Month November 2012

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What Time Is It?

What hath cyber Monday to do with eternity?  For starters, yesterday offered a $2 billion glimpse into where America’s treasure is being stored up (cf. Matt 6:19-21). But the fact that mobile devices have become the purchasing organ of choice…

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The fourth wall

Angus T. Jones, one of the stars of American sitcom Two and a Half Men, has gone online to explain that he no longer wants to participate in the show, describing its contents as “filth,” as reported by the BBC.…

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It Will Be Here

Thirty-Seven? What does that even mean? Two prime numbers, side by side—what would Augustine have to say about their significance? I think I’ve figured out the conundrum to all those brain-creaking word problems in math. As soon as you hear,…

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Are you too introspective?

Over at the Gospel Coalition, Trevin Wax has warned us against what he calls the Puritan paralysis: that crippling, morbid self-analysis – what Mr Wax calls hyper-introspection – that directs all our spiritual attention toward self and our efforts rather…