R. Mansfield Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 New for the Accordance Library! Michael Card's Biblical Imagination Series includes commentary on all four Gospels + four complete original music albums that can be played from your computer or iOS device! We have lots of coverage for this title. Here are some links you might want to check out: Product Page Blog Post Lighting the Lamp #125 Accordance Mobile Minute: Playing Audio Files 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabian Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Cooool, tools with a hearing output 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 I'm very interested in this. It intrigues me. Anyone have personal experience with this series? I'm mainly thinking about it for a personal devotion time, but would be interested in possibly using it in a small group Bible Study situation. My main concern would be: is there a lot of application and implication in the commentary based merely on Card's conjecture and opinion, or does he present some thoughtful and reasonable credibility to his "imaginations"? Any input would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Jenney Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 The commentary is solid. Check the reviews, which Rick Mansfield has linked to in his blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukfraser Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) Where do we stand on copyright for using the music in services or study group (i know text and images are covered but wasnt sure about music and we have to report on ccli licences in the uk so we are covered for recorded music assuming we have to report it) Also how easy would it be to play? For example can we put them into a itunes playlist or would we have to have accordance up and running eg on an ios device? Thanks Ps, the links to his two videos are well worth watching. Many thanks for bringing this to our attention. I see the cds date back to 2011, yet i hadnt come across them before, i miss christian bookshops, so its great when i come across little gems here, thanks ;o) Edited June 22, 2015 by ukfraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Dr. J, I cannot believe you pronounced Celtic as "seltic" in your podcast on this series. St Patrick (that great Englishman) would turn in his grave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Francis Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Where do we stand on copyright for using the music in services or study group (i know text and images are covered but wasnt sure about music and we have to report on ccli licences in the uk so we are covered for recorded music assuming we have to report it) Also how easy would it be to play? For example can we put them into a itunes playlist or would we have to have accordance up and running eg on an ios device? Thanks Ps, the links to his two videos are well worth watching. Many thanks for bringing this to our attention. I see the cds date back to 2011, yet i hadnt come across them before, i miss christian bookshops, so its great when i come across little gems here, thanks ;o) I put the sound files in my iTunes by going to the module selecting show contents and clicking on the mp3 added them to the iTunes library. It would be nice if there was an automatic way to add them to your iTunes. -Dan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Dan, thanks for the clarification. I see now that the product page shows an audio file with .mp3 file extension, so it's good to know one could also make one's own CD (or iTunes album) from the Accordance purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Jenney Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Dr. J, I cannot believe you pronounced Celtic as "seltic" in your podcast on this series. St Patrick (that great Englishman) would turn in his grave! Oops. I can't either! (sigh) There's just so much to keep track simultaneously when I record these podcasts. It's a solo operation, too, so I don't have a sound man auditing the audio and signaling me to do a retake. Inserting a correction after the fact is always tricky. It's hard to match the timbre and intonation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 You clearly had basketball on the mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) I realize now I should have made my question its own topic heading. I apologize. First, I had read all the referenced resources (and a few others) about this resource before posting my question. It was because of what I read, I ask the question. Second, as I previously mentioned, I am intrigued, and I want to like it so I can buy it and use it. It seems to me that all interpretation (especially the "imaginative") must come from solid exegisis. Otherwise we run the risk of making something out of something the author didn't intend. Which obviously can lead to wildly incorrect applications. So, I wouldn't mind some corrective input here. In pursuit of my own answer, I "looked inside" Michael Card's commentary on Luke on Amazon. I read through his comments and observations on Luke 1. I liked it. It got me thinking several times about several things (that's a good thing). That's what I want in my personal devotional reading. It also caused me to stop and double check a few things for personal verification (not a good thing). I'll give two. (1) When discussing Zechariah's desire to write the correct name of his new son (Luke 1:63), Card writes "Amid the confusion, Zechariah asks for a writing tablet. (Actually, Luke used the medical term for a prescription tablet.)" I don't see this in the normal use of pinaki÷dion. Am I missing something? (The reference to the prescription tablet ties into a point that Card has previously made in his introduction to the book concerning Luke's profession of a doctor and how it can be evidenced in what he records. Cool idea, but is this really a valid distinction from this usage?) I am not a Greek scholar, so I need help here. (2) In Zechariah's following Benedictus (Luke 1:67-79), Card makes a point of God's hessed or mercy several times. He contrasts it to the Old Testament fear of serving the Lord (1:74b, which he quotes, "to enable us to serve him without fear"). Card concluding this paragraph in his commentary with "But Zechariah is singing a song about a new world where the condition in which one will serve God is love and faithfulness and joy. It is a new world afer all, but we must never forget that it is a world framed in lthe light of Old Testament hessed. The grace that has alway been the defining characteristic of God . . ." (p.44). The point I take from this section is that now our relationship with God is one based on love and not fear (and I agree), but to stop there is to ignore the rest of the phrase that is not quoted (and miss the rest of the point). The phrase goes on to say "to enable us to serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. This is what the author says, so should not this be included in the deveolpment of Card's "imaginative interpretation"? Grace and love and joy are to charaterize our relationship with the Lord, but so also is our living and being holy and righteous (a pengelium swing I often notice is abesnt in the "new world" teachings of which is reacting against the "old world" evangelicalism). I am sure I am being overly sensitive. Maybe overly picky. But accurate exegesis is foundational to me. Here's my point, for devotional purposes I don't want to be constantly questioning the validity of Card's applications and implications, because I have to regularly be verifying his interpretations and conjectures. In the section I could read on Amazon, I didn't feel like I had to do that too much, but it was a small sample and I welcome input from others who have used this resource. Thoughts? Correctons? Advice? Tom Edited June 23, 2015 by Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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