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A La Carte (7/19)

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The New Abortion Strategy – Dr. Mohler writes about a growing plan to make abortion even more mainstream by positioning it as a routine procedure that can be carried out by your local family doctor.

The Flak over The Shack – It seems all is not well behind the scenes with The Shack. The author and the men behind the company that initially published it are “mired in a series of lawsuits, accusations flying over improper accounting practices, millions of dollars in missing royalties, contract breaches and copyright disputes. Hachette, meanwhile, just wants to know to whom it owes money — and how much.”

Gospel Coalition 2011 – The Gospel Coalition have announced the details of next year’s conference. It looks like this one is going to be bigger than ever.

Evangelical Bunko Artists – Phil Johnson writes of “How I Learned the Hard Way that Pious Gullibility Is No Virtue.”

I Write Like – Just for fun. “Check which famous writer you write like with this statistical analysis tool, which analyzes your word choice and writing style and compares them with those of the famous writers.”


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