Finished. On to the follow-up, “The Scandal Ten Years Later.” I recall Dale Soden’s, “Intellectual History of the United States” course I took in college. I also remember taking “Western Civ.” These courses should be required in order to connect intellectual history with social history. McLaren has a point … Continue reading
Read More“aintsobad” wittingly or unwittingly describes precisely what we come to when we look deeply into the cultural situtation in our Country. Here is the story …
November 02, 2004
Jeff
The sky darkened and drove a cold wind before the clouds as I eased my rent car onto the … Continue reading
Read MoreNatalie and Lyle’s discussion of Mark Noll’s, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, led me to read this work (thanks for the copy Lyle). I came across the section, “What Has the Scandal Meant”, and in the chapter titled, “Thinking about Science.” This is a rather lengthy quote,… Continue reading
Read MoreMy inbox held the following yesterday –
We Forget
Wendell Berry
The miraculous is not extraordinary but the common mode of existence. It is our daily bread. Whoever really has considered the lilies of the field or the birds of the air and pondered the improbability of their existence … Continue reading
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“Post-Church” …
Reading through some different blogs I came across a post by Doug on whether or not we really can consider ourselves living in a “post-Christian” context. On another blog I read an argument suggesting we are certainly living in a “post-Christian” America.
It may be some time before we … Continue reading
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