Crossing the Tiber (again)
Further to my blog entry below, Martin Downes has informed me that Charles Hodge’s letter (in 1869) to Pius IX declining an invitation to attend the Vatican Council is now on-line…
Derek Thomas
And yet more Anglicans… or ex-Anglicans
Further to the blog entries by Carl and Paul, I note with some fascination the Canterbury trail is leading, well, to Rome. See here. It’s curious: denials of doctrine seem…
Trueman, Schnitzel, the Heidelberg disputation and psalms
Fascinating day, partly because in the order of things, I had the day off. Carl Trueman gave a brilliant defense of Creeds and Confessions, so brilliant that it made the…
Republocrat: a conversation between Gabe and Derek
Gabe, I’ve been reading (again) Carl’s Republocrat (P&R Publishing) and I’m struck by several things straight out of the gate. First of all, I’m struck by the fact that it…
Republocrat
Unless you have been on vacation in the Outer Hebrides, you will know that Carl Trueman has been busy writing his latest book, Republocrat: Confessions of a Liberal Conservative (P…
Hawking’s Grand Design reaches No.1 on NYT bestseller list
So, it is official: Stephen Hawking’s The Grand Design has shot to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Over on Tim Challies’ blog, you can read Edgar…
Parody of New Perspective
Gabe pointed out to me the following parody of the new perspective: it really is quite funny
No, Paul Levy does exist in his own right
This week, we welcome four new regular contributors to the Ref21 blog: Paul Levy, Liam Goligher, Gabriel Furher and Carlton Wynne. I should make it clear that none of these names…
September 22: Ezek 25
Among the nations that Ezekiel singles out for attention in chapter 25 is Edom (25:12-14). ‘Edom’ or ‘Seir’ (25:8) was where Jacob’s twin brother, Esau, went, and ‘Edomites’ is the…
September 21: Ez 24
Something is cooking on Ezekiel’s stove (Ezek. 24:3b; cf. 11:3). It is a “parable” (24:3a) in which God’s people and they are being boiled. And the smell coming from the…