So for a while there I was a Conservative Reformed Mafia consigliere, and I’m still officially (though not productively, and I’m sorry, linda and Andrew and Joe) a writer over at i wonder as i wander, and now I’m embarking on a new group blog venture.
Starting on Monday, I’m going to be posting my more [...]
Snowdrops (Women) Beat Old Hands (Men)
I hope I don’t alienate too many readers writing this publicly, but I always sweat a bit when the topic of women’s sports comes up in conversation.? On one hand, if I assert that women’s capabilities are at least equal to men’s in arenas of athletic endeavor, the question always [...]
Identifying Biblical Writers by Church Affiliation
They’re not as snappy as lightbulb jokes, but there is an undeniable nerdy humor in this John Mark Reynolds post.
Tripp Fuller tagged me with this meme, so here’s my attempt at it (in just a few minutes so that I can get back to a conference paper):
Written
Proclaim faithfully
Call to worship
Grace given, encompassing all
God creates, delivers, loves, redeems
I suppose I should have laid out the terms of the meme:
Summarise the Bible in five statements, the [...]
I promised a few days ago that I’d follow up on my critique of hipness with a post that’s more affirmative, and although I’m still going to be asking questions as I go, I’m nonetheless going to shoot for an overall stance of appreciation.? So here it goes.
One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic
As I mentioned in the [...]
First an explanation of my long delay between posts: as a first-year teacher in Emmanuel College’s system, and for the first time teaching when my home life has no bedtime and no wake-up time, I planned poorly.? Midterms took more out of me (and out of the last two weeks) than I had anticipated by [...]
Reading Habits
I really enjoyed this e-interview that Smith recently posted on his blog. ?The whole thing is worth reading and thinking on, but my favorite exchange came at the end of the interview:
What would you tell a college student about approaching their required reading lists?
Look, you won’t listen to this, but I’ve got to say [...]
More Drivel from the New York Times
As this year’s job hunting season ramps up, I figured some clarity from Marc Bousquet might be welcome. ?This post is from his blog, and he wrote it back in April:
Why golly, the problem with the university is that there aren?t enough teaching positions out there to employ all [...]
Higher Things: A New Model for Youth Ministry from iMonk
“Adolescence is a transitionary period from childhood to adulthood; it is not a subculture. Our task as adults is to get them through adolescence, not perpetuate it.”? That sentence alone was worth the price of admission, but the rest of the interview is even better, and [...]
I know folks have probably already seen this from the link on Ben Myers’s blog, but I got a chuckle out of it.
I always appreciate people who comment on this blog, and I’m especially flattered when people link to things I’ve written.? So I was positively glowing when I discovered that anholmwiler (a screen name, no doubt) had responded to my post on Luther’s De Servo Arbitrio with a good blog post in its own right.? Today [...]
David Brooks on Dignity.
I read this little piece this morning, and once again, Brooks writes some pretty good stuff when he isn’t? being a GOP partisan.? (He’s not unlike Tom Tomorrow that way, though I doubt he’d appreciate the comparison.)
Reflecting on a list of 110 rules of behavior that George Washington copied into a commonplace [...]
Before I begin, I should be clear about what I’m writing about.? I do enjoy reading the left-leaning The Jesus Manifesto website, but that’s not what I’m talking about here.? (Incidentally, that site has done its own interrogation of Sweet and Viola.)? Instead I’m talking about the recent Jesus Manifesto by Sweet and Viola, which [...]
I’ve heard about but haven’t had much time to think about the recent murder of abortion doctor George Tiller. I know that “Pro-Life” personalities were quick to get in front of television cameras and denounce the crime, and something struck me as odd about that move, just as it always has. Halden Doerge, [...]
Another One Gets Off the Evangelical Bus
I know I’ve been citing a lot of iMonk lately, but he’s had good things to write lately, so whaddyagonnado?? My post on the closest I ever got to atheism aside, Spencer is right that my kind of case, in which philosophical nihilism guts the Christian faith, is not [...]
Todd Baldwin and I started our Milligan careers with a lot of classes together as we embarked as fellow Bible majors.? Then I went for a Philosophy major and he for a Communications major.? Now I’m teaching English and Todd Social Studies.? Go figure.
At any rate, after a long hiatus, his blog Relevant Ed has [...]
On Being Too God-Centered
I had reservations about iMonk the first few times I read him, but he’s grown on me, and the first time I downloaded his podcast and heard that Kentucky accent in my headphones (there’s really nothing that sounds quite like a Kentucky accent), I was a fan.? This post struck me as [...]
If you’ve been following the comments in the right column, you’ll see that Ben Lee, a good friend, has jumped in on the discussion that Slim and I have been having about youth ministry, technology, and what good (if any) large-hall gatherings can have in the discipleship of young Christians.
The comments are on this post.
God Talk, Part 2
I know it was last week’s column, but I did enjoy Fish’s wit last week.? (I’m sure I’ll be back to hating him next month–I can’t decide what I think of him.)? The column starts out with a signature Fish turn of phrase:
According to recent surveys, somewhere between 79 and 92 percent [...]
Why Protestants Should Read Thomas Aquinas part 1
Why Protestants Should Read Thomas Aquinas part 2
Why Protestants Should Read Thomas Aquinas part 3
Why Protestants Should Read Thomas Aquinas part 4
These posts come from a speech that Fred Sanders delivered, and all of them capture my own love for things medieval.? As Sanders duly notes, there was [...]
The Christian Humanist Podcast