As Bertie Wooster would say to Byron York, were he here, and were he reading this, rem acu tetigisti. You have touched the thing with a needle. Now that Pawlenty has dropped out on the basis of his third place finish in the Iowa straw poll, and Bachmann has won it, it is time to …
Last Minute Nudge
Just a quick reminder — early conference rates can be obtained if you register before it turns into August 2. Here and here.
The Baseball Cap of Punditry
Let us talk about the problem of Marcus Todd, and by this I am not referring to what ought to be the name of an upscale men’s clothier, but rather to the problem of Marcus Bachmann and Todd Palin. Anyone with an Internet connection and an interest in politics should know that in the last …
Always Stay Current . . .
Here are a couple of quick details for the Grace Agenda. The first is that if you scroll down to the bottom of this link, you will notice the pre-conference women’s event called Dangerous Women. We wanted you to know that we have added child care for that event. And the second detail is that …
Then Leave The Man Alone
Beware of all isms except for prisms, as the fellow said. This goes double for libertarianism, and I would point you to Denny Burk’s applause of Michael Gerson’s critique of Ron Paul. Since I have praised Paul in this place before (and will no doubt do so again), I should perhaps offer an explanation of …
A Rest Remains
INTRODUCTION:We are celebrating Easter, the day on which we commemorate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus from the dead. But not only did He rise, but all things were restored in Him, which is something we model, not only annually, but also on a weekly basis. We worship on the first day because we are …
When the Divine Hammer Fell
It is very easy for modern readers of the gospel of John to assume that he sometimes falls into the role of a chatty tour guide, telling us the meaning of certain words in two languages, and that he does so for purposes of amusing us along the way. “And on your left, you may …
Networked Cowardice and Corruption
Zondervan is releasing a new edition of the Bible, and what else is new? But as we keep making advances in semiotic contextualizations, we have now learned how to make the Bible even more accessible to middle America, which is of course where all the Bible buyers are. Take, for example, this problem passage: “The …
Understanding Bad Words
Here are the notes for a talk to the NSA student body . . . “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you” …
Ichabod
INTRODUCTION:The sign that had been given to Eli about the fall of his house was the fact that his two sons would die on the same day. He heard this news just seconds before he himself died. He had also heard the news that disaster for his house was disaster for all of Israel as …