Philistia and the angels
It’s always fun watching Philistia get down and personal with the likes of Hawking. In a robust style, The Economist took Hawking’s atheistic stance to task and all we could…
Derek Thomas
Planting churches in England
You might be interested in a BBC interview with Kevin Bidwell (church planting in Sheffield, England) as he tries to explain to a secular audience the subtle nuances of “presbyterianism”…
Not Book burning but book buying…
Our friends over at Cumberland Valley Bible Book Service (here) are having their annual “Customer Appreciation Sale” on Thursday with savings up to 40%. Among other publishers, they carry Crossway,…
Bono for President?
For all those politco-obsessives who have been devouring Tony Blair’s naval-gazing memoirs, there’s at least one shocker: Bono could have been a Prime Minister or President! See, here.
BBC: “God did not create the universe”
Further evidence of the erosion of a Christian worldview as the BBC and The Times recently announced “God did not create the Universe” — aka Rupert Murdoch and Stephen Hawking (see…
Should Preachers ever say, “I don’t Know!”
Sunday evening, at one of our infrequent sessions with the interns (supper and Q and A), Ligon and myself were asked an interesting question, one which has remained with me:…
Remembering Marx… or not
In our Friday morning staff meeting (at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson that is), Ligon invariably asks me to lead in a devotional. This morning I reflected for a moment or…
Late Summer Reading
Not wishing to disturb Trueman (who seems to be on a roll), I have a couple of books to bring to your attention. Both of these are by former colleagues…
August 13: 1 Samuel 3
“And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision” (1 Sam. 3:1). This is a very disturbing statement – at least, it should…
On the lighter side…
Our friends at bringthebooks.org have just posted this. Can you name the three? Think: a Scotsman, a Dutchman and and a Welshman…