Alex and Brett Harris are teen brothers who have written the book, Do Hard Things. I strongly encourage parents and teens to become familiar with their leadership. A good place to begin is to listen to their recent interview on…
Collin Hansen on the Shack / Triple Point and the Trinity
The Shack continues to be wildly popular. It is a work of fiction that attempts an allegory of the doctrine of the Trinity. Collin Hansen rightly cautions that writing such an allegory is a difficult, and potentially, heretical exercise. (Click…
The Chapman Family Mourns
Soon enough, we will all be called to walk through deep valleys. There is much to learn from the example of others and how they manifest the grace of God at such times. Tragically, the Steven Curtis Chapman family lost…
Deliver Us From Evil
Our culture seems increasingly unwilling to identify evil and call it what it is. But, we live in a fallen world where it is real. God’s people must stand up against it. Of course, being honest with the reality of…
Hefner and the Flatus of a Wasted Life
Crunchy Con (click here) interacts with a GQ article on Hugh Hefner. He notes that the symbolic, and apparently literal sound, Hefner is making as he passes off the scene is that of flatus. If the passing of gas acoustically…
New Survey on Reading
Justin Taylor summarizes new data on reading habits. Read it here.
Sharing Your Faith in the Online Store
In 2007 a well known atheist named Athony Flew published an unexpected book. The title of the book is, There Is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind. In it, Flew shared why he renounced being…
The World’s a Big Blue Marble
Owen Strachan is blogging about his trip to Hong Kong. You can read it here. I think it is especially interesting reading given that this is first trip to Hong Kong. If, like me, you don’t travel “east” much, you…
Amazon’s Kindle
If you’ve ever been around me and my work environment, you know that I work as an island in a sea of books. I spend a lot of time organizing books, reading from them, copying down quotes, and transporting them…
Why Polygamy Should Be Illegal
John Witte, Jr. writes a thoughtful column for Christianity Today considering whether polygamy should be illegal. Ultimately, those who oppose polygamy can only do so on the grounds of morality. Click here to read it.