The following quotes come from Ken Myers' recent Mars Hill Audio Journal interview of Christopher Shannon, author of The Past as Pligrimage. I believe they are quotations from Shannon's book, but Myers was a little ambiguous and I was unable to confirm this (Google...
Mark Ward
Come to My Class
I live my life in the grip of a few powerful, simple, biblical ideas. One of them is CFR: Creation, Fall, Redemption. CREATION One of my literary heroes said, "God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that He may love and...
Review: C. S. Lewis’s “Mere Christianity”: A Biography
C. S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity": A Biography by George M. Marsden My rating: 4 of 5 stars Classic Marsden. He did his homework and dug up some interesting anecdotes, offering a strong narrative, a clear outline and analysis, and some insightful points along the way....
Al Mohler Talks to Stanley Fish
I love Stanley Fish, and I was thrilled to find this morning in my podcast feed that he has showed up again on Al Mohler's "Thinking in Public." I was even more thrilled as I listened on the bus—at single speed, so I didn't miss a thing, an honor I rarely show my...
Insights from Cool People that Know Stuff About Things
I like working with cool people who know stuff about things. I was talking about Bible typography with one such person at my office recently, an editor at Lexham Press, and he made a little comment that belongs on my Internet weblog: It’s wrong to say that if you...
Review: Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing
Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing by Andy Crouch My rating: 4 of 5 stars I loved Crouch's two major previous books, Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling and Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power. I felt this one was...
Review: Let Go and Let God? A Survey and Analysis of Keswick Theology
Let Go and Let God? A Survey and Analysis of Keswick Theology by Andrew David Naselli My rating: 4 of 5 stars Vintage Andy. Straightforward, rigorous, logic not maybe on fire but fueled by it at some deeper level. Exhaustive footnotes. Multiple helpful and clear...
Joy Davidman Gresham Lewis on Materialism
Joy Davidman was an accomplished poet, a sharp thinker, a successful student. She was also an ardent materialist. A young poet like me could be seized and shaken by spiritual powers a dozen times a day and still take for granted that there was no such thing as spirit....
Review: Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis
Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis by Abigail Santamaria My rating: 5 of 5 stars Don't groan, because I mean it: I was surprised by Joy. What a tragic and amazing life! It is truly a travesty that this story has not been told in this depth and...
Roger Scruton on Pop Music on BBC 4
I liked this so much that I just don't wanna apply critical thinking to it. It felt right, so it's right. Don't ask me any questions about it. Just listen to it. It's only a few minutes long. Okay?