Weekend Bonus: a response to John Mark Reynolds
by Frank TurkWelcome readers from First Things: Evangel. This may look like a ploy to draw readers from there over here in order to troll for hits, but since we don't do any advertising here I think that's not a very charitable thing to say.Full-blown, full-contact, full-body contact Catholic apologetics have broken out in the comments of one of my posts (it was inevitable, I am sure), and what I have to say in response to John Mark Reynolds' defense of Indulgentiarum Doctrina as not a deal-breaker toward true faith in Christ will, frankly, not be suitable for a Catholic-run web site. This is the real thing in terms of exploring the Gospel

Ironic mis-prioritizing
by Dan PhillipsMany prepare assiduously for what may never happen,But not at all for what will surely happen.Co

A Most Ingenious Paradox
by Phil Johnsonears ago I discovered (the hard way) that the Internet is not the friendliest place for anyone who wants to stand up for logic or defend the coherence of truth.I've long been concerned about the erosion of rationality in postmodern culture. I've always known there are naive Christians who mindlessly parrot worldly values, and I've been concerned for years about the potential for mischief when spiritual-sounding Christian terminology gets blended with

Best of centuri0n: the filthy sheep-herd
by Frank Turk[OK: that'll be 4 weeks off where you got to read my "best of", and I hope it didn;t bore you to death. We'll resume with the regularly-scheduled merciless beatings next week-ish.]I was having a discussion with my pastor, and I related it to my wife (who is the greatest blogger who never typed 1K of bandwidth). The discussion was about church leadership, and whether the metaphor of the shepherd was useful in a society like America where 95% of the people have never seen one sheep, let al

BibleWorks 8 + module sale!
by Dan PhillipsIf you don't own BibleWorks, (A) you really should, particularly if you're a pastor; and (B) you should know they're having a sale for the next ten days Order BibleWorks for the first time, plus one module, and you receive $30 off.Just buy it through their