Blueberries are blue but cranberries are not cran. —Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct
Mark Ward
Bible People Love Books
Just discovered in a WordPress plugin the most popular words on my blog. I'm not sure if I'm proud of this list or not. Jesus ought to be higher...
Thank You, Stephen Jones
I had a unique vantage point for today's announcement from Stephen Jones that he would step down due to his ongoing health trials (see official word from BJU here). I was sitting on the FMA platform behind him waiting to receive my ten-year service award (a cool Seiko...
The Invisible Child
I read this whole NY Times investigative series (and see the Public Editor's comments on it here) and found it helpful and insightful for my own ministry in an urban setting.
Charles Hodge on Roman Catholic Idolatry
I recently found some genuine insight, new to me at least, in Charles Hodge's Systematic Theology. I offer it here not merely so you can stack up some ammo for debate, ammo you may never get to use anyway, but so you yourself can by God's grace obey the second of the...
Review: Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power
Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power by Andy Crouch My rating: 4 of 5 stars Andy Crouch’s title Playing God has a double meaning. 1) Idols play God by lording it over and ultimately enslaving those underneath their sway. 2) But this doesn’t mean playing God is...
Another Level of Meaning for Those Asking What Rap Means
Russell Moore, speaking to Andy Crouch about his excellent book Playing God: Every time I say this I feel curmudgeonly… I grew up in a church where I just happened to have—I am able to worship in almost any setting—but there’s something about the sort of hymnody that...
Give to Wikipedia
I encourage you to give to Wikipedia during their annual fund-raising drive. I use Wikipedia constantly; I want it to stick around.
Russell Moore on Evangelicals and American Politics
Probing, well worth reading, from someone whose role every American Christian should probably say at least one prayer for, Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission: The most self-consciously “apolitical” churches are typically the...
Get a Free Starbucks Coffee and Save Money on Cell Service
Get a free Starbucks Coffee just for letting my cellphone provider, Ting, tell you if they can save you money. And if you do sign up, use this link to save us both $25. Ting has the best customer service of any company I have ever encountered—they get back to you...