The Grace Evangelical Society vs. Mark Minnick
I have a post planned in which I will urge you to listen to preaching by my pastor, Mark Minnick. One of the major reasons you should listen to him, especially if you're training for the ministry, is that he is aware of the theological currents swirling about, and they inform his exegesis. He spoke strongly on Sunday morning against the following view (without ever naming names; that's not his way): No act of obedience, preceding or following faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, such as commitment...
Frame’s Triadic View of Ethics
John Frame's Doctrine of the Christian Life is a very helpful book, perhaps a better introduction to his (so-far) trilogy than the one that came out first, the Doctrine of the Knowledge of God. Leastways, as Bilbo might say, I found it easier! Frame argues that non-Christian ethicists fall into three camps, three ways of deriving an ethical "ought" from an empirical "is," the things they see and experience. The best of them inhabit all three camps, but all tend to privilege one over the...
Ubiquity Working on Me
Mozilla Labs' Ubiquity is working on me. The day it came out I was foolishly dismissive because it isn't as fast as Firefox's Keyword Search. That's still true, but it does more than keyword searching, and even for keyword searching it provides some helpful added functionality. Here are four tools I like: 1. Amazon Lookup I'm forever looking up books on Amazon. Sometimes I just need a full, exact title. I don't need to go all the way to Amazon to get it, and Ubiquity helps me get just that...
Another debate without much religion » GetReligion
One of the best blogs I read is GetReligion. They give me a bit too much good material, but I do try to at least scan most of it. Their aim is to cover coverage of religion in the mainstream media (MSM, they call it). Incisive stuff. Last night's post on the presidential debate contained an interesting Freudian typo. Check it out: The big issue in tonight’s debate was the economy yet again (with foreign policy as the side dish). The closest the candidates came to discussing issues of morality...
Bob Jones University Unfairly Maligned
I track all mentions of "Bob Jones University" via Google Alerts. Many articles are critical or dismissive. Many are not. Some criticisms are deserved—we're sinners! Some are not. Check out the opening of this AP article, carried in SC's The State: Gay rights group visits Columbia, SC, campus By KATRINA A. GOGGINS - Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. -- More than a dozen students and faculty at a private, Christian university crossed police tape Monday to meet with gay rights activists...