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60 Years in an Iron Lung
“Martha Mason passed away last week at the age of 71 after spending 60 years living inside an iron lung. Mason was paralyzed from the neck down due to a childhood case of polio and was one of about 30 Americans left who live full time in iron lungs. There are no documented cases of anyone living in an iron lung for as long as Mason.”


A Fetus or a Baby?
Here is an interesting article which shows how unbelievable, how ungodly, the pro-choice debate really is.


Why Mother’s Day is a Bad Idea
Dr. Mohler takes this one on and includes an interesting history of the occasion. “Mother’s Day is a bad idea because it subverts the reality of faithful mothering and robs faithful mothers of their true glory. Mothers deserving of honor are handed cards and taken to lunch, when songs of praise should instead be offered to the glory of God.”


John Piper @ The Basics
You can hear the first two messages from John Piper at the Basics Conference. The first is a breakout session followed by an open Q&A. The second is a keynote address.


Deal of the Day: The Minority Report
Ligonier is offering a good discount on Carl Trueman’s The Minority Report. “Carl Trueman presents a collection of essays on a wide-range of subjects, including Adolf Eichman, the iPod, Roger Beckwith, the Blues, Watership Down, American Idol, Nietzsche, Zen-Calvinism, and Augustine. His goal is to force readers to think about what they believe, how they behave, and why. With wit and wisdom, Trueman topples the idols of contemporary pop-evangelicalism and dares us to reflect on matters many of us would rather not.”


  • Netflix’s “Little House on the Prairie”

    When Netflix announced they would debut a Little House on the Prairie series, I received the news with a sense of dread. While I knew it could be like All Creatures Great and Small and remain relatively faithful to the spirit of much-loved books, it could also be like Rings of Power and be anything…

  • A La Carte (September 7)

    Mother, give yourself away / This is not what I meant / Lindsay Clancy / The only thing green are the weeds / An open door doesn’t mean walk in / The pastoral hard cases: “no one noticed” / Kindle deals.

  • Works & Wonders

    Works & Wonders (September 6)

    Works & Wonders: Beautiful creation / Photography awards / Blackwing pencils / World’s narrowest islands / Be a stowaway / Vanished Vikings.

  • Weekend A La Carte (September 5)

    The cities that said yes to drugs / Just bury your trash / The rise of transactional relationships / Calvin and Hobbes and the price of integrity / How much is that gene-edited dog in the window? / Covenantal theology / Reader recommendations / and more.