Komodo Dragons and the Virgin Mary: a Belated Christmas Story
It’s a tad late for this, but the story only broke a few days before Christmas. The London Times ran with the headline, “Wise Men seek a virgin Mother.” Another…
Derek Thomas
Overcoming Sin & Temptation
J. I. Packer’s endorsement of John Owen’s treatment of sin in an introduction to the 1983, Multnomah Press edition of Owen’s writings on sin, Sin and Temptation, contained the following…
Welsh Carol
Thanks Phil. We arrived back from a family funeral last night to be met by Ligon at the airport. Now, why did he remind me of Father Christmas? Strangely, I…
ICS — “Irritable Clergy Syndrome” (It’s official)
Justin, speaking of pastors and what they are to do, the Archbishop of Canterbury has weighed in on a report addressing bullying and gossip among parishioners. In last saturday’s The…
Bonding
Rodders, jealousy will be the undoing of you!
Monday mornings
A dear friend from the UK told me this weekend that he’d been catching up on the Ref21 blog and noticing that we seemed to have far too much fun! Well,…
Mozart
At the risk of waking the sleeping giant (Rodders) I thought I’d share with you my morning. It began with a headache (literally) which has all the portents of being…
RUF Banned from Brown University
Reformed University Fellowship, the student-based fellowship of the Presbyterian Church in America, have been banned from meeting on the campus of Brown University. See the following links: Here and here and here.
Reflections on being a grandfather
Thanks Phil. You are quite correct. I am a three-month old grandfather of a beautiful girl named “Hannah May.” In Belfast, where my daughter and son-in-law live, she is known…
Gremlins
To all those of you who have e-mailed concerning my Nietzsche review and what appears to be gobbledygook; we are working on it. I’m blaming Trueman for his virulent attacks…