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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Postmodernity and Apologetics
I have spent the last three days in Madison, Wisconsin, teaching twelve staff members for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in classical and cultural apologetics. We have surveyed the great systems of apologetical thought, we have read several books, had some intensely … Continue reading
Posted in Evangelism
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Bobby Cox Sets a Record to Celebrate
Real fans of the game know trivia and records. Only real fans will care about this blog because they will know that players and managers can be thrown out of a baseball game for arguing excessively or wrongly with umpires. … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball
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Did Paris See the Light?
Like most of you I have heard enough about Paris Hilton the last few weeks. I can’t believe the media spends so much time on this stuff when major world issues are before us daily. Yet we can’t fully escape … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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Americans Giving at Record Numbers
Charitable giving in America has risen for the third consecutive year. The picture behind this recent report is rather interesting. Due to the absence of natural disasters, both nationally and internationally, large giving to major relief projects declined. Giving to … Continue reading
Posted in Donors and Funding
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My Friend’s Long Pastorate Ends
In the fall of 1978 I first met Thomas N. Smith, then a pastor in Tanglewood, Oklahoma, a few miles outside of Tulsa. Thom (as he spells his name) was a contributing writer to the Sword & Trowel (Amewican version) … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
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The Abject Failure of the United Nations
The idealism and the goals of the United Nations are laudable. The results, at least in recent years, have often been nothing short of a disaster. One example will suffice—the recently created U.N.’s Human Rights Council, begun a year ago … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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Miss Potter: The Life of Beatrix Potter and the Tale of Peter Rabbit
The newly released DVD, Miss Potter, is a superb period-piece with a sterling lead performance by Renee Zellweger as the famous Beatrix Potter, the best-selling children’s author of all-time. I confess I actually like most period-piece movies, especially nineteenth century … Continue reading
Posted in Film
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Whither Methodism?
I am sometimes asked, "Which of the large mainline denominations is the least likely to follow the liberal agenda to its own complete demise?" My answer has consistently been, "The United Methodist Church (UMC)." A movement of evangelical and traditionalist … Continue reading
Posted in American Evangelicalism
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How Canines Look Like True Christians
It is absurd to some, and slightly funny to others, but it is quite evident to all who know me that I love my little doxie, Neo. (See the photo of my pooch on this site.) She rules my house … Continue reading
Reflections on the Life of Ruth Bell Graham (1920-2007): R.I.P.
Ruth Bell Graham (1920–2007) passed away last week after lapsing into a coma. She was a remarkable woman for a number of reasons, most notably because she lived honestly from the heart. Newsweek writer Lisa Miller called her, in a … Continue reading
Posted in American Evangelicalism
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