This quote has been bouncing around in my head a lot since I read it a few weeks ago. It's John Frame, presuppositionalist apologist, responding to Gary Habermas, evidentialist apologist: The attitude of many [non-Christian] people today is that, whatever Habermas and...
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A Philosophy of Church Websites
I posted this on my web design site some time ago, but I thought I'd share it with my blog readers. I started doing graphic design because I wanted Christian ministry materials to match the quality of their message. That was in a day when few churches had websites....
After Virtue
This week I've been plowing through Alasdair MacIntyre's landmark 1981 book After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory. MacIntyre's destructive argument is very important, I think. His constructive argument I'm still reading through, but he's given enough indication of...
Who Had the Better Argument in the Civil War?
I've been listening to a bunch of Al Mohler "Thinking in Public" interviews. Very good stuff. I was struck by the following exchange about the Civil War. Mohler asks articulate and accomplished historian Alan Guelzo the following question about that war: Who had the...
Review: The Next Generation Leader
The Next Generation Leader by Andy Stanley My rating: 1 of 5 stars Stanley offers a summary of his views on leadership at the end of the book: Play to your strengths. Delegate your weaknesses. Be courageous. Be clear in the face of uncertainty. Find a leadership...
Must-Read Articles by Roger Olson
Fascinating. Roger Olson (annoyingly clearheaded at times for someone I disagree with so frequently) argues that evangelicalism as a cohesive movement no longer exists. It took a figure with the stature of Billy Graham to hold it together, and with Graham off the...
The Best Cellphone Service I Could Find
I kind of obsess about tech purchases. Having a wife has made me a bit worse, because it's harder to change my mind once I've already clicked "Confirm." Girls—or at least the ones at my house (or at least the adult one)—don't care to switch from iOS to Android and...
Shame on South Carolina Republicans
I was only a teenager, but I remember the outcry among conservatives when the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke. Demands for impeachment were not limited to irate housewives on the Concerned Women for America blog (if there had been such a thing at the time). The...
E-books Are Better than Nailguns
Saying that e-books are better than codices is like saying that nail guns are better than hammers. Nobody appears to be fretting that nail guns will replace hammers, because they are both useful tools for different situations. Likewise, an e-book is fantastic for...
Augustine on the King James Version
From Augustine's On Christian Teaching (4.10-11): What is the use of correct speech if it does not meet with the listener's understanding? There is no point in speaking at all if our words are not understood by the people to whose understanding our words are directed....