I thoroughly enjoyed Arika Okrent’s In the Land of Invented Languages. One of the stories that stuck with me was Okrent's description of how the megalomaniacal inventor of the language "Loglan" thought he could come up with a worldview-neutral language. "Loglan" is...
Mark Ward
How to Work Christianly
My esteemed coworker, Rachel Santopietro, is one of the three "stars" of this edifying video. And what she describes is what I do: I help Christian textbook authors integrate the Bible naturally and powerfully (at least that's the ideal!) into subjects from which...
Kevin Bauder on Fundamentalism and Scholarship
I often use my blog as a handy way for me to remember something—and the links below are something I want to have easy access to. They are the 12 short essays on Fundamentalism and Scholarship produced by Kevin Bauder of Central Seminary a few years back. Kevin has...
No Modern Versions on Campus
According to my records, I have not complained about King James Onlyism for over three months. I don't want this blog to be a constant critique-fest. I want it to be constructive. But there is a fire in my bones. So here goes. This is point 4 on the list of doctrinal...
Forward Designer—Church Websites
A (fake, I think) Japanese T-shirt company has taken over my old design site, forwarddesigner.com, and I didn't want to pay the $69 to boot them out. So my new design site is forwarddesigner.net. If you are a small- to medium-size church that needs a website (which is...
Review: The Abolition of Man
The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars In The Abolition of Man Lewis argues for the "Tao"—his ad hoc technical term for natural law. Several people recommended this to me as the best case for natural law. I'm not ready to say that, because it...
Kevin Bauder on Fundamentalism—Live!
If you care about the future of Protestant fundamentalism—if you think its principles, at least, are worth saving—then you must read every post by Kevin Bauder in this comment thread. No offense to the other posters (I particularly enjoyed this one, from a young...
Partially Unnecessary Polarization
LGBT leader Shane Windmeyer on his personal meetings with Dan Cathy of Chick-fil-A: During our meetings I came to see that the Chick-fil-A brand was being used by both sides of the political debate around gay marriage. The repercussion of this was a deep division and...
Mount Calvary Baptist Church Memory Verses: Armory for Victory
For my own use as well as yours, here are the memory verses my precious home church has used for several years. Psalm 119:128—My Opinion of God's Word Numbers 23:19—God Will Do As He Has Said Matthew 4:4—Obeying God's Words More Necessary Than Eating Daniel 4:35—God's...
Christians in the Public Square
Chapter 7 of Tim Keller's Generous Justice provides a very useful summary of theologically sound advice for Christians in the public square. His thesis is that "Christians' work for justice should be characterized by both humble cooperation and respectful...