Month September 2007

A reader has written to take issue with my post “Homeward Bound.”  First the critique, and then my response: Pastor Ryken commends as “good” Thomas R. Taylor’s text “I’m But a Stranger Here.” I must disagree. I think this text…

Tony Reinke previews the forthcoming ESV Literary Study Bible, edited by Leland Ryken and Philip Ryken.

The Faith Once Delivered Ed. Anthony T. Selvaggio, Essays in Honor of Dr. Wayne R. Spear (P&R, 2007). What a delightful read this book is proving to be. A collection of essays on the theology of the Westminster Confession written…

“Now, I know that someday I am going to come to what some people will say is the end of this life. They will probably put me in a box and roll me right down here in front of the…

I have received a couple of emails from my post on Roger Olson’s frightening words regarding “the God of Calvinism,” asking if I was declaring the man to be unsaved.  I do want to go on record as saying that…

The British public are apparently “at ease” with the idea of producing animal-human hybrid embryos in order to further stem cell research. A government watchdog committee gave approval for it yesterday. For an in-depth analysis of what’s at issue in this process from…

Carl, the actor you have never heard of (right!), is Christian Bale (of Batman Begins fame) — who,as I’m sure you know, is WELSH!  Born in Pembrokeshire! 

Dr. D. James Kennedy died peacefully in his sleep this morning at 3:30 AM (ET), Wednesday; September 5, 2007. We at the Alliance thank God for Dr. Kennedy’s faithful ministry, and pray the Lord’s peace and comfort for his family,…

In response to Carl Trueman’s post on 3-10 Yuma, it should also be noted that Brokeback Mountain –with its homosexual love theme — effectively destroyed the Western as a genre.  This is part of a wider cultural trend: the postmodern…

In a recent mailing, Mars Hill Audio worries a little that they are “still something on an unintentionally well-kept secret,” and that they “hope to change that in the coming year.” If it is true that Mars Hill Audio is a…