The Book Extracted
Comic Book Character
"Why are we sometimes so strong and yet often so weak? What makes the difference between righteous anger and blind rage? Why do superheroes (and we) wear masks? What's so super about being good looking, young or even simply alive? Why are we so quick to marginalize people?"
Interviewee: Don Everts
Author of The Smell of Sin
Intervarsity Press: What inspired you to write about a tough topic like sin?
Don Everts: A couple years ago I began a serious wrestling match with some of Jesus' teachings about sin. I began to realize that I didn't agree with Jesus. He taught as if sin were very, very serious. I honestly felt that when I sinned, I was just being naughty. The more I studied Jesus' words on sin, the more I realized that he and I disagreed with each other.
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If Loving The Blog is Wrong
in Strangely Dim
What'd you do this weekend? I ran the gamut of contemporary singalong culture. Thursday night I sang along with people at church, mostly songs that are in rotation on Christian radio. Friday night I sang along with my friends and... Read more >>
I, Too, Am Likewise
Charles Williams
Given to writing weirder-than-fiction "supernatural thrillers" - as T. S. Eliot described them - Charles Williams was often misunderstood by friends J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. Certainly, he was unlike his peers. He had eyeballs like tiny black amulets. The family doctor said . . .
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