January 2012
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Happy Birthday Francis Schaeffer
My father had all of the Francis Schaeffer L’Abri lectures on reel-to-reel tapes. I would lie beside him on Saturday mornings and listen for hours to lectures such as “Our Ash-Heap Lives”.
My father gave me the name Jeremiah because of the influence of “Death in the City” on him. He would tell me often, “Jeremiah is the prophet of our time.”
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been listening to...
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Paralyzing Self-Righteousness and the New York... →
During the New York Philharmonic’s performance Tuesday night, it was interrupted by an iPhone.
The jarring ringtone—the device’s “Marimba” sound, which simulates the mallet instrument—intruded in the middle of the movement, emanating from the first row at Avery Fisher Hall.
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“I had to ask him many times,” Mr. Gilbert said. “It was bizarre. Maybe he...