Given all the recent brouhaha about baptism on The Fish Tank (for which I am largely responsible), a friend of mine expressed her concern with the lack of bro...
We are all — every last one of us — obsessed with giving good impressions. We like to be thought of as smart, attractive, funny, virtuous, and strong; we want...
Tim Challies’ article “Show All History” in Christianity Today, reminds us of AOL’s disastrous mishap in 2006. Dr. Abdur Chowdhury accidentally released to the ...
This week, by a strange twist of fate, I have been completely immersed in ancient Greek literature. None of my classes are in the Classics department, and only ...
After perusing the latest issue of the Ichthus, I had some reflections on Nick Nowalk's latest feature "On Not Being Narrow-Minded." Nick focuses heavily on the...
I recently received an email from a friend with a simple question: Where was God in Haiti?
I imagine this question (hardly a new one) has been on many mi...
The Screwtape Letters, by CS Lewis, were a series of letters purportedly written from a senior devil to his nephew, a tempter working on a human “patient”. Here...
I relish dynamic, insightful quotes that awaken me from my spiritual slumber and shock me out of the idolatrous lethargy I so often inhabit. Lately, I've b...
So, is Milton of the Devil’s Party? In my last post, I explored my first impressions of Paradise Lost and the oddly attractive character of Satan. Many commenta...
Several times, people have asked me how their lives would change if they became Christians - besides the whole church thing, of course. (Conversely, many Christ...
