Dr Paul Allen

Top theological posts from a reformed position  Diabolical Ventriloquism: A 1-Sentence Summary of Each of Screwtape’s Letters How should churches relate to others with same-sex attractions? Read Peter Hubbard. 3 Reasons I Don’t Enthusiastically Recommend the History Channel’s “The Bible: The Epic Miniseries” Wayne Grudem on the Jason Bourne Films Piper Illustrates for Children How Faith Glorifies God Keller and Carson: Greco-Roman Slavery ≠ Race-Based Slavery Don Whitney: How Can I Be Sure I’m a Christian? Top 10 Tips for Being Clearer How a Recent Thesis Defines the Glory of God 6 Discontinuities between the Old and New Covenants Carson: The most painful things I’ve ever borne are betrayals by Christian friends How to Listen on Double Speed with an iPhone or iPod How Reliable Is Your Memory? 3 Practical Lessons Murray Harris’s 6-Page Expanded Paraphrase of Colossians Joshua Harris’s New Book: Humble Orthodoxy The Best Book on Sexual Purity MacArthur: “It’s very...

Image via Wikipedia We live in a world of almost infinite choice. It wasn’t always this way, of course. Even just a few generations ago people made do with far less to choose from. But today we demand and expect that we will be able to choose from among hundreds of options. A short time ago someone sent me a short outtake from the movie Borat . I haven’t seen the movie, don’t recommend the movie and hear that it is, from all accounts, not the kind of thing Christians should see. But this clip was harmless and pointed to our ridiculous demand for choice (and Sasha Cohen ’s ability to draw out a joke). Standing in a supermarket with a manager, he walks slowly alongside a refrigerator, pausing at each package of cheese and asking, “What is this?” “Cheese,” says the manager. Borat moves to the next one. “And this is…?” “Cheese.” “And this?” “Cheese.” It goes on and on and on. And then, like a typewriter hitting the end of a row, he zips back to the place he started and begins in on the nex...

Image via Wikipedia Is Steve Jobs Dying for Us All? Like Thomas Edison or Henry Ford , the name Steve Jobs conjures the image of an era more than a product. After battling pancreatic cancer, the Apple co-founder has finally resigned from the company and has resigned himself to one thing over which he has no control: death. In a penetrating essay in  Esquire  today, Tom Junod explores the life, lessons, and legacy of one of our era’s greatest inventors. The title itself is telling:  “Steve Jobs is Dying for Us All.” Back in January 2010, Junod contributed another piece for  Esquire  titled,  “Steve Jobs and the Portal to the Invisible” . Both are worth the read. Prominent in both articles are the emphases on Jobs as an artist, a creative genius who “makes the invisible visible” and fits an even “messianic” profile. In last year’s feature, Junod observed, There are several things that Steve Jobs isn’t. He isn’t, for one thing, democratic. “He isn’t utopian...