Dec
09
2009
Worth a Look 12.9.09
Tim Challies lists his 9 favorite books for 2009. Two of his picks are also in my top ten: Adopted for Life and Counterfeit Gods. Check out Tim’s list here.
Mark D. Roberts on the “new, new atheism”:
Stephen Prothero, a professor of religion at Boston University and an astute commentator on things religious, recently penned”Atheists need a different voice.” He highlights the emergence of the United Coalition of Reason, who are preaching the gospel of “Good Without God.”
An amazing article in The New Yorker on America’s ambivalence regarding abortion. Al Mohler summarizes here:
By any measure, Jennifer Senior has written one of the most honest, revealing, insightful, and important articles on abortion to appear in recent history. At the same time, it is one of the most troubling. Once again, we are reminded that the American conscience is not settled on the issue of abortion.
Bob Kellemen reviews Sarah Palin’s autobiography and notices the absence of Christ.
My antennae alerted, it then dawned on me that I didn’t remember hearing any Christian salvation concepts anywhere in Going Rogue. Perhaps my memory was bad, especially since I wasn’t consciously looking for these concepts in a political autobiography.
Paul McCain’s 7 reasons why blogs fail.