Category: Piety

  • July 6, 2010
    How did the word “mercenary” get a metaphorical sense and a literal one? It started in classical Latin, says the…

  • June 24, 2010
    I'm at the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale Divinity School for a week taking a course on Edwards' Religious Affections.…

  • April 3, 2010
    A sadly funny excerpt from Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea: Mi-ran’s mother later told her that four…

  • March 11, 2010
    I wrote this for a Bible Truths lesson on evangelism: …that’s the extent of your responsibility—just faithfully, clearly, and lovingly…

  • February 11, 2010
    No, no, no, NO! Google Buzz lasted about four hours on my Gmail account. I admit, I don’t mind seeing…

  • February 5, 2010
    My good pastor has been urging his congregation with more heart even than usual to read their Bibles this year.…