Was Orwell or Huxley correct? What should we do about it?
Book Club: AOTD – Ch. 10 “Teaching as an Amusing Activity”
What is entertainment doing to how we learn?
Book Club: AOTD – Ch. 9 “Reach Out and Elect Someone”
What happens when you mix politics with show business?
Rookie Reviews: “How We Got The Bible” by Greg Lanier
Eric reviews a helpful book on how we got the right books and words in the Bible.
Book Club: AOTD – Ch. 8 “Shuffle Off to Bethlehem”
Can religion be entertaining? Should it be?
Book Review: Baptism (Answers to Common Questions)
A great introduction to the Presbyterian view on baptism.
Book Club: AOD – Ch. 7 “And Now…This”
When the news becomes a metaphor.
Book Club: AOD – Ch. 6 “The Age of Show Business”
We dive into ch.6 to think on how TV has made entertainment the dominant metaphor of our culture.
Book Club: AOD – Ch.5 “Peek-A-Boo World”
We look at two ideas which changed the main ways we receive information.
Why “The Rookie Pastor”?
Here I explain the name of my blog and why I consider myself a perennial rookie.