I personally do not hold to the doctrine of limited atonement as I understand it. I can get there theologically, and the idea doesn't bother or offend me—but I can't get there exegetically. I find efforts to get around 1 John 2:2 to be just that. I have not made the...
Mark Ward
Kindle Deal Today Only
Today only, get a Kindle or Kindle Paperwhite (my recommendation, and what I personally use) for $20 off. A few tips: Get the version with special offers. Some of them are good and they save you money. If you never ever read in situations with low light, you don't...
Legendary American Novelist on the Fantasy of Western Popular Culture
Insightful words from Philip Roth: The power in any society is with those who get to impose the fantasy. It is no longer, as it was for centuries throughout Europe, the church that imposes its fantasy on the populace, nor is it the totalitarian superstate that imposes...
Roe at 41
Excellent article. Recent abortion cases have uncovered a weakness in the arguments of the Roe court: if the harms of unwanted pregnancy are largely those of future economic and personal hardship, not pregnancy itself, then the fathers of unborn children have nearly...
The GOP and Social Conservatives
This is exactly what I said would happen. This is what I said almost a year ago: Republican Christian conservatives, I suspect that your party as a whole will only care about you as long as you give it votes. And this is what has happened, according to this morning's...
Paragraphing Conveys Meaning
Blog post titles don't get much cleverer and attention-getting than this post's, I know. But tone down your excitement and think with me for a minute. I'm writing a book right now. A secret book. A hard book to write. I'm slaving over every sentence. And I just found...
Sharing Screenshots for Pros
I caved. I bought an annual subscription to Droplr for my graphic design business, Forward Design. If you constantly share files, especially screenshots, you should check it out. Here's why I went for it: 1. I wanted a window to pop up immediately with my screenshot...
Language and Precision
Precision is an important consideration in communication. But human language is not capable of exhaustive precision. At some point you have to assume background knowledge or communication will get bogged down. And not all languages are equally capable of precision in...
Rob Lister’s Hermeneutical Method
In the opening pages of his God Is Impassible and Impassioned: Toward a Theology of Divine Emotion, Rob Lister pretty well sums up what I try to do every time I preach: The relevant biblical data needs to be interpreted with a conscious commitment to formulating...
Is Spotifree Ethical?
If you read my blog, you're probably a Christian. You probably try to think more deeply about your biblical faith and its implications than the average pew-sitter, or you'd be watching TV right now. So here's one for you, and I really want to see some careful,...