Monthly Archives: January 2010
Least Adopted Children, Rebuilding Men, and the Hilarious Jean-Ralphio
According to the NYT, black boys are the least likely children to be adopted. This is helpful for Christians who have a heart for orphan care to keep in mind. ************* This is an interesting website from an African-American pastor … Continue reading
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Keller’s Relaunched Redeemer Church Planting Center
Just heard word of this. Sounds cool. Redeemer Church Planting Center is now Redeemer City to City. Please visit our new website. We hope you will download resources, write a blog, or support our ministry online. Looks like this new … Continue reading
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The Horror of Abortion from an Abortionist’s Perspective
This chilling testimony about the emotional effect of abortion comes an article in The Weekly Standard by David Daleiden and John Shields entitled “Mugged by Ultrasound”. It is a visceral quotation, I am warning you. In general, abortion providers have … Continue reading
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Live-Stream of Rich Mouw on “Evangelical Pietism”
The Henry Center of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School is pleased to make today’s 1PM CST lecture by Dr. Richard Mouw on evangelical pietism available for free by live stream. To view the lecture, please visit http://tiuproductions.com/livestream. Wednesday, January 20, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tucker Carlson’s New Political Website: Daily Caller
Those of you who take an interest in politics and conservative thought should note a new website started by Tucker Carlson of Fox News. It’s called The Daily Caller and it’s good a lot of good content, including a column … Continue reading
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Principles for Good Basketball, Or, The Exorcising of Fifteen Years of Pickup Basketball Ghosts
This post comes out of nowhere. No one has asked for it. It is a thought-child that must be birthed. It stems, as the title suggests, from my years of frustration playing pickup basketball. If you play unorganized basketball–and you … Continue reading
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The Rank-Link Imbalance, Haiti, and Basketball
Have you picked up a copy of Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller? You should. Early on Keller cites a piece by David Brooks that referenced “rank-link imbalances”. Here’s the original piece, which is highly worth reading. And here’s a great … Continue reading
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Announcing the Jonathan Edwards Center at Trinity
The Henry Center, my employer, is very pleased to make the following announcement (jointly made at the HCTU blog). From: HCTU Director Doug Sweeney RE: New Jonathan Edwards Center at TEDS Date: 1/12/2010 In conjunction with the Jonathan Edwards Center … Continue reading
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