I had a conversation the other day with Skye Jethani, at Leadership Journal, and J.R. Briggs, church planting in the Hatfield, PA, and this question was asked by J.R.: Which books in the spiritual or Christian life written these days do you think will be read in 50 years? How would you answer that question?…

From CNN.com, by a 12-yr-old author: Yep, and this is one of the better ones: to call someone “childish” is an insult, and it insults the mature child too. [Added: I was thinking that “pc” is the same as “what is proper,” and I was not being sarcastic, and I agree with this 12-yr-old. To…

From the Washington Post, by Michael Birnbaum… TEMPLE, TEX. — In an era when students talk back to teachers, skip class and wear ever-more-risque clothing to school, one central Texas city has hit upon a deceptively simple solution: Bring back the paddle. Most school districts across the country banned paddling of students long ago. Texas…

In the Reformation, or after the Reformation, the Anabaptists said they were neither “Catholic nor Reformed” but where The Third Way.  Why are there so few Anabaptists today? and yet why are so many attracted to anabaptism? So, what is the Third Way? Where are you seeing anabaptism today? Is it a genuine third way? …

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