Review: A Place at the Table: George Eldon Ladd and the Rehabilitation of Evangelical Scholarship in America
A Place at the Table: George Eldon Ladd and the Rehabilitation of Evangelical Scholarship in America by John A. D'Elia My rating: 4 of 5 stars George Eldon Ladd dedicated his life to the goal of a “rehabilitated evangelicalism, in both content and image.” (176) He wanted a place at the table, a place then (in post-WWII America) denied to evangelicals. To his great and enduring credit, Ladd did do much to rehabilitate the quality of the content of evangelical theology. But improving its image...
Amazing Crossway E-Book Sale
For one week, all of Crossway's e-books are $5.99. Even the massive Kingdom Through Covenant, normally $31 even as an e-book, is just six bucks. (I also elected to pick up Sojourners and Strangers.) I recommend spending some time looking through the long list of Crossway authors, Ctrl+clicking on the ones you like (so as to open them in new tabs), and then going through the resultant books looking for some you need. I almost bought Histories and Fallacies by one of my all-time favs, Carl...
Review: Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life
Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life by Douglas Wilson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I try to be scrupulous in my use of the five stars allotted to me by the gentle people of Goodreads. Five stars means "it was amazing." And I can't honestly say that about this book. But it was certainly fantastic. I—four stars—"really liked it." I chuckled and I learned. And it was short. It's hard to beat those qualities. All Christian writers should pick up this book, and most Christian preachers, especially...
Usage Determines Meaning, Even in Esperanto
I just read a fascinating book recommended to me by Alan Jacobs, an English prof at Wheaton who recently completed the task of reading literally every book there is. This particular book was Arika Okrent's In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language. The story of these many languages and the various impulses which led to their creation is fascinating, and it yields many insights into language...