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  • Everybody draws the line somewhere. Centered set or bounded set, there's a line out there they won't cross. The question…
    September 11, 2015

  • Dear Mom, and Dear Mother-in-Law, Thank you for continuing to check my blog for new posts. Maybe some day you…
    September 11, 2015

  • I thought this was a really great illustration from my friend Jeremy Larson: When Odysseus schemed to evade the Sirens,…
    September 3, 2015

  • The god of [any given] system is the fountainhead of [its] morality. This is why Christians have an easy distinction in…
    August 30, 2015

  • Myths, Lies and Half-Truths of Language Usage by John McWhorter My rating: 5 of 5 stars Absolutely loved this. McWhorter…
    August 14, 2015

  • Building a Timeless House in an Instant Age by Brent Hull My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read this…
    August 14, 2015

  • Read this while poking around the Internet for philosopher Richard Rorty's obituary: Michael Williams, philosophy department chairman at Johns Hopkins…
    August 4, 2015

  • So one member of a lesbian couple decides she needs a man, and her partner agrees to bring one into the…
    July 31, 2015

  • Global climate change is probably my favorite current illustration for the role authority plays in epistemology, and this EconTalk discussion…
    July 3, 2015

  • The Ward family is moving to Washington state so I can work for Logos Bible Software (now called the Faithlife…
    June 25, 2015

  • A great insight on love from my friend, and fellow Jonathan Edwards dissertator, Ryan Martin: Love in popular culture could…
    June 13, 2015

  • I searched for probably two hours for a fantastic Augustine quote I simply cannot believe I didn't save or blog already. I…
    June 3, 2015

  • I don't have time to watch YouTube videos that exceed 8 minutes in length. But there are plenty of lectures…
    May 22, 2015

  • Voces8 blows me away. So smooth. I've been listening to their classical albums on repeat for weeks as I write…
    May 21, 2015

  • From Oxford historian of science Peter Harrison's (so-far excellent and fascinating) The Territories of Science and Religion: The history of science,…
    May 20, 2015

  • One of the missions of contemporary culture, perfectly consistent with the grand narrative of liberalism, is to destigmatize various identities and…
    May 12, 2015

  • I no longer need to be persuaded that descriptivism, not prescriptivism, is the way to go in linguistics—although I hasten…
    May 6, 2015

  • Walsh and Middleton make a good point about the Creation-Fall-Redemption story of Scripture: Christians may tend to think of the Bible…
    April 29, 2015

  • Read the whole thing, but if you want a little help getting to the good parts, feel free to use…
    April 28, 2015

  • In our contemporary society, it is almost automatically assumed, primarily under Immanuel Kant's influence, that the mature adult must attain…
    April 28, 2015