Why Are There Never Enough Parking Spaces at the Prostate Clinic?

Article by   January 2009
One of the modern shibboleths of the evangelical church, particularly the evangelical church in the West, is that of culture.  One must be interested in culture, or one is simply irrelevant.  Books and organizations abound on Christian approaches to various... continue

Preaching Workshop at Tenth

Phil is out of the country and asked me to post this:   Tenth Presbyterian Church is hosting its 4th annual Workshop on Biblical Exposition, February 4 to 6, on the theme of Apocalyptic Literature.    The workshop is sponsored...
Posted January 5, 2009 @ 12:10 AM by Derek Thomas
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Playboy's in trouble -- but it's not good news

The economy is apparently hitting the Playboy pornographic empire, at least according to an article in December in Business Week.   The magazine which was famously described as being good for women, providing that women knew what they were good...
Posted January 3, 2009 @ 5:40 PM by Carl Trueman
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Collin Hansen's Top Theology Stories

Over at Christianity Today, Collin Hansen has compiled his list of the "Top Ten Theological Stories of 2008." It includes the phenomenal success of the poorly written and theologically confused, The Shack, The Year of the Study Bible, and the...
Posted January 3, 2009 @ 8:12 AM by Derek Thomas
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Calvin blog

Just a reminder, the Calvin blog begins MONDAY. And, while we're on Calvin, the Calvin 500 folks tell me that booking is now open for the Conference section here....
Posted January 2, 2009 @ 4:06 PM by Derek Thomas
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His Way is in the Sea

The worst maritime disaster in peacetime in British waters took place on the Isle of Lewis ninety years ago, on 1 January 1919. The yacht Iolaire (Gaelic for 'eagle') was returning some two hundred and fifty Lewismen who were returning...
Posted December 31, 2008 @ 2:52 PM by Iain D Campbell

British Missionaries imprisoned...

Two British missionaries in Gambia, West Africa, have been imprisoned for a year for sending anti-Islamic e-mail. See the full story here....
Posted December 30, 2008 @ 9:31 AM by Derek Thomas
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P T Forsyth on Atonement and Times of Crisis

Yesterday afternoon, I came across a little book which, to be honest, I had forgotten I owned: The Justification of God by P T Forsyth, a series of lectures on the theodicy delivered in 1916 at the height of the...
Posted December 29, 2008 @ 9:19 AM by Carl Trueman
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Why Africa Needs Missionaries: Interesting Thoughts of a Gay Atheist

David Robertson, of the Free Church of Scotland, brought this article to my attention this morning.  Very much of the Roger Scruton `comfort from a  false belief is not necessarily false comfort' variety, but still a fascinating read: here...
Posted December 29, 2008 @ 9:14 AM by Carl Trueman
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