Merry Christmas everyone!

I wanted to update you all on some things with the site and personally.
First the site specific updates:
I have added one more paper and two more translations. The paper is an exegesis paper on 2 Corinthians 3:1-18, and can be found here (.pdf). The translations are both for 2 Corinthians: 7:2-10 and 8:16-24.

As I’ve mentioned on the 2 Corinthians page- this will be a longer project as I only had to do selected parts of every chapter for class. I am still taking what I did for that class, and making the wooden translations more readable. There are quite a few holes, obviously, but they will be filled in with time. I’m taking my time with this however, and next semester I will be taking a class on 1 Peter, so expect incomplete translations for awhile.

On the personal front, things are going well with wedding plans. Soon we’ll be looking for an apartment, and if we find one we like before the semester starts, I’ll go ahead and move into it. That way I can go ahead and move my stuff in, and take my days off to paint or whatever we need to do. Samantha will not be moving in until after the wedding, of course

Also, if you could be praying for me I would greatly appreciate it. I have a wisdom tooth that badly needs to come out, but there are two problems: 1) I don’t have dental insurance, and 2) I don’t have anywhere to go as of yet, since I’m at home for Christmas. The pain is honestly some of the worst pain I’ve ever felt, and I’m rather accident prone, so I’ve had a lot of pain. Medicines don’t seem to phase it. I’ve been in agony since yesterday and couldn’t sleep last night. But enough of the complaining- I know you guys don’t want to hear it. Just if you think about it, please pray for me.

Books: For Christmas, I scored the UBS Greek Reader, which is so much better than the Zondervan one, though the Zondervan Reader is still good. I also got Rich Bauckham’s “Jesus and the Eyewtinessess: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony” and G. K. Beales’ “We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry.” I’m super-excited to read both of these, and since my birthday is right around the corner (January 1st) I’m thinking there’s a few more books to come my way.

I didn’t link to my wishlist for Christmas, because I knew I had a birthday coming soon after. I will link to it for my birthday though- I didn’t want people who might want to get me something feel like they should get me something for both Christmas and my birthday. So here is a modest list:

Note: All the books marked “highest” priority have already been bought. If you feel like getting me something, you can choose from any other priority.

Well, I think that’s about it. God bless you all, and I hope the rest of your Christmas is a great time of worship and being with family!