“The modern world began on 29 May 1919 when photographs of a solar eclipse … confirmed the truth of a new theory of the universe,” so said historian Paul Johnson describing the first verification of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity as it replaced the classic Newtonian view of gravity with its absolute lines, absolute length, and absolute motion.

The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty

Singer's recent book on the ethics of global poverty. 

Justification: God's Plan & Paul's Vision

N.T. Wright's latest book. 

Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don't Know About Them)

A critical examination of the New Testament.

A Primer on Postmodernism

A well done history of western philosophy from the Enlightenment through 19th and 20th century movements up through contemporary postmodernism. This book is short, highly informed, and accessible.

Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement

  The Star Trek movie that was just released was what the Star Wars prequels should have been -- story, story, story! It didn't get bogged down in all the glitzy computer graphics (though the sky-diving scenes were unreal). It didn't throw in a new alien at every corner. It focused on character depth and script (as all good movies--especially sci fi/superhero films do), and it was a crushing success.
 

I'm not sure what to think about this article in the London Times, which points out that American evangelistic efforts are succeeding.
 
There are some points that are worth applauding like this:
 

Shane Hipps second book Flickering Pixels is not merely insightful, it is important. Hipps succeeds in taking some very complex topics--brain function, mass communication, the history of theology--and he packages them in an accessible, truly fresh study for everyone.

"Once you label me you negate me."

http://www.mygazines.com/issue/759
See page 55-56 for an article I wrote.

Go Here to see how your income compares to the rest of the world. You Orange Julius employees are aparently rollin'.

"If your goal is being right, you can wash your hands of a person; if your goal is love, you can't."
 
Great Thought from Scot McKnight: Here.

Here is the first entrant in the earthday contest. Remember, the best five win a book and CD... it is just as easy as this: