Skeptical humanist writer Kurt Vonnegut wrote an experimental novel, Breakfast of Champions, in which he told one of his characters, Dwayne Hoover, that “everybody on Earth was a robot, with one exception—Dwayne Hoover.” When Dwayne finds out that he lives in a...
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New Kevin DeYoung Book
Kevin DeYoung, What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality? (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2015), 158 pp. Here's a PDF sample, and here’s a study guide. DeYoung is using his gifts to serve the church; as I've said before, he's a gifted popularizer. But that doesn't...
A Pair of Absolute Must-Read New York Times Opinion Columns on Homosexuality
1. Bruni This is what a lot of people genuinely think about the conservative Christian view of homosexuality. You need to know what they're saying. Here's a tiny, chilling excerpt: Our debate about religious freedom should include a conversation about freeing...
An Excellent and Important Point by Russell Moore
I find this point by Russell Moore to be very helpful and insightful: Many of those leading the discussion of religious freedom have little or no understanding of what motivates religious people. This shows up in almost all of these conversations, whether over the...
Kurt Aland Says “Nein” to Textual Errors in the New Testament
Interesting video featuring legendary New Testament textual critic Kurt Aland: At the very end of the video there is an interview with Aland, and from it I took the following stills. First the interviewer (in German, of course) asks Aland whether there might be any...
Wise Observation from Ken Myers
C.S. Lewis said one of the distinctive aspects of the modern mind is the assumption that newer things are always better. We've become preoccupied with things we don't have, rather than with the nurturing and stewarding of things we do have. My favorite example of this...
Our Embarrassment of Translational Riches
We have an embarrassment of riches in our English Bible translations. Today I was texting a particular man whom my church's outreach ministries have had a lot of contact with over the last few years. The last time I spoke with him he was in a very bad situation, and...
Worldview and Sexuality: Ideas Have Consequences
View image | gettyimages.com Jennifer Roback Morse, in an excellent article on the Sexual Revolution: The modern world is living out the Revolutionary view of sexuality and of the cosmos. We act as if we believe that we are alone in a meaningless and indifferent...
A Real-Life Heather on Her Two Mommies
An important insight from a real-life Heather with two mommies, who writes with empathy and respect for her mother, but who grew up needing a dad: Gay marriage doesn’t just redefine marriage, but also parenting. It promotes and normalizes a family structure that...
I ♥ C.S. Lewis
My Kindle library of Lewis titles (most of which were $2 or so, thanks to Gospel Ebooks):