Michael Gerson on the anniversary of CS Lewis’ death: “This is the achievement of Lewis: to restore the dignity of our desires, which leave us homeless in this world and lead us home.”
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Ted Turner says he does not want to go to hell
CNN has a fascinating and wide-ranging feature on Ted Turner today. Among other things, it says that Turner has grown more reflective about his mortality in his later years. Turner even confesses that he doesn’t want to go to hell. It’s a provocative piece in many ways. Here’s an excerpt: Even though he is a son of the Bible Belt, Ted Turner and God haven’t been on the best of terms. Despite his strong stance against religion in the past, he’s not an atheist. He’s an agnostic, trying to make sense of it all — his way. He revised the Ten Commandments, which he considered outdated, coming up instead with…
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Trailer for new movie about Noah and the flood
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“The Bible’s Big Story” by Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton is a prolific author. His commentaries and monographs on scripture are serving the church and enriching the field of biblical theology. Because of this work, most readers know Hamilton as a scholar. Few readers, however, know that he is also a pastor, a father, and a poet. But indeed he wears all of those hats, and that is why one of his most recent works is an excellent little book for children titled The Bible’s Big Story: Salvation History for Kids.
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Mothers tell their abortion stories
Sunday’s New York Magazine features testimonials from twenty-six women who have had their unborn children aborted. The stories are raw and revealing. These are not stories of feminist liberation and power. They are the stories of women who have pangs of conscience over what they have done. Some of them have muddled through the aftermath by suppressing their consciences. One woman even says, “There’s no room to talk about being unsure.” Other women aren’t able to pretend and are obviously living with a heavy burden of grief and regret. The first story is from a 19-year old named Nicole (pictured at right). She writes,
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Pedagogical Best Practices for the Doctrine of Inerrancy
I am happy to help get the word out about a session in which I will be speaking at next week’s meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) in Baltimore, Maryland. The theme of the ETS meeting this year is inerrancy, and the session that I am participating is dealing with the question of how we should teach inerrancy in the classroom. Other panelists in this session include Vern Poythress, Garry DeWeese, Doug Blount, Paul D. Wegner, and Tim Anderson. This session is the brainchild of Jason Oakes, and you can read more about what we will be doing here. If you are going to be in Baltimore at the…
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Are Christian conferences sexist?
Jonathan Merritt has an article making the rounds today about the Christian conference circuit and whether or not it’s sexist. He provides a quick round-up of some major Christian conferences and finds that out of 805 speakers, only 159 are women. That’s only 19%. He then concludes, While I don’t think we can conclude that the Christian conference industry is downright sexist, we can say that most conferences have some serious work to do if they want their stage to look anything like the 21st century church.
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Interview w/ Carl Trueman: “Sex, what is the meaning?”
I had a stimulating conversation with Carl Trueman and Todd Pruitt on the “Mortification of Spin” a few weeks back. All you need to know about Trueman and Pruitt is revealed in their bumper music. I think they’re the only hosts in all of Christendom featuring Led Zeppelin during the outro. I understand there’s some bit of intrigue with that. Apparently if you play the outro music backwards, you can hear someone saying “I buried Carl.” (…but I digress…) It really was a pleasure visiting with these men. The episode is now posted online, and you can download it here or listen to it below. [audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/mos.alliancenet.org/M027.master.mp3]
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Doug Moo’s must-read commentary on Galatians
Douglas Moo is one of the bright lights of evangelical biblical scholarship. Countless pastors and teachers have come to know him through his important 1996 commentary on Paul’s letter to the Romans. Seventeen years later, that commentary still stands as one of the finest expositions of Romans available. Indeed, many of us have become students of Paul’s theology and writings through Moo’s careful and faithful scholarship. That is why I was thrilled to see the release of Moo’s new commentary on Galatians for the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Moo has been marinating in Paul’s writings for decades, and this commentary reflects the depth of his long scholarship…
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One last toast for the Doolittle Raiders
The story of the Doolittle Raiders is one for the ages. After Japan succeeded in a vicious attack on American forces at Pearl Harbor, the United States hatched a plan for an immediate retaliation. The plan called for pilots to fly a secret mission over Tokyo to drop bombs on strategic targets. The only problem was that in those days bombers could take off from the carrier but they could not land. It would be a one way mission in which pilots would have to drop their payload in Tokyo and then try to land in China and escape to safety. It was high stakes and very dangerous. The mission…