Monthly Archives: December 2006

A quick word to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. I’m celebrating my first Christmas as a married man, and it’s been wonderful. What a blessing to have a second family here in Louisville, one so kind and warm … Continue reading →

Here’s a great talk from Westminster apologist and professor Bill Edgar. It’s called “A Biblical Theology of Entertainment” and it’s nicely done. Speaking at LSU in 2005, Edgar makes the point that it is good and right for Christians to … Continue reading →

The latest book I’ll recommend is Charles Sykes’s A Nation of Victims. Sykes, a think tank analyst and a radio show host, made an important contribution to public discourse when he published this important book in 1992. The essential point … Continue reading →

In doing all of this reading on character, I’ve been clued in to a key development in postmodern culture: the preeminence of feelings. Feelings have displaced truth as the primary mediator of society. The shift leaves us clueless as to … Continue reading →

Good things happen when you read. I read for a living these days, and I cannot tell you how beneficial it is. The effort necessary to extract ourselves from the television is worth everything. When we actually sit down and … Continue reading →

Thanks, BC, for your feedback on my reviews. You are a trenchant thinker and I appreciate your words. And it seems you have a bit of the closet sociologist in yourself, as well! Today’s book is a little less scholarly … Continue reading →

I have always had a love for sociology. That statement can mean alot of things. Let me say what it does not mean. I do not like at all the Marxist foundations on which the discipline was built, nor do … Continue reading →

Back to book reviews. I’ve recently read through Allan Bloom’s “Closing of the American Mind” and was struck by its incisive nature. Put simply, the book is one long expose of the American academy. Bloom, a University of Chicago political … Continue reading →

The book reviews will be posted intermittently over the next month. Having just concluded a research chapter on the culture’s attitude toward sex, I found Proverbs 7:6-27 striking. The chapter is a unique one, for the author uses a dramatic … Continue reading →

BCS, thanks for the suggestion about exploring the nature of beauty. Though it would be fascinating to address this question, I want to direct your attention elsewhere. For a while now I’ve wanted to quickly talk about some books that … Continue reading →