And Speechlessness Ensued…

No one on Slashdot has declared this to be satire, but I really just can’t accept that the article linked to in the above link (yay, meta?) isn’t satire! (Mostly I linked to the /. page rather than the article proper because the comments are encouraging. It’s always nice to see computer geeks standing up for books.)

From the article:

“When I look at books, I see an outdated technology, like scrolls before books,’’ said James Tracy, headmaster of Cushing and chief promoter of the bookless campus. “This isn’t ‘Fahrenheit 451’ [the 1953 Ray Bradbury novel in which books are banned]. We’re not discouraging students from reading. We see this as a natural way to shape emerging trends and optimize technology.’’

Christians and Cultural Renewal

I found this interesting: CT is asking if Christians overemphasise cultural renewal in light of Tim Challies’ criticisms of Tchividjian’s new book, Unfashionable.

Making Exhibitions of Ourselves

In case you missed it, Dr. Trueman’s latest is up. Insert the monthly raving over how much I enjoy his writing.

This month, though, I do have to say, “Ouch, Dr. Trueman,” for this line: “This time, it was not so much her American level knowledge of geography as her racist abuse of a fellow inmate that landed her in hot water.” Clearly, this survey is going to hound the U.S. for a good long time. (And… apparently they did it again in 2006 and things didn’t get any better.)

Of course, the shoddy geographical knowledge of Americans isn’t Dr. Trueman’s point — exhibition and our culture is, so go forth and read, because it’s well done.

Stopping to Think

Thabiti Anyabwile posted his thoughts on why the Time article on the “new Calvinism” isn’t really a good thing. (HT: Challies.com)

Monday Links

Monday brings with it the start of a new week, Jonah translation for tomorrow, the reviewing of seemingly random paradigms, and, of course, research for my papers — made all the more exciting by the fulfilment of various ILL requests in the last few days. Thus, today is a link day.

Carl Trueman’s latest — Messiahs Pointing to the Door. The most piercing observations on the culture of the U.S. come from people who aren’t actually from the U.S. (or who spend a lot of time away — see Bill Bryson’s “I’m a Stranger Here Myself”).

From IRBS — Glad Tidings from Heaven. A bit of the gospel preaching of a Welsh Puritan.

An older article (around two weeks) from Newsweek — How do You Read the Bible?. A whole host of comments regarding Sola Scriptura spring to mind from this one, but I wrote most of them down back here.

Geneva Redux posted a bit from Machen at the beginning of last month — What is Orthodoxy? As always, Machen’s comments are as appropriate now as they were 74 years ago.