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My heading is back! The Microsoft nonsense lives again. And this after the technocrats promised it was fixed. For those of you keeping score: Technocrats = 0 Luddites = 1

So, what's up with this ? Does anybody from Chile or South America want to clue us in on why this happened? Is there a burgeoning Protestant community behind this? HT: Derek Thomas

Disclaimer: I'm not into sports. I first learned the Phillies were even in the World Series on Sunday. No kidding. Nevertheless . . . Just thought I'd send a friendly note out to all of those fans of other (loser) teams. Don't begrudge Philadelphia, it has been a long time, at least that's what my...

Birlinn has just published John Macleod's spiritual history of Lewis and Harris, entitled Banner in the West . It traces that history from the earliest days of Celtic Christianity to the present 'Bebo generation' (to use the title of the final chapter). With a fascinating collection of photographs...

The latest 9Marks newsletter is chock full of helpful interviews and resources on counseling. Also don't miss Mark Dever's audio interview with David Powlison , which I found to be very helpful. You'll hear a bit of David's testimony on how he became a believer, his understanding of biblical...

Two weekends back I was in Starkville, Mississippi, attending the Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival. Now that needs some explaining. Johnny Cash was arrested in 1965, May 11 to be exact, for picking' flowers from the home of the Copelands along state Highway 182 in Starkville. He might have been...

It was my privilege a few weeks back to speak at the Homecoming Chapel for Wheaton College. The link to my 20-minute address is here: http://www.wheaton.edu/wetn/chapelfall08.htm

I have had the privilege to read the manuscript for Stephen Nichols's forthcoming book, Ancient Word, Changing Worlds: The Doctrine of Scripture in a Modern Age . Here is the endorsement I wrote for Crossway Books: " Ancient Word, Changing Worlds is the best, clearest, and most reliable historical...

While on a plane on the way back to Jackson from Chicago two weeks ago, and friend handed me his copy of the Friday, October 10, Wall Street Journal , Weekend Journal. It had a number of jewels in it. A lead article on churches hiring "mystery worshippers" to do secret evaluations (the way...

I had to smile when I saw the title of C.J. Mahaney's latest book: Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World . Some of us have teased our friend C.J. for writing a book on humility. Apparently this time he didn't want to run the risk of people claiming a lack of personal knowledge on...