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Do It with Diligence

The other day, while reading Culture Making for one of my classes, I came across a quote that I can’t quite get out of my head: “The world needs less philosophers and more plumbers!” I guess to help you make sense of the quote, I should give some backg …

There Goes My Hero

In the mornings, I often have my radio tuned to a local Christian radio station. One of the downsides of this particular station is that they overplay their music. As a result, I have become familiar with a song by the new group Abandon called “Hero.” …

Death by Denial … in More Ways than One

Chelsey bravely opened a real can of worms with her post about health care. I had prepared a long response for the comments section, but I figured it would be easier to put it all here in a blog post. Here’s the basic scoop: Anything from Michael Moore …

Make Me Good, But Not Yet

In his Confessions, St. Augustine famously says that, in his youth, he prayed, “Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet.” You can see why a quote like that has had staying power. It hits close to home for a lot of people. It hits even closer if w …

What Wisdom Is, and Isn’t

Sometimes you guys give us ideas for posts. Corwin did that in a reply to my last post, talking about Solomon’s turn away from wisdom: Turns out knowing what is right doesn’t necessarily mean that you will do what is right. By the end of his life, Solo …

What Are You Doing in Bible Study?

That question carries an assumption, so let me break it down: Are you in a Bible study right now? If so, what are you studying? There’s a reason for the timing of this question. Group Bible studies, like lots of things, are often seasonal: People take …

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