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hell in a handbasket: W. E. B. Griffin, Retreat, Hell! (Corps)

August 29, 2007 by David Baer

W.E.B. Griffin’s novelistic account of the Korean Conflict in 1950 teaches even as it entertains. Douglas Macarthur—who is still revered as the hero his president wouldn’t listen to by many South Koreans—is primed for glory, but has to deny the massive Chinese presence that awaits his troops if he’s going to get there. Continue Reading »

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light and sound: Tabletalk

August 29, 2007 by David Baer

The story is told of the Christian Reformer Martin Luther that he habitually gathered his large family and a collection of personal disciples together around his table for nourishing food and pious conversation. So was born the tradition of ‘table talk’, a form of Christian teaching that is anchored to the daily rhythms of family and community life. Continue Reading »

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a trade journal for a hidden growth industry: International Bulletin of Missionary Research

August 29, 2007 by David Baer

Christian faith has always been centrifugal, rarely containable, and viscerally cross-cultural. The mission of the Christian Church is therefore expansive, intentionally persuasive, and usually outward-looking. Continue Reading »

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No one knows him better: Martin Gilbert, Churchill. A Life (audiocasette), Part 1 of 3

August 29, 2007 by David Baer

No human being alive today knows Britain’s legendary lion of a Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, than Martin Gilbert.

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No one knows him better: Martin Gilbert, Churchill. A Life

August 29, 2007 by David Baer

No human being alive today knows Britain’s legendary lion of a Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, better than Martin Gilbert.

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nourishment and joy: Mars Hill Audio Journal

August 28, 2007 by David Baer

Christians possessed of an inquisitive intellect, a restless soul, and an intuitive connection to their culture are one of the Church’s underserved people groups. Often their God-given wiring is viewed as evidence of spiritual drift or—worse still—untamed rebellion.

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the fastest, most enjoyable way to get up to speed on a fascinating area: Biblical Archaeology Review

August 28, 2007 by David Baer

I once asked the Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge how he stays abreast of fast-moving developments in biblical archaeology, a field of investigation that is related but decidely peripheral to his own work.

‘I mostly read BAR … ‘, he said, in an unexpectedly low-brow response for the hallowed halls of the Great University. ‘Then if I want to know more about a topic, I move on to more scholarly publications.’ Continue Reading »

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de-putting asunder: Phill Butler, Well Connected. Releasing Power and Restoring Hope

August 28, 2007 by David Baer

Phill Butler gives us one of those books that takes an action sport or skill that is usually performed on an intuitive or visceral level and reduces it to a formula.

Don’t get me wrong. This is not a criticism. Many of us need precisely such a formula that provides a handle, a method, or a path. Butler has given us that, and is to be thanked for doing so. Continue Reading »

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Simple is beautiful: Oster BPST02-B Professional Series Blender, Black

August 28, 2007 by David Baer

The handsomely elegant glass-on-black Oster blender crushes ice with ease and doesn’t shake, as some less sturdy contenders do.

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news from the Mary Kay Empire: an end-user speaks: Mary Kay Color Cosmetics

August 28, 2007 by David Baer

Let’s get one thing straight. I know nothing about cosmetics and – except for one forgettable episode at a Halloween party – have never used them.

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