Over the past few weeks I have been spending 30 minutes or so each day, dissecting the works of Bob Briner in his book Roaring Lambs. As a graduate of a Christian University, I agree wholeheartedly with his thesis on Christian higher education. Here is an excerpt from the chapter “The Christian Academe: Underachievers” : I’m afraid too many of [...]
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On Creativity & Education
21st Century Western Culture is obsessed with education, and for great reason. Young minds need to be trained, the genius of the older generations must be passed down, and the torch must burn brighter than ever before. I cannot imagine anyone in any society, in any social setting disagreeing with passing down knowledge from one [...]
On Wisdom
Knowledge is power. But what about wisdom? Is it possible to truly build a society on top of knowledge? What happens when you pull wisdom, replacing it with facts and trivia? You create a mansion built on the sand, that’s what. I have had the opportunity to meet with many brilliant individuals, many of whom [...]
The Nature of Love
I have always been an individual who has sought after knowledge and truth (qualities that may often, unfortunately, conflict). That quest has brought me down some roads that might be labeled as “interesting”. Many times, however, it has led me down the path of righteousness. Well, as those who know me are aware of, I [...]
Why 37 Signals is Always Right
Even when 37 Signals is dead wrong, they are 100% right. A paradox of great proportions to be sure, but the truth it is. I am a huge fan of all of the work that 37 Signals has done in the community. Half of the apps that I have written are in Rails, I use [...]
When Blogging Doesn’t Cut It
I probably have as many blog posts in draft form as I have published (or maybe even more). Some of the posts remain in draft form just because I haven’t had time to research and provide good information. Sometimes I just decide that what I am writing is more of personal information and I am [...]
The Unfortunate Reality
“Sunday’s Coming” Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo. I found this great quote as a response- “I’ve learned through experience that if you try to attract the world with the world you will be at best mediocre. We who are followers of Christ have been uniquely and individually called before the foundation of [...]
Who shall stand?
“Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart, and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong, and casts no slur on his fellowman, who despises a [...]
The Great Commission
After nearly 20 years of preaching at Trinity Alliance Church, pastor Mark Swanson concludes his service with this wonderful sermon from the end of Matthew.
Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything (42)
My wife recently bought the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” for me. I have been reading it off and on for some time now. I would have to say that it is one of the most quirky books that I have ever read. I never know quite what to expect. Well, one part of the [...]