A well-written and funny poem contrasting St. Nicholas (a.k.a., Santa Claus) from God the Son coming to earth: HT: Justin Taylor … [Read more...] about Anti-Santy Ranty – Santa Claus vs. Jesus Christ
Love Lost Over Love Wins
Rob Bell, founding pastor of Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids, MI and author of the controversial book Love Wins, recently sat down with The New Yorker. As the Christian Post reports, Bell told The New Yorker that the publication of his book resulted in a 3,000-person decrease in membership at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, MI, which he founded in 1999. HT: Steve McCoy … [Read more...] about Love Lost Over Love Wins
Charles Murray – Coming Apart
Dr. Albert Mohler interviews Dr. Charles Murray about his new book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010. You can read, listen, or download the interview. The publisher's description: In Coming Apart, Charles Murray explores the formation of American classes that are different in kind from anything we have ever known, focusing on whites as a way of driving home the fact that the trends he describes do not break along lines of race or ethnicity.Drawing on five decades of statistics and research, Coming Apart demonstrates that a new upper class and a new lower class have diverged … [Read more...] about Charles Murray – Coming Apart
The Skeptical Student – Tim Keller
This short e-book by Tim Keller releases today. I've got it, and have started clicking through it on my Kindle. In the front matter, Keller writes: This essay is based on the first of a series of talks I gave in Oxford Town Hall in Oxford, England in 2012. A campus group asked me to speak for five nights to students--most of them skeptics--exploring encounters that Jesus Christ had with five individuals in the gospel of John. I could not imagine a more exciting project. Of The Skeptical Student, the publisher writes, "The Skeptical Student applies biblical wisdom to life’s biggest … [Read more...] about The Skeptical Student – Tim Keller
It’s Not IQ: It’s Grit, Curiousity, and Character
This looks like a very interesting new book. Sean Blanda sets up an interview with author Paul Tough: From 1962 to 1967 researchers selected students with low-income and low-I.Q. parents at the Perry Preschool in Ypsilanti, Michigan and divided them into two groups. One group received a special high-quality education, while the control group used the school's normal curriculum. The students that received the high-quality education showed short-term gains in I.Q. but by the third grade, they were again even with the control group. The experiment was seen as failure - until the researchers … [Read more...] about It’s Not IQ: It’s Grit, Curiousity, and Character
Fools Need Experience
Crawford Loritts: "Experience is not always the best teacher, but it is the only school a fool will attend." From his book Never Walk Away: Lessons on Integrity from a Father Who Lived It. There are many things we don't have to do to know they're dumb. One aspect of wisdom is being willing to delay gratification--to say no to an immediate pleasure because of the long-term consequences. One aspect of foolishness is the seemingly uncontrollable need to do what we feel like doing--to be impulsive, impetuous, and focused on the short-term, not the long-term. … [Read more...] about Fools Need Experience