Last week I recommended a list of my favorite works of imaginative literature to read over the summer. This week, I offer a list of twenty-five works of “imaginative non-fiction.” Because its the summer, I’ve included books that are relatively short and accessible. But because . . . . Continue Reading »
The movement advancing same-sex marriage has of late been preoccupied with preeminence more than debate, better thriving in the echo chambers of Ivy League classrooms and judges’ chambers than the dialectic of town halls. But a culture of self-congratulation is hardly the context for honing . . . . Continue Reading »
Philip Greenspun thinks it might be a good idea to send all of America’s economists away for a few years : In reading opinions regarding the U.S. and state economies from professional economists and in talking to these folks face-to-face I’ve never heard any of them say anything clear . . . . Continue Reading »
Evangelicals have been blessed with the recent increase of studies on the early church fathers. For example, Michael Haykin’s Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church and Bryan Litfin’s Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction . . . . Continue Reading »
Sign of the times of the day: Finally, a way to indulge in two of America’s favorite obsessions: donating to find cures for diseases and engaging in behavior that causes health problems. If only they could have found a way to squeeze in one of our third obsessions (i.e., irritation at the . . . . Continue Reading »
Is this the game-changing scandal the Republicans (led by the Tea Partiers) can get the country to believe in? It’d be “Main Street” rising up against the corrupt alliance between “Wall Street” and Democratic special interests. And it would have the big advantage of . . . . Continue Reading »
Everything is dangerous. Everything. Including sitting down: From the CBS San Francisco story:Smoking cigarettes is the cause of so much preventable, deadly disease. But now new research shows sitting for long stretches of time may be just as dangerous. “Smoking certainly is . . . . Continue Reading »
With the death of Dr. Kevorkian a few days ago, it’s worth taking a moment to assess the health of right-to-die movement he fostered. This op-ed from the New York Times suggests that the right to die might be wheezing toward its end, at least in America. The citizens of Washington State and . . . . Continue Reading »
To know God falsely, says Tony Woodlief , is to write and paint and sculpt and cook and dance Him falsely: Perhaps it’s not poor artistic skill that yields bad Christian art, in other words, but poor Christianity. Consider, for example, some common sins of the Christian writer: [ . . . ] . . . . Continue Reading »
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