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Look for Corbin towards the end of the latest Jib Jab video.

We invite you to download the latest sample from the ESV Study Bible: the Introduction to the Psalms, along with the notes for Psalm 1. This pre-release PDF provides you a glimpse of what the ESV Study Bible is designed to deliver—namely, tools and information to help you understand God’s Word more deeply.

Intro to Psalms

Intro to Revelations

Intro to Luke

In this pre-release PDF you’ll find the following sections related to the Psalter:

* Title
* Theme
* Authorship, Occasion, and Date
* Key Themes
* History of Salvation Summary
* Musical Terms
* Curses in the Psalms
* The Psalms as Scripture
* Literary Features
* Structure

Three charts are also included, helping you to see (1) how certain Psalms relate to the historical narrative of 1–2 Samuel; (2) some of the literary features of the Psalter; and (3) how each of the five “books” of the Psalms fit together.

Our hope is that resources like this will provide you with a concise and informative overview of the Psalms (the hymnbook for God’s people at worship), enabling you to understand God’s Word in a deeper way.

You can learn more about the ESV Study Bible and get a pre-order discount at www.ESVStudyBible.org. REMINDER: the 30% pre-order discount ends this Tuesday, July 15th.

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I’m happy to announce that version 2.6 of WordPress.org is now available, almost a month ahead schedule. Version 2.6 “Tyner,” named for jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, contains a number of new features that make WordPress a more powerful CMS: you can now track changes to every post and page and easily post from wherever you are on the web, plus there are dozens of incremental improvements to the features introduced in version 2.5.

One of my favorite features makes a comeback in this version. Press This! allows you to post about any site from the site in question. “From suggestions and the Quick Post plugin by Josh Kenzer, we developed a Press This bookmark you can add to your toolbar that provides a fast and smart popup to do posts to your WordPress blog.” I’ve been usung this from earlier versions but it was removed from the last version. The newest version seems to have some added features which should make it even easier to use.

Another built-in feature is Theme Previews which lets you see it before your audience does. Now when you select a theme it pops up a window that shows the theme live with all your content, instead of immediately making it active on your site. This is great for just test driving themes before making a switch over publicly, and it is also helpful when you are developing a theme and need to test it but don’t want everybody to see your ongoing mistakes development.

Here are some of the smaller features and improvements in 2.6:

* Word count! Never guess how many words are in your post anymore.
* Image captions, so you can add sweet captions like Political Ticker does under your images.
* Bulk management of plugins.
* A completely revamped image control to allow for easier inserting, floating, and resizing. It’s now fully integrated with the WYSIWYG.
* Drag-and-drop reordering of Galleries.
* Plugin update notification bubble.
* Customizable default avatars.
* You can now upload media when in full-screen mode.
* Remote publishing via XML-RPC and APP is now secure (off) by default, but you can turn it on easily through the options screen.
* Full SSL support in the core, and the ability to force SSL for security.
* You can now have many thousands of pages or categories with no interface issues.
* Ability to move your wp-config file and wp-content directories to a custom location, for “clean” SVN checkouts.
* Select a range of checkboxes with “shift-click.”
* You can toggle between the Flash uploader and the classic one.
* A number of proactive security enhancements, including cookies and database interactions.
* Stronger better faster versions of TinyMCE, jQuery, and jQuery UI.

I’ll be performing this update shortly so if you see anything weird going on, it’s just me. Bye for now.

With so many churches watering down the Gospel and others simply caving in to public opinion, it’s refreshing to see one church strengthen their position. Collin Hansen writes about the new statement of faith for the Evangelical Free Church of America. Is your church’s SoF equally as solid? Here’s mine, what’s yours?

You can read the EFCA 2008 Statement of Faith online.
HT: Justin Taylor, Between Two Worlds

I’m very excited. Yesterday, while at church (we meet in a local theater) I happened to see a sign that just made me all giddy inside.

WarGames 25th Anniversary

Fathom and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios are proud to present WarGames back on the big screen after 25 years. Don’t miss this one-night-only event in select movie theatres nationwide on Thursday, July 24th at 7:30PM (local).

The event will include never-before-seen interviews with cast and crew on how the movie was ahead of its time and its relevance today. Additionally, only at this one night event, get a sneak peek at the making of the sequel – WarGames: The Dead Code.

Movie synopsis: Computer hacker David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) can bypass the most advanced security systems, break the most intricate secret codes and master even the most difficult computer games. But when he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department’s war computer, he initiates a confrontation of global proportions World War III! Together with his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy) and a wizardly computer genius (Tony Award® winner John Wood), David must race against time to outwit his opponent… and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

I recently came across an interesting post which took an even more interesting turn. In his post, The Polygamist Next Door, Dan Myers asked a simple question; if a polygamist family comes to Christ, how do we counsel them in regards to their marital situation. Some good discussion follows including a some-what convincing argument about whether polygamy is prohibited in scripture or simply a modern moralism.

Official Gmail Blog: Fighting phishing with eBay and PayPal.

Now any email that claims to come from “paypal.com” or “ebay.com” (and their international versions) is authenticated by Gmail and — here comes the important part — rejected if it fails to verify as actually coming from PayPal or eBay. That’s right: you won’t even see the phishing message in your spam folder. Gmail just won’t accept it at all. Conversely, if you get an message in Gmail where the “From” says “@paypal.com” or “@ebay.com,” then you’ll know it actually came from PayPal or eBay. It’s email the way it should be.

This is good news for anyone who has a technologically challenged grandma or simply hates getting even one more spam email. For many users, this is just a convenience since we are skeptical to begin with but for some less trained users (newBs) and those that are power users (i.e they get a lot of eBay email) this is a very good safety measure.

But you may be worried you’re not getting valid email from eBay or PayPal because of this new feature. Well, don’t. eBay and PayPal worked with Gmail to ensure valid emails get through - and only valid emails. But if you’re still worried, then make it a habit to visit those sites and look for messages every so often (as needed to feel confident of not missing email).

The rest of us will sigh a breath of relief.

Image: “illo” by aynaku