Artifacts of a Life Once Lived

Notes-From-Offcenter has a good post concerning the decline of value/virtue in the academy in the wake of rationalism's dogmatic fantasy for fact. You can READ HERE.
A side note: also from Creedal standpoint a great read is a short book by one Charles Habib Malik called "A Christian Critique of the University." I found this book particularly helpful and deeply affective. Also, I always recommend John Henry Newmans "Idea of a University."

David Berlinski, a brilliant mathematician and scientist, has published a new work with a chiding title. His new book, The Devil's Delusion plays off the title of Richard Dawkins scathing assessment of Religion in The God Delusion. Read about the work at Random House's website.

Take this to heart and hear. Inhabitatio Dei has posted a brief but convicting blurb. I could not have said it better, but what he says scares me, because I fear what he speaks of is true of me. I have fallen victim and been deceived to loving the thing rather than the reason for the thing. God make in me a new heart.

I chased some steers this weekend. Its on youtube. You can watch it here.

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