[Faith-talk] From Grant Metcalf

[Linda Mentink]

Penny Golden sent this to another list.  She's no longer on this one, 
so I thought I'd pass it along.--Linda



Grant Metcalf maintains an online library for the blind. it's easy to join the
library; nothing is sent through the mail, as far as I know. it's all 
there for you to look at and read or download; you must be a member 
to use all the features. but to join, you only have to be blind--as 
far as I know.
You might want to check out his web-site.

 > From "Grant E. Metcalf" 
<<mailto:thegems%40dslextreme.com>thegems at dslextreme.com>

 >It has been over six months since the last update. If you haven't kept
 >up with the What's New page, here goes.
 >The Annotated Bible Commentary by Arno C. Gaebelein has been finished.
 >Why You Should Believe In the Trinity by Robert Bowman. This book was
 >written to counter the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses, sometimes
 >referred to as "modalism" or "Sabelllianism". Posted on the Christian
 >Book Share page.
 >A Seminary class outline on the Trinity has been posted both with and
 >without texts of Scripture references included--Public Domain Section.
 >Henry Theisen's Introduction to the New Testament has been posted.
 >Two books by Alva J. Mcclain: "Romans" as well as "Law and Grace" are
 >now available. This latter book, Law and Grace, is a must read--a
 >classic on the subject, yet brief--Christian Book Share
 >Is The Bible Sufficient For Counseling? by Andy Bustanoby has been
 >posted on his personal page. This book, written by a retired pastor and
 >Christian Family Counselor, asked if it could be offered publicly on our
 >website.
 >The study booklet Worship by David Jeremiah has been posted.
 >A link to the Bible Study Manuals website has been added to the Links
 >page. This site can provide you with lots of information and/or
 >interesting materials. There is also a link to some Thomas Ice articles.
 >
 >Five books by John Frederick Strombeck have been posted which are also
 >must reads. There are some links to .PDF posting on other sites, but
 >now, thanks to BABINC member Paula Muysenberg, we are able to offer them
 >to our members in .html format, clean and readable. They are: So great
 >Salvation, Disciplined by Grace, Grace and Truth, Shall Never Perish,
 >and First The Rapture. Paula does excellent and clean work with the help
 >of an optacon, braille displays and screen readers, even though her 4
 >home schooled children do their best to distract her.
 >
 >The Training of the Twelve by Alexander Balman Bruce, 19th century
 >pastor. This book was prepared and presented by Dennis Godin, another
 >BABINC member. A fairly lengthy study of Jesus time spent with the
 >disciples.
 >
 >Holiness: The False and the True by Harry A. Ironside. This book is a
 >testimony of his personal experiences during his early years with the
 >Salvation Army and his subsequent doctrinal conclusions given in the
 >second part of the book. A very interesting read.
 >
 >The Inheritance of the Church Saint by H. LaVern Schafer. This is his
 >master's thesis written for Dallas Seminary in 1951. You should also be
 >familiar with his booklets on the Christian Life found both in Christian
 >Book Share and the Braille Library.
 >
 >The New Testament: An Expanded Translation for the English reader by
 >Kenneth Wuest has been posted on the Greek New Testament and Christian
 >Bookshare pages. It has been reformatted in one digital file so that you
 >can search for book, chapter and verse. A period after a verse number
 >indicates Wuest's paragraph divisions. It is hoped that this work will
 >help non-Greek students as well as Greek students to understand better
 >the meaning implied by the original Koine verbs and their grammatical
 >forms. It is best used alongside your favorite translation.
 >
 >The September 8-12 Bartimaeus Bible Conference was a blessing to those
 >in attendance. The messages were recorded and have been linked to the
 >home page. Messages were presented by David Spurbeck, Ron Matlock and
 >George Gray. Check them out. BTW, the 2009 Bartimaeus Bible Conference
 >will be held September 14th to 18th. Read more details at the link on
 >the Home Page.
 >
 >Greek tools: Machen's New Testament Greek for Beginners has been added
 >to the Greek Study Aids section, along with the first four volumes of
 >Dana and Mantey's "A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament, also
 >posted. The last two volumes are being proof read.
 >An unaccented version of the Byzantine Majority GNT with braille coded
 >letters has been posted on the Greek New Testaments webpage.
 >Also, a fully accented edition of the Greek New Testament is being
 >prepared and posted on the Greek New Testament page. This is primarily
 >based on the United Bible Society 4th and 2nd editions with a small
 >amount of editing of variants. I have been assisted in this project by
 >Professors Dale and David Spurbeck of the Dispensational Theological
 >Seminary in Cherry Grove Oregon. (You doubtless recognize the name
 >Spurbeck from the sermon outlines and other materials by David Spurbeck
 >already posted on our website.) This GNT differs from the Bartimaeus
 >Unaccented Edition of the GNT which was primarily based on the
 >Stephanos/Textus Receptus text. A formatting error was fixed in volume
 >6 of of the Unaccented Edition at First Corinthians 10:9. This required
 >an 8 page reformat. Hopefully this fixed the problem of having to add
 >an additional line in that verse to fit the two missing words into the
 >text. Also, if you have previously downloaded the Nestle-Aland
 >unaccented GNT, filename bgc.brf, chapter and verse numbering in the
 >books of Jude and Revelation have been fixed and now read properly
 >throughout the file.
 >
 >"The Christian In Christ" book by David Spurbeck, formerly only in
 >braille, has been posted in Christian Book Share.
 >Work continues slowly on the Weingreen's Classical Hebrew Grammar. It
 >has been OBR scanned and is being proof read. Watch the What's New page
 >for updates.
 >
 >You might enjoy reading the article "In The Country of the Blind" on the
 >Public Domain page. It is the first one. It also has a link to the H.G.
 >Wells story "The Country of the Blind".
 >
 >Always check the Whats New page for the latest posts. There are usually a
 >couple of items every month.
 >
 >May your coming Holiday truly be a thankful one.
 >
 >In His service,
 >
 >Grant E. Metcalf
 >Bartimaeus Alliance of the Blind, Inc.
 >P.O. Box 572
 >South San Francisco, CA 94083-0572
 >Phone: 650 589-6890
 >Email: <mailto:admin%40bartimaeus.us>admin at bartimaeus.us (Business)
 >Email: <mailto:thegems%40dslextreme.com>thegems at dslextreme.com (personal)
 >Visit the Home Page at: <http://bartimaeus.us>http://bartimaeus.us