Review: The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind
The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind by Carl Trueman My rating: 3 of 5 stars I never miss a blog post from Carl Trueman. I’ve also enjoyed several of his books (Republocrat, Histories and Fallacies, The Creedal Imperative). So when Moody released a tiny Trueman book—practically just three blog posts long—for a tiny price, I took notice. The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind is vintage Trueman. His title, of course, is a reference to Mark Noll’s 1994 book, The Scandal of the Evangelical...
The KJV and Deaf Ministry
A friend of mine is involved in deaf ministry. He told me that for his congregation, the KJV was very tough to follow. He gave one example that made me laugh out loud. How would an ASL speaker sign the following sentence, speaking of the father of the prodigal son? And he fell on his neck and kissed him. (Luke 15:20) One ASL translator didn't quite get it, so she signed something like this: And the father fell down—right on his own neck!—and then he kissed his son. To be fair, the ESV and NASB...
Racism and Homophobia
Alarmists have been warning about coming American persecution of Christians—or exaggerating existing persecution—for a long time. It's a staple of those (supposedly type-written) fundraising letters sent out by parachurch groups. I've always been impatient and incredulous while reading these stories. They seem, if not fabricated, at least isolated. I've never been persecuted in America. But even Christians who are not given to paranoia are now beginning to warn of possible violent persecution...
Review: Books of the Bible-NIV
Books of the Bible-NIV by Anonymous My rating: 4 of 5 stars The first thing people notice when I show them this Bible goes like this: "There are no verses!" Second thing: "There are no chapters!" Then I get an evaluation. Actual quotes: "Cool!" or "This is not a step forward." But I'm certain that it is. This edition of Scripture is the latest fruit of the efforts of Christopher R. Smith and a team of editors who've worked hard to present the Bible in a format that is, in one sense, quite...