Border Crossings
I am just back from one of Carl Trueman’s haunts: tell it not in Gath, but I slept in his bed! I refer to a trip to Canada for Sola…
Derek Thomas
Augustine through Helm and Under Thomas
[NOTE: PAUL HELM SENT ALONG THIS COMMENT FOR THE BLOG. IT IS POSTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR UNDER DEREK’S NAME FOR SIMPLICITY’S SAKE] Derek Thomas’s excellent piece on the emotional life…
Especially for Carl
Just FYI. A new Understanding the Times has been posted in this issue, as well as a few book reviews. Carl, I have made some self-deprecating statements about the Welsh.
How Long, O Lord?
The Welsh have not (generally) adopted that legacy of Platonism in post-Renaissance culture, commonly called “the stiff upper-lip.” The Welsh, you see, give voice to their complaints with reckless abandonment.…
Praying: Finding our Way through Duty to Delight
Another, much anticipated book by J. I. Packer (and a second co-authored by Carolyn Nystrom). This one, as the title makes abundantly clear, on prayer – or, as the action-word…
Horsin’ around
The Wall Street Journal article indicating all is not well in Saddleback land (WSJ Sept 5), has been picked up everywhere, including here, in the Southern Baptist Press.
Bruckner does it for me!
These have been some of the most frustrating two weeks in a while! God knew, of course, what he was doing and that I needed it. I refer to the…
Window on the Past The Didache
Along with The Epistle of Barnabas, 1 & 2 Clement, The Shepherd of Hermas, The Epistles of Ignatius and Polycarp, Te Epistle of Diognetus, and The Martyrdom of Clement, Ignatius…
Laptop spotted on the Mile End Road
Since having my laptop stolen, ole Del Boy can’t log in any more — he’s lost his password, but after that Trueman geezer’s posting yesterday, showing as much sympathy as…
New Issue of Ref21
Be sure to check out the front pages as a new issue of Ref21 was posted this afternoon. Yes, I’m back. Sort of. I had been enjoying a few days…