I’m making it my mission to publicize a very good though little-known conservative magazine: Salvo. I’ve mentioned it on this blog before. There’s a new issue up that’s well worth reading. Check the site out, and give it a bookmark or a notice on your blog in order to spread word of this punchy thought-mag. The latest issue features an article entitled, seriously, “Yodelay Cuckoo: The Swiss Go Crazy–Literally–Over “Dignity”” by Michael Cook. See, with a title like that, you... Read more
1. Some suggest that having President Bush, a pro-lifer, in the US presidency, has had no discernible positive effect on the pro-life cause in this country. Aside from the breathlessly naive way in which this claim overlooks the appointing of two pro-life Supreme Court justices, and the way in which the court’s makeup could lead to an overturning of Roe v. Wade and thus the saving of many helpless infant’s lives (many states, after all, would overturn the law, saving... Read more
Found this over at the Christianity Today site. Tim Keller, whose recent book The Reason for God took flack from some for what was viewed as a light treatment of the evangelical doctrine of hell, wrote “Preaching Hell in a Tolerant Age” in 1997. Leadership Journal just reprinted it, and I’m thankful that they did. The piece could stoke some conversation as it visits an idea mentioned a while back on this blog that Keller also articulates, namely, that one... Read more
Anyone who writes regularly knows that it is difficult stuff. A recent article by David Gessner in the New York Times magazine, entitled “Those Who Write, Teach”, captured some of the storm-and-thunder involved in wrestling through the creation of words that form stories and arguments and descriptions and so on. Gessner is a young professor who is currently struggling with the desire to write in the midst of a busy life. Whether you’re a professor or not, his words are... Read more
The new edition of Themelios is out. For those who don’t know, Themelios is a product of New Testament scholar D. A. Carson and the group of pastors he leads, The Gospel Coalition. Here’s the info blurb on the journal from the Coalition website: “Themelios is an international evangelical theological journal that expounds and defends the historic Christian faith. Its primary audience is theological students and pastors, though scholars read it as well. It was formerly a print journal operated... Read more
Two separate pieces, published recently on blogs, highlight the importance of the family as constructed and formed by the Bible. Mark Driscoll wrote a stirring and fun tribute to his wife, Grace, and Al Mohler wrote a scathing and hilarious critique of the “superiority of small families” argument. I would encourage you to read both of them and drink deeply from them. Here’s an excerpt from Driscoll’s piece (see also Part One): “Grace is an amazing mom to our five... Read more
1. Acts 29 is staging a cool conference in St. Louis in a few weeks. Looks very interesting. 2. Tim Keller speaking at Google. Glad to see Keller getting such a powerful evangelistic opportunity. 3. Mark Driscoll’s new book, Death By Love, looks moving. The graphics are, anyway. Check out the website. Driscoll uses a real-life story of transformation to highlight an aspect of Christology. Here’s a paragraph from the news release on the book: “Driscoll, one of America’s most... Read more
Maureen Dowd has a fun if slightly snarky column on a recent visit to Wasilla, AK, Sarah Palin’s hometown. Dowd opens her piece with a comment by Carly Fiorina, the female former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, who has apparently said that Palin couldn’t adequately manage HP as a company. Of course, Fiorina failed at this attempt herself (as Dowd points out), so one wonders if Dowd hasn’t undermined her own dig at Palin by quoting her. Dowd meanders through her column... Read more
In April 2009, the Henry Center, my employer, is hosting an event that I am personally excited about. It’s called “The Pastor as Scholar, and the Scholar as Pastor: Reflections on Life and Ministry with John Piper and D.A. Carson”. You can read more about it at the new site for this event. Here’s the event synopsis: “On Thursday, April 23, 2009, at Park Community Church in Chicago, IL, the Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding of Trinity... Read more
Yesterday, I started a blueprint for Christian manhood. I want to note today that I do not intend this to be seen as the blueprint for this subject, as if I have received a direct revelation from God on how this all should take place. Rather, I am trying to do what all Christian parents must do, namely, to provide a road-map for their children that will enable them to navigate their way from childhood to adulthood. In attempting to... Read more
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