Mike Wittmer

What I think. What I know. What I think I know.

  • blind sided

    There has been a bit of commentary on Lifeway Christian bookstores bowing to Southern Baptist pressure to stop selling the movie “The Blind Side” because it contains some profanity and racial slurs. The comments I have seen have been entirely critical, ranging from “This is what’s wrong with Christian bookstores” to “When will Christians stop…

  • by the powers of Brady Hoke

    Perhaps reading Peter Leithart’s Defending Constantine has over sensitized me to the merging of church and culture, but today’s Grand Rapids Press includes evidence for what we Buckeyes have long suspected:  Michigan football is a pagan religion. Apparently for $13,000 you can now walk out of the tunnel of the Big House and get married on…

  • fools rush in

    I just read Fools Rush In, a rollicking book by Carl Trueman, Professor of Historical Theology at Westminster Seminary. I recommend this book both for its content and for any writer who wants to develop his own voice (and who doesn’t?). This book is teeming with voice and entirely in the first person, which is…

  • summer thoughts

    1. I was making small talk with the fellow behind me as we waited for the service to start at the prison on Sunday. I mentioned that I like the taste of strawberries. He replied, “I like the taste of freedom.” Well, that was awkward. 2. One of the best feelings in the world is…

  • viral marketing

    I do not condone this transparent attempt to promote my book and blog. The blurriness of the first word makes me think the artist was drunk, but you probably guessed that already.

  • parole

    The Grand Rapids Press has a front page story today about Saulo Montalvo, a 32 year old serving life in prison for being a 16 year old getaway driver for a robbery that ended in murder. Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision that life sentences for juveniles are unconstitutional may finally grant Saulo his release. I saw Saulo…

  • congratulations

    I would like to congratulate Northeast Ohio for raising a young man in a single parent home, surrounding him with devoted mentors and father figures, and cheering him on to become a world champion, the best basketball player on the planet. And for not being bitter.

  • untethered

    Nick Wallenda’s tightrope walk across Niagara Falls is an important illustration of faith, but not how you’d think. I caught the last few minutes of his historic walk on Friday night, and I wondered what was rolling behind him on the tightrope. Turns out it was a tether. In his post-event interview on ABC, a…

  • hate crimes

    I just read this disturbing article in CT about a wedding photographer who was successfully sued in New Mexico for refusing on religious grounds to photograph a lesbian wedding. The worm is turning exceedingly fast, and it’s worth asking who is discriminating against whom. It seems that it’s possible for homosexuals to hate too.

  • cursed

    Disclaimer:  I actually do not care who wins or loses any athletic contest, except for that time when Rocky beat the Russian boxer and gave that postgame speech which brought our two countries together and ended the Cold War. I happily acknowledge that my life does not change one bit if my team wins or…