Next Friday (July 26), Shirley Mullen will participate in an online conversation with Trinity Forum on her new book.
The Arena
Work in progress: Current’s 100 books of the 21st century (so far)
Current’s list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century is in progress!
On classifying books
With books, as with other good things in life, sometimes you are just in the mood for something different.
Follow me!
We need to teach young people about our history and institutions. Put me down as in favor. But we also need to teach about character.
The Penguin Little Black Classics: In the beginning
The Penguin Little Black Classics–a treasure you might not have known you needed!
A homeschooling parent’s dilemma: do I stay on my computer or off of it?
I both love and hate digital tech–and my laptop. That raises important questions.
Ideas in Progress: Zachary Sheldon on evangelical celebrities on Instagram
How have evangelical celebrities used Instagram? The subcultures tell stories of their own.
Ideas in Progress: Zachary Sheldon on Christian media, Ellul, and the journey to his dissertation and first book
“Ellul’s perspective on the deployment of media techniques in the service of Christian faith continued to haunt me, for lack of a better term.”
Questions and presidents
Questions around William McKinley’s inauguration offer useful parallels for the present.
The Olympic Trials, the trials of life, and televised lessons for living
Olympic Trials are an education in character–for athletes and possibly the viewers too.
Blessing of Unicorns: Scofield Reference Bible, education, tech Sabbaths, George MacDonald, and more!
The Unicorns of this week have landed!
Stacks and stacks of books
Down with the book-stack shelfies!
Uncut version: Jesus and the Powers (Review)
This is the full-length, uncut version of the review we are running today at Current.
God loves ugly
God loves beauty, But what might we gain if we believed also that God loves ugly?
Gerontocracy
We’re in uncharted territory.
Blessing of Unicorns: Family-friendly city, WWII and Ukraine, Bonhoeffer, summer reading, and more!
Building a family-friendly city, how to foster free-range kids, building a culture of life, WWII and Ukraine, Bonhoeffer, summer beach reads, education isn’t about you, 55 years of Faith and Learning seminar at Wheaton, and the fortieth anniversary of the death of Foucault!
Sign of a divided country: Israel’s military to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox
Israeli military is about to begin drafting the ultra-Orthodox. This is a really bad idea–and a sign of cultural division.
Compassionate college closures: an exhortation
Is it possible to navigate college closings ethically and compassionately?
If Trump=Jesus, who is Jerry Springer?
Trump supporters who portray their leader as Jesus should recognize Springer as John the Baptist.
Ethics and Public Policy Center’s encouraging report on two years after Dobbs (and some discouraging thoughts too)
Patrick Brown’s report on states and family-friendly policies two years after Dobbs is a must-read.