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I thought I'd take a moment to give readers an overview of the sort of topics on which I'll be posting. Barring the occasional post when I just write on something that's on my mind, the following are the sorts of topics you can expect to be discussed regularly: 1. Cultural issues impacting marriage and singleness. Such matters overlap with my most recent book, With One Voice (reviewed here), which deals with singleness and the relevance of complementarianism in premarital relationships & deliberations regarding marriage. It also discusses the biblical normality of marriage for adults … [Read more...] about Anticipated Blog Topics – An Overview

Firefox beats Outlook Explorer and Netscape hands down, as many of us know. Now Leslie Franke has put together a useful cheat sheet with quick commands. HT: Joe Carter … [Read more...] about Cheat sheet for Firefox

I hope to blog more this summer. Here is some reading I hope to discuss (among other matters). 1. The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman Given my engineering background, a book discussing the impact of technology on the global marketplace is understandably of interest. The main idea is that the world is now "flat" because it has become much easier for people to share information across the globe. Transaction costs (to use the economic term) are becoming less significant. But Friedman also offers insightful comments on the status of American college students (including the assumptions of … [Read more...] about More Frequent Blogging – I hope -:)

JoythruChrist has a great post on the importance of modesty (a subject men are not allowed to talk about for fear of being perceived as perverts). HT: Challies … [Read more...] about Thoughts on Modesty

Some other interesting folk worth reading on the whole issue of the importance of marriage -- and not just Christian marriage, but marriage as a common-grace gift of God to his image-bearers -- are Leon & Amy Kass, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Wendy Shalit, Allan Carlson, Beth Bailey, and Kay Hymowitz. Each has written either directly on marriage or on the topic of sexual restraint and/or modesty. You'll find them to be historically informed and winsome. Wendy Shalit is part of a group blog. There is an excellent post on the commodification of women today. … [Read more...] about Other Good Resources on Marriage and related themes