Your Best Links Now – 2/3/14
4 Early Church Writings Every Christian Should Read
Zachary Perkins writes of his list at Relevant: “New books are great, but they are untested—we don’t know which ones will stand the test of time. But old books have been sifted by time. It’s always good for us to look at the context of the people that came before us and see how the world looked from their time and place . . .”
God Hears Your Super Bowl Prayers
A Christianity Today interview with atheism-embarrasser William Lane Craig. “The Biola apologist says every pass, every point, every sideline prayer matters to God.”
When Does a Person Become Our Neighbor?
Doug Wilson responds in his inimitable way to a narrow bit of Rachel Held Evans speculation about when abortion, contraception, and when personhood begins, writing, “The size of these tiny people only affects the clarity of the situation if we define the humanity of others on the basis of our limited eyesight. But why is the question of a soul connected to size, as though the naked eye were in charge of these things? Once the DNA strand is established, we can say any number of things about this person that we cannot say at all before that point, whether we are talking about about sperm or eggs . . .”
The Definitive Ranking of Monsters
Definitely not “definitive” but this Buzzfeed piece is a good cryptid primer.
Happily Ever After by Jen Thorn
Thorn’s guest post at Time-Warp Wife blog elaborates on the following: “Romanticism can be deadly if it leads us to expect such neat and clean storylines for our lives. Romanticism will cause discontentment and dissatisfaction with the husband and life God has given us. However, behind these princess stories are three things that remain eternally true for the people of God . . .”
Insane Space Jump
“In October 2012, Felix Baumgartner leapt from a balloon floating 24-miles high and fell to Earth, breaking the sound barrier on the way down. Now, newly released footage shows in unprecedented detail what Baumgartner saw on his record-breaking descent . . .”
