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Apparently the general public despises my default casual reply to "Thanks." I'm sure that I say " No problem " all t...

In One Fairy Story too Many: The Brothers Grimm and Their Tales , Ellis documents the evidence for Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm's deceptions...

Mrs. Chaka and I just contributed to Samaritan's Purse at the urging of Stuff Christians Like . After raising $30,000 to build a kinderg...

You could call me a Bob Dylan fan; my music collection has more albums by him than by any other artist. I acknowledge that he's an acqui...

I had no idea that Levi-Strauss was still alive. And now he's not . Pretty shameful ignorance for someone who considers himself a casual...

Today I came across a word history of sincere that seems impossible. According to the story, Latin potters would sometimes use wax to conce...

I just re-read Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose. Highly recommended. Don't let your eyes glaze over during the dialogs and argume...

A coworker recently spent a few days biking in Iowa and Minnesota. He passed through the town of Luverne, MN , where I was born. There's...

Elliot at All Is Grist (named after the first work by Chesterton that I read!) talks about defining evangelicalism, a topic touched upon in...

I'm wearing my mustaches long these days, but I am not a fan of Nietzsche. I am in his debt today, however, for a new line of self-inter...

"Logos Bible Software is celebrating the launch of their new online Bible by giving away 72 ultra-premium print Bibles at a rate of ...

The Secret Diary of D. A. Carson .