Knowing Mark Driscoll’s public reputation The book’s reception “How Not to Read This Book” A word on recent controversies Reading Chapter One: “New Marriage, Same Spouse” Chapter Three: “Men and…

Knowing “complementarian” vs “egalitarian” How this book is set up and why The Vaginagate controversy Reception and reviews: muddying the waters in a positive way? Reading A quick (okay, not…

Knowing Biblical precedence or mandate for adoption: The story of Moses; James 1:27, Deuteronomy 10:18 Recent church-led focus on the practice and the “orphan crisis” A decline in international adoptions…

Note: This is our first transcontinental podcast, and there’s some noise and feedback we couldn’t get rid of. Thanks for sticking with us! Introductions Congratulations Shelah and Shawn! A little…

Author’s Note: Marie’s microphone was being a bit spotty. We’re sorry! Introductions KNOWING A review of the Bechdel Test :http://www.dw.de/sex-violenceand-gender-bias-swedish-cinemas-test-the-bechdel/a-17299348  http://www.slashfilm.com/infographic-movies-that-passed-the-bechdel-test-made-more-money-in-2013/ It’s about representation. Objections to the test More representation…

A correction   KNOWING With progress comes backlash Faludi, Susan. Backlash: The Undeclared War against American Women. New York: Crown, 1991. Print. Levy, Ariel. Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of…

I really must apologize for recent difficulties with our comment functions. For some reason everything, even comments from Michial and David and me, was going to spam. I installed LiveFyre…

When consumerism in education exceeds even Gilmour’s threshold of credulity Mark Bauerlein wonders what happens to the novel in the age of consumer divorce And in other news, partisan Republicans…

And in other news, Bart Ehrman discovers that sometimes people write very stupid things on the Internet. In praise of first-year comp (I can’t remember if we’ve posted this before,…

The Vatican’s recent statement on the practice of theology (HT Fred Sanders) David Brooks on the gray tsunami A right-wing account of class struggle in contemporary America In which Pat…

The Christian Humanist Forum will remain open for business.  However, because Michial and I have been getting dozens of spambot application emails every day (the last time I checked the…

Martin Luther Insult Generator Cicero on Presidential Campaigning The Ideal of the Christian Humanist Douglas Groothius on why abortion is still a live issue Fred Sanders on the dramatic roots…

Slavoj Žižek on some changes in capitalism that Karl Marx did not anticipate Some prognostications on the future of higher education in America: depressing or invigorating? College sports, Derrida, and Homer’s…

Nathan Gilmour is only familiar with two of Alex Preston’s top ten literary believers.  How many do you know? C.S. Lewis the lover of old books Thomas Frank (whom Gilmour…

Erasmus and the plundering of Egyptian gold Good advice for parents of young children (with Greek words!) What kind of school teacher makes that kind of money? An anti-Creationist take…