In This Issue:

• From the Director
• What's New
• Usage Hint
• Usage Testimonial
• Product Testimonial
• Classic Reflections

From the Director

Do you ever tune in to listener-supported radio? If so, you are familiar with the annual fund drives and you probably contribute every so often. Think of this as our spring fund drive combined with our best sale ever.

As you may know, one of the primary ways we keep the CCEL operating is through user subscriptions. Subscriptions also have several benefits for users:

• No ads at www.ccel.org
• Availability of the NIV for Bible passage display
• Supported downloads in other formats such as PDF or XML (no requests for donations or subscription)
• A free professional audio recording download of a CCEL recommended classic (up to a $26.98 value)

Throughout March, we are also going to give free CCEL CDs and audio books with memberships (while supplies last; please allow 2 weeks for delivery).

• With a 1-year, 10-book subscription ($24.95), we’ll send you a free CCEL Classics CD ($35 value)
• With a 1-year, unlimited subscription ($99.95), we’ll send you a free CCEL Commentaries CD ($95 value), plus a free professional audio recording of The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence, a $10.98 value

So with a $24.95 subscription or a $99.95 subscription, you receive an audio book download (up to a $26.98 value), the NIV for CCEL passage display, all CCEL download formats, and a CCEL ad-free environment.

In addition, you get a free CCEL CD ($35 or $95 value). There has never been a better time to subscribe, and there may never be in the future!

Harry Plantinga
Director of the CCEL

What's New

Tithing by A.W. Pink (1886-1952)

Tithing is even more obligatory on the saints of the New Testament than it was upon God's people in Old Testament days—not equally binding, but more binding, and that for two reasons: first, on the principle of "unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required" (Luke 12:48). The obligations of God's saints today are much greater than the obligations of the saints in Old Testament times, because our privileges and our blessings are greater. As grace is more potent than law, as love is more constraining than fear, as the Holy Spirit is more powerful than the flesh, so our obligations to tithe are greater, for we have a deeper incentive to do that which is pleasing to God.

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Usage Hint

My account

As a logged-in user, you are able to control many aspects of the CCEL through "My account". When you first click on this link (in the upper-right corner after logging in), you will be shown a summary of your current settings. Click the Edit tab to change settings such as:

• Your password
• Information shown in the sidebars ("Block configuration")
• Show/hide advertisements (for 10-book or 1-year subscribers)
• Preferred Bible translations (used when clicking a scripture reference)
• Location of footnotes
• Number of books shown in "Recently Viewed" list
• Newsletter subscription

It is also possible to manage your own book group subscriptions, and opt in/out of e-mail notifications, by using the "My subscription" link (when viewing a book group). The quickest way to get to a subscribed book group is to click on its name listed under "My Groups" in the left sidebar.

Bible Browser

If you've ever wanted to read a passage of scripture side-by-side with a relevant commentary, the Bible Browser may be just what you're looking for. It can be reached from the home page with a link on the left.

When you first open the Bible Browser, you will be presented with two panes: scripture on the left, and commentaries on the right. To get started, select your desired passage from the drop-down lists near the top of the page. The panes will automatically update to show content for the selected passage. Find your preferred scripture translation on the left, and a suitable commentary on the right, and you're all set.

Usage Testimonial

Reading the CCEL in the country
Richard Trimble
Ben Wheeler, Texas

I am disabled and unable to leave home much. We have only one vehicle and live in the country. The only viable resource I have for Christian books is from the Internet. The CCEL was the first and remains the largest contributor to my research and general edification reading.

I am unable to contribute anything at this time, which I regret. However, I thank and encourage everyone who does contribute for what you do. You have blessed me almost every day for the past 5 years with the books I've read from the CCEL.

How have you used the CCEL to deepen your research, discover new voices, and enliven your faith? Submit a usage testimonial.

Product Testimonial

LOGOS: Keeping the Biblical Languages Alive For Preachers
By Jeff Vandermeer

In terms of the impact of Logos in my seminary studies: Logos allows me to immerse myself in the original languages every week when I prepare a sermon, whereas I am not sure that I would consult the Greek or the Hebrew without this tool. ... In years past, most of us "average students" would have been forced to give up the Hebrew and the Greek because we simply lacked the combination of mental capacity and time that is needed to do the study of the original languages. With Logos, I am now using the original text to do my slow reading of the text. The translation from the Greek/Hebrew has now become somewhat of a devotional exercise for me!

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Classic Reflections

Classic Reflections on Easter

He died, but he vanquished death; in himself, he put an end to what we feared; he took it upon himself, and he vanquished it; as a mighty hunter, he captured and slew the lion. Where is death? Seek it in Christ, for it exists no longer; but it did exist, and now it is dead. O life, O death of death! Be of good heart; it will die in us also. What has taken place in our head will take place in his members; death will die in us also. But when? At the end of the world, at the resurrection of the dead in which we believe and concerning which we do not doubt.

— Augustine of Hippo (354-430), from Sermon 233

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