Collin Garbarino

Earlier this month LifeWay Research, an arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, polled Americans regarding the connection between current events in Syria and the prophecies of the Bible. I find the results a little surprising. Thirty-two percent of those polled agree with the statement, “I . . . . Continue Reading »

The Wall Street Journal recently asked “How Many Times Can a Tale Be Told?” The piece comments on our superabundance of translations of classic texts and the fact that more come out every year. Why do we need so many translations? One of the books that we seem to have too many . . . . Continue Reading »

This week Derek Webb released his latest album, I Was Wrong, I’m Sorry, and I Love You . The album is more explicitly about the church than some of his recent work, and it marks a return to his roots, both thematically and musically. Back in the nineties, Derek belonged to the Christian band . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the “horsemen” of the “new atheism” has invited his opponents to enter the lists, and he’s willing to pay the champion. Sam Harris published  The Moral Landscape  about three years ago. In this book he argues that science is the real basis for . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday I made some comments on Google’s doodle that commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Sometimes I react before I finish reflecting. Some of the comments (along with some conversation with personal friends) caused me . . . . Continue Reading »

Today is the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech. It’s only right and proper for Google to commemorate the event with one of their famous doodles. But when I pulled up Google this morning, I didn’t think of MLK. As soon as I saw the . . . . Continue Reading »

I recently heard about a college president who took time during the opening faculty meeting to attack two former professors. These former faculty members left the school two and three years previous, but their memories were shamed in a feeble attempt to divert blame for the school’s problems . . . . Continue Reading »

Celebrities don’t surprise me often. Big-name actors and musicians all tend to think, talk, and act alike. They aren’t all Lindsay Lohan, but they all seem to fall somewhere on the continuum of which she is merely an extreme. This week, however, Ashton Kutcher, of all people, surprised . . . . Continue Reading »

New York Times bestselling-author George Saunders gave a commencement speech at Syracuse University this past May that’s just beginning to get attention. Most commencement speeches are just terrible, but every year or so a good one stands out. Saunders’s speech is one of the good ones. . . . . Continue Reading »

Timothy Michael Law is a scholar interested in history, theology, and religion. Last month Oxford University Press published his book on the Septuagint, When God Spoke Greek: The Septuagint and the Making of the Christian Bible. I recently got the chance to talk with Law about his new book and the importance of the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament to contemporary churches… . Continue Reading »