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Monthly Archives: July 2011
John Stott, RIP
It’s bittersweet to read these notices, as godly men and women who have pointed the way to Truth for our generation pass on. To be at home with the Lord Jesus is better than to be away from him. Like … Continue reading
I must confess
this made me laugh: http://legalinsurrection.com/2011/07/female-bumper-sticker-humor/
on good transitions
This will be short. I’m using my Nook, which works pretty well, but my typing on it isn’t built for speed yet. It will be awhile before I make this transition. I am sensing the beginning of the transition from … Continue reading
Anders Breivik is a Christian like I’m a Nebraska Cornhusker football fan
Much has been made this week of the claims by the mass murderer in Norway to be a Christian. The references to him in many news reports as a “fundamentalist Christian” would seem to place him among what is in America … Continue reading
don’t make me pull this class over to the side of the road
Remember my earlier thoughts about having difficult conversations about writing? Be assured, anything like this comes across my desk, you and I are going to have that conversation.
on movies aimed at women
Back in the late ’90s during the hoopla about the movie “Titanic,” my initial decision to avoid the movie was overcome by the hysteria that swept certain parts of the population. Michelle and I decided we needed to see the … Continue reading
on rhetoric about books
Part of the reason I’m hoping for some pre-feedback (somewhat of an oxymoron there, I suppose) on Radical is that I saw David Platt has a follow-up book coming out. Just on the basis of the topic and its connections … Continue reading
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Tagged books, David Platt, hyperbole, Radical, reviews
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tell me about the book “Radical”
I have fallen out of the habit of reading very much in the Christian book market outside of a fairly narrow slice of topics related to work and other projects. Well, one project in particular. But since that project is … Continue reading
on difficult conversations
Do you have to be a Cambridge don to have this sort of conversation? Do we expect too little as instructors at “less than Ivy League undergrads” or at “an evangelical seminary”? Wait, I went to a state university. I attended an … Continue reading
on strange coincidences
During my senior year of high school I had not yet developed a taste for coffee, but because of some early morning responsibilities, and the Illinois winter, a hot morning beverage was a good thing. So I found a hot … Continue reading
Thoughts of a citizen 