The Scandal of Money: Why Wall Street Recovers But the Economy Never Does by George Gilder My rating: 4 of 5 stars Gilder is always an encouraging author, and this book is no exception. If you have a hunch that the world is run by monetary monkeyshines, this book will make the case. View all …
Too Self-Aware
“J.R.R. Tolkien had a problem, along with C.S. Lewis, and as we should also, with sentences that begin like this” (Writers to Read, p. 75).
Ouch
His books well trimm’d and in the gayest style, Like regimental coxcombs rank and file, Adorn his intellects as well as shelves And teach him notions splendid as themselves. William Cowper
Love Up Stream and Down
“Honoring our parents (and ancestors) does not need to reduce to mere tribalism. Loving and nourishing our distant children is not superstition” (Writers to Read, p. 71).
Shinedown Features Hound of Heaven
So above is a new video from Shinedown, a video that throughout weaves clips from the now-released short film The Hound of Heaven. Billboard has some backstory on how all that happened. And here is the trailer for the film, which is now available for purchase and viewing in various places, among them iTunes and …
Which Is a Weak Spot in the Resume
“If I worship the true God, then I am worshiping the Ancient of Days, the eternal God. But if I worship any created thing whatsoever, I am serving something that used to be nothing” (Writers to Read, p. 69, HT: Tim Edwards).
Review: The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems by Catullus My rating: 3 of 5 stars If nothing else, Catullus knew how to want things. And where is all of it now? View all my reviews
R. Scott Clark Made Me Do It
Scott Clark achieved a personal milestone this last week. He set the stage for this accomplishment by tweeting that “conspiracy theories are the fruit of intellectual sloth,” which is true enough. But just one hour before this, he had posted kudos (“great work”) to one of our local—let’s not call it a hate site, for …
Review: Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life by William Deresiewicz My rating: 4 of 5 stars As diagnosis, this book is outstanding. Elite education for America’s elite has become a vast exercise in getting our high-achieving students all dressed up for the ball, and then never actually …
Book of the Month/October 2016
The Unseen Realm is a true resource, but it is the kind of resource that you are likely to read clean through, and then read through some other time, and then keep it nearby in order to refresh your memory on this or that. Too many contemporary Christians are modernists when it comes to their …