Says Doug Wilson:
‘I looked and looked,’ Matthew said, ‘and there is no book in the whole library called Ibid.’
I’ve often referenced Ibid myself. It’s a very useful resource!
Category: Links
But mostly it’s a people thing
It’s a really interesting comparison of all the ways we write our own rules to protect right and wrong, and then game the system to do whatever we want anyway. Unfortunately, he then makes the classic mistake of confusing “is” with “ought”. I think that may be a lawyer thing.
Seminaries Should Discourage Promiscuous Sex
CBDReformed
So, Christian Book Distributors has a special site for Reformed Christians. For some reason, that seems really signficant to me. Honestly, it’s looks really helpful – all the books I’ve been interested in, all in one place! It also feels really strange. Imagine CBD Pentecostal, or CBD Mainline liturgical.
Have Reformed Christians expanded their influence to the point that they warrant their own directed marketing? Or is it merely a function of the fact that the Reformed stream of Christianity has always been the most bookish?
Tunnels
Germans just went up a notch in my book:
Fiction Made in America
Heh. Made in China stickers don’t count as rigorous research? Well, that kills it!
Thomas Nelson Acquired
Wow. Now both Nelson (which produces the New King James Bible) and Zondervan (which owns the NIV brand) are owned by the same secular publishing house. I’m not so sure I want my Bible translation updated by a publicly traded corporation.
Cleaning Smudged Mirrors
Doug Wilson on being changed in to His image.
Water Is Not H2O
Apparently, it’s one of the components of water. And I thought we had trouble defining the Trinity.
Character research
I have no idea if this is really how people in India really think, but wow! what a difference!
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