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Printer Friendly Website

ministerandy — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:09:26 +0000

Ever go to print a webpage and then it spits out 10 pages of sidebar? This website is great to make sure everything you print from the web comes out as paper efficiently as possible, Print Friendly. You can even add a browser tool that lets you print out the page without having to go over to their website and cut and paste the link. Enjoy!

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Free at Last, the ESV Study Bible is Free at Last

ministerandy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:46:02 +0000

Or at least for the month of March you can try out the ESV Study Bible Online for free. Yes that is right, unlimited access to the full ESVSB. Sure it is yet another marketing attempt on this much marketed Study Bible, but it is a great chance to check it out and see if it might be a help to you in your study of God’s Word.

Crossway announced yesterday that they were making the Online ESV Study Bible available free to anywhere, anywhere, for the entire month of March.

A couple of features worth noting:

You can listen to the audio of the ESV from narrator David Cochran Heath.

You can take and save your own notes in the Online ESVSB.

You can highlight words and verses in several different colors.

All you have to do is go to their website and sign in, leaving the code blank, and you can test drive the ESV Study Bible.

(ht:jt)

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Deal of the Day

ministerandy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:14:37 +0000

Tough economic times got you down? Maybe a little Mozart will help. Amazon is offering the MP3 Download of this album for $2.99. You can listen to a samlple of the music on the website as well. The music is performed by a variety of artists and Orchestras from London Philharmonic to individual artists. I am not a huge classical music listener, but I like to have some in my library. 99 songs for under $3 seemed like a pretty good deal.

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Happy Reformation Week from Ligonier

ministerandy — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:54:01 +0000

Ligonier’s blog announced this today:

Celebrate Reformation Week with a genuine leather Reformation Study Bible (ESV) for a donation of any amount. Click here.

On October 31, 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther nailed ninety-five theses to the castle church door in Wittenberg, Germany. He addressed the abuses of the sale of indulgences and this event proved to provide the catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. In an era when the Gospel had been eclipsed by a system of human merit, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and the other magisterial reformers proclaimed to the people of God that we are declared righteous in the sight of the Lord through faith alone in the person and work of Christ Jesus.

At Ligonier Ministries, we are celebrating Reformation Week (Oct. 27-Nov.2) by offering a genuine leather Reformation Study Bible (ESV) for a donation of any amount. Retailing at $69.99, this is the study Bible for the next generation of reformers.

Get your Bible now at rymoffer.com.

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(Limit one Bible per household, while supplies last.)

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ESV Bible Reading Plans RSS Feed

ministerandy — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:19:14 +0000

For those that read blogs and use the internet frequently, RSS feeds are great to keep up on what is new. I have mentioned it before, but I am a big fan of Google Reader for managing my RSS feeds. It is a great time saver. The ESV Bible now has RSS feeds for a variety of daily bible reading plans. There are also feeds for Verse of the day and weekly memorization verses.

(ht:ap)

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Free MacArthur Book

ministerandy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:46:13 +0000

Years ago the leaders of our church established a goal to put good books in the hands of the people. Therefore we opened a bookshop in our church building to offer books of solid substance at as low of a cost as possible. The internet has opened other avenues as well, and there is no lower cost than free!

Free Book Offer!

When you fill out the form below to join our mailing list, we’ll automatically mail you an offer in September for a FREE copy of John’s soon-to-be-released book, Daily Readings from the Life of Christ. No pressure, no obligation—we just want to minister to you.

If you’re already on our mailing list, there’s no need to fill out the form; you’ll automatically receive John’s letter and book offer in your mailbox in September. It’s our gift to you—an expression of our commitment to “Unleashing God’s Truth One Verse at a Time.”

Note: The book will not be available until September. This Free Book Offer page will expire August 20, 2008.

(HT:TC)

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ESV Study Bible

ministerandy — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:58:20 +0000

I received a free sample of the ESV study bible over the gospel of Luke today. It looks to be a very helpful new study tool and has wonderful reviews from many evangelical leaders, including, Jerry Bridges, John Piper, Al Mohler, Mark Driscoll, and CJ Mahaney. It appears to be an OT Surveay, NT Survey, and Study Bible all rolled up into one volume. The intro, outline, and charting of key themes before each book are well done. The color maps and diagrams are outstanding. The study notes are helpful. I need to study more, but I do not find them quite as helpful as the New Geneva Study Bible or even MacArthur’s, but they are on par with these study bibles. If you are interested in purchasing one through Edgewood Bookshop please let me know, because it looks as if we will have to pre-order or wait. It retails from $49.99 for hardback, to $239.99 for Calfskin. Bonded leather retails for $74.99 and genuine for $94.99. Early orders should receive discounts ranging between 30-40% off.

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Firefox: The New World Recoder Holder?

ministerandy — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:31:50 +0000

If you still use IE it is time to make a change and take back internet browsing! The software will be available at 10 AM PST.

I have the new version now and am loving it! Try it out. My favorite thing about firefox is the search engine bar and the BibleGateway plugin. It makes passage lookup a breeze when you are researching and browsing.

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Challies Give Away!

ministerandy — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:51:13 +0000

Click on the Picture to enter the drawing.

This month’s sponsor is Franklin Springs Family Media. Franklin Springs exists “to provide families with top-quality DVDs that set forth a vision for the fullness of a God-honoring family life.” Their vision “is focused squarely on providing a picture of the exciting reformation that’s happening in families across the country. It’s a world of courageous servant/leader fathers, nurturing mothers who embrace the nobility of raising children, and children who embody the joyous adventure of being raised in a unified family.” If you have read this blog for any length of time you’ll know that I have reviewed most of the existing Franklin Springs titles and have found them well worth owning and well worth viewing.

The Prizes

First prize: Five Films Gift Pack: Still Standing: The Stonewall Jackson Story, Inherit the Land: Adventures on the Agrarian Journey, The Eden String Quartet: A Bountiful Blessing, A Journey Home, The Peasall Sisters: Family Harmony.
Second prize: New Films Pack: Still Standing: The Stonewall Jackson Story, Inherit the Land: Adventures on the Agrarian Journey.
Third Prize: Still Standing: The Stonewall Jackson Story.

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YouTube and Blogging

ministerandy — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:02:47 +0000

It was brought to my attention today that a video I had embed had an inappropriate link in it. I was unaware of this and apologize. The problem has now been fixed. Youtube automatically links other “related” videos after a video is played and there is no telling what will be there. If you, like me, enjoy embedding videos from time to time on your blog, here is how you turn off any “related” video links, and it is very simple! This might be helpful to do instead of linking to Youtube and then having the videos on Youtube show these “related” videos at the end on their own site.

How do I turn off the “related videos” feature in the embedded player?

If you’d like to turn off the option to see related videos through your embedded player, simply add “&rel=0″ after the video ID number in the embed code. Here’s an example of what your embed code should look like if you’d like to turn off this feature:

&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"

wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350">

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