I have been benefitting this week from reading Scott Clark’s Recovering the Reformed Confession. The opening chapter is very thoughtful and thought-provoking, particularly in Scott’s discussion of tradition. He quotes John Murray to the effect that ‘there is a catholic,…
This month’s BBC Music Magazine (Dec 08) contains a fascinating piece on the “50 Greatest Carols.” Over fifty choir directors from some of the prestigious cathedrals and music schools in Britain were asked to choose their top five. There are…
Both insightful and devastating.
Well, how did I miss that? Scott Clark already had an excellent post on the subject. Here. At any rate, astute ref21 readers will have already correctly put their finger on the Pope’s crucial ambiguity. What does he mean when…
Well, Joseph Alois Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) preached an interesting sermon back in November, on Paul and justification. I’ve had a number of inquiries about it. Here‘s an English translation. Carl, I’d love to hear your assessment. In one portion, he…
Evangelical Scholoarship suffered a loss with the passing of Derek Kidner. Kidner was a servant of the church through the careful study and teaching of the Old Testament. During his life he served in the following positions: Curate of St.…
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Some find it misguided to praise men. It was, after all, the Corinthian problem that they openly declared their allegiance to men: Apollos, Paul, or Peter. In doing so they caused major divisions in the Corinthian church. But we are…
Dr. Robert Gagnon of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary has written a thorough response to Newsweek’s recent cover story/endorsement of homosexual marriage (and homosexuality). Gagnon writes: As its cover story for the Dec. 15, 2008 issue, the editors of Newsweek offer readers…
Our friends over at Theology Network have a podcast of Pinky and Perky talking about the cross. OK, it’s not Pinky and Perky, those signing porcine legends from the 60s, but Mike Ovey and Andrew Sach; but when I tried…
