Review: Think Again by Stanley Fish
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“I go to Fish not just because he helps me make public points that ‘fly,’ as he would say; I go to him to help me analyze arguments from worldview opponents that don’t fly.” - Mark Ward
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“I go to Fish not just because he helps me make public points that ‘fly,’ as he would say; I go to him to help me analyze arguments from worldview opponents that don’t fly.” - Mark Ward
“The average person in your pews isn’t setting out to be a heretic, but they’ve not taken the time to learn how Christian doctrine forms a cohesive tapestry that holds together.” - Lifeway
“Paul was not self-focused; he didn’t spend his days beating himself up mentally for his failures and shortcomings. But he did have a healthy distrust of his own inclinations, and he saw to it that the circumstantial doors to those inclinations were kept closed.” - Olinger
Reposted from August, 2021.
Judging from what I’m seeing, hearing and overhearing lately, a lot of conservative Christians are really worked up right now. Details vary, but the general feeling seems to be that recent developments in religious liberty, LGBTQ trends, mask and vaccine “mandates,” and Afghanistan mean all we hold dear in the U.S. is now collapsing.
“Our field of reasoning goes only so far as the stories take us, and no further. … the validity of any argument must, indeed, can only be demonstrated through a personal narrative. Do I believe that the healthcare profession is completely corrupt, full of greedy, lying malpractitioners? I need only share my personal story of falling afoul of poor medical care” - Ref21
The question: “If you had to choose between the two, which do you feel is more important for the good of America? That we have the best potential president in the White House or that the Church maintains a good witness before the world?” - Michael Brown
“Some people get a little too caught up in the news, right? Not you, of course…. just in case, you might want to check into a new study from Taylor and Francis, that found compulsive news consumption is a true terror for your mental health and even takes a toll on your physical health.” - Relevant
“I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.” - Desiring God
Quillbot “suggests its main use would be for someone to improve their own writing…. Instead of the difficult work of understanding and then putting an author’s words into your own words, this tool allows students to automate the process.” - DBTS Blog
“Pastors need to be aware that every day of the week their church members are being instructed—and, most likely, their mentor is an algorithm. Is it any surprise that the human shepherds are losing to the digital ones?” - TGC
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