One of my favorite books is The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, by Jeremiah Burroughs. If you’ve been looking for a good motivation to read it, you now have one with the reading group at Challies.com. They begin on June 18.
Some good thoughts on evangelical superstars here.
Daniel Pipes has a concise blogpost evaluating Netanyahu’s important speech today.
Those thinking about a Bible teaching career and the choice between being a generalist or specialist may benefit from this article posted on the SBL site on the case for generalists.
The 10 Greatest Explosions Ever (LiveScience.com)
In case the local library doesn’t have a copy and $7.95 is too steep a price to pay; google has the full version of The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment for free online. Just thought I’d pass that on. :) Enjoy.
http://books.google.com/books?id=ozM3AAAAMAAJ&printsec=toc#PPA3,M1
The LiveScience article kept me interested till I reached #4 when the fairytales began. Too bad they couldn’t stick with actual science. Sometimes scientists just can’t help themselves…