Last week I mentioned that we want to begin doing book reviews on this blog on Saturday afternoons. Our vision for this is for “you” to write these. We hope enough folks write reviews that we can post one weekly.  So, what to do? Write me, tell me you want to write a Review and tell me what book you want to do. In some cases I can get a Review Copy, but that should not be expected. We want... Read more

David Brooks, in the NYTimes, on being emotionally educated by Bruce Springsteen: By DAVID BROOKS Like many of you, I went to elementary school, high school and college. I took such and such classes, earned such and such grades, and amassed such and such degrees. But on the night of Feb. 2, 1975, I turned on WMMR in Philadelphia and became mesmerized by a concert the radio station was broadcasting. The concert was by a group I’d never heard of... Read more

If you know more, let us know … this is what we have heard: Professional golfer Tiger Woods was seriously injured in a car accident early this morning, the Florida Highway Patrol just reported. Woods, 33, pulled out of his driveway in the Isleworth community about 2:25 a.m. when he struck a fire hydrant, and then drove into a tree at his neighbor’s property, FHP reported. Woods was transported to Health Central Hospital in Ocoee in serious condition, FHP said. No other information about... Read more

In the month of December we will examine several new books, including three books across the spectrum of thinking and interest: The Reformed theologian’s critical examination of the evangelical church, Michael Horton’s book, Gospel-Driven Life, The: Being Good News People in a Bad News World .  Notre Dame professor Gary Anderson, Sin: A History , a book surely to make a statement about how we define and understand sin. Adam McHugh, a Presbyterian minister and spiritual director, focuses our attention on a... Read more

Let’s begin today with a question: How do we justify abolition of slavery when the Bible contains it and in some ways justifies it? How do you deal with that question? The big questions in this series of posts have been these: How do we move beyond the Bible? Should we? Better yet: Since we have to, how do we move beyond the Bible into our world but do this biblically?  This is the concern of Zondervan’s new Counterpoint book edited by... Read more

I’m no fan of shopping, especially on Black Friday, so when Amazon sent me this banner, I thought there might some of you who would rather begin your Christmas shopping online.    Read more

I’m no fan of shopping, especially on Black Friday, so when Amazon sent me this banner, I thought there might some of you who would rather begin your Christmas shopping online.    Read more