Found a Calvin's Commentaries set online cheap

[High Fidelity]

I already have the set and I know there are folks out there that would like the set too, but normally they're incredibly expensive because they're so rarely printed.

There's a set here for a reasonable price anyway.

 

[JM]

They go on sale once or twice a year on ChristianBook.com for $99.99. Just sayin.

 

[AMR]

Or, just go here for most of them:
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/commentaries.i.html

 

[JM]

I use an app on my tab but I will admit a book in the hand is much, much better.

Readers Absorb Less on Kindle

Reading in Print Helps Comprehension

eBooks are Damaging your Health!

 

[AMR]

I use an app on my tab but I will admit a book in the hand is much, much better.

Readers Absorb Less on Kindle

Reading in Print Helps Comprehension

eBooks are Damaging your Health!

Use a reader or a computer with 4K pixel resolution and these objections soon fade away. So called HD 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution is comparable to stone chiseled words when compared to 4K resolution.

Quick now, post all the comments by the ECF related to predestination. Electronically this is done in a few mouse clicks. With paper this will, er, take awhile.

The common objections to eBooks ignore the plain fact that many have been born never knowing life without a computer, so the usual complaints of retention and comprehension are often specious when environment and cultural upbringing are taken into account.

 

[High Fidelity]

They go on sale once or twice a year on ChristianBook.com for $99.99. Just sayin.

Oh, I didn't know that. Well then

Wish I'd known that when I got mine. Even with shipping I'd likely have saved a bunch.

 

[JM]

Quick now, post all the comments by the ECF related to predestination. Electronically this is done in a few mouse clicks. With paper this will, er, take awhile.

I agree it is much faster, easier and should be a resource we use when studying. That isn't the point. It was about retaining what you have learned and studies show their is a tactile element to learning that can't be duplicated with an eReader. Studies also show that cursive writing teaches one to think more logically and write much better. That's another topic for another time.

How many times have you and I posted material that, we know by the response we read in reply, haven't even been looked at? It happens all the time because people have lost the art of learning/reasoning and studies who this is often due to convenience. I've seen Arminians post quotes they obviously haven't read or read in context, but pulled them off of some site, believing they support their view. Why? Because it was fast and easy. This world thinks in tweets! That's the issue I have with the idea of faster means better when all it really means is faster means faster.

The common objections to eBooks ignore the plain fact that many have been born never knowing life without a computer, so the usual complaints of retention and comprehension are often specious when environment and cultural upbringing are taken into account.

I'm not objecting to eBooks. I'm objecting to ebooks only or preferred for reasons already cited. I would recommend a fairly old title by today's standards, The Shallows by Carr, who explains the effects our modern technology is having on how we learn.

I actually wrote 4 more paragraphs but deleted them. Only AMR and I would probably read them. lol

Yours in the Lord,

jm

 

[AMR]

I agree with the issue of becoming intellectually lazy via the use of electronic media. This is especially true for those already predisposed for said laziness, as in the typical Arminian or Romanist. Maybe the guidance should be something along the lines of that if one is Arminian, no ebooks allowed. If one is a Calvinist, it does not matter because you have already demonstrated some ability to digest difficult topics.

 

[High Fidelity]

I agree with the issue of becoming intellectually lazy via the use of electronic media. This is especially true for those already predisposed for said laziness, as in the typical Arminian or Romanist. Maybe the guidance should be something along the lines of that if one is Arminian, no ebooks allowed. If one is a Calvinist, it does not matter because you have already demonstrated some ability to digest difficult topics.

I've always felt Reformed circles have a far more academic and scholastic approach to faith and Scripture.

Perhaps this is just another medium through which that is demonstrated.

 

[Geralt]

not always the reason. i now just use to read from eBooks for the reason my eyes does not read clearly now from small print letters. i can resize fonts, highlight important notes from a big lcd screen which are cheap nowadays.

I agree with the issue of becoming intellectually lazy via the use of electronic media. This is especially true for those already predisposed for said laziness, as in the typical Arminian or Romanist. Maybe the guidance should be something along the lines of that if one is Arminian, no ebooks allowed. If one is a Calvinist, it does not matter because you have already demonstrated some ability to digest difficult topics.

 

[AMR]

I think there is something true about that. When one surveys the systematic theologies used in seminaries or have been written in the past and held in high regard invariably one finds them to be Reformed in their doctrinal approaches. The fact that men so gifted and spending years of their lives immersed in Scripture end up on the side of the Reformed should give a person pause to consider that these men might just be onto something worth consideration.

 

[AMR]

not always the reason. i now just use to read from eBooks for the reason my eyes does not read clearly now from small print letters. i can resize fonts, highlight important notes from a big lcd screen which are cheap nowadays.

You will want to investigate computers that support 4K screen resolution over the usual 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution found on most computers. This will make all the difference in the world when reading electronically. Stop by an Apple or Microsoft store and look at the screens of an iPad with Retina display or a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 to see the vast difference in how text is rendered using ultra high definition resolutions. Once you see how clear text is rendered in UHD (4K), you will never be satisfied with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution.

 

[stenerson]

My brother bought me that set for my birthday a few years ago. I was especially curious of his take on the book of Revelation. Unfortunately I soon discovered he didn't quite make it that far..

 

[Geralt]

really? i heard about it but i thought they are all the same.
thanks for the tip! time for an upgrade for myself.

You will want to investigate computers that support 4K screen resolution over the usual 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution found on most computers. This will make all the difference in the world when reading electronically. Stop by an Apple or Microsoft store and look at the screens of an iPad with Retina display or a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 to see the vast difference in how text is rendered using ultra high definition resolutions. Once you see how clear text is rendered in UHD (4K), you will never be satisfied with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution.