The Poor Man’s Mac Hardware and Software List
A reader named "A. Naselli" e-mailed me the following: Suggestion: write a blog post reflecting on this one. In particular, do you agree with his take on Apple products and programs? "A. Naselli" was pointing to a blog post by uber-blogger (and former Thomas Nelson CEO) Michael Hyatt explaining all the hardware and software he uses for his work. Hyatt is extremely sharp; the list is great. But he's all Mac, so the podcast "A. Naselli" linked to won't apply to half my readership. It just so...
The Darwinist Mob
I've blogged about Thomas Nagel a bit before. I have not read his Mind and Cosmos, but I've read a good deal about it, and I've found the conversation fascinating and, more importantly, important! Here's the latest summing up of the controversy, from an excellent wordsmith over at the New Republic. He points out something every thinking Christian should understand: materialist scientism has managed to grab the chair formerly occupied by philosophy (and before that, theology) in Western...
Review: The Liberal Arts: A Student’s Guide
The Liberal Arts: A Student's Guide by Gene C. Fant Jr. My rating: 2 of 5 stars Sometimes I skip to the end of a book review when I'm reading it in a rush. I think I'll try that while writing one: don't buy this book. Get Al Wolters' Creation Regained instead. Now on to some substance. Gene Fant has a lot of it. But I just don't see how that substance is very Christian, precisely because it isn't very biblical. To be clear, I'm not sure I detected much if anything that was un- or...
An Excellent BJU Chapel Message
My valued friend and one-time interview guest, BJU preaching instructor Kerry McGonigal, preached a great message in BJU chapel today. He used the whole book of 1 Peter to argue for a particular kind of response to our culture's intolerance of Christianity. I would now like to use the literary device known as "litotes" to praise his message: it was not stupid. Please listen; I think it's a really important, timely message.