Writing News and Views

Christianity Today recently announced their Book Awards. Have you read any of what their editors consider the best picks from 2005? One work that received an Award of Merit was co-edited by Dr. Michael Pocock, a professor at Dallas Seminary. Check out this piece he wrote for us at Kindred Spirit magazine a couple years back. And while you are at it, take a look at what a Dallas columnist had to say about my friend, Dan Wallace, and what Dr. Wallace says about the date today being 6-6-6. (The only problem is that Gary's and my anniversary is 6-1-6.)

Want to read an essay that has had a major influence in shaping how people approach literary criticism? Read T. S. Eliot on Tradition and the Individual Talent in The Selected Prose of T. S. Eliot.

Author watch: Keep an eye out for the writings of Adrian Plass. Wildly popular in Australia and Europe, Plass spoke at the Evangelical Press Association national meeting a couple of weeks ago. We laughed so hard it hurt. What he said was more than funny, though. It crunched toes a bit with just the sort of pain we need. Plass has written lots of books, but many of us stateside are just discovering him.

Coming soon: An interview with James Pence, who recently released Angel.