June 22, 2008Posted by Roger Overton “The stage was set, the lights went down and in a suburban Japanese primary school everyone prepared to enjoy a performance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The only snag was that the entire cast was playing the part of Snow White. For the audience of menacing mothers and feisty fathers, though, the sight [...]
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May 23, 2008Posted by Roger Overton Berny has recently concluded an 8 post summary/review of David Well's The Courage To Be Protestant. You can read my interview with Wells about the book here (part 1) and here (part 2).Unlike every other summer, Hollywood is giving us a bunch of sequels this summer (yes, that was sarcasm). We've all seen ads for [...]
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May 2, 2008Posted by Roger Overton Sean Lucas has posted a note stating that Dr. R. Laird Harris passed away last Friday, April 25th. (HT: JT) Covenant Seminary has a great biography of him. President Bryan Chapell offered these remarks: “Dr. Harris was a man of great curiosity whose wide-ranging interests led him to explore with eagerness science, theology, people, and [...]
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April 13, 2008Posted by Roger Overton Yesterday evening Dr. Clyde Cook passed away. He played an important role in just about everything that is good at Biola University as its president from 1982 to 2007. I never met him, but I, along with thousands of other students, have benefited from his commitment to academic excellence, the truth of Christianity, and strength [...]
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March 6, 2008Posted by Amy Hall You probably heard about the Berkeley City Council passing a motion declaring the Marine recruiters in their city “uninvited and unwelcome intruders” and about Code Pink’s aggressive, ongoing protest against those recruiters, which includes carrying a banner with the words ”No military predators in our town,” calling the recruiters traitors, and physically blocking anyone trying to enter the recruitment center (as [...]
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February 27, 2008Posted by Amy Hall There has been some talk about Frank Schaeffer's new book about his father, Crazy for God. Os Guinness's review is now posted on the Books and Culture website: The problem is not so much that Frank exposes and trumpets his parents' flaws and frailties, or that he skewers them with his characteristic mockery. It [...]
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February 17, 2008Posted by Roger Overton Justin Taylor posted a powerful clip from the show ER. It's an insightful look at postmodernism's inability to deal with the problems of real life. Apparently after being fried on 24 Michelle Dessler moved on to being the chaplain on ER? Indiana's coming back, and it's not as easy as it used to be.Another return [...]
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January 25, 2008Posted by Roger Overton Over the next few weeks, you'll be treated to some posts by our friend David Nilsen. He's commented a bit here in the past, but I thought it would be good to provide a brief introduction… David hails from beautiful Escondido, California, though he currently lives in unsightly Whittier. He's a philosophy student at Biola [...]
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January 11, 2008Posted by Roger Overton How do we know if someone speaks for God? Amy provided a great response in a post at Stand to Reason. From Os Guinness to Frank Schaeffer (son of Francis Schaeffer) regarding his latest book, Crazy for God: “What you have written is a tissue of falseness, distortion, and unchecked allegations — in short of [...]
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December 31, 2007Posted by Roger Overton Due to recent events (my old car died on the way home from ETS and had to be towed 56 miles home) I've had to buy a new car and that's presented some financial issues. So I've decided to sell off a good chunk of my library (at least 20%). This means over the next [...]
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