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October 2017

October 22, 2017

Listening to Baseball with Papaw

I am listening to the Astros play game seven against the Yankees on the radio....

October 21, 2017

Dangling without a Rope: Science and the Need For Philosophy

Schools develop traditions that once made sense, there were reasons for them when they developed,...

October 20, 2017

The Ghosts of 1910: Reading the “The Daisy” and the Young Now Dead

Halloween is coming, the holy day that reminds us that the young will soon be...

October 19, 2017

The Stars are Dimmed by the Glare

There are famous pastors and then there are the pastors I have known: Pastor George,...

October 18, 2017

Saying the Wrong Thing at Just the Wrong Time

”Move on,” he said at just the moment he should have listened. “Let’s think about...

October 17, 2017

Bad Dads, Boys Who Can Shave, and Pastors Who Are Both: Not Mark Driscoll

Good dads are an endangered species, but good pastors are even harder to find. Bad...

October 16, 2017

Mediocre Beasts if You Want to Find Them

The worst of the Harry Potter films has been around long enough that spoiler warnings...

October 15, 2017

Why are there so many Bible translations? Mark Driscoll’s Ghost and Researchers Speak

A long time ago, though in this galaxy and not one far away, I received...

October 14, 2017

Defending Aliens (ET make us home!)

Is there life on other planets? I hope so. So far the evidence is not...

October 13, 2017

What if the head is rotten and the tyrants gaining power? (Plato’s Republic I, IX, X)

Our problems are not unique, but are classic. Plato starts his Republic with a city in...

October 12, 2017

An Atheist on ET and Jesus: Is Divine Revelation Talking to Yourself

Today we shall hear from a critic of this column, but before the excitement let...

October 12, 2017

Don’t Mess Up the Ideal: Strategic Leadership, Planning, and Management for Christians

Strategic Leadership, Planning, and Management for Christians by Peter M. Danilchick (SVSP, 2016) Good ideas...

October 11, 2017

Where did the Bible come from? Answering 4 Questions About The Bible with STAR WARS!

Many years ago, so long ago the VCR had not yet been invented, there was...

October 10, 2017

ET and Jesus: A Dialog with Adeimantus

The cosmos is huge and divine Revelation tells us what we need to know for...

October 09, 2017

My Reading: Six Conservative Publications for the Thoughtful Christian Conservative

Data is just a Google away, but understanding data is tougher. Often we need help...

October 08, 2017

Mark Driscoll: Let’s Debate, Your Rules, Your Place

Dear Pastor Mark, You have blocked me on Twitter and that seems odd. In fact,...

October 07, 2017

Asking Hard Questions: What Is the Status of Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus?

If you do not like hard questions, you cannot be fully human, let alone a...

October 06, 2017

What is the Bible? This Is Not Mark Driscoll Answering 4 Common Questions about Bible

“‘Thou shalt not steal.’” – God in Exodus 20. "Don't steal." - John Mark N Reynolds...

October 05, 2017

Hello! We Hope to Be Very Useful! (The Citation Error Parody Post)

Hello.* My name is John Mark Reynolds. My wife’s name is Hope. Our desire is...

October 04, 2017

Dear Canada: Consider Renewing the Christian Ethical Core

A Wonderful Visit and a Worry I was lucky enough to be asked to give...

October 03, 2017

The Haunted Blog: The Trouble with the Ghosted Site (Welcome Mark Driscoll!)

Can you dialog with a ghost? A mentor taught me that if Socrates could talk...

October 02, 2017

A Socratic Welcome to Mark Driscoll

Evangelicalism is a big tent . . . Big enough to include me, thank God....

October 01, 2017

Three Topics to Avoid to Suck Up to Power (The Third Will Shock You)

If you wish to be a winner, you must at all times and all places...

October 01, 2017

But We Won: the Worst Trump Election Book Yet (“How Trump Won”)

The election of 2016 has produced small books, dishonest books, and now a sad book How...

September 2017

September 30, 2017

The Story of the Loser

Here is a parable. Let he who has ears to hear, hear what the parable...

September 29, 2017

Dear Amazon: Truth and Beauty Available to Ship Prime?

Dear Amazon, I was pleased to receive your recommendation that I purchase beauty and truth...

September 28, 2017

To Be Happy, Try This: Sip, Watch, Relax

Modern airlines would rather sell us happiness than provide basic comfort. Instead of serving us...

September 27, 2017

Ask Dad, He Knows: How did we get here?

There is a wonderful scene in the film It's a Wonderful Life where the boy is...

September 26, 2017

Being There: Missing Eyes Bother the Ringmaster

The clowns are watching you. They really are, but evidently you are not watching them....

September 25, 2017

Easier to Kill Ice Giants

Recently I got a LOL from a reader who said: Odin came to earth to defeat...