Dr. Robert Epstein (Ph.D., Harvard University) is a contributing editor for Scientific American Mind and a former editor in chief of Psychology Today. In the April/May 2007 issue of Scientific American Mind, Epstein penned an outstanding article entitled The Myth of the Teen Brain. It goes right after the notion, regularly popularized on the covers of magazines like Time and U.S. News & World Report, that incomplete brain development accounts for the emotional problems and general irresponsibility for which teenagers in our day have gained infamy, and that, consequently, rebellion and … [Read more...] about The Myth of Inevitable Teen Rebellion
Tim Keller’s King’s Cross
I was happy to receive this book in the mail earlier this week -- Tim Keller's latest, King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus, releases February 22. In the Preface, Keller calls it: "an extended meditation on the historical Christian premise that Jesus' life, death, and resurrection form the central event of cosmic and human history as well as the central organizing principle of our own lives." Keller continues: Said another way, the whole story of the world--and of how we fit into it--is most clearly understood through a careful, direct look at the story of Jesus. … [Read more...] about Tim Keller’s King’s Cross
Prayer Request for Egypt
Michael Horton compiles a good list of prayer requests for the Egyptian church, following the dramatic changes that have recently transpired. An excerpt: Seething beneath the public reports of peaceful protest were three weeks of violence, as daily police security was virtually non-existent, according to [Leader One]. There are about 1200 evangelical Protestant churches (over a million members) and early on in the Tahrir Square revolution, according to [Leader One], he and other evangelical leaders submitted an appeal in support of religious freedom (not for or against the … [Read more...] about Prayer Request for Egypt
A New AlexChediak.com
It's here: An updated website! (Thanks, Daniel.) Check it out -- some of the tabs above are menus. All the content from the old site should be here, and the organization should be a bit more clear. The resources tab contains published articles and some older audio interviews (I still need to get links for more recent--and I think better--interviews). You'll also notice the Facebook, Twitter, and general "share" feature all over the place. Finally! As you might suspect, there's a little information about a new book by the name of Thriving at College (368 pages, releases April 15, … [Read more...] about A New AlexChediak.com
Wilson, Olasky, and Moore on Thriving at College
I missed Wednesday, but here are a few more blurbs. My new website is coming soon, too. (Daniel - if you're reading this, what's the deal? :) ) "As a pastor in a college town, I have the privilege of working with college students all the time. I welcome the chance to get Thriving At College into as many of their hands as I can manage. If just a small fraction of the scriptural counsel offered here were to be put into practice, more than a small fraction of my pastoral migraines would go away. And who wouldn't want that?" Douglas Wilson Pastor, Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho Senior Fellow … [Read more...] about Wilson, Olasky, and Moore on Thriving at College
Piper, Keller, and Carson on The Gospel & Pornography
How does the power of the gospel, and both the threats and the promises in Scripture, help slay the dragon of pornography? HT: From Age to Age … [Read more...] about Piper, Keller, and Carson on The Gospel & Pornography