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Wired & Tired
Vol. 22, No. 3 • May/Jun 2013
In the beginning of The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis describes the near conversion of a solid atheist. As the man is meditating on the ideas of a particular book, a train of thought is, according to the elder demon, “beginning to go the wrong way.” Screwtape could have suggested counterarguments to his patient, but […]
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Why We Prefer the Practical
In the beginning of The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis describes the near conversion of a solid atheist. As the man is meditating on the ideas of a particular book, a train of thought is, according to the elder demon, “beginning to go the wrong way.” Screwtape could have suggested counterarguments to his patient, but […]
Deep Sea Diving in a Jet Ski Age
Psychiatrist Keith Ablow joins the chorus of colleagues, as well as sociologists and historians, in a recent online article. The gist: “We are raising a generation of deluded narcissists.” He refers to new surveys collected by Dr. Jean Twenge, a psychology professor. Today’s college students “are more likely than ever to call themselves gifted and […]
Amusing Ourselves… Is Still Relevant
For a book written about media in 1985, Postman’s book is surprisingly relevant. When my students read it, I expect them to say something about how irrelevant it is to them, but they never say this; instead, they speak enthusiastically about how insightful and helpful it is. This is probably because laptops, iPads, and smartphones […]
Alien Authenticity
In the first scene of the first season of HBO’s new sitcom Girls, Hannah (played by Lena Dunham) is out to dinner with her parents to be “let down easy” with regard to her postgraduate finances. After the last glass of wine is poured, her mother declares, “You graduated from college two years ago; we’ve […]
Editor’s Introduction
In 2008, Nicholas Carr began a national conversation about technology and contemporary life. His Atlantic article was provocatively titled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” and it quickly became the talk of the town. In 2012, he expanded his treatment in a landmark book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (W. W. […]
Scatterbrains
“I don’t read books,” says Joe O’Shea, a former president of the student body at Florida State University and a 2008 recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship. “I go to Google, and I can absorb relevant information quickly.” O’Shea, a philosophy major, doesn’t see any reason to plow through chapters of text when it takes but […]
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Reacting to Viral Dechurching & Exvangelical Stories
“Here’s what I love about Jesus. Jesus actually knows that the church is broken and imperfect and falls short. But the difference between us and Jesus is we see that and we use that as a justification to abandon the church. Jesus sees the church, as broken as she is, and on the way as […]
Nine of the Most Notorious Heretics
The word heresy is closely associated with the idea of schism, breaking off from the church, and theologians have made a distinction between formal and material heresy. Formal heresy is a stubborn denial of vital Christian doctrine—those who have heard the truth and then rejected it. Material heresy is what happens when a person embraces a false doctrine out of ignorance.
Why Poor Stewardship of the Body Can Be an Act of Unfaithfulness
The beautiful thing about this [sixth commandment] requirement is that it highlights that God cares about you. He cares about your body. He knows you’re made of dust. He knows that we need a good night of rest. We don’t have to feel guilty for getting it. The resurrection of Jesus from the dead shows […]
Imputed Righteousness and Self-Made Identity: The Crisis of Justification in Our Church Culture
This presentation analyzes the crisis of justification in today’s church, tracing its biblical foundations, reformational clarity, and modern challenges.
