Hob's SemBlog

Notes, comments, thoughts on my studies at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
so my friends/family/supporters/whoever can keep tabs on my progress, and nag me to keep on top of things.

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Prayer Req.

If you read my main blog, feel free to skip down to paragraph 2, but for those who don't: First day of classes this year, I get a call from the Property Manager, the owners of our house have put it up for sale. So in addition to all the pressures of work/school/homeschool, we have to get the house ready for sale.

Yesterday was supposed to be devoted to Hebrew--have failed one quiz already, will have another Tuesday which I've been able to spend exactly 0 minutes on--not to mention the untouched homework--and was unable to give any time to that. (didn't get that much done around the house, because I kept feeling guilty about my homework)

I'm doing okay in Greek, seem to be getting somewhere with that one this time. History is fine, not that I've gotten too far with it yet, but it's entirely doable. But Hebrew....

Our school year was supposed to start back on the 4th--and we've yet to crack a book with any of the kids (#3 starts Kindergarten this year).

I think I was thiiiiis close to being able to handle it all. But the impending move is the proverbial monkey-wrench. In a month or so, that'll be done with--and I'll be back to where I was supposed to be at the beginning of the term.

That month or so will be fatal to the fall term. I'm thinking, if I drop Hebrew, I'll be able to salvage Greek and Church History. But if I drop Hebrew, I throw off the schedule for the rest of my courses.

Need to make a move--quickly. Please pray for wisdom.

UPDATE: 9:45 9/11, submitted the paperwork to drop. Ugh. Feel like a failure. Gotta shake it off, further up and further in, and all that.

H. C. jotted this down on 11:01 AM. (( 11:01 AM 8 comments

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Oh, fer cryin' out loud!

One of the first books I bought after becoming Reformed was that big blue paperback edition of Calvin's Institutes--the Beveridge translation.

Ohh, it was great. Big, hefty, relatively cheap. Could be used as a slightly softer alternative to a rock for a pillow when camping (pretty sure a friend did that). The 19th century English made you feel like you were reading a classic.

Then I got married, and one of the first books my wife let me get was the Battles translation--in the nice 2 volume hardcovers with the fish on the dustjackets.

Now I felt, grown up, mature, more studious. The language was more accessible, the translation sounder, and there were footnotes.

And now, twelve or so years after the Big Blue. I have to buy the Lane/Osborne Abridgment?!?!?!?!

What a travesty! What a joke! What utter nonsense! I hate, hate abridgments in the first place. But particularly when I own multiple copies (shouldn't forget the AGES CD-ROM which has both translations)--it's just wrong. But it's something I must do. I've been given a set of study questions for a test on the abridgment. I can either hunt through the Institutes and find the answers, hoping that my answers line up with what Lane and Osborne found important enough to transfer over. Or I can waste the $12 on the book, and find the answers easily. Time factors alone mandate that I put off buying Open Door by Evanescence and get this thing. A double whammy.

H. C. jotted this down on 10:43 AM. (( 10:43 AM 2 comments

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