Over at CanonWIRED, Nate and I have a conversation about the task of writing. In the near future, we may have another conversation about the mechanics of writing. Here it is.
Spending Moral Capital Can Result in Spent Moral Capital
The next chapter of Peter’s book is chilling. He describes the last days of the Soviet Union and the years he lived there, along with his experiences as a journalist in Mogadishu. The take away point from this chapter is found here, and it is a point that the church in the West — evangelicals …
Down on the Banks of the Ohio
The last few days Nancy and I have been speaking at the 2010 Midwest Homeschooling Convention in Cincinnati. The event is simply gargantuan (upwards of four thousand families), and vendor booths stretching over the horizon. Our many thanks to the organizers for inviting us; we had a grand time. I had a good conversation here …
Rick Warren as Curve Ball
In the minds of some, I was the bad boy at the Desiring God conference last year, and here I am asked about how John Piper decided to fill that slot this year. I thoroughly enjoyed Mitch Stokes biography of Isaac Newton in Thomas Nelson’s Christian Encounters series. An excerpt from that book is up …
Not Exactly From Pacifist Stock
Peter Hitchens’ next chapter was profound and moving. Entitled “Britain’s Pseudo-Religion and the Cult of Winston Churchill,” he makes the brave move of identifying the carnage of the two great wars of the 20th century as a massive blood sacrifice to false gods. He does this on the basis of the meaning that was assigned …
Today Show, NatGeo, and Netflix
Busy, busy. And Collision is now availabwoool, as they say, on Netflix. This film is not rated, but no animals were harmed in the making of it. Except for our dinners.
Opportunity in Moscow
Over the years, we have had the good fortune to have a number of people move here to Moscow for Logos, NSA or other reasons. But one of the challenges in a small community like ours is finding a significant business opportunity to facilitate a move to our community. With that in mind, I am …
That Parishioner on the Go
I heard somewhere that American football is shown in the UK (when it is shown) in an interesting way. They show all the plays being run, but eliminate the huddles and the standing around. This causes them to miss one aspect of the game, which is the fact that football games are actually, as one …
No Profit
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Food and Drink #9 “Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein” (Heb. 13:9). The author …
Utter Irrelevance
Here is Bruce Waltke, on why Christians should believe in evolution. HT: Joe Rigney. There are (at least) five confusions here. First, he wants to say that if we believe that the Lord is the Giver and Creator of all life, and we do so in a way that is not approved by our secularist …