Category Archives: culture

price of perpetual boyhood

Posted on September 7, 2009 by bkingr

Amy Holmes is wondering if there is a price for men to pay in their pursuit of perpetual adolescence. Inher post on The Corner she says about the death of DJ AM [Adam Goldstein]: But consider: He died a 36-year-old … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

powerful stuff

Posted on September 1, 2009 by bkingr

Timmy Brister posted this video “Choosing Thomas” and like he says it is worth the next ten minutes of your time. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToNWquoXqJI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] somewhat related, Randy Alcorn talks here about the absolute necessity for Christians to have a well developed theology … Continue reading →

Posted in church, culture, politics, teaching | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

group think

Posted on August 31, 2009 by bkingr

the inability to reconsider (or even see) built in assumptions is something that is very interesting to me about people. @texaszman pointed to this interesting article on twitter this morning. check out this bit here: My theory—call it the “Oakley … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, teaching | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Marriage

Posted on August 15, 2009 by bkingr

what is the point of marriage? If the only point of marriage is to be the highest expression of romantic love, then evangelical opposition to homosexual marriage is just mean. It would be mean to say to some people that … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

distraction from the Gospel

Posted on August 10, 2009 by bkingr

our enemy’s favorite play is the misdirection play. He doesn’t mind if a bunch of Christ followers get together to do “christian” things. He prefers that we stay huddled together in committees working out the details of the next building … Continue reading →

Posted in church, culture | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

coming attractions

Posted on August 8, 2009 by bkingr

courtesy of Jonathan Dodson, I ran across this post by Mark Driscoll and his recent encounter with ABC’s Terry Moran and the Nightline crew. Sounds interesting. I wonder what the finished product will look like. I sat down for about … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

When Helping Hurts

Posted on August 6, 2009 by bkingr

Kevin DeYoung has put up a three part look at the book When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor and Yourselfby Brian Fikkert. It looks like a good book to read for guidance as we attempt … Continue reading →

Posted in church, culture | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

how weird am I?

Posted on August 4, 2009 by bkingr

seriously, how weird am I? I have been watching the dialogue between Mark Krikorian, Wesley Smith and Jonah Goldberg in The Corner with great interest. They are talking about vegans and vegetarians, morality and whether or not it is morally … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, humor | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

more like this please

Posted on August 1, 2009 by bkingr

Chris Isaak knows his limitations. this is one of the best answers I have heard in a while. Maybe you could draw on your student council experience to help sort out the enormous budget crisis in California. Any remedy for … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

WOW!!

Posted on July 28, 2009 by bkingr

everybody has probably seen this already, but WOW! Texting while driving increases the risk of an accident or near accident by 23 TIMES. After studying the behavior of real truck drivers covering more than 6 million miles of road, the Virginia … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

narcissism?

Posted on July 25, 2009 by bkingr

Carl Trueman points to this slashing article regarding the twitter and facebook impulse? truth or over the top? from page two of the article comes this bit: Well, indeed. For Twitter to be patronised by young people, it would need … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Leave a comment

but I'm a good person

Posted on July 21, 2009 by bkingr

this one stung. more than a little bit. I spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on my kids sports and extra curricular activities each year while children in poverty in my community and around the world are ignored by people … Continue reading →

Posted in church, culture | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Mark Steyn with a cheerful perspective

Posted on July 18, 2009 by bkingr

Mark Steyn is always full of good cheer about the demographic future of western nations. Here is a particularly peppy bit. The transformation of developed societies – either into old folks’ homes (like Japan) or semi-Islamized dystopias (like Amsterdam, Brussels, … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

why are we so fat?

Posted on July 15, 2009 by bkingr

via challies, I discovered and read a very interesting article from Elizabeth Kolbert at the New Yorker about obesity in the U.S. and the rest of the world. During the next decade, Americans kept right on gaining. Men are now … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Terminal Generation?

Posted on July 13, 2009 by bkingr

Dr. Mohler is wondering if we are at the terminal generation of evangelicalism. It is a very fair thing about which to wonder. We should be very concerned about certain trends in contemporary evangelicalism that threaten this integrity. The first … Continue reading →

Posted in church, culture | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

ennui

Posted on July 11, 2009 by bkingr

ennui is a good word, a french word, a fun word to say. what it means is not particularly good though. Here, I will let Julie Neidlinger fill you in. Ennui: (n.) a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Carl Trueman on Hurt Mail

Posted on July 10, 2009 by bkingr

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oj8d9rp9to&hl=en&fs=1&] I’m so Hurt. it isn’t just an Elvis song anymore. Now it has become a tool in the hands of the mau mau crowd in their effort to shut up arguments they don’t like. Carl Trueman is on flaming … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

cohabitation data

Posted on July 10, 2009 by bkingr

via Allen James on his twitter feed, I read this article on the latest (2008) cohabitation data from the Census. An article in USA Today provides a sampling of data from a new federal study of unmarried young adults, showing that “49% … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

a modern allegory

Posted on July 9, 2009 by bkingr

Kevin DeYoung has posted three parts of four of a modern day allegory named Many Are Called but Few Are Chosen in the tradition of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. I highly recommend Kevin’s work. It is delightful. Part 1 Part … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

raising money for an abortion

Posted on July 8, 2009 by bkingr

Mark Hemingway links to something that is bizarre, sad, and completely expected if you think about it. This is the story of a young woman’s decision to have an abortion and to throw a baby shower like party to gather … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The recent SBC convention

Posted on July 1, 2009 by bkingr

I didn’t attend the recent SBC convention in Louisville, Kentucky, but it has been interesting reading various perspectives on the event. Timmy Brister attended his first convention this year. Afterward, he posted ten highlights of the week and ten lowlights. … Continue reading →

Posted in church, culture | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

30 years of progress

Posted on June 29, 2009 by bkingr

the Sony Walkman was launched 30 years ago. In honor of this anniversary, the BBC asked a thirteen year old boy to swap out his iPod for one for a week. The results are priceless. Go read the whole article, … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

another one down

Posted on June 24, 2009 by bkingr

First, watch this 3.5 minute video. then keep in mind that the only person that a hypocrite is lying about is himself. He agrees that the standard is higher than his actions. He just tries to bluff his way into … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

calvinism and holiness today

Posted on June 23, 2009 by bkingr

courtesy of Iain campbell here is a different take than one would expect on the state of calvinism and holiness these days. here is how it starts: When I was a youngster and newly saved, it seemed as if the … Continue reading →

Posted in church, culture | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

modern fatherhood

Posted on June 20, 2009 by bkingr

Dr. Mohler hits a glancing blow at something that really bothers me about the way fathers are portrayed in current popular culture. Fatherhood has been marginalized and the rule and authority of fathers have been depreciated, ridiculed, and continuously redefined. … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, teaching | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments