Al Mohler calls this a “tragic announcement“: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced Tuesday that it would no longer offer its venerable reference set in a printed edition. Western Civilization just took another hard blow to the chin. Mohler bemoans the fact that the experience of reading a physical book will soon be relegated to the sidelines of twenty-first [...]
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Goodbye Encyclopedia Britannica, Hello Exaggerated Crisis for Western Civilization
Posted: March 16, 2012 in books, current events, history, misc, technology2
Slightly creepy: HT: National Geographic
Check out Reformed Theological Seminary’s iPhone app for memorizing the Westminster Shorter Catechism in 90 days! It’s simple to use and, best of all, free! HT: Justin Taylor
CNN: Christians are by far the largest religious group on the planet, and the religion has gone truly global over the past century, according to a new report out Monday, which finds some of the world’s biggest Christian communities in surprising places. Europe was the clear center of world Christianity one hundred years ago, but [...]
Skye Jethani writes (emphasis mine): The New York Times conducted a survey of Christmas sermons in 1931 and reported a common theme: “the suggestion that Christmas could not survive if Christ were thrust into the background by materialism.” Another popular sermon of the period railed that Advent had become little more than a “profit-seeking period.” Sermons [...]
This is a truly amazing idea. Check out this video about the massive-scale online collaboration that we all (unknowingly) participate in and see how (in the near future) you may be able to learn a new language for free.
The truly astounding video below has been circulating for a while now. For more information about murmuration, check out Wired’s recent article: What makes possible the uncanny coordination of these murmurations, as starling flocks are so beautifully known? Until recently, it was hard to say. Scientists had to wait for the tools of high-powered video [...]
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the [...]
