Book Club: AOD – Ch.5 “Peek-A-Boo World”

We look at two ideas which changed the main ways we receive information.

Book Club: AOD – Ch.4 “The Typographic Mind”

This week we tackle chapter 4 and the impact of print on the American mind.

Book Club: AOD – Ch.3 “Typographic America”

We tackle chapter 3! What was America's first metaphor?

Book Club: AOD – Ch.2 “Media as Epistemology”

We dive into chapter 2!

Book Club: AOTD – ch.1 “The Medium is the Metaphor”

We dive into chapter one of Neil Postman's thought provoking book!

Book Club: Amusing Ourselves to Death

It is nothing new to say we live in an age of information. But it is amazing to consider how relevant Neil Postman's book is today. I cannot tell you how often I have seen this book referenced. Whether it was a book on technology or culture inevitable Amusing Ourselves to Death would be called in...

Book Club: Christianity & Liberalism – Concluding Thoughts

(Earlier posts in this series: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6a, part 6b, part 7) Mark Twain said that "A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read." To some degree that was how I felt about this book. It is a work referenced often...

Book Club: Christianity & Liberalism – Ch. 7 “The Church”

(Earlier posts in this series: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6a, part 6b) Whew! It has been a little while. They say the secret to blogging to ABP, "Always Be Posting." To which I say I have a full-time job and five children so no. After family visits, a...

Book Club: Christianity & Liberalism – Ch. 6b “Christian Life”

(Click here to see all posts in this series) So we are continuing now on to the second half of the chapter which focuses upon the application of the atonement. As we saw last week the atonement is at the heart of the doctrine of salvation. Without it we do not have hope for we...

Book Club: Christianity & Liberalism – Ch. 6a “Salvation”

(Earlier posts in this series: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5) As we near the end of the book (only one chapter left), we find one of its longest chapters. Akin to what we believe about Jesus, what we believe about salvation is foundational for everything. We must be clear not...