On the Link of Something
The closed-mindedness of liberal academia. New York Magazine profiles The King’s College. Saying good-bye to John Stott.
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #52: Theological Dramatics
General Introduction – What’s wrong with the blog? – Our shame in the face of The Pietist Schoolman – The perils of Internet celebrity – Working on our Night Cheese…
Book Review: "Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus"
The outline for Greil Marcus’s approach to analyzing Bob Dylan in his latest book, the aptly titled Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus, can be found in two pieces. The first…
The Complicated Fall of Post-Charismatic Evangelicalism: A Review of Quitting Church by Julia Duin
Quitting Church: Why the Faithful Are Fleeing and Waht to Do About it by Julia Duin 180 pp. Baker Academic, $12.99 What makes books by journalists so fun is that,…
The Rhetoric of Repentance: A Review of Telling God's Story
Telling God’s Story: Narrative Preaching for Christian Formation by John W. Wright 164 pp. $19.00 IVP Academic I actually became aware of this book while reading Stan Hauerwas’s Working with…
Wisdom is Grace: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 24 July 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 24 July 2011 (th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Genesis 29:15-28 and Psalm 105:1-11, 45b or Psalm 128 • 1 Kings 3:5-12 and Psalm 119:129-136 • Romans…
Gnar-link, dude.
Tripp Fuller cites some Barth, this time on purpose! I think he’s turning to our side! Why Bill Cosby is the Obi-Wan Kenobi of storytelling An entirely sensible proposal to…
No Instruction Manual: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 17 July 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 17 July 2011 (Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Genesis 28:10-19a and Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24 •Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16-19 or Isaiah 44:6-8 and Psalm…
Everything but the Kitchen Link
The aesthetics of teaching literature at a Christian college How think tanks are making journalism harder than it already is The rise in Spinoza’s stock value Social psychology and why…
Birthrights, Stew, and the Postmodern: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 10 July 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 10 July 2011 (Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Genesis 25:19-34 and Psalm 119:105-112 •Isaiah 55:10-13 and Psalm 65:(1-8), 9-13 •Romans 8:1-11 •Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23…
Perdition and Resistance in Suburban Indianapolis: A Review of Mike Tyson Slept Here by Chris Huntington
Mike Tyson Slept Here by Chris Huntington 201 pp. Boaz Publishing $14.95 First off, don’t refresh your browser–this is Nathan Gilmour writing a review of contemporary American literary fiction. Yes,…
Linkin' Donuts
Chris Gehrz of CWC the Radio Show joins the blog scene The role of the humanities in the university and why we’ve failed Two visions of democracy and why one…