Review: Is God Anti-Gay?: And Other Questions about Homosexuality, the Bible and Same-Sex Attraction
Is God Anti-Gay?: And Other Questions about Homosexuality, the Bible and Same-Sex Attraction by Sam Allberry My rating: 4 of 5 stars I fear that we have already descended into the sloganeering phase of the argument over homosexual acts, just as we did long ago with abortion. “It’s a choice!,” shout the pro-choicers. “It’s a life!,” shout the pro-lifers. With regard to homosexuality, “It’s a choice!” isn’t exactly the Christian position. And this seems to be the special contribution of a man...
American Civil Religion
I wrote a little piece on deism for a new BJU Press Bible textbook recently, Deism believes there is a God, but that He hasn’t spoken to us. He is there, but He’s silent. We’re left discerning truth about him from nature. Deism, however, has no simple definition and no organization to speak of. There are no self-consciously “Deist” institutions, whether schools, publishing houses, government-lobbying groups, or think-tanks. Deists have a website (deism.com), but no physical headquarters. One...
What’s the Cheapest Way to Have an iPhone?
I like Apple products. I like Microsoft products, too, but anymore it's best to pick one software ecosystem and stick with it so all your notes and reminders and messages can work on all your devices. There are three major options: Apple, Microsoft, and Google (though Chromebooks probably aren't strong enough yet for most people to go all Google, and Linux could possibly be added to this list). I have to have a Mac, because I do a good bit of graphic design for my side business, and Macs have...
Where Kristoff Gets It Right and Wrong
I actually really like self-professedly liberal New York Times columnist Nick Kristoff. He really seems to love his neighbor in a genuine way. He's also willing to praise conservatives and be open about his own views without hiding behind a veil of neutrality (he is an opinion columnist, of course). But, seriously, his recommendation to build strong families is to kill off the extraneous members? If this seems normal to you, shake yourself. This is the level of unreality even pretty clear...
Review: Did Adam Exist?
Did Adam Exist? by Vern S Poythress My rating: 4 of 5 stars Classic polymathic Poythress. He takes a consistent presuppositionalist approach to the issue at hand and yet doesn't use his faith as an excuse to avoid the science relevant to his topic. The book is so brief (I read it in one sitting) that he raises just one scientific issue, correspondence between ape and human DNA. But he adroitly explains both the facts of the matter and the unavoidable role one’s presuppositions play in his...