Over at Credenda, my friend Pastor Toby has a great critical review of a recent book by Walter Brueggemann. This is a must read — the review, I mean. Not the book.
The Christian Hipster
Here is a capable diagnosis of a spreading rash in the contemporary church — the Christian hipster. HT: Justin Taylor.
Ow. Ouch. Ow. Ow.
What you might call a critique of missional tunnel vision. Check it out here . HT: Bayly Blog
“Stop n’ Go” Atheism Pack
I was very pleased to see Chuck Colson review the movie Collision. That’s fun . And for those just getting up to speed, American Vision has a little “stop n’ go” atheism pack. Here .
Death Metal and Twilight
We have really enjoyed seeing the response to the video clips we have been putting up at CanonWIRED . It is also interesting to see which topics Reformed evangelical Christians are most focused on — and judging by the number of views, the answer would appear to be death metal and Twilight. So here is …
Really Looking Forward to This One
I am currently reading a biography of Isaac Newton, but the thing that makes it really fun is that it was written by a friend, a colleague here at New St. Andrews. Mitch Stokes is our math and philosophy guy, or, as they say in the biz, fellow. Peter Leithart has written a bio of …
Make Sure You Check Out the Upper Left Picture
Not a question you ask yourself every day. But this is the issue — should it be?
George Grant on The Chestnut King
I was pleased to see this clip, where George briefly reviews what he is currently reading. That would be Chesterton’s Orthodoxy, Darwin’s Origin, the Koran, and The Chestnut King. What a great idea — book reviews by video clip. We were doing book plugs that way, but the “currently reading” approach is what theologians in …
Last Stop
And here is the last stop on Nate’s blog tour.
And Maybe Even More Than That
As an instructor in a liberal arts college, I have met many aspiring writers. There are many who want to be wordsmiths, and that is great. We need many more than that. But I wish all of them would read this about twenty times.