The Lost Virtue of Restraint
Technology makes anything possible; it doesn’t make everything good. One of the many reasons I like Wall-E, more and more each time I see it (three so far), is that it doesn’t picture technology as good or technology as bad;...
Atheistic Woes
John Mark Reynolds at Middlebrow laments the woes of the Extreme Atheist. “It turns out that just as belief in a God of love is no absolute barrier against hateful activity, so too the ideology of atheism is no cure...
Wall-E
Wall-E is one of those movies where the less you know about it the better you’ll enjoy it. For that reason, I am going to give you smart shoppers out there the bottom line: I give it a thumbs up....
Sex, Sushi & Salvation (Redux)
“I sense a craving in our churches and youth groups for a deeper union with Christ.” (p.81) In Sex, Sushi, & Salvation Christian George has continued the informal literary tradition of On the Road and Blue Like Jazz to give...
Going deeper into the infinite well of self
Technology’s (ever-increasing) power to keep me from having to experience anything I don’t like. On a related note, a fascinating crash course on the elements of music. Eliminating credit card debt< &name=a> California home loan online< &name=a> Credit score simulator<...
Is the Bible Monotheistic?
Job 38:1-7: “Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me… Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding…. Whereupon are the foundations...
The Superstition of Divorce
Check out this funny and frightening and challenging article By Dale Ahlquist: “In 1918, Chesterton wrote a series of articles called “The Superstition of Divorce” for the New Witness. The essays were published as a collection under the same title...
Bauer/Koester’s Unproven Assumptions
For most Christians in most places at most times, believers have desired (and been able) to distinguish between orthodox/faithful members of the Church and heterodox/faithless (seeming) members. The criteria may change, or may be much debated, but the commonest assumption...
Evolution does not apply to evolutionists
In a recent comment, the formidable Mr. Falk said, “The noteworthy thing about the universe is that everything appears to be explainable by immutable laws. As Einstein said, ‘the miracle is that there are no miracles'” Everything indeed appears to...
A Biblical Dilemma
Spending ten hours a week in discussion with high school students presents some universal truths about human nature. One such universal truth is that human beings do not like to change (even for the better), and so require some strong...