Monthly Archives: August 2012

“The acceptance of a Mormon candidate is momentous because it is a sharp departure from the typical emphasis evangelicals place upon theological and doctrinal soundness.”

“If you are a Christian, how can you use Facebook to put your best foot forward?”

You need to watch Anatolia close enough to narrate the details for yourself; you may, like me, need–more than that, desire–to watch this film more than once. All the while, the film asks: What are we to make of this phenomenon?

Marketers obviously know how to influence me. But I also admit that my internal spending matrix was constructed in U.S. society, heavily influenced by the spending values of our culture.

“I know I’m not perfect; we all get only one perfect Parent, and I’m clearly not it.”

“The common grace of the Avett Brothers expressed in its most concentrated form in this song is essentially a billboard for the merciful character of God.”

“What begins as the template for any knock-off revenge thriller playing to a tired old formula soon establishes itself as having very different goals.”

By taking Ryan as his running mate, Romney is making some interesting statements about what kind of presidency he wants.

“If we agree that abortion is the wrong way to protect women, we have to be willing to find the new and better way.”

“Is this a case of religious persecution or does Pussy Riot have legitimate political motivations?”

“The latest Bourne iteration is not quite as satisfying because it lacks the compelling moral-identity politics which made the action sets engrossing and not merely exciting.”

“What’s best for our kids is to develop their character while we let them be kids, and that sounds like a fruitful endeavor to me.”

“There comes a time when enough is enough, when the coverage ceases to be emotional and becomes manipulative.”

“If someone isn’t prepared for that kind of public scrutiny, they should probably reconsider blogging, publishing, or public ministry in general.”

“When we reject a thinker’s foundational principles, it is our job to carefully probe the thinker’s ideas we accept to see what effect(s) the thinker’s foundational principles have upon those ideas.”

Nike was one that opted against paying the big bucks for exclusive sponsorship. It found another way to celebrate London though.