I usually don’t like sports stories, but this was remarkably compelling.
Category: Asides
short little soundbytes
Fabulous Final
This is genius. Wow.
Seth’s Blog » Blog Archive » Tyler Cowen’s Unusual Final Exam
Tyler [Cowen] once walked into class the day of the final exam and he said. “Here is the exam. Write your own questions. Write your own answers. Harder questions and better answers get more points.” T…
Hooray For Sanity
I am most gratified by this decision and hope that it ripples out to other universities.
At Christianity Today, we’re constantly tracking important developments in the church and the world. Often we use our network of reporters around the world (and for that, visit our main site). But we …
Kudos Where Kudos Are Due
My pastor just got an article published in Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox. Way to go, Scott!
New NET Bible website is awesome
The NET Bible website just got an overhaul and it is awesome. Check it out (be sure to mouse over the footnotes). And they seem to have renamed the web portion of their project NEXT Bible: http://nextbible.org
Chi Alpha Worldwide on the Facebook
A clever Chi Alphan noticed that the Facebook now supports global groups. So they set up one titled: XA- CHI ALPHA WORLDWIDE ‑XA (I don’t know if that link will work or not — I took out the school prefix)
So Chi Alphans worldwide, unite!
My Favorite Line From My Sermon This Week
“Of course, then the witches showed up and so we didn’t get to finish our conversation.”
Richard Mouw rocks
I just finished reading Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport by Richard Mouw (president of Fuller Theological Seminary). It was great. I’ve read one other book of his, Consulting the Faithful: What Christian Intellectuals Can Learn from Popular Religion, and I loved it as well. I’d have to say he’s one of my favorite low-volume authors.
Dog the Bounty Hunter
Dog the Bounty Hunter has to be one of the most fascinating individuals I’ve ever seen on television. If you ever get a chance to watch the show, I highly recommend it.
Dana Has Named Our Yellow Guppy
His name is “Fishstick.” 🙂