David Powlison provides an insightful and penetrating review of The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. Excerpt: Up to a point, 5LL can be informative, correcting ignorance about how people differ from each other, and making you more aware of patterns of expectation that you and others bring to the table. . . . But speaking love languages is surely not the whole story. In fact, it is practical, immoral wisdom—manipulation or pandering or both—when it becomes the whole story. Part of considering the interests of others is to do them tangible good. But then to really love them, you usually … [Read more...] about Five Love/Lust Languages
Archives for 2007
Walden Media – Amazing Grace movie
Micheal Flaherty, President of Walden Media, pens this month's article in Imprimis, a publication of Hillsdale College. Walden Media, founded only several years ago, is dedicated to "recapturing imagination, rekindling curiosity, and demonstrating the rewards of knowledge and virtue." They have produced films like The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, and the upcoming Amazing Grace film, which chronicles the efforts of William Wilberforce to abolish the slave trade (and, eventually, slavery itself). His article speaks of reviving the popularity of reading good literature, and the … [Read more...] about Walden Media – Amazing Grace movie
Gender Selection and Medical Ethics
Albert Mohler offers a wise response to a question raised in today's NY Times: If people want to choose their baby’s sex before pregnancy, should doctors help? … [Read more...] about Gender Selection and Medical Ethics
Unsung Heroism of Military
(HT: Bill Lynch) … [Read more...] about Unsung Heroism of Military
Chosen for Life – Sam Storms
Having first read this book in 1998 (when it had already gone out of print), I am delighted that Crossway has now produced this updated and expanded volume. This book is the most lucid, accessible, and convincing defense of divine election I have ever seen. Sam Storms had a huge influence in my life when I was wrestling with the very question he takes up: Does God elect people because they believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, or does God elect people in order that they will believe in Christ? This foundational question is truly at the heart of the who-does-what-in-salvation issue that we find … [Read more...] about Chosen for Life – Sam Storms
Boundless comments on Five Paths
Denise Morris over at the Boundless blog offers an introductory post to Five Paths to the Love of Your Life, which I introduce here (just scroll down). … [Read more...] about Boundless comments on Five Paths