Matt Perman offers a great summary of a lengthier post by business expert Patrick Lencioni. HT: JT … [Read more...] about What’s Wrong With Socialism
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Charles Spurgeon on Fashion and Respectability
From the inside cover of Tullian Tchividjian's new book, Unfashionable, which I've been really enjoying over the last week and am about half-way through: The great guide of this world is fashion and its god is respectability--two phantoms at which brave men laugh! How many of you look around society to know what to do? You watch the general current and then float upon it! You study the popular breeze and shift your sails to suit it. True men do not so! You ask, "Is it fashionable? If it is fashionable, it must be done." Fashion is the law of multitudes, but it is nothing more than the common … [Read more...] about Charles Spurgeon on Fashion and Respectability
Facebook Users Do Worse Academically
The Times Online is reporting what I've long suspected to be the case: Facebook use leads to lower grades. FACEBOOK users may feel socially successful in cyberspace but they are more likely to perform poorly in exams, according to new research into the academic impact of the social networking website. The majority of students who use Facebook every day are underachieving by as much as an entire grade compared with those who shun the site. Read the whole thing. HT: Challies … [Read more...] about Facebook Users Do Worse Academically
Francis Beckwith on Obama Honorary Doctorate at Notre Dame
I previously mentioned the Christianity Today interview last month with Dr. Francis Beckwith on the decision of his institution (Notre Dame) to not only invite President Obama to speak at their commencement service but to also receive an honorary doctorate in law. Dr. Beckwith has since written a compelling essay in First Things on the matter. Here's the upshot, but do read the whole thing:Why then would the University of Notre Dame bestow an honorary doctorate of laws on someone who for his entire public life has enthusiastically fought for a segment of the human population, the unborn, to … [Read more...] about Francis Beckwith on Obama Honorary Doctorate at Notre Dame
Tim Keller on “The End of Christian America”
Jon Meacham of Newsweek magazine wrote a cover story entitled "The End of Christian America." Mr. Meacham was picking up on the recent American Religious Identification Survey 2008. One of the interesting findings of that survey was that "in 1990, 86% of American adults identified as Christians while only 76% do so in 2008." Meacham's story mentions Dr. Albert Mohler several times. Dr. Mohler has also responded to Meacham. This morning, apparently in honor of Good Friday, Tim Keller was hosted by the MSNBC show "Morning Joe." Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about … [Read more...] about Tim Keller on “The End of Christian America”
Angels’ Rookie Pitcher Nick Adenhard Has Died
Sports Illustrated and CNN are reporting the tragic breaking news that Nick Adenhard, a very promising rookie pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, was among three people to die in a car crash in Fullerton, CA this morning. CNN observes that "Hours earlier, Adenhart, 22, pitched 6 scoreless innings in his first start for the Angels this season. He was considered one of the top prospects in the major leagues." It is a vivid reminder that we are but vapors and mists that appear "for a little time and then vanish" (James 4:13-17). … [Read more...] about Angels’ Rookie Pitcher Nick Adenhard Has Died