“A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.” - Proverbs 15:4

The whole Mitford saga illustrates the way meaning can be found in Christ and in community with ordinary people living ordinary lives.

It was fun to reflect on a couple of years of reading in this essay on the rise of interest in the supernatural in our culture. That trend changes where our evangelistic conversations will often begin.

Why do we have Matthew Mark Luke and John in our Bibles and not the Gospel of Thomas or the Gospel of Peter? Here's my latest @TGC article and a review of Simon Gathercole's newest volume with @eerdmansbooks: "The Genuine Jesus and the Counterfeit Christs"

This digression brought to you by following a footnote from this book, which has been thought provoking so far:

Many thanks to @TGC for publishing my extended essay exploring how Christians can rightly esteem their national and cultural identities in gratitude while grounding their ultimate allegiance in the gospel of Christ.

It'd be worth reading James Madison's Federalist #10 in light of the moods of the day:

Praying for our brothers and sisters in China: China's arrest of 30 Christians sparks fears of a bigger crackdown

I got to teach our youth about end of life issues last night: MAiD, Abortion, and the general value of human life. Praying it bears some fruit.

This is an amazing resource.

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@DZRishmawy @mereorthodoxy It's worth recognizing that this is many thousands of words written over many hours of research because, to some people, God's justice sounds icky.

@DZRishmawy @mereorthodoxy

This is yeoman's work by @DZRishmawy over at @mereorthodoxy. Great job.

I believe we are going to have a new round of debates on inerrancy among Evangelicals in the next few years, with a new set of terminology required to distinguish actual inerrancy from selective versions.

One of the major problems with politics these days is that a bunch of people who say they are on the Right are really way to the left of anything recognizable as conservatism.

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary President Daniel L. Akin announced today (Oct. 14) he will retire from the role at the end of the 2025-2026 school year.

Tertullian, early 3rd century: “Likewise, as regards the figure of the human soul from your own conception, you can well imagine that it is none other than the human form; indeed, none other than the shape of that body which each individual soul animates and moves about.”

So many good resources for apologetics are available that choosing where to begin can be difficult. https://t.co/e9YN67Fcgi

We are looking for a fiction writing professor. We are building a great program and looking for the right person to complete our roster of writers. https://t.co/q8Wpt8gYl5