Mark Ward

Poythress Kan’t Wright… j/k

by | Mar 23, 2010 | ,

I was reading Vern Poythress’ Symphonic Theology for a little help on linguistics and biblical hermeneutics, and he quoted Immanuel Kant: This debt [of radically evil disposition] can never be discharged by another person, so far as we can judge according to the...

Digital Pacifiers

by | Mar 22, 2010 | ,

I have a 9 lb. 4 oz. excuse for everything these days. It really is remarkable how such a little bundle of needs can dominate the schedules of two full-grown adults. But he sure is a cute little bundle of needs. I’m surprised how fascinating he is. Every facial...

Getting Obama Right, Left and Right

by | Mar 15, 2010 |

I can’t claim very much insight and experience when it comes to politics, but I can say that I’ve sensed that the right-wingers around me don’t have Obama pegged. They tend to view him as the socialist antichrist, someone who can do no right, the most dangerous man in...

Frame / Φρειμ / פרֵם

by | Mar 11, 2010 | , ,

I wrote this for a Bible Truths lesson on evangelism: …that’s the extent of your responsibility—just faithfully, clearly, and lovingly deliver the message. The Bible compares evangelists to heralds, people whose job it was to journey to a faraway place and announce...

Insight

by | Feb 26, 2010 |

An insightful comment on economics applying to all disciplines from Paul Collier, Oxford prof and author of The Bottom Billion: Part of the reason single-factor theories about development failure are so common is that modern academics tend to specialize: they are...

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

by | Feb 23, 2010 | , ,

I love Stanley Fish for his willingness and ability to see the bankruptcy of his employers. He regularly stands on the foundation which supports him and whacks at it with his prodigious intellectual sledgehammer. I admit I haven't read enough to see if he ever tries...