The Apple-olatry Persists: Why the iPad Will Change Everything

Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 12:39 | Category : Culture/Society, World News
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There exists a certain ecosystem of loyalty among Mac users. There always has. From the intelligent minority in its early days, PC users characterized Apple-heads as black-nailed tweekers. Today, the mainstream Mac user more likely shops at Brooks Brothers or Façonnable, and the extent of his tweeking is his 2-a-day 4-shot lattes.
Mac has never been positioned [...]

Genevan Taproot: America’s Christian foundation or fatalistic ideology?

Monday, 29 March 2010, 9:21 | Category : Bible & Theology, Church
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What on earth does earth does Geneva have to do with America? Interestingly, Josh Burek addresses the subject in this morning’s CSM. Here, Calvinism is described as the theological foundation for America’s patriotism, work ethic, sense of equality, public morality, and even elements of democracy.
In fact, he argues, they “all sprang in part from the Calvinist [...]

Orality and the future of Publishing

Thursday, 25 March 2010, 11:27 | Category : Bible & Theology
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I saw this video some time back and was glad to find it this week again making the rounds:
HT: Denny Burk