The Surprising Work of God: Harold John Ockenga, Billy Graham, and the Rebirth of Evangelicalism by Garth M. Rosell My rating: 4 of 5 stars "Two friends, perhaps more than any others, were responsible for giving shape and direction to the kind of evangelicalism...
Mark Ward
Spotify: Not Sharpest Knife in Drawer, But Close
This review was supplied by little Mikey Wood, a ten-year-old technology reviewer I have hired to do kid-appropriate reviews of new tech. Mikey is a distant cousin of Rodney Trotter, of Reformation 21 fame. I like Spotify. It is good. It's kind of weird, though,...
Genesis 15 and 17
Do Genesis 15 and 17 constitute two related but distinct Abrahamic covenants? Yes Paul R. Williamson, in his very helpful and thorough NSBT volume Sealed with an Oath argues that Genesis 15 and 17 constitute separate (though obviously related) covenants. Here are his...
Huffington Post on Bob Jones University
Very interesting. More generous and accurate than I have been led to expect over the years. Non-Christian people in the U.S. have a tough time understanding and accepting that conservative Christians, on the whole, don't look to politics for saviors as much as they...
The Pastor and His Technology
My friend Dr. Bob Gonzales is the Academic Dean at Reformed Baptist Seminary, whose upstate SC modules meet down the street from my neighborhood. He’s asked me to deliver two little lectures at their upcoming module, and they say “auditors are invited.” I think that...
The Singular They
Reasonable, clear, straightforward, and admirably brief (and it even quotes the KJV):
BJU Press CHART Webinar on a Christian Worldview of Literature
Yesterday I gave a live BJU Press webinar from my home office to some of the best listeners anyone could ask for. Both of them seemed, as best I could tell, engaged and interested—at least judging by the fact that they stayed till the end. I'm told that we get a lot...
Review: Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book made a deep impression on me. I could hardly stop reading it, even when I was supposed to be sleeping. Even when I was especially supposed to be sleeping because of a newborn who sometimes fails to do so...
Review: From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology
From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology by John Dyer My rating: 4 of 5 stars A little story at the very beginning of this book is the one that has stuck with me: Throughout my years in seminary, I continued to study and work hard...
Ultimate for Fans and Non-Fans
Ultimate fans (not UFC fans—I mean frisbee): you can watch national tournament games free online here. I watched the end of a good one featuring the current superstar of ultimate Brodie Smith. Non-ultimate fans: watch Brodie Smith below. You won't believe your eyes.