Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
Jared Bridges John Rabe points to some free online offerings by Crossway Books which include a number of John Piper’s books! Also available for free is the forthcoming When I Don’t Desire God: How to Fight for Joy. I’ll agree with Rabe in that Piper is excellent, and if you’ve never read any of his works due … Read more
Has anybody out there installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 yet? Just curious. I’ll probably take the plunge soon and let you know if I have any problems. UPDATE: Being the early-adopter wannabe that I am, I installed the update, and everything appears to be in order. It took about 20-30 minutes for the download … Read more
The media’s hissy fit about the SwiftVet supporters being Republicans borders on the absurd. Each new item that is uncovered comes with the expectation of a “eureka” moment, as in this Reuters piece: The Bush campaign and the White House have said they have nothing to do with the Swift Boat group or the ads. … Read more
What are the skills need to play God? Ellen DeGeneres, who has George Burns’ former role in a remake of Oh God! seems to have prepared well: “Ellen is a strong comedian and she has always done material about God and questions about God,” said Jerry Weintraub, who produced the original movie and also will … Read more
In an age such as ours, when boys grow up to be either “wimps†or “barbarians,†where is the modern-day knight? Does he even exist? If so, then what does he look like—how does he act? These are all questions explored by Brad Miner in his new book, The Compleat Gentleman: A Modern Man’s Guide … Read more
I’ve made several new addtions to my “Weblogs of Note” blogroll. Among them: Matthew White’s South End Grounds is a baseball-themed political blog from Tennessee. White is an ex U.S. Marine, and his “Adventures in Parris…Island” series is a must-read. John Rabe is sharp Christian blogger (apparently from Florida—but I won’t hold that against him) … Read more
Is Bob Costas writing a book on the Olympics? Each time event coverage ends and we’re taken back to the acerbic Costas for his commentary on the athletes, there he is wielding his ink pen as if we’ve interrupted him his writing of a masterpiece. Don’t get me wrong—Costas has one of the best voices … Read more
If Jesus were voting in November, for whom would he punch his chad? John Kerry—whose faith has “given him values to live by,” or George Bush—of whom Jesus is his favorite philosopher? A recent conference held by the Texas Faith Network attempted to answer this question. As you can imagine, the results were mixed. In … Read more
Ben Stein writes a “letter to a soldier’s wife” in today’s WSJ: And [military wives] keep up the fight to keep the family whole even when they feel a lump of dread every time they turn on the news, every time they switch on the computer, every time the phone rings and every time — … Read more
Touchstone magazine, “A Journal of Mere Christianity,” has now put its achives online! So much for cutting back on my online reading—there is enough thoughtful material in Touchstone’s achives to last a while.