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Dell Axim x3i

Product Description

The Dell Axim X3i features a sleek, sophisticated design that packs in features needed for connectivity, productivity and entertainment at an affordable price. The Axim X3i features integrated 802.11b wireless technology.

Details

Dimensions (WxDxH): 7.7 cm x 1.5 cm x 12.2 cm Weight: 140 g ROM Installed Size: 64 MB - flash Processor: Intel XScale PXA263 400 MHz Display: 3.5" TFT active matrix - transflective - 16-bit (64K colors)

Connection

Input Device: Touch-screen Wireless Connectivity: IEEE 802.11b, IrDA

See the specs here.

There are few things of higher importance to me right now on my theological horizon than these three things. A crucial article that helped me with this appeared in ModernReformation awhile ago. Surfing the web, I noticed that the link was broken. Speaking of links, one site EVERYONE should have bookmarked is Reformation Ink. It is a superb site run by Shane Rosenthal, who has worked closely with the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and ModernReformation.

So anyway, since the link was broken, I took the initiative to get it back on the web. It asks the question, "Does the Covenant schema (i.e., the Covenant of Works/of Grace) confuse or distort in any way the Law/Gospel distinction?" Charles Arand (Concord Seminary) answer "Yes" for the Lutheran camp. Michael Horton (Westminster Seminary, CA) replies for the Reformed camp in "The Covenantal Summons." Both articles are precise and cogent.

My desire in republishing these is to make it available for my friends who are studying this and hopefully make it available to a wider audience. If I have broken ANY copyright rules, please contact me and I will remove these immediately. My only aim in this is edification, not robbery. Please let me know if this is illegal (though I own a copy of the issue, and the electronic copy is on my computer).


Here is Arand's article, the Lutheran perspective:

Here is the Horton article, from the Reformed camp:


I hope you enjoy these articles, and they stimulate your thinking on this issue. If the Law/Gospel distinction is new to you, while these articles are helpful, I would wait on reading them. The same if covenant theology is novel. First go read some of the articles at Reformation Ink, or better yet, read the articles by Ligon Duncan here. Of course, if you do all that reading, you won't need to come back for these, but, oh well.

May we all be entranced by our covenantally faithful God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

In reality, this is what I've been wanting to do for a long time now: have a way to make things I have available for download to friends and strangers who may find value in this. This is coming to you via Xmail Hard Drive.

So the download that is now available is a word study I did on μετάνοιάν, the Greek word for repentance. I studied it mainly in relationship to Romans 2:1 - 5:

Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who do such things. Do you suppose, O man--you who judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself--that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

So, here is the download. It is a .doc file (Word). If you need it, click the banner to the right under Links. Enjoy, and may you understand evermore what true repentance is.

Oops. I missed it. It was poor bid timing on my part. There is a real art to bidding on eBay, and I'm afraid I don't quite have it yet.

EDIT: But I did win an Axim!
This is a Dell Axim X3. This is a sweet little machine, with all that you would want in a toy like this, but without the bells and whistles of the high end pricing.

I'm bidding on this over at ebay. It would make a great gift, or I have some friends who would like one of these. As you may know, I meet most of my computing needs through an HP iPAQ 5550. I do most of my blogging, email, surfing, and editing from this, as well as normal research, papers, and presentations all from the little guy. Its a top of the line machine. This piece

Here are some pics from a recent Lund get together up on the North Shore. We stayed at Naniboujou, and went hiking "Devil's Cauldron."






























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