Month June 2008

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Some Reflections by a Christian College Professor

    In my recent travels and conversations, the topics of Dr. Peter Enns’ book and the author’s relationship with Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia have come up repeatedly.  Dr. Enns is the author of Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the…

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Some Reflections by a Christian College Professor

    In my recent travels and conversations, the topics of Dr. Peter Enns’ book and the author’s relationship with Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia have come up repeatedly.  Dr. Enns is the author of Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the…

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My favourite piece of hagiography

For delightful reading, John Kennedy’s The Days of the Fathers in Ross-shire is unbeatable. For a study of the ministers and men of Ross-shire in Scotland in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, it is indispensable. In the following passage…

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Summer Reading

Del’s asked about summer reading.  Here’s mine: Theology: Johannes Vanderkemp, The Heidelberg Catechism; David F Wells, The Courage to be Protestant. Two books on my passions: Jeremy Schaap, Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics.  After Emil…

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Summer Reading

Del’s asked about summer reading.  Here’s mine: Theology: Johannes Vanderkemp, The Heidelberg Catechism; David F Wells, The Courage to be Protestant. Two books on my passions: Jeremy Schaap, Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics.  After Emil…

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Sean’s Summer Reading, no. 1

Our intrepid director requested that we blog about our summer reading; since I know I will either throw some of these books to the side, complete others, and start new ones, this is my first installment (in various stages, all…

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The Legacy of John Calvin

      T he second volume in the Calvin 500 Series has appeared, a series of volumes written or edited by David Hall celebrating the 500th anniversary (in 2009) of the birth of John Calvin. I’ve just finished reading The…

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The Two Words in the Bible

It has been said that the two words in the Bible are “law” and “gospel.” The point is that everything in Scripture can ultimately be placed either in the category of law or gospel. Law is anything that God requires.…

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Hitch on Pat

You’ll find an interesting response from Christopher Hitchens to Pat Buchanan’s latest book (on how World War 2 was `unnecessary’ here.  I include it here because of the influence Buchanan has over many members of the Christian Right.  For those…