Review: The Poverty of Nations: A Sustainable Solution
The Poverty of Nations: A Sustainable Solution by Wayne A. Grudem My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m not an economist. I’ve read precious few books on economic and political systems. But I try to listen in on the major conversations of the day, and a debate over the proper shape and role of the free market is definitely one of them. It’s hard to imagine a time when it won’t be. So I’m not a complete neophyte when it comes to the major topic of Wayne Grudem and Barry Asmus’ The Poverty of Nations. But...
Review: What’s Your Worldview?: An Interactive Approach to Life’s Big Questions
What's Your Worldview?: An Interactive Approach to Life's Big Questions by James N. Anderson My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a unique book, a choose-your-own-adventure book—yes, just like the ones you read when you were a kid, but written as non-fiction on an excessively serious topic: worldview. The author asks binary questions on major issues—is there a God? Yes or no?—and asks you to follow your train of tihnking to dead ends he creates when he offers a critique of the worldview you most...
Free, Excellent Book on Christian Audio
I gained significant benefit from this book; I have read both editions. And now it's free on Christian Audio. Make sure to get it.
Comparing Bible Translations
Comparing English Bible translations responsibly is very hard work. It requires a number of skills: Comparing Bible translations requires a knowledge of Greek and Hebrew. Like most things that should go without saying, it really can't. To be truly responsible when comparing two English translations, you simply have to know what's going on in Greek and Hebrew (and textual criticism—in Hebrew, too, not just Greek). You can't know with any confidence why two translations differ unless you have...
I Demand That You Read This Essay
I'm writing in a secret BJU Press project about the particular form of dualism Francis Schaeffer called the "two-story view." During my research today, I went back again to one of the two essays I have read most often in my life (the other is this), Stanley Fish's "Why We Can't All Just Get Along." If you still read this blog and haven't succumbed to my demands that you read this Fish essay, I implore you to do it. It's unbelievable, it really is. As I read it again I just kept shaking my head...