A Different Kind Of Link Request

BTW, I wanted to thank all the readers who have been sending links to stories and other items of interest for the blog. I can’t use them all, but I really appreciate them.

I do have one request, though: When sending a story, can y’all be sure to include a link to the original story rather than just the text of the story?

Makes it a lot easier, as I frequently can’t quote the whole story in a blog post and need to link to it (in which case I have to find it on the web if I don’t already have a link to it).

Much obliged, folks, and thanks for your contributions to making the blog a better, more interesting place!

(I’d love to give readers credit by name for stories they send in, but last time I broached the subject of changing Rule #15, folks seemed to like things the way they are. If I actually use an e-mail as a guest blog, though, I’ll contact the author to see if he’d like me to suspent Rule #15 in a single case.)

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

2 thoughts on “A Different Kind Of Link Request”

  1. OK, I give up. What the heck is MSM? A Google search says that it’s “Methylsulfonylmethane,” Which is apparently a health supplement. But I don’t think that’s what you meant, Jimmy.

  2. MSM = blogger slang for “Mainstream Media” (e.g., typical newspapers and ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN/MSNBC/CNBC/NPR/BBC news).
    Its rival is the “alternative media” (e.g., FOX news, talk radio, and the blogosphere).

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