#1 - Dave Black Online(Dave is probably not going to be thrilled about being #1.)
First, a little background: in the fall of 2005 I took a Greek class (exegesis of the book of Mark) from Dr. Black. During that class, I came to respect him a great deal. He genuinely cares about his students - both their academic knowledge and spiritual growth.
I like his blog because (in no particular order):
-He has an amazing wife who is suffering gracefully with cancer (I know he will agree with me about this.)
-He is a real farmer.
-He believes in the importance of missionary work and lives this out by going to Ethiopia a few times per year.
-He admires Robert E. Lee.
-He blogs about a wide range of topics.
-He was born in Hawaii.
-He strives to live out his Christian faith and blogs about this.
-He and his wife write excellent essays.
-He holds to biblical ecclesiology.
-He blogs frequently.
-He did his doctoral work in Switzerland (in German!).
-He posts cool photos.
-He is a constitutionalist.
-He writes lots of good books.
-He believes adolescence is a myth.
-He is a first-rate Greek scholar but remains humble.
Dr. Black is always a challenging read. Don't always agree but I am always challenged. I do wish he would use a different blog format so I can link to his posts more easily (hint, hint!)
ReplyDeleteArthur,
ReplyDeleteI agree. Dr. Black is challenging to me in both his writing and in his life. He lives what he says.
As for his format, I also wish we could link more easily to it. Maybe he will read these comments. We can hope.