On the subject of "Pet Hates" there are two things which bug me unto death.
1. Senior students who cannot, despite three years of training, do footnotes in a coherent and consistent manner.
2. Any student who quotes Matthew Henry in an exegetical paper. Thus, I have incorporated the following policy in my revision of the HTC student course handbook:
"If any student quotes, cites or mentions Matthew Henry's Bible Commentary in a academic paper they shall be subject to discipline in one of the following ways:
a. The student will be asked to completely read Matthew Henry's commentary on the whole Bible from cover to cover and then be forced to eat it, hard back cover and all.
OR
b. A Student can opt to be beaten to death with a copy of Matthew Henry's Bible commentary.
Note, students who opt for choice (a) frequently wish they had taken choice (b) since being beaten to death is far less painful than having to actually read all of Matthew Henry's Bible commentary."
MH is fine in your sermons and devotionals if need be, but for the love of Benny 16, don't quote him in an academic paper!
