 The judges are pleased to announce that they have elected to present the occasional Compass award for having no sense of irony to the makers of this ad for “Botox Cosmetic”: Botox Advertisement from deNovo . . . → Read More: Outstanding contribution to the field of Irony, August 2011  For those interested in debates around the historicity of Adam and Eve, the BioLogos Forum has an interesting blog piece reflecting on a recent National Public Radio (NPR) broadcast entitled “Evangelicals Question The Existence of Adam and Eve”. The radio piece looked at the growing number of conservative evangelical scholars who question whether a real, historical, . . . → Read More: Adam and Eve and Science 
One of the great biblical insights is we become like that which we worship. Worship idols, and we become like idols. Worship the living God, and we become living people. As a culture, one of the most common objects of our worship are celebrities. We turn to them for “wisdom” and “blessing” (celebrity endorsement); we hunger . . . → Read More: Almost Famous 
In a fascinating article in The New Atlantis, Paul J. Cella III argues the current global financial crisis is a result, at least in part, of a misunderstanding of what it means to be human. He argues that certain biases in the modern mind – in particular our love of abstraction and our extreme confidence in . . . → Read More: The financial crisis and the way we think 
This is a guest post from Miriam Strom: Over the last few years my awareness of depression has grown. Not just because it is a large part of my studies and my work, but also because it seems to be prevalent in my age group and in my community. Tim Malone (Compass alumnus in Melbourne) . . . → Read More: Depression  The Exile and its aftermath raised staggering questions for the people of God. Even after a small remnant of the people were able to return to Jerusalem under the rule of Cyrus, King of Persia, these questions remained. Israel began to retell their stories, and as they asked the question, what was God doing, they began to . . . → Read More: August Calendar |
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