If you follow journalism as I do, you’re aware that it’s a big deal when a big-time journalist is busted for plagiarism. Stephen Glass. Jayson Blair. It’s not every day that a major-media figure gets in hot water for passing off someone else’s work as their own, though I haven’t heard much evangelical talk about these events. In recent weeks, not one but two major public intellectuals have been caught plagiarizing. Fareed Zakaria, editor-at-large of Time and host of CNN’s “GPS,”... Read more
I just had the opportunity to write a Christianity Today piece on whether the American president is a pastor or not. Judd Birdsall and I wrote point-counterpoint essays for the site. As with our previous exchange, I enjoyed the experience and thought Judd made some good points in his article. It’s interesting to think this through in light of the fact that the Republican ticket is led by a Mormon and a Catholic. Here’s the core of my argument from “Our... Read more
http://youtu.be/78MXG7NEE2M I blogged last month about Portland, Oregon rap group Beautiful Eulogy, part of Humble Beast records. Here’s my favorite song from their album, also titled “Beautiful Eulogy.” Both verses are powerful; the second, by the rapper Braille, hits hard, because Braille is referencing the difficulties he’s experienced after his marriage fell apart due, it appears, to infidelity on the part of his spouse. Here, by the way, is the whole album (and free download). Here’s a portion of the... Read more
Hans Madueme was until recently the Managing Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, my former employer. He is now Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Covenant College. Hans is one of the sharpest guys I know. He recently wrote a fantastic essay for Themelios, the online evangelical journal (that’s readable and actually understandable) in which he graciously but thoroughly critiqued the theology and hermeneutic of Pete Enns, Old Testament theologian... Read more
I can’t lie. I’m an unadulterated Baptist, but I am over the moon for “Old Princeton,” the street name for the conservative iteration of Princeton Theological Seminary (roughly 1812-early 1900s). Old Princeton was the confessional institution in America for a century, the first of the great American seminaries. Its doctrinal outlook and methodology directly influenced James Petrigru Boyce, the founder of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (check out the brand-new website, by the way), the school that I think has... Read more
I’m a contributor to a great new project called Project TGM, which features the writing of a bunch of young Baptist whippersnappers (including Micah Fries and Logan Gentry) who love the gospel, theology, and Christic mission. The site is clean and elegant, and the writing is fresh and deep. Here’s a bit about the website, which features a lot of great content: Project TGM is a ministry focused on bringing perspective to theology, gospel, and mission and their impact on... Read more
http://youtu.be/RH0QT_p481o The above clip is one of the more horrifying things I’ve seen caught on camera. In the 38-second video, pro-life Christians confront an abortionist. I don’t know the circumstances of this conversation, but it is clearly a visceral encounter. In the course of the confrontation, the abortionist yells at the pro-lifers “I as a taxpayer do not wish to pay for those babies to be born, and brought, and kill those people in Colorado.” He then identifies the babies,... Read more
I recently had the opportunity to publish a short piece on Jonathan Edwards and his seminal Religious Affections in Ligonier Ministry’s excellent Tabletalk devotionalmagazine. Any magazine, by the way, that is named after something Martin Luther-related is a-okay by me. My piece focused on how theology is intricately connected to our religious “affections,” the emotions and passions of our spiritual lives. Here’s a snatch: Such a vision of a majestic, saving God results in the final sign: “Christian practice or... Read more
This from Truehoop, the ESPN basketball blog: Lineup data from Basketball Value confirms it. With Anthony at the four and Tyson Chandler in the middle the Knicks were very productive. Ironically enough, for all he did to force his way to New York, Anthony managed to join a team where he plays the same position as the other player with a huge salary, Stoudemire. Anthony’s defense also gets a boost from playing against power forwards more accustomed to tussling in... Read more
Captain Katie Petronio of the Marine Corps has just caused a major stir by suggesting, against contemporary wisdom, that women are not well suited to front-line combat in war. With experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, Petronio (a Bowdoin College grad) is positioned to make this controversial argument. Her testimony, published in the Marine Corps Gazette, is harrowing and disturbing: As a young lieutenant, I fit the mold of a female who would have had a shot at completing IOC, and I... Read more
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