Jonathan Parnell: Last fall Mark Noll and John Piper converged to discuss this topic. In an event hosted by Bethlehem College and Seminary and the MacLaurin Institute, Noll and Piper, authors of Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind and Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God respectively, each presented a lecture and interacted with questions related to the mind and Christian scholarship. Read the rest from Parnell. … [Read more...] about John Piper and Mark Noll on the Life of the Mind
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Thriving at College, Reggie Rogers, Power Jamz
I'll be discussing Thriving at College with Reggie Rogers this Saturday on Power Jamz. … [Read more...] about Thriving at College, Reggie Rogers, Power Jamz
A Refutation of Moral Relativism: Peter Kreft
I love the writings of Peter Kreft. You don't have to agree with all his theological commitments (he's a Roman Catholic) to benefit from his immense clarity of thought and precise, logical argumentation skills. On providing rational, non-religious, pro-life arguments, he's excellent. He's also a great refuter or moral relativism and a champion for the existence of objective, external moral absolutes. Here's a 7500 word transcript that goes with a 50 minute audio lecture entitled "A Refutation of Moral Relativism" (which is also the title of one of Kreft's many books). Regretably, the … [Read more...] about A Refutation of Moral Relativism: Peter Kreft
Bad News on Jackie Robinson Movie
Jackie Robinson and Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey were not only strong Christians, their shared faith in Jesus Christ was the reason Rickey chose Robinson. Eric Metaxas laments the fact that Hollywood chose not to include this important dimension in the recent film 42: Hollywood has been skittish about faith and religion since at least the late 1960s. Even when it's almost impossible to avoid, filmmakers find a way. The Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line omitted the central role Christian faith played in how Cash overcame drug addiction. Even in 2007's Amazing Grace, about British … [Read more...] about Bad News on Jackie Robinson Movie
Documentary on Kermit Gosnell’s Abortion Horrors
A sobering, twenty-minute look at Kermit Gosnell's horrors: … [Read more...] about Documentary on Kermit Gosnell’s Abortion Horrors
Jackie Robinson and the Pattern of Jesus
Great post by David Mathis on how Jackie Robinson's Christian faith drove him to not return evil for evil. I don't know if this important theme is brought out by the new movie 42, but I hope it is, because it's the only explanation for how he could have done it. Mathis writes: The story of Jackie Robinson (1919–1972) — and with him Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey (1881–1965) — is one of the most powerful tales American athletics has to tell. Robinson overcame what seemed like insurmountable obstacles not only by playing outstanding baseball, but even more significantly, by not … [Read more...] about Jackie Robinson and the Pattern of Jesus