Principle vs. Practice
Phil, thanks for that helpful, clarifying distinction with regard to multiracial churches. Well said.
Month September 2006
Ancient and (Post)Modern
I was struck by this description of social and intellectual attitudes in the ancient world in Ivor Davidson’s Birth of the Church (Baker):
Ancient and (Post)Modern
I was struck by this description of social and intellectual attitudes in the ancient world in Ivor Davidson’s Birth of the Church (Baker):
Ancient and (Post)Modern
I was struck by this description of social and intellectual attitudes in the ancient world in Ivor Davidson’s Birth of the Church (Baker):
How Long, O Lord?
The Welsh have not (generally) adopted that legacy of Platonism in post-Renaissance culture, commonly called “the stiff upper-lip.” The Welsh, you see, give voice to their complaints with reckless abandonment. Typical here is Wales’s most famous twentieth century poet and…
Rallying the Really Human Things
A friend of mine, some five years ago now, introduced me to Vigen Guroian when he suggested I read Inheriting Paradise (Eerdmans, 1999), a short but immensely satisfying meditation on the relationship of theology to gardening. Earlier this year, I…
Praying: Finding our Way through Duty to Delight
Another, much anticipated book by J. I. Packer (and a second co-authored by Carolyn Nystrom). This one, as the title makes abundantly clear, on prayer – or, as the action-word suggests, praying. A century and a half ago the Scottish…
Race and Grace: A Clarifying Comment
Many thanks to Justin for giving us some principles to use in dealing with issues of race in the church. I want to go farther with one of his principles, pushing for the kind of clarifty Justin advocates.. He writes:…
Christ as Atonement and Example, Part I
In his sermon “Servus Servorum” (or “Servant of Servants”), Charles Spurgeon speaks in favor of following Christ as our example, provided we first trust him as our Savior: “Years ago, Christ was set forth almost exclusively as an example. ‘Concerning…
Tony “the Gent”
It looks like Tony “the Gent” is now cropping up in other places in the blogosphere, and people are asking questions.