Joe Carter

According to  MSN Lifestyle John Calvin is ranked #52 of the 75 best dressed men of all time: Because the most famous minimalist in world history knew a man didn’t need expensive clothes or bright colors to convey authority. Black and white, worn with the requisite gravity, can be . . . . Continue Reading »

Over the last decade, America’s 100 largest churches doubled in size : In 2000, the 100 largest churches in the United States all had average weekly attendance of 4,000 people or more. In 2010, only churches with average weekly attendance of 8,000 or more made the 100 largest churches list, . . . . Continue Reading »

[caption id=”attachment_14086” align=”alignright” width=”150” caption=”Click to Download Round 5 Brackets”] [/caption] The Final Four. Three men and one woman. Three powerhouses and one underdog. Which two will face off in the final round? Your . . . . Continue Reading »

Frederick Schmidt wonders whether seminaries will make the necessary changes to better prepare leaders for the Church : Our seminaries are dying and the Master of Divinity degree has been discredited. Bishops and other church leaders once believed both were essential to effective ministry, but . . . . Continue Reading »

Over the past decade, the United Nations has issued several reports documenting the stagnation of scientific research in Arab societies. In an interview by Rod Dreher, Algeria-born astrophysicist Nidhal Guessoum elaborates : All sectors of activity in the Arab society have suffered during these . . . . Continue Reading »

Francis J. Beckwith notes that political correctness is making it difficult for young people to distinguish between universal judgment and mere prejudice : In class, I took an example from the textbook (Peter Kreeft’s Socratic Logic, 3.1e) and asked my students whether the following is an . . . . Continue Reading »

With the military intervention in Libya, has America entered its third concurrent war in a Muslim nation? Depends on how you define “war.” The Marine Corps manual on Warfighting states that the essence of war is “a violent struggle between two hostile, independent, and irreconcilable . . . . Continue Reading »

Round three was dominated by blowouts—and not much else. [caption id=”attachment_14086” align=”alignright” width=”150” caption=”Click to Download Round 4 Brackets”] [/caption] Blowouts : Pride and Prejudice terminated War and Peace with extreme . . . . Continue Reading »

1. The Horror and Hilarity of Noseblowing °°°°°° 2. WordCount °°°°°° 3. When Sloth Meets Gluttony °°°°°° 4. Antarctica, 1961: A Soviet Surgeon Has to Remove His Own Appendix I worked without gloves. It was hard to see. The . . . . Continue Reading »

Compared to the tempestuous beginning of upsets, blowouts, and close-calls, Round 2 proved to be rather tame. The powerhouse books trampled their competition without much effort. (The lone surprise—at least for me—was finding Les Miserables besting The Great Gatsby .) [caption . . . . Continue Reading »