Month August 2007

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Biblical Foundations » Summer Reading

Andreas Kostenberger has posted some information on a few books he has been reading this summer (Summer Reading). Of special interest is his reference to the book “Misquoting Truth” by Timothy Paul Jones. For those of you who have seen,…

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History is history?

In Britain, the History A-level (for non-UK people, that’s the specialised exam in history which you can opt to take at age 18) is to be scrapped.  The subject is, apparently, too difficult and too irrelevant. A shame — history…

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History is history?

In Britain, the History A-level (for non-UK people, that’s the specialised exam in history which you can opt to take at age 18) is to be scrapped.  The subject is, apparently, too difficult and too irrelevant. A shame — history…

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History is history?

In Britain, the History A-level (for non-UK people, that’s the specialised exam in history which you can opt to take at age 18) is to be scrapped.  The subject is, apparently, too difficult and too irrelevant. A shame — history…

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Some Good Cheese

My friend Sean Lucas has written two terrific blog entries (here and here) in response to the conversation Carl and I have been having over fundamentalism and antithesis over here at Ref21 (See my original piece, Carl’s cheesy reply, and my…

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A Barry Bonds Primer on Sin

Like most Americans, I’ve been trying not to think about Barry Bonds and his impending achievement of breaking Hank Aaron’s home run record.  But the story is just too compelling.  Bonds is a truly Shakespearean figure – of the tragic sort,…

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I Still Must Protest (3)

“My conscience is captive to the Word of God. Thus I cannot and will not recant, for going against my conscience is neither safe nor salutary. I can do no other, here I stand, God help me.” With those words,…

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Public Schools: USA vs. UK?

I remember that in a post below, Carl said that his children attend public school.  I was wondering if he might have some insights by comparing the public school system in the UK vs. that in the US.  (And, yes,…

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Excited about the Cross

Readers of the ref21 blog will know that I am not a good blogger.  In fact, I am undoubtedly the worst blogger on this site.  I could give any number of decent excuses, but I think one of the reasons is…

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England 62 Wales 5

I know from the deluge of emails I received in the spring how much our Welsh readers appreciate my immediate response to England-Wales rugby fixtures.  What can I say, boys?   Normal service has been resumed.