I have recently noticed that people who are supposed to be academics, people who are supposed to be representing an intellectual position, are becoming increasingly snarky towards those who disagree with them. I am especially noticing this in the intelligent design/evolution debate that seems to be gearing up again. It’s interesting to me that many [...]

Eyes Wide Open by William D. Romanowski Brazos Press, 2001. Group Discussion Questions Eyes Wide Open was written by William D. Romanowski the Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences at Calvin College. It was initially published in 2001 and was revised and expanded in 2007. As a Christ-follower seeking to engage culture and to make [...]

There are so many thoughts running around in regards to the emerging generations.  These generations are building an ever greater legend for themselves as the “unreachable” generation. They drop out of the faith following high school.  They are all “evolutionists”. They “hate the church”. The legendary status of this generation is amazing. The only problem [...]

On my vacation I am reading! It’s great!  I just finished The Prodigal God by Tim Keller and am going to wade into Peterson’s Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places next. But, I wanted to get some thoughts out about Prodigal first. Tim Keller is the pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. [...]

I read this article this morning because I am always interested to see what people have to say about Michigan and Detroit.  Usually it’s some sort of comedic piece or a good chuckle at the ineptitude of the city’s political structure.  However, this morning when I read this Out of Ur post on Gran Torino [...]