Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
Jared Bridges As I’ve noted before, much of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) misses the point, but Jars of Clay’s Dan Haseltine seems to have the right idea: There’s a lot of different things that don’t seem to be working that should in the music industry. It’s a hard thing—selling the Christian message [in pop music], because pop … Read more
An urgent letter. As I am continually deluged with credit-card application junk mail, I am amazed at the lengths marketers will go to get you to open the mail. Aside from the standard notices—not to discard, to view immediately the enclosed time-sensitve material, and DO NOT FOLD (a warning sure to stop those envelope-folding mail … Read more
‘Left Behind’ Authors Blast End-Times Mini-Series as ‘Unbiblical, Weird’ This quote from Tim LaHaye on the NBC miniseries is especially hilarious: “This story is based on some writer’s imagination about the book of Revelation,” LaHaye said. “However, the writer clearly has not studied the book or maybe even read it. … This is a good … Read more
Just a few things I’m looking at in the blogosphere and elsewhere: Colby Willen takes on church marketing strategies, observing a local church’s tagline (“Big Enough to Serve You, Small Enough to Care”) that matches at least four other business slogans found on the web. He writes: Okay, even if you haven’t thought through what … Read more
So, Prince Charles and Camilla have finally tied the knot after 30 years of illegitimacy. Yawn. You know it’s bad when USA Today has a pre-wedding line like this: It will not be the wedding of the century. But you can call the marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla a fairy tale for grown-ups. A … Read more
One book that’s been in the news lately, aside from The DaVinci Code, is Tom Wolfe’s latest novel, I Am Charlotte Simmons—a novel about the culture and activities of campus life at an elite American university. The book has been reviewed widely in conservative circles, and even caused a mild media tizzy recently when it … Read more
From time to time, you’ll meet a person whose name can only be a detriment to their success. The Ima Hoggs and I.P. Freelys of the world are rare, but when we do meet one we wonder at how parents could be so naive as to name their child in such a fashion. On the … Read more
It was only a matter of time before the intrusion-style advertisers figured out a way to circumvent Firefox’s pop-up blocker. I noticed pop-up ads showing up on Drudge a while back, after not seeing a single pop-up in the two years I’ve been using Firefox. Apparently Drudge and other websites have been exploiting a feature … Read more
…the more they stay the same. I’ve finally returned to some of those books I started last year but for one reason or another never finished. One of these is David McCullough’s John Adams, which is such a pleasantly interesting read I wonder how I ever put it down in the first place. Some things … Read more
Book-reviewer extraordinaire Tim Challies has just launched a new site devoted to book reviews appropriately titled The Diet of Bookworms. Looks like a place I’ll be visiting frequently. Read about the launch here. Nice job, Tim.