Archive for September, 2006

September 28, 2006 1

Active Christian Media Review: How the Left Was Won

By Tex in Politics, Reviews, Reviews (Books)

Unfortunately, one of the most frustrating experiences any rational person could ever have is to listen to liberals try to justify their position on any sort of political or social issue” (x). So begins Richard Mgrdechian’s book How the Left Was Won: An In-Depth Analysis of the Tools and Methodologies Used by Liberals to Undermine [...]

September 28, 2006 0

Proof of Human Depravity: Making a Left in Front of an Ambulance

By Andrew McKnight Selby in Life in general

Sitting at a decent sized intersection in suburban Los Angeles, I watch an ambulance try to get through to, presumably, take someone to the hospital in order to save his or her life. Obstructing the ambulances way were not one or two, but five (5!!!) cars that took their left turns right in front of [...]

September 27, 2006 12

Fools Becoming Wise

By Andrew McKnight Selby in Education, Theology (Bible)

I Corinthians 3:18-19 “If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God.” Perhaps no book of the Bible speaks as relevantly and directly into our culture as does Paul’s First Epistle to [...]

September 26, 2006 3

Rationalizing the Transcendent

By Matthew Lee Anderson in Theology, Theology (Revelation)

The discussion on the rationality of a transcendent being continues unabated over at PseudoPolymath. Mark and Jim continue to wrangle over whether it is possible or necessary to determine whether God is rational. The discussion has sidelined into issues of theodicy and Romans 9, prompting Mark to provide this treatment of the difficult passage. Work [...]

September 25, 2006 0

The King’s Academy

By Tex in Outside Articles of Interest

Two posts in one week!?! I know, it’s unheard of, but I couldn’t contain myself. I just read this article at JPost.com and followed it up with this news release from the Hashemite Kingdom. Jordan’s King Abdullah is opening a prep school in Jordan that is “utterly progressive, utterly idealistic, and utterly optimistic.” Part of [...]

September 24, 2006 1

Pride and Prejudice

By Tex in Literature, People and Relationships, The Old Books Quarters

I imagine I am somewhat putting my reputation on the line by making my reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice common and public knowledge; after all, it is not every day that one finds a military man consenting to reading such novels. However, I safely presume that those readers who know me personally will [...]

September 22, 2006 0

Saints Behaving Badly: Buy it Now

By Matthew Lee Anderson in News

I missed this two days ago, but Saints Behaving Badly, a fun and engaging introduction to some of Christianity’s more…interesting saints is now available on Amazon. I reviewed it before it’s release date, so I thought I would offer this reminder. Go get it now!

September 22, 2006 6

Paleo…sophist?

By Matthew Lee Anderson in Christianity and Culture, Theology, Theology (Revelation)

My brother decided to take on the Pope’s recent speech by arguing–if it can be called that–that Christianity suffers (or almost suffers?) from the irrationality of Islam. Unfortunately, the ironies my brother points out seem grounded misunderstandings of the nature of Christianity. To quote Mark Olson, Jim’s interpretations seem “silly.” I certainly don’t agree with [...]

September 21, 2006 0

Coming to a theater near you

By Keith E. D. Buhler in News

Despite what I thought earlier, the movie Facing the Giants (reviewed here) will, in fact, be released in the area for you LA/Orange county readers. In short, I recommend this satisfying and truly unique film, so see below for the theater listings. I’m excited to share with you that FACING THE GIANTS will be released [...]

September 20, 2006 1

Staff Retreating

By Matthew Lee Anderson in News, Outside Articles of Interest

We at Wheatstone are retreating the next few days, so blogging will be light. In the interim, Keith Plummer at The Christian Mind, has articulated the question for “The West”: “Who is being most consistent with the inconsistent deity of Islam – peace-loving, moderate Muslims or those willing to justify all manner of atrocities in [...]

September 19, 2006 0

the thorns of a rose – a myth

By Keith E. D. Buhler in All Things Lovely

A fascinating narrative in the style of the Greek fables, written by unlikely author… “In ancient times, when the world was just beginning that is, there was a young lonely nymph named Rose. Rose was lonely because she wasn’t as beautiful as the other nymphs of the forest. Every day she would sit and watch [...]

September 18, 2006 0

Examining a proverb

By Keith E. D. Buhler in Epistemology, Quotations

“He who knows others is learned. He who knows himself is wise.” – Lao Tzu With the reading of many books comes learning. With the in-depth analysis of a broad range of topics and issues comes the reputation for being intelligent, clever, smart, or at least well educated. Leaving aside the humanities, with the many-year [...]

September 17, 2006 0

NewsFlash: Pope Too Subtle for World, Apologizes for Our Ignorance