Skip to main content
Skip to footer
Opens in a new tab
By Faith We Understand
About
About
Fantastic Piece by Douthat
I'm really coming to enjoy reading Ross Douthat's columns. I should have subscribed a long time ago. He's reasonable and…
January 6, 2014
The New Calvinism in the New York Times
Two little points about this interesting little New York Times article (which doesn't end up saying much): 1. I wouldn't exactly agree…
January 6, 2014
Sotomayor Blocks HHS Contraception-Coverage Mandate
Praise the Lord, I think. Fuller details will come out soon, I'm sure.
January 1, 2014
Let Me Make the Songs of a Nation, and I Care Not Who Makes Its Laws
Andrew Fletcher famously said, "Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws."…
December 31, 2013
Review: Christ and Culture Revisited
Christ and Culture Revisited by D.A. Carson My rating: 3 of 5 stars Carson serves up reminder after reminder that…
December 28, 2013
A Linguistic Note for Christmas
Blueberries are blue but cranberries are not cran. —Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct
December 19, 2013
Bible People Love Books
Just discovered in a WordPress plugin the most popular words on my blog. I'm not sure if I'm proud of…
December 16, 2013
Thank You, Stephen Jones
I had a unique vantage point for today's announcement from Stephen Jones that he would step down due to his…
December 13, 2013
The Invisible Child
I read this whole NY Times investigative series (and see the Public Editor's comments on it here) and found it…
December 13, 2013
Charles Hodge on Roman Catholic Idolatry
I recently found some genuine insight, new to me at least, in Charles Hodge's Systematic Theology. I offer it here…
December 9, 2013
Review: Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power
Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power by Andy Crouch My rating: 4 of 5 stars Andy Crouch’s title Playing…
December 6, 2013
Another Level of Meaning for Those Asking What Rap Means
Russell Moore, speaking to Andy Crouch about his excellent book Playing God: Every time I say this I feel curmudgeonly… I…
December 6, 2013
Give to Wikipedia
I encourage you to give to Wikipedia during their annual fund-raising drive. I use Wikipedia constantly; I want it to…
December 6, 2013
Russell Moore on Evangelicals and American Politics
Probing, well worth reading, from someone whose role every American Christian should probably say at least one prayer for, Russell…
December 5, 2013
Get a Free Starbucks Coffee and Save Money on Cell Service
Get a free Starbucks Coffee just for letting my cellphone provider, Ting, tell you if they can save you money. And…
December 5, 2013
BibleWorks Seminar Community Pricing
I'm holding another BibleWorks Seminar this Saturday, December 7, for those who couldn't make it to my bigger one a…
December 3, 2013
What Rap Means
I was the first to post on a thread that developed into a major blogosphere brouhaha, and I spent some…
December 2, 2013
Freedom to Do What You Please
From a helpful article: An ideology that is only “about human freedom” is inadequate as a governing philosophy.... Responding to the…
November 29, 2013
Vern Poythress and Level 3b
The BJU Press Bible Integration team, in which I am thankful to be an insignificant cog, uses a rubric of…
November 25, 2013
Kidner
I just love Derek Kidner. This morning I was reading Psalm 89—the great psalm affirming the Davidic covenant—and I wanted…
November 25, 2013