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July 2011

July 31, 2011
James 2:14-26 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have...
July 30, 2011
Movieguide, "the family guide to movies and entertainment," weighs in on The Smurfs. They smurfing...
July 30, 2011
From John Chrysostom's 21st homily on 1 Corinthians: It is foolishness and a public madness...
July 29, 2011
The Infrastructurist brings us "10 of the Dumbest Road Signs You'll Ever See," some of...
July 29, 2011
I'd like to explain what has happened to me / So it doesn't happen to...
July 28, 2011
From The Atlantic: "Another Dust Bowl?" After a spring filled with reports of devastating floods...
July 28, 2011
So these three preachers walk into the White House for an argument with President Lincoln...
July 27, 2011
Anglican theologian and author John R.W. Stott died today in London. He was 90. Stott...
July 27, 2011
Three years ago today it poured rain in Sea Isle City, N.J. It was a...
July 26, 2011
From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from one...
July 26, 2011
Via David Atkins at Hullabaloo: Yesterday famed "Christian" pastor Rick Warren, wealthy author and megachurch...
July 26, 2011
So the NFL lockout has ended in some kind of deal that I would summarize...
July 25, 2011
"South Carolina GOP County Co-Chair 'Likes' Cop-Killing on Facebook," reports Wonkette's Kirsten Boyd Johnson. The...
July 25, 2011
We must first of all recall a principle ... the principle of the priority of...
July 25, 2011
. Job seekers: Let us know where you are and what you're looking for. Everybody:...
July 24, 2011
Isaiah 58:6-12 Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of...
July 23, 2011
BBC: "Norway mourns island youth camp and Oslo attacks" At least 85 people died when...
July 23, 2011
"What's an American Muslim to say to Herman Cain?" Dilshad D. Ali asks, struggling with...
July 22, 2011
As scandal rocks Rupert Murdoch's media empire, the Murdoch-owned Zondervan Publishing House was forced to...
July 22, 2011
One point, 10 reiterations, 10 links to longer, more thorough expressions of and arguments for...
July 22, 2011
Wherever I am welcome is where I'll be ... "Saturday," Marc Broussard "Saturday Afternoon," Green...
July 21, 2011
From an interview with Larry Summers by Walter Isaacson at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference: The...
July 21, 2011
The following is making the rounds on Facebook as a smug, "just-folks like me are...
July 20, 2011
At Respectful Insolence, Orac struggles to respond to "A disturbing post on an anti-vaccine blog."...
July 19, 2011
Tribulation Force, pp. 401-402 One possibility is that Jerry Jenkins had in mind a rough...
July 18, 2011
. Job seekers: Let us know where you are and what you're looking for. Everybody:...
July 15, 2011
I completely agree with Matt Yglesias that "Full Employment Is a Worker's Best Friend." He...
July 14, 2011
Molly Worthen's Slate piece -- "Sign Here, and Here, and Here" -- on the weirdly...
July 13, 2011
Friend of mine sells houses. Her job involves a lot of conversation with customers, and...
July 12, 2011
Tribulation Force, pp. 1-401 I neglected to mention one other rather important thing the authors...
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