This is abundantly clear to me: Left-brained intellectuals can school me in sophisticated arguments–whether scientific or philosophical–just about any day of the week. That’s one of the reasons why I’m not that great at debate… I wasn’t born to wrestle with nuances. On the fly. Neither do I care. Why am I telling you…
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Did you know that most of what you and I know about Christianity in American today is scarcely Christian in any traditional sense? Over 100 years ago, William James said the American sense of religion is almost wholly experiential. Today, it’s much the same. American religion is dominated by solitude, individuality and the pragmatism of…
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Where Dalrymple accumulates a list of the symptoms of political and cultural decline. In late 2008, social critic Theodore Dalrymple published another round of essays called . Unfortunately, this anthology of essays is not his best… Too broad, lacking the element that made his other anthologies great–seamless, unrelenting focus. Dalrymple begins with six essays that sprawl across…
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Quick question: Is a lack of prejudice a sign of open-mindedness or empty headedness? I’d say empty headedness. Writer would agree with me. The Necessity of Pre-Conceived Ideas In the span of twenty-nine very short essays–even shorter than his essays in Life at the Bottom–Theodore Dalrymple, in his book , constructs a compelling argument aimed at destroying the prejudice…
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Twenty-two very short essays explain why the underclass exists and how it impacts society. Based on the book Life at the Bottom. I’ve been on a recent reading tear…knocking out some . Granted, it’s self-induced. I want to read 50 books this year… And review about half of them. So far in 2009 I’ve completed reviews…
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An open letter to anyone who thinks is a good book. You’re not going to like me for this. For 4 good reasons: 1. It’s been over a year and a half since The Shack has been published. . [I’m a terribly slow reader.] 2. I only read two-thirds of the book. 3. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone….
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How to take a basic, boring life and turn it into an active and thrilling one that pleases God and sparks a revival. In 1973, wrote a tiny book called . In this book he lays out the six biblical principles to finding God’s will for your life. The book is only 61 pages long. Small, but…
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