To Kiss or Not to Kiss?
This past week, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, kissed a seven year old boy–on the stomach! Context: the President had bent down to ask the boy his name; the boy…
Derek Thomas
The Cross of Christ
I’ve been reading the Crossway editions of the sermons of Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Acts (5 volumes so far). In a sermon on Acts 4:23-28, Peter and John, following a night…
Family Worship — New Book!
Don Whitney, professor of Biblical Spirituality at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY has just published a new book, Family Worship. Al Mohler writes: “Don Whitney has written…
C. S. Lewis Society of California
David Theroux has pointed out to us the establishment of the C. S. Lewis Society of California. Its founder and President, David Theroux, writes: “The C.S. Lewis Society of California…
The Boss
Carl Been thinking of you, mate! Those poor English dipsticks. Couldn’t put a ball in the back of the net to save their lives. Even gangly Rodders could’ve manged it!…
New book for children
Our very own (at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson that is) Shirley Windham has published a marvellous little book for Parents of young children which we want to recommend enthusiastically. It…
Contemplating Katrina
We Christians are caught in a dilemma: it is captured succinctly by Amos: “Does disaster come to a city, unless the LORD has done it?” (Amos 3:6). It is simply…
Flip-Flops in the House of God
In an article in the Chicago Tribune this week, Jodi Cohen and Maegan Carberry discussed the case of Kate Darmody, a winning member of the National Championship Women’s Lacrosse team…
Starbucks in Heaven?
Will there be a Starbucks store in heaven? It’s a crazy question, I know, but humor me for a second or two. Perhaps we should ask the more theologically precise…
How to Listen to a Sermon
Shortly before college I read Mortimer Adler’s little classic How to Read a Book. That may sound like an odd title. After all, how could somebody read the book unless…