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The Death of Junior Seau & Head Injuries: 10 Essential Resources
Junior Seau, football hall-of-famer and former New England Patriot, is dead. It appears that he committed suicide. Seau was 43 and had an ex-wife and three children. This is the latest in a growing line of NFL suicides, and Seau … Continue reading
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Are Mixed Martial Arts Ethical for Christians?
As it has done before, the New York Times just covered Mixed Martial Arts. The article, “The Fight Club Generation,” is well worth reading. Here’s a snatch: Evidence that cage fighting has replaced boxing as the combat sport of choice, … Continue reading
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Doing Big Things: City to City Church Planting in Paris
One of the most encouraging developments in our day is church planting in global cities. My buddy Freddy Wyatt, for example, is planting the Gallery Church in Manhattan, a work that I love (featured recently in the New York Times). Aaron … Continue reading
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The “Immobile Class”: On College and Work in the New America
The New York Times recently published a thought-provoking article on the new American economy entitled “A Mess on the Ladder of Success.” Here’s a snippet: Rather than dividing the country into the 1 percenters versus everyone else, the split in … Continue reading
Evangelical Gnostics and the Mind-improving Nature of Physical Exercise
This snippet from the NYT Well blog should encourage you to get whatever exercise you can in these winter months: To learn more about how exercise affects the brain, scientists in Ireland recently asked a group of sedentary male college … Continue reading
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NY Times: Readers Register Discomfort Over “Pregnancy Reduction”
Those who read about the New York Times magazine story on “pregnancy reductions” (a euphemism for the abortion of one or more gestating babies) on this and other blogs might find this graphic from the NYT interesting. It’s a bit … Continue reading
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Why Grades Matter to Christians: A BibleMesh Post
Why should you care about grade inflation? First, because it’s happening en masse. In a post entitled “A History of College Grade Inflation” on the New York Times Economix blog, Catherine Rampell recently drew attention to the work of Stuart Rojstaczer, … Continue reading
Sportswriter Bill Simmons Profiled at Length in the New York Times
Some of you out there enjoy sports, and you read Grantland.com‘s Bill Simmons. Simmons is not a Christian writer; his material can be racy, even gross. If you enjoy thoughtful sportswriting, however, he is tough to beat. I read him … Continue reading
The Return of Ralph Reed, and the Prospect of Evangelical Politics
The New York Times just ran a story on former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed entitled “A Political Revival for Ralph Reed.” It’s worth reading. Behold this selection: Hardly bashful these days, Mr. Reed suggests that his party needs him. … Continue reading
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