheld every hour and every moment by God, as much as an infant in its mother’s arms?”–“Yes; altogether.”–“And is all your hope in the grace and mercy of God to preserve you unto his heavenly kingdom?”–“Yes; I have no hope, but in him.”–“Then, Sir, with your leave, I will put up my dagger again; for this is all my Calvinism; this is my election, my justification by faith, my final perseverance: it is, in substance, all that I hold, and as I hold it: and therefore, if you please, instead of searching out terms and phrases to be a ground of contention between us, we will cordially unite in those things wherein we agree.”
The Arminian leader was so pleased with the conversation, that he made particular mention of it in his journals; notwithstanding there never afterwards was any connexion between the parties, he retained an unfeigned regard for his young inquirer to the hour of his death.
(Charles Simeon, Expository Outlines on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1: Genesis-Leviticus Preface, pp. xvii-xviii)
Mark Driscoll with an excellent rundown of the hopelessness of an atheistic worldview:
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Here is a related example from via challies:
Indifference to the Disappearance as the Months Pass
Not every atheist was horror-stricken at the O’Hairs’ disappearance. Frankly, some — those who disapproved of Madalyn O’Hair’s combative and vulgar style — were relieved that she was no longer atheism’s most visible and vocal spokesperson. A Texan atheist wrote:
The disappearance of the O’Hairs in September 1995 gave hope that more positive atheist initiatives might develop…That’s why atheists should worry about the revival of Madalyn’s American Atheists, Inc. under the leadership of Ellen Johnson, who assumed the office of President in a questionable Board of Directors meeting. Ellen Johnson is also a die-hard Madalyn fan who continues to present Madalyn as an atheist heroine. What atheism doesn’t need is a continuation of Madalyn’s negativity.
By the time Bill Murray learned that his mother, estranged daughter and half-brother had vanished, board member Tyson was living in the O’Hairs’ home. Instead of sharing their concerns and assisting each other in the search, Madalyn’s son and the American Atheists traded insults in the media. Each accused the other of caring nothing for the O’Hairs, and seeking only to make hay out of the disappearance for the publicity it would bring. “One of my mother’s employees moved into her house…and began to sleep in her bed. Her close “confidant,” Ellen Johnson, immediately flew to Texas from New Jersey and set up a new board of directors to take over the property and bank accounts of the family’s atheist organizations. Not a single “friend” reported any of the three missing to the police,” said Murray.
Go read the rest of this interesting story.
Austin Christian Fellowship is having a series on the Most Beautiful Word. If you want to hear a demonstration of what Grace is and why it is indeed the most beautiful word, then listen to the interview with Bob and Audrey Meisner. Wow! wow.
Keving DeYoung takes a look at Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo.
Kevin says the book is: “a short, pungent, provocative book.”
The thesis is simple and controversial: aid is the problem, not the solution. “In the past fifty years,” she writes, “over US$1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa. In the past decade alone, on the back of Live 8, Make Poverty History, the Millennium Development Goals, the Millennium Challenge Account, the Africa Commission, and the 2005 G7 meeting (to name a few), millions of dollars each year have been raised in rich countries to support charities working for Africa.” Sounds good, right? But has the more than one trillion dollars in assistance made Africa made people better off? Moyo says “no.” In fact, she argues that aid has helped make the poor poorer and growth slower. “The notion that aid can alleviate systemic poverty, and has done so, is a myth…Aid has been, and continues to be, an unmitigated political, economic, and humanitarian disaster for most parts of the developing world” (xix).
Go read the rest of Kevin’s post for his complete review of the book including the problems caused by foreign aid and some possible solutions. Good intentions aren’t enough. As good stewards, Christians should insist on good results of the aid our churches give.
you might also take a look at Kevin’s series on When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor and Yourself by Brian Fikkert.
All three parts are linked in my post here.
sunset with fill
morning snapshot
finally got the B&W film I took at Katherine’s wedding developed
Veterans,
thank you so much for your service to this country.
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HT to Veronique de Rugy from Normandy for whom Veterans Day has special significance.
Francis Chan’s question three years ago is are you lukewarm and loving it? well?
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The Wall Street Journal is quoting John Cassidy from The New Yorker explaining what Obamacare really is and why Nancy Pelosi was willing to sacrifice the careers of several House members to get it passed:
Mr. Cassidy is more honest than the politicians whose dishonesty he supports. “The U.S. government is making a costly and open-ended commitment,” he writes. “Let’s not pretend that it isn’t a big deal, or that it will be self-financing, or that it will work out exactly as planned. It won’t. What is really unfolding, I suspect, is the scenario that many conservatives feared. The Obama Administration . . . is creating a new entitlement program, which, once established, will be virtually impossible to rescind.”
Why are they doing it? Because, according to Mr. Cassidy, ObamaCare serves the twin goals of “making the United States a more equitable country” and furthering the Democrats’ “political calculus.” In other words, the purpose is to further redistribute income by putting health care further under government control, and in the process making the middle class more dependent on government. As the party of government, Democrats will benefit over the long run.
emphasis added.
In short, it is the simplest most direct route to changing the United States of America at a fundamental level.
Here is Mr. Cassidy’s blog post on the matter if you want to see how he believes the above items are a feature not a bug.
That takes me back to where I began. Both in terms of the political calculus of the Democratic Party, and in terms of making the United States a more equitable society, expanding health-care coverage now and worrying later about its long-term consequences is an eminently defensible strategy. Putting on my amateur historian’s cap, I might even claim that some subterfuge is historically necessary to get great reforms enacted.
the Berlin Wall came down. It was an amazingly euphoric moment in time celebrating the end of Stasi driven tyranny of the East German Government over its people.
I remember Lech Walesa and Solidarity in Poland and just what an amazing year 1989 was for the world. Most of all, I remember a man in leadership who knew evil when he saw it. Who had the determination and conviction that western liberal democracy was the best system in which the most people could be the most prosperous. Who was willing to take the fight to the enemy in order to defeat them. Who called for the wall to come down two years before it did:
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and oh when it did. I sat in the living room of the very old very small mobile home that I had shared with my lovely wife of less than a year and I cried like a baby. I still tear up when I see this footage. simply an awesome moment of triumph of good over evil. a reward for sustained perseverance over forty years.
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Such an unalloyed net gain of goodness for the people of Eastern Europe.
BUT. Such triumphs apparently have a short shelf life. Two data points (many more could be mentioned) suffice to show the ephemeral nature of the gains made.
Number 1 and most importantly, Barack Obama won’t go to Germany to celebrate the victory with the people most directly impacted. He seems somehow ashamed of the fact that we won the Cold War. His speech in Berlin during the campaign was strangely silent on the unique American role in the triumph and long on his own uniqueness. If the leader of the country which was instrumental in the victory won’t celebrate it as a victory, then there is a serious problem.
Number 2 some people in former East Germany would rather live in the oppressive regime that was defeated 20 years ago rather than live in freedom. These people would rather live in squalor but security with a pittance from the government rather than be unleashed to achieve for themselves with the attendant risk of failure. here is the list of benefits lost in East Germany:
Since the demise of the GDR, many have come to recognise and regret that the genuine “social achievements” they enjoyed were dismantled: social and gender equality, full employment and lack of existential fears, as well as subsidised rents, public transport, culture and sports facilities
This movie might be a good reminder of what evil reigned in Eastern Germany.
HT to Hot Air for the shameless theft of video
UPDATE:
via Veronique de Rugy another video on the evils of communism:
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UPDATE II:
Pete Wehner on the fall of one wall and the death of a soul killing state. Here is his conclusion, but go read the whole thing.
Twenty years ago the Wall came tumbling down. A sadistic, soul-killing police state came to an end. And the United States — in confronting Soviet Communism, in supporting the forces of liberty across the globe, and in refusing to grow weary in doing good — added another remarkable and estimable chapter to its record of achievement. That, I think, is in large part the meaning of this anniversary.
Nancy Pelosi has pulled out an armtwistinghardballnoholdsbarredrazorthinpartisan “victory” in passing a plan for the Government to take over all of our health care decisions. Notice the bipartisan nature of the opposition.
anyway, check out this very important Wall Street Journal editorial on the bill and what it means if it passes the Senate.
Let no one suggest this was the “bipartisan” health reform that Mr. Obama has long promised.
The bill is instead a breathtaking display of illiberal ambition, intended to make the middle class more dependent on government through the umbilical cord of “universal health care.” It creates a vast new entitlement, financed by European levels of taxation on business and individuals. The 20% corner of Medicare open to private competition is slashed, while fiscally strapped states are saddled with new Medicaid burdens. The insurance industry will have to vet every policy with Washington, which will regulate who it must cover, what it can offer, and how much it can charge.
go read the rest and start hoping that the Blanche Lincoln’s and Mary Landrieu’s of the world have better sense than to further this thing along.
compare and contrast this to this.
here is an excerpt from the first one:
Q: What can the church expect to gain from all the changes?
A: The transformation of our campus will dramatically increase First Baptist’s ability to minister to our city. It will make room for hundreds or even thousands more worshipers and Sunday School attendees and will vastly increase our capacity for weekday groups. The worship center in particular will also be an iconic presence in the city, standing boldly as a continuation of our legacy in downtown Dallas.
Q: What are the distinctive intent and features of the new campus design?
A: The design is filled with messages about our church. The glass, the water, the light and the spaciousness of the plan speak of openness, transparency and spiritual refreshment. In a way, the glass walls have an evangelistic effect: people walking by have a view in from the street and feel drawn in. The glass also unifies the architecture of the church by extending the aesthetic started by the Criswell Center, which was built in 2006, and thus capitalizes on our $50 million investment in that multi-purpose facility. As for long-term cost, modern technologies allow vast use of glass with surprising energy efficiency.
emphasis added.
just an unbelievably huge demonstration of the attractional church mentality. They are saying that we will minister to our city by making room for hundreds or even thousands more to assemble here in an even bigger [glass-walled] room. Isn’t there a better and more direct way to “minister to the city”?
Contrast this to the second one:
Convicted by the verse to “love your neighbor as yourself,” Chan showed up at the next board meeting with an agenda. In the early years, Cornerstone gave away 4 percent of its budget. Chan asked them to give away 50 percent. Cuts in staff salaries and serious sacrifices in programs would have to be made, but it only took a half hour for the board to agree.
Rick Utley, an elder, says that decision “has produced a heart in Cornerstone unlike any church I have ever been involved with. The blessings that have come with it are hard to quantify.” Utley says it would now be hard for him to worship in a church that didn’t make the adjustments and sacrifices Cornerstone made to give at this level.
In 2008 the church will give away 55 percent of its budget to the poor and hungry through various ministries, including a $1 million annual commitment to Children’s Hunger Fund and a sizeable contribution to World Impact, which plants churches in urban America.
….
Chan didn’t want any part of it. “I kept thinking about all those people I’d seen in third world countries and it made me sick.”Chan thought he knew what Jesus would do. He’d say, “Meet me at the park.” That was what Chan wanted. Just a patch of grass where the church could gather.
The solution was an outdoor amphi-theater, a simple structure enjoyed by the community during the week and used as a gathering place for worship on Sunday. The plan would save tens of millions of dollars. Even the elders got behind the idea.
If it rained, they’d get wet knowing their money was feeding the hungry.
emphasis added.
just go read both and think for a few minutes about how we do church in this country. Do you want to be a part of something like the glass walled extravaganza or the outdoor ampitheater?
hat tip to Challies for the link to Jared Wilson and hat tip to Jared Wilson for the links to the comparison and the title above.
we went camping last weekend and here is one of the dogs camping with us.
Nikon F5 on Fujifilm
Some trees, sun and campfire smoke
nikon d300
and here are David and Paula, our friends with whom we were camping
canon powershot S90 with forced flash for fill
I wish that I could embed vimeo videos. you have got to see this 8.5 minute clip from The Global Conversation. It might make you sick, but you must watch it.
The Prosperity Gospel from The Global Conversation on Vimeo.
after watching that, don’t you hate the prosperity gospel as much as John Piper does?
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Libronix has come out with Logos 4. Here is a video introduction of the new product. It looks really great, but I will wait till they get the Mac kinks worked out before I make the leap. Can’t wait to keep everything in Logos synced on my iPhone.
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I am still using the old Logos on my Windows XP virtual machine and quite happy with it. Logos 4 looks like a good reason to make the upgrade to the Mac version when it is ready.
