Bits & Pieces (9/19/12)

  • Confused Americans – ” A new study finds that the typical American believes the United States is far more religiously diverse than it actually is, overestimating the number of Mormons and Muslims and underestimating the number of Protestants.”


 

  • Puritan Wisdom on Seeking Marriage – It no doubt seems old-fashion to consider what the Puritans wrote about marriage, but this post contains several key insights that can be applied to those who desire to marry today. 

 

  • The Christian Celebrity – Tim Challies writes about a topic that we are probably too-familiar with but have likely not sat down to define. Along with his thoughts on the subject, he provides this helpful definition, “We cross into a culture of celebrity when we assume that merit in one field or one discipline necessarily carries that merit to other fields or disciplines.”

 

  • Shopping and False Intimacy – “In a world where pastors tweet and congregations have Facebook accounts, it’s easy to think an intimate relationship exists when all we really have are some dots of data loosely connected by our own assumptions and personal preferences.” (H/T)