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June 2014

June 06, 2014

Bart Ehrman, thus, Matthew Vines?

Andrew Sullivan has been enthusiastic about Matthew Vines and the latter's new book God and the...

June 05, 2014

Ten (Summer) Resolutions For Mental Health

A few years ago, John Piper shared Clyde Kilby's resolutions for mental health. Kilby was...

May 2014

May 11, 2014

Hymn for Mothers Day

"Mama Prays," by Chris Rice. My memories of my brothers and me Make me...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

Abusive theology?

Mimi Haddad, writing for the blog at Christians for Biblical Equality, repeats a familiar mantra for...

April 28, 2014

House (M.D.) On The Sand

I discovered two weeks ago that Netflix had added House, MD to its instant streaming...

April 24, 2014

Christianity and Liberalism: Still Different Religions

In his paradigm shifting book Christianity and Liberalism, J Gresham Machen makes the point that...

March 2014

March 23, 2014

Evangelical on the Inside

I appreciate Wesley J Smith's insightful article at First Things, in which he encourages Christians...

March 23, 2014

Love in the time of Westboro (or, “How Social Media Can Make Me Like Fred Phelps”)

I love watching the broadcasted "Prime Minister's Questions." Most Wednesday afternoons, David Cameron, the conservative...

March 14, 2014

The twisted logic of empowermentism

I am in full agreement with Ruth Marcus, who vigorously challenges the idea that porn...

March 08, 2014

Reflections on College, Work, and the Truth about both.

February 28 marked six months I have spent in my first full time job. I...

March 03, 2014

A Sunday thought

I'm about to conclude Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day. It is an excellent...

March 01, 2014

Millenials grow weary of job offers

First, a disclaimer: I am not in the technology industry. That will likely never change....

February 2014

February 28, 2014

The UK’s NHS updates us on the state of global manhood

posted by W Bradford Wilcox (@WilcoxNMP)

February 28, 2014

The alternative

Work is like old age: the worst thing in the world, except for the alternative....

February 28, 2014

Arthur Chu and Success Resentment

Arthur Chu, a 29 year old compliance analyst from Ohio, might be the most dominant...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

If “A Christmas Story” were made in 2013…

Coming this holiday season, "A Christmas Story." In white suburbia, a young boy hopes of realizing...

November 27, 2013

Tony Jones was wrong about Tony Jones, but John Piper was right.

Liberal theologian Tony Jones is urging a total "schism," between churches that ordain female ministers...

November 26, 2013

The Hunger Games and media suggestiveness

I'm not particularly a fan of the Hunger Games series. I find the story too...