Do we, as evangelicals, play fast and loose with statistics?
Sometimes we do, and it’s not a good (or godly) thing according to Christian Smith, a sociology professor at Baylor University. In an article in Books & Culture called “Evangelicals Behaving Badly with Statistics,” he takes particular aim at the recent claim that only four percent [...]
Archive for January, 2007
Don’t Know Much About Statistics
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
American Idol
Posted in Uncategorized on January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
American Idol began it’s sixth television season earlier tonight and I can hardly wait to see it (I’ll watch it on tape later).
I don’t know why I (or so many Americans) are so interested in a televised talent contest, but we are. Maybe it’s the theological angle: Simon Cowell personifies law; Paula Abdul grace; and [...]
Examine Yourself
Posted in Uncategorized on January 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A good quiz on the content of the Bible can be found here. Take the test and see how you do.
New Atheists versus Old
Posted in Uncategorized on January 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You’ve probably noticed the spate of recently published books by atheists (Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins to name two of the authors).
Sam Schulman, writing in Friday’s Wall Street Journal, says that modern atheists don’t have any new arguments and they don’t have the charm of atheists of past generations, either.
Back in the Saddle
Posted in Uncategorized on January 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Happy New Year!
After a somewhat extended break (as far as blogging is concerned), I’m back in the saddle so to speak. The Christmas break was very good for us. We needed the time off, even from blogging.
Now we start 2007 with a mixture of feelings. Uncertainty as to what God has for us (I resigned [...]
