Very dangerous is the temptation, when it is suggested to us, that God is not to be obeyed except so far as the reason of his command is apparent. —John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis
Mark Ward
Buffoonish Ignoramuses on Verge of Cunningly Establishing American Theocracy
I just loved this! Depending on what day it is, the Religious Right is viewed as being full of unintelligent buffoons incapable of grasping simple facts of science or they are shrewd political geniuses secretly leading our nation to become a full-fledged theocracy....
Everybody Discriminates, Part 2
The New York Times is reporting that something of a tipping point may be in sight on a perennial national issue: evangelical student groups on secular college campuses. More and more universities, in part because of a 2010 Supreme Court ruling, are banning evangelical...
Review: The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse
The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse by Steven D. Smith My rating: 5 of 5 stars Excellent analysis and critique; solution rather "bland," as the author himself admits. But the critique is so effective that I still must award the book 5 stars. (And I enjoyed his...
Bible Typography Question
omeone asked me today, "If you're going to take out chapter and verse numbers from the Bible text,* why not go all the way back to Pauline practice and remove the punctuation and spaces, too?" Well, because. It's a question of meaning. What would taking out all modern...
Manifestos Still Work
I'm super excited about my new ESV Reader's Bible. I've been reading in John, Acts, and the Psalms. For those of you who signed my Bible Typography Manifesto, you may be interested to see the following message I received from Crossway. I asked at that time about the...
The Day of Small Things
THREE FACTS: In each of the last three months, I have gotten far more hits on my "SBL Bible Book Abbreviations" post than on any other. The ESV commands a whopping 3% of all American Bible reading. Jonathan Merritt (citing Barna, in a study I missed a few years back)...
Thomas Manton on the Spiritual Life
Man, this guy can write. I was blown away by the eloquence. Here's just a little taste of Thomas Manton on Psalm 119:113: There are in men two great influencing affections, love and hatred; one serves for choice and pursuit, the other for flight and aversation. The...
Brand New ESV Reader’s Bible
I've already said a great deal on this blog, going back to its earliest days, about the unexamined detriments of versified printings of the Bible. As the author of the only Bible Typography Manifesto known to man, I have publicly and for all time stated my...
There’s No Such Thing as Academic Freedom, and It’s a Good Thing, Too
One of my favorite writers cites one of my other favorite writers in the service of undercutting the argument of one of my least favorite writers. Sadly, I think I can only fully agree with the words of the professed non-Christian among the three.