50 Greatest Carols
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…
Derek Thomas
In Praise of John Calvin’s Institutes
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…
Ryken on Christ the Center
Phil Ryken was interviewed by our friends over at Christ the Center. You can listen here.
Silence of the Lambs
It’s official: T4G has gone deep and not a peep has been heard from them in months. Rumors are they have fallen out and are not speaking. It’s all revealed…
Checking the Pulse of Evangelicalism
Ligon Duncan was the guest on Al Mohler’s radio show this week. You can listen to it here.
Torrance and the Incarnation
Like Steve, I too have recently acquired T. F. Torrance’s The Incarnation: The Person and Life of Christ (IVP, 2008), but the work on Springsteen (why would I want to read…
John Stott and the 50th anniversary of Basic Christianity
This past week, I received a copy of the 50th anniversary edition of John Stott’s widely acclaimed best-seller, Basic Christianity. I first read this book in December 1971 as a…
Nichols again
Further to my entry below, Steve Nichols appears on www.harvest-tv.com talking about his new book on blues music. He appears for about ten minutes or so about 20 minutes into the…
An exponential improvement in quality…
The guys over at Christ the Center have been interviewing Steve Nichols concerning his new book Getting the Blues. You may want to stick with the interview until 37.06 when…
The problems of translation — a post-Wittgenstein problem
When government officials e-mailed for a translation of the words “No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential traffic only” what came back was the Welsh equivalent of “I am…