Joe Carter

1. The Size of Our Books Was Determined By The Size of the Average Sheep in the Middle Ages [M]edieval books are no bigger or smaller than modern books, generally speaking. Gutenberg and the other early printers didn’t invent a whole new format for books, they just copied what people were . . . . Continue Reading »

For some reason I had always been led to believe that Islam was a fairly intolerant religion. (I blame FOX News.) Turns out I had it completely backwards. Muslims are a Bible-loving people that like to invite Catholics over to the Mosque to pray in the name of Jesus. At least that is the story two . . . . Continue Reading »

Why do we even have a legislative branch? It seems a waste of time to go to the trouble of electing representatives when federal judges in California are making our laws : A federal judge in Riverside declared the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional Thursday, . . . . Continue Reading »

Over 10,000 different magazines will be published this year in the U.S. Of those, approximately 8,372 will have Lady Gaga and/or Barack Obama on the cover. Despite having an almost unlimited number of options to choose from, magazine publishers tend to recycle the same visual cliches for their cover . . . . Continue Reading »

“I’ve just never liked G.K. Chesterton,” quips Austin Bramwell, “which, among the conservative Christians with whom I sometimes (though, as an Episcopalian, not often) travel, is almost enough to make me a Bad Person.” No almost about it, Austin—that makes you very . . . . Continue Reading »

Our provocation of the day comes from the late, great British preacher Martyn Lloyd-Jones : Faith according to our Lord’s teaching in this paragraph, is primarily thinking; and the whole trouble with a man of little faith is that he does not think. He allows circumstances to bludgeon him. . . . . . . Continue Reading »

Peter Leithart explains what Christians gain from reading fiction and poetry: For Christians, the question at a certain level answers itself. We read because we are people of the book, the people of Moses, David, Nehemiah, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Matthew, Paul, and John. We read because in reading we . . . . Continue Reading »

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows that 26 percent of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Obama is performing his role as president, while 44 percent Strongly Disapprove. I think approval rating polls are rarely interesting (exception: Andy . . . . Continue Reading »

We are often told that if we want to be happy with our job we should do what we love. We’re encouraged to choose a line of work that we would continue doing even if we weren’t getting paid for it. Some people may eventually find such a job (I did), but what about those who can’t . . . . Continue Reading »

“Money can’t buy happiness,” as the uber-wealthy actor Johnny Depp once said, “But it can buy you a great big yacht to sale right up to it.” Most of us will never be able to afford a yacht (and even those that do don’t want to pay the “ sails tax ”). . . . . Continue Reading »