Christians are notorious for shooting their own wounded. One evidence of this could be the recent spate of books written by theologians, ex-ministers, or disenfranchised Christians, who take aim at the American Church, its leaders, its beliefs, and its trappings. Statistics seem to bear out a drift away from traditional religion and a growing gap [...]
I recently watched a film that reinforced one of my growing convictions about good art — it evokes multiple interpretations. It’s true of any good book or movie, isn’t it? The more you think about it or discuss it, the more a new angle, a new subtlety, a new layer emerges. The film I’m referring [...]
In The Myth of Monogamy: Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People, husband and wife team David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton, a behavioral scientist and psychiatrist respectively, attempt to dismantle previously held ideas concerning monogamy within the animal kingdom. The authors’ stated goal is in finding commonality of patterns that provide “powerful evidence [...]
I was encouraged to read this AP report from the ICRS in Denver this last week. The Christian book business, optimistic that a little literary escapism might be an antidote for readers in hard times, is turning to bonnets, buggies and bloodsuckers. Even as Christian publishing suffers during the recession — one study found net [...]
That’s “slimes” as in tentacles. After the success of the horror mashup Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, it was inevitable. Now the Victorian protagonist must square of against villains of the scaliest variety. Holy squid beak! From Quirk Books—publisher of the New York Times Best Seller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies—comes a new tale of [...]
Galleycat reports a Gloomy Publishing Industry Survey. Excerpt: Publishers Weekly‘s annual survey of publishing employees painted a grim picture of the book industry this week, reporting that a staggering 70 percent of the more than 1,400 respondents saw hiring freezes at their companies. PW also found that eleven percent of polled employees felt “very insecure” [...]
Why is Fox cable news the perennial ratings winner? That question must drive the other networks nutty. Media elites already appear to live in a bubble. So trying to address the disparity without fessing up to their leftish bias and portraying Fox watchers as complete morons has got to be maddening. Well, during last week’s [...]
Becky Miller has recently been posting on one of her favorite subjects — Christian worldview. In her first post, entitled Revisiting Worldview, I left a comment, which was later challenged. The issue in contention was whether or not “Most of the Western world shares a biblical worldview” (my quote). Several commentators disputed that assertion, citing [...]
Is feeding the poor more noble than feeding stray dogs? Well, of course. Dogs were NOT created in the image of God, which automatically elevates people over pooches. Nevertheless, dogs were created by God, which dignifies their care and feeding. I know, animal rights has got a bad rap amongst Christians, what with the PETA [...]
