Knowing how much many people like this sort of thing, here is the Pew Research Center’s How Millennial Are You? quiz. (It’s in the middle of the page.) I scored, in case anyone’s interested, a 19, compared to the Baby Boomers’ 11 and the Millennials’ 73. I . . . . Continue Reading »
All this talk about Lost has bored me. So much silly philosophizing and mixed up theology makes for interesting viewing for the average audience, but not so much for me any more. And John Locke did not wake up with Suzanne Pleshette to end the series (as I had hoped). All this for a story that never . . . . Continue Reading »
After six seasons and ninety-four episodes, Sex and the City ended its run in February 2005. But like a case of genital herpes, the show refuses to go away. DVDs of all six seasons line the walls of every video store in the country while HBO continues to beams encore episodes into millions of . . . . Continue Reading »
Earlier this month I spoke at a conference on the theme of intellectuals and terrorism at Ariel University, Israel’s major center of higher education in Samaria—that is, across the so-called Green Line demarcated by the 1967 borders. Ariel trains many Arab students in Israel; the campus . . . . Continue Reading »
As an example for Christians who seek profound impact on their culture, few leaders equal William Wilberforce (1759-1833). A British politician converted to Christ in his mid-20s, he devoted the rest of his life to two grand passions, the more famous of which (especially since Michael Apted’s . . . . Continue Reading »
[Note: Although I originally posted this last year, I thought it was worth reposting during this graduation season.] While it could be argued that youth is wasted on the young, it is indisputable that commencement addresses are wasted on young graduates. Sitting in a stuffy auditorium waiting to . . . . Continue Reading »
[Note: Cross-posted from the First Thoughts blog.]“Why do evangelicals love the Jews?”For years I’ve seen that question asked—albeit almost always indirectly—in various forms. Sometimes it comes from Christians who are skeptical of Zionism; other times from appreciative . . . . Continue Reading »
In “Breathless at Fifty , The New Republic ‘s David Thomson suggests that a classic movie really isn’t exactly a classic. There is a temptation to see Breathless (or A Bout de Souffle ) as the epitome of the New Wave . . . . But if you want the right emblem, . . . . Continue Reading »
What is it with our cultural leaders these days? Jack Kevorkian wanted to engage in human vivisection, he murdered Thomas Youk, and is rewarded with a biopic starring Al Pacino as Kevorkian and receives $50 K a speech. Now, Robert Latimer, who murdered his 12-year-old daughter . . . . Continue Reading »
In Lutherans in Search of a Church , today’s “On the Square” article, Lutheran theologian Robert Benne describes the current state of mainline Lutheranism and the various conservative or traditional or orthodox (however you’d like to put it) responses. I’d be . . . . Continue Reading »
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