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July 16, 2010
Andy Naselli on Keswick Clarifications
GUEST POST by Andy Naselli
It's time to address two little controversies raised in the comments of two previous posts about Keswick theology on this blog.
1. What about Keswick today?
The Keswick Convention today is much different than it was in its first generation. What I call "Keswick theology" summarizes the theology of Keswick's first generation (1875–1920), not Keswick today.
Case in point: Don Carson is speaking at the Keswick Convention next week!
2. Is Frances Havergal really connected...
July 15, 2010
The Real "Decision"
You may have seen this already, but this Lebron spoof from last night's ESPYs was too funny to not pass along.
HT: Vitamin Z
Economic Biases
The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies is not for everyone. Bryan Caplan's book is much too technical for the average audience (which includes me). But Chapter 2 on "Systematically Biased About Economics" was worth the proverbial price of the book. In this chapter the George Mason professor highlights four common economic biases.
1. Antimarket Bias. This is "a tendency to underestimate the economic benefits of the market mechanism" (30). For example, most people...
July 14, 2010
Dale Van Dyke Reviews "Souls in Transition"
GUEST BLOG from Dale Van Dyke:
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Souls in Transition: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults
by Christian Smith and Patricia Snell
Christian Smith has done it again. His Soul Searching (2005) was an award winning sociological survey of the religious beliefs and attitudes of American teenagers (ages 13-17). Souls in Transition (2009) is a captivating follow-up in which Smith traces the lives of these same teenagers now that they have become "emerging adults" (ages 18-24). Various...
