- If an author cuts a significant portion from blogs that he previous written and pastes them into his latest book, but doesn’t site where it was from, it makes me feel like he is being dishonest. I don’t believe that it is technically self-plagiarism but it feels to me like using the same paper in your Introduction to New Testament class and your Systematic Theology 2 class. It just seems lazy. Cite it and I’m fine. Try to pass it off like it’s original and I feel dirty.
- I’m spending the weekend with my wife and kids in Nashville, IN. It’s a tremendous place to getaway and enjoy your family.
- The Mark Driscoll article that I posted on Tuesday made me sad. I received a ton of encouragement and people telling me that their feelings are similar to mine. That makes me sad because I wish that I was way off and there was no reason for concern. But there is, and that makes me sorrowful.
- There is a flippant response to sin that seems rampant in our day and it really bothers me. I’m convinced that we don’t “smart enough” for our sins (to use a Puritan term). We don’t want to engage in an unhealthy self-condemnation, nor listen to the voice of our Accuser, but we also don’t want to think that our covered sin was not costly.
- If you like the new Borrowed Light logo, thank Dawn Lamper. Check out her other stuff here. Also, thanks to Nick Horton for setting up all of the stuff behind the scenes that I don’t understand.
- Last weekend I went to the 9Marks @Southern event. I enjoyed it. I was very impressed with David Helm as a teacher. He was the only one of the speakers that I was not familiar with and his session might have been my favorite. This event just whetted my appetite for T4G in April. I can’t wait.
- Speaking of 9Marks @Southern, Albert Mohler’s talk is something that I’m still chewing on. One of the things that he discussed was the difference between a moral revolution and a moral shift. We are currently in a moral revolution as it concerns sexuality. A characteristic of a moral revolution is that what was once condemned is now celebrated. And here’s what really caused me to think…the other side of a moral revolution is that those that refuse to celebrate are now condemned. Something to think about.
- A good part of the Yankees season will depend on whether Tanaka is more like Hideki Irabu or early Hideo Nomo. P.S. I can’t wait for baseball season to officially begin.
- I’m hosting a Fantasy Baseball league on ESPN. We’ve got one more spot (or maybe a couple more if we decide to expand). If you are interested let me know in the comments (and shoot me an email).
