Just Disconnect
It was said of John Henry Newman that he was never less alone than when alone. Newman liked the peace and quiet of isolation: it allowed him to read, to think and to write. I confess to some sympathy for…
Month September 2012
Reading Reflection:
Longing to Know, Esther Lightcap Meek (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Brazos Press, 2003) Knowing is the responsible human struggle to rely on clues to focus on a coherent pattern and submit to its reality (13). As I mentioned in my review,…
Why going bald might actually be a good thing
Check out the following video featuring our own Carl Trueman, as well as James White and Phil Johnson, discussing the danger of compromise on Trinitarianism. They also touch on the prosperity gospel, mega-church ministry, Whitney Houston’s funeral, and the reasons…
More Quotable P.T. F.
I have not provided any quotation from Peter Taylor Forsyth for a few weeks. So here are two to reflect on. The first makes me think that maybe, just maybe, P.T.F. is the one man in post-apostolic history who could…
More Quotable P.T. F.
I have not provided any quotation from Peter Taylor Forsyth for a few weeks. So here are two to reflect on. The first makes me think that maybe, just maybe, P.T.F. is the one man in post-apostolic history who could…
Review: “Matthew Henry: His Life and Influence”
Matthew Henry: His Life and InfluenceAllan HarmanChristian Focus, 2012, 208pp., paperback, £8.99ISBN 9781845507831 While Matthew Henry’s commentary, though sneered at in some quarters, remains rightly esteemed, the man himself is often little more than a cipher. Though in a style…
Psalm 63: “O God, my Strength, the early hour”
L.M. (Wilton) Psalm 63O God, my Strength, the early hourOf every day your praise shall claim. My soul desires to taste your power, And see the glory of your name. Life’s glories fade beside your love,My lips and hands shall…
Reformation Society meeting in Michigan
If you do not live near Oscoda, Michigan, now’s the time to start a Reformation Society! If you do, well, skip this paragraph and see the event below. Maybe you have never even heard of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals’…
Jesus is Already Betrothed
Have you noticed all the hoopla on the internet about the new partial (and by partial, I mean eight partial lines) manuscript discovery that has been named The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife? I would refer you to Michael J. Kruger’s…
Harnessing technology!!
Whilst Carl is linking to stuff I thought I’d join him. An RP minister sent me this, rarely have we seen technology harnessed to such good effect. Exclusive Psalm singing Presbyterians at their very best here. There surely are times…