John Piper, who pastors in Minneapolis, has had some thought provoking meditations on the recent bridge collapse. This link (Desiring God) will take you to a response he offered to Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of “When Bad Things Happen to…
Al Mohler has written about Richard Dawkins new campaign to “out” well known atheists (Outing Atheists — Richard Dawkins Launches New Campaign). His hope is that bringing more atheists into the open will help to popularize their movement. What a…
Andreas Kostenberger has posted some information on a few books he has been reading this summer (Summer Reading). Of special interest is his reference to the book “Misquoting Truth” by Timothy Paul Jones. For those of you who have seen,…
In Britain, the History A-level (for non-UK people, that’s the specialised exam in history which you can opt to take at age 18) is to be scrapped. The subject is, apparently, too difficult and too irrelevant. A shame — history…
In Britain, the History A-level (for non-UK people, that’s the specialised exam in history which you can opt to take at age 18) is to be scrapped. The subject is, apparently, too difficult and too irrelevant. A shame — history…
In Britain, the History A-level (for non-UK people, that’s the specialised exam in history which you can opt to take at age 18) is to be scrapped. The subject is, apparently, too difficult and too irrelevant. A shame — history…
My friend Sean Lucas has written two terrific blog entries (here and here) in response to the conversation Carl and I have been having over fundamentalism and antithesis over here at Ref21 (See my original piece, Carl’s cheesy reply, and my…
Like most Americans, I’ve been trying not to think about Barry Bonds and his impending achievement of breaking Hank Aaron’s home run record. But the story is just too compelling. Bonds is a truly Shakespearean figure – of the tragic sort,…
“My conscience is captive to the Word of God. Thus I cannot and will not recant, for going against my conscience is neither safe nor salutary. I can do no other, here I stand, God help me.” With those words,…
I remember that in a post below, Carl said that his children attend public school. I was wondering if he might have some insights by comparing the public school system in the UK vs. that in the US. (And, yes,…
