Steve Jeffery
4 articles
Ten Reasons That You’ll Never Believe Why Social Media Is Terrible For Any Kind Of Serious Discussion And Pretty Bad In Lots Of Other Ways, Along With A Brief Word In Defense Of Some Notable Exceptions
Introduction On June 20th, 2018, I decided that I would no longer use Facebook for any kind of religious, political, or ideological discussion. I’d had misgivings for a while, but this was the critical moment, indelibly enshrined in the timestamp of a rather disappointing Facebook comment that finally pushed me…
Teenagers and the Smartphone Beast
According to this recent article in The Atlantic , teenage promiscuity is decreasing. Apparently there is a general "decline in dating" which also "tracks with a decline in sexual activity." The figures are startling: The drop is the sharpest for ninth-graders, among whom the number of sexually active teens has…
How Does a Chiasm Mean?
Chiastic structures are found all over the Bible, and in recent decades commentators have become more adept at spotting them. But identifying these literary structures is only part of the challenge. There remains the challenge of understanding what they mean. Part of the answer is found in the recognition that…
Laughing Along with Jon Stewart
I confess to mixed feelings about Jon Stewart. There’s a great deal about his work that I don’t particularly like. I don’t like his profanity, the worst of which is mercifully bleeped out before it makes it onto the YouTube clips that are my main source of snippets. I certainly…