Good Advice for Kids and Adults from John Calvin
Very dangerous is the temptation, when it is suggested to us, that God is not to be obeyed except so far as the reason of his command is apparent. —John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis
Buffoonish Ignoramuses on Verge of Cunningly Establishing American Theocracy
I just loved this! Depending on what day it is, the Religious Right is viewed as being full of unintelligent buffoons incapable of grasping simple facts of science or they are shrewd political geniuses secretly leading our nation to become a full-fledged theocracy. Some days, they’re both. From this article, which also makes a point worth hearing about the genetic fallacy and my alma mater. HT: Joe Carter
Everybody Discriminates, Part 2
The New York Times is reporting that something of a tipping point may be in sight on a perennial national issue: evangelical student groups on secular college campuses. More and more universities, in part because of a 2010 Supreme Court ruling, are banning evangelical student groups who maintain doctrinal tests for their leadership. The secular left, particularly in the academy, is only living consistently with its value system when it discriminates among student groups—separating those deemed...
Review: The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse
The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse by Steven D. Smith My rating: 5 of 5 stars Excellent analysis and critique; solution rather "bland," as the author himself admits. But the critique is so effective that I still must award the book 5 stars. (And I enjoyed his gentle humor and easygoing writing style.) The real strength of this critique, in my mind, is that Smith bothered to search out what leading secularists in the liberal tradition (and here I speak of the kind of "liberal" that All...
Bible Typography Question
omeone asked me today, "If you're going to take out chapter and verse numbers from the Bible text,* why not go all the way back to Pauline practice and remove the punctuation and spaces, too?" Well, because. It's a question of meaning. What would taking out all modern typographic conventions mean? It would mean miscommunication. Our conventions simply can't be ignored. They are a necessary part of our written language. They are, therefore, just as much a part of the translation process as the...