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posted by Scot McKnight | 12:08am Saturday December 12, 2009
Merry Christmas from Chicago!

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A must-read on the rising surge against Islam by Bob Smietana.

A must-read on science and faith by Tim Stafford (HT: AC).
A must-watch documentary?
A must-read on Lesslie Newbigin.
A must-read on spiritual gifts.
A must-read on preaching.
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A new kind of Periodic Table.
A new kind of Purim: Messianic Judaism and Hanukkah.
A new kind of awareness to academic realities.
Facebook is like the pacman gremlin gobbling away the numbers.
Preacher in the hands of an angry church.
Editor in the hands of a reading audience.
Fictional pastors in the hands of a reader.
Books in the hand of a good judge.
Church billboards in the hands of a radical.
Your job in the hands of Bradley Moore.
Meandering in the News
MoonChic.jpg1. Perhaps the most depressing article I read all week.
2. “Climate-gate” and George Will weighs in on the controversy too.
3. On jobs and the need for that “vast, chaotic entrepreneurial churn”: Rich Lowry.
4. Second City: 50 years old.
5. John Mark Reynolds says the Swiss minarets issue is small potatoes compared to the real issues — and he’s right. (But the minaret issue isn’t the tip of an iceberg on growing concern with Muslims.)
6. Do you button up?
7. Political language discussion: e.g., what does “progressive” mean?
8. Roland Martin’s rant. Personally, I agree that Obama’s Admin has to take responsibility, but that is not to say that a previous Admin’s legacy doesn’t last for a long, long time.
9. A bit long, but worth your read: on improving marriage.
10. Shocking brief editorial. Talk about shocking: Stanley Fish has a positive take on Sarah Palin’s autobiography.
Meandering in Sports
Wow, this is a big story waiting to happen. I’m all for it!
Can you believe those surfers in Hawaii?
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posted December 12, 2009 at 7:35 am


Great stuff Scot – Stafford’s post on the elite 20%, on a different topic, is also worth a careful read.



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posted December 12, 2009 at 3:12 pm


No time for all the links, but thanks for the George Will link about Climate-Gate. Have you seen the article renaming it The CRUtape Letters? Very well done….
And thanks for the link to the “positive” review of Palin’s book. I picked it up the day it came out while at Costco…and finished it is three days (which is almost a miracle for me these days!). As I read it, I relived the moment last year when many “regular” American women who are wives and mothers and hard workers (whether PTA officers, church and/or community volunteers, or in a career or other paid employment) who believe they can do whatever they feel called to do: “I am Sarah Palin”



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posted December 12, 2009 at 3:13 pm


…yes, that No Name is me!



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