An Invitation to Bold Love A book every lover of grace needs to read by Denise Day Spencer I’ve asked the best writer in the house–my wife–to pen a review and recommendation of a book that clarifies some of the most common misunderstandings about grace. Does grace mean embracing and accepting everything? Abuse? Cruelty? HowContinue reading “An invitation to bold love”
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Denise Spencer: An invitation to bold love
An Invitation to Bold Love A book every lover of grace needs to read by Denise Day Spencer I’ve asked the best writer in the house–my wife–to pen a review and recommendation of a book that clarifies some of the most common misunderstandings about grace. Does grace mean embracing and accepting everything? Abuse? Cruelty? HowContinue reading “Denise Spencer: An invitation to bold love”
A marriage made in hell
A Marriage Made in Hell How Christian Pessimism and Radical Islam Are Blowing Up the World by Michael Spencer The Bible is an optimistic book. This seems almost ridiculously obvious. No matter what your position on eschatology, the end of the story is upbeat. On that I think we can all agree. The vision ofContinue reading “A marriage made in hell”
I want to be a black man
I Want To Be A Black Man An Essay on Culture Envy by Michael Spencer MY SHIRT, MY HAT, MY BOOKS A TRIP TO THE ZOO MY COUCH, REMOTE, A LARGE COKE YEA I’D GET ON MY KNEES, my GOD, IF I COULD I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING: TO BE YOU… MY JOB, MY CAR, MYContinue reading “I want to be a black man”
The Pope needs a business meeting
The Pope Needs A Business Meeting It was cheaper than the carnival, five times more fun, and every mega-pastor needs one. by Michael Spencer • • • Someone sent me this Rick Warren quote, and it’s buggin’ me. When I write about Rick Warren, I’m usually not taking issue with the content of the guy’sContinue reading “The Pope needs a business meeting”
A Conversation in God’s Kitchen: How I’ve learned to understand the Bible
A Conversation in God’s Kitchen How I’ve learned to understand the Bible by Michael Spencer And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself…They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, whileContinue reading “A Conversation in God’s Kitchen: How I’ve learned to understand the Bible”
A View from the Bench
A View from the Bench By Steve McFarland “Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, and disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting.” • George Orwell • • • Perhaps Orwell was aContinue reading “A View from the Bench”
A few laughs with the Boar’s Head staff
Steve McFarland is our correspondent in the public schools, where he actually earns a modest living at taxpayer’s expense. Eric Rigney works in Higher Education. Now that’s funny. And also a drain on the taxpayer. He writes on culture. Bart Campbell is an angry Scot who writes whatever he xxxx well pleases, but earns aContinue reading “A few laughs with the Boar’s Head staff”
The Sleeping Bear Awakens
Our liberal fellow-citizens have awakened from their slumbers. And like any hibernating bear just rising from a four month nap, these liberals are hungry for some political breakfast. This is not a time to pat them on the nose. Better look for a big stick, because they are in an ornery mood. I’ve bumped intoContinue reading “The Sleeping Bear Awakens”
A Father’s Day Remembrance
A Father’s Day Remembrance My Two Dads By Bart Campbell I can’t get a handle on all of the things I would like to write about my dad. You see it is exceptionally difficult to build any type of framework around him, as I have two fathers. There is the father of my childhood, aContinue reading “A Father’s Day Remembrance”
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