Charisma Magazine has an excerpt today from Thriving at College: Signs of a Bad Professor (not that I know any). A vague syllabus Poor communication skills Boring classes Bad relationships with their student researchers Check it out. … [Read more...] about Signs of a Bad Professor
Archives for 2013
Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)
The former British Prime Minister has died of a stroke at the age of 87. RIP. The NY Times writes:But by the time she left office, the principles known as Thatcherism — the belief that economic freedom and individual liberty are interdependent, that personal responsibility and hard work are the only ways to national prosperity, and that the free-market democracies must stand firm against aggression — had won many disciples. Even some of her strongest critics accorded her a grudging respect. … [Read more...] about Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)
Fal$e Teacher$
From Shai Linne's new album Lyrical Theology, Pt. 1: Theology, comes a song called Fal$e Teacher$ which "names names." He gives his motivation here: … [Read more...] about Fal$e Teacher$
Rick Warren Asks for Prayer After Son Takes Own Life
Matthew Warren, 27, who struggled from birth with mental illness, has taken his own life. This is a good time to join with millions of others in prayer for Pastor Warren and his family. Here's what he wrote to his staff: To my dear staff, Over the past 33 years we’ve been together through every kind of crisis. Kay and I’ve been privileged to hold your hands as you faced a crisis or loss, stand with you at gravesides, and prayed for you when ill. Today, we need your prayer for us. No words can express the anguished grief we feel right now. Our youngest son, Matthew, age 27, and a … [Read more...] about Rick Warren Asks for Prayer After Son Takes Own Life
A “Black and Tan” Round-Up
For those following the interactions between Doug Wilson and Thabiti Anyabwile over Wilson's book Black and Tan and it's prequel Southern Slavery: As It Was, or for those who were interested in the discussion but got busy and never got back around to it, Thabiti has posted a round-up containing links and brief summaries for all the posts. … [Read more...] about A “Black and Tan” Round-Up
Andrew Peterson on Plumbing the Depths of the Gospel
One of the things I appreciate about Andrew Peterson's music is the combination of hope, beauty, and redemption, combined with an acknowledgement of the brokenness of this world. Petar Nenadov, elder and staffmember of Lakeside Christian Church in Akron, Ohio, interviews Peterson on plumbing the depths of the gospel. An excerpt: At the beginning of your recent album you quote J. R. R. Tolkien—"we all long for Eden, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least corrupted, its gentlest and most humane, is still soaked with the sense of exile"—affirming both the … [Read more...] about Andrew Peterson on Plumbing the Depths of the Gospel