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WritingTechnologyZak Mellgren

Protecting Our Humanity with... Robots?

I know my writing is human because a robot told me so.

TechnologyChristian Sanchez

Science and the Limits of the Possible

“Do not aspire to immortal life, O my soul; but exhaust the limits of the possible.” Pindar (Pyth. III.61–62)

Christopher JonesTechnology

American Evangelicals Long for the Embrace of the Machine God

No computer program can determine truth. But the authoritative-sounding voice and the ability to get an answer to any question that statistically feels right, even if it’s wrong, are beguiling.

Resisting Therapy Culture with Matthew Loftus

Date: Tuesday, August 25 Time: 11:30 AM CST Location: Online Total Seats: 100 The Event - Keynote from Matthew Loftus on Resisting Therapy Culture - Interview between Matthew Loftus and Jake

Kirsten SandersThe MagpieBook Reviews

The Magpie #6: Wilderness

Readers seem less interested in the subject matter than in having their own prior opinions endorsed. But what good nonfiction needs is the integrity of an author who knows what she thinks and takes ownership of it.

David McNuttFormation

Living and Dying with the Saints in Wheaton

"A time will come when we will know what all this is for. And there will be no mysteries. We will know why we live. We’ll come together. We’ll plan orchards. Fields. We’ll build the land back up. Franz, I’ll meet you there. In the mountains."

TechnologyFormationHayden Nesbit

Saying 'Here I Am' in the Digital Age

We must pray for hearts that desire not a fragile, fleeting sense of self that must be recreated each day while we await validation via notifications, but one that longs to join the mission of the Triune God to bring flourishing to every good and beautiful place including where you are.

TechnologyFormationRobert Ordway

Screwtape is Hiding in Your Pocket

Screwtape Is hiding in plain sight.

Jake MeadorCulture

Ross Douthat and the Future of Digital Media

Everyone (ultimately) loses when columnists are remade into media personalities.

John EhrettTechnologyCulture

PowerWash Simulator and the Yearning to Work

What does it say about us, our nation, and our economy that over 17 million people now spend hours playing a simulator in which they do decent blue collar work?

Nadya WilliamsCulture

The Great Books for You and for Me

What is interesting about left-coded arguments for the Great Books is that they often sound exactly like right-coded arguments for the Great Books.

Emily McArthurBibleBook ReviewsTheology

Snakes, Gods, and Heroes: Greek Myth in Acts 27-28

Sophocles cannot rectify the tragic suffering of his hero without imagining a savior who momentarily intervenes.