Category: in a nutshell
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In a NutshellTidbits – January 2020
Why fossil fuels are a blessing According to Kathleen Hartnett White, in her study Fossil Fuels: The Moral Case “man-made emissions of carbon dioxide have…
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In a NutshellTidbits – December 2019
Darwin’s theory and Kipling’s Just So Stories Brett Miller is a cartoonist for the website Creation-Evolution Headlines (CrEv.info). While his other cartooning efforts are great,…
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In a NutshellTidbits – November 2019
On breaking your TV habit Want to cut down on your TV watching but find it a battle? Gary North has an idea he put…
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In a NutshellTidbits – October 2019
Doing homework on Sunday? “When I was in college and seminary, I made what was a bold decision at the time and committed, along with…
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In a NutshellTidbits – July 2019
Doubt your doubts… “We don’t just need answers for people’s difficult questions. We need questions for people’s easy answers.” – Andrew Wilson (as seen at…
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In a NutshellTidbits – June 2019
As seen on a t-shirt We live in an emoticon, headline-reading, 280-character tweet, fly-by-level-of-engagement world. But short doesn’t always mean shallow, and to demonstrate, here’s…
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In a NutshellTidbits – May 2019
The world’s love hurts In a presentation by Jonathon Van Maren on euthanasia and assisted suicide the pro-life apologist repeatedly cited Proverbs 12:10b “…the tender…
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In a NutshellTidbits – April 2019
Strong men can laugh “Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.” – G.K. Chesterton An iPhone Hack to Try “Two…
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In a NutshellTidbits – March 2019
Chesterton on whether love is blind The world tells us that we shouldn’t try to change those we love, that if we really love them…
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In a NutshellTidbits – February 2019
Satire, impactful satire Turnabout is fair play Rebutting a secular argument can be as simple as applying its logic more broadly. Samuel Sey (@SlowToWrite), a…
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In a NutshellTidbits – January 2019
Why did the _____ cross the road? One of the wonderful things about children is that they are a new audience. Dads, they haven’t heard…
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In a NutshellTidbits – December 2018
Feminism’s two errors “[Feminism is] the heresy that women and men are not fundamentally different and that women ought to be as much like men…
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In a NutshellTidbits – November 2018
Lame Dutch joke of the month A Canadian and a Dutchman were out riding horses. Canadian: “We’ve got quite the set of fine horses here….
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In a NutshellTidbits – October 2018
How to be a revolutionary When a Christian conference is titled “How to enrage the culture” you might think it would be encouraging radical and…
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In a NutshellTidbits – September 2018
What parent wouldn’t love this present? One of the biggest, most expensive presents we will ever give our children is Christian schooling. But do our…
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In a NutshellTidbits – August 2018
Help wanted: men “Imagine that in those ages past, Luther, Zwingli, Calvin and their [associates] had said: ‘The world is out of order. But if…
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In a Nutshell
Tidbits – July 2018
A most wonderful secret “What does it feel like?” I asked. “To have a whole new person growing inside you?” My mom sat down on…
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In a Nutshell
Tidbits – June 2018
FUTURECASTING Dr. Kathy Koch has a saying that reflects the biblical thought Paul express in 1 Cor.15:33. She notes, “Show me your friends, and I…
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In a Nutshell
Tidbits – May 2018
“Pastor, I already know how to farm better than I do” In an April 16 post at nouthetic.org, Donn R. Arms recounts how, as a…
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In a Nutshell
Tidbits – April 2018
“Wait…what?” As our family has been reading through the Bible, certain passages (starting right off with Genesis 4) make it necessary to at least touch…
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In a Nutshell
Tidbits – March 2018
John Calvin on abortion “…the fetus, though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being…and it is almost a monstrous crime…
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In a Nutshell
Tidbits – February 2018
Never a better time… It’s so easy to get caught up in what’s going wrong with the world that we can lose sight of all…