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Read the Psalms
I love the Psalms in part because they provide us with the images, names, and terminology with which to understand God and how we are to relate to Him. They teach us how to speak to God. The Psalms give…
The Eternal King
No matter how many strong enemies plot to overthrow the church, they do not have sufficient strength to prevail over God’s immutable decree by which he appointed his Son eternal King.– John Calvin
The Color of Money
Al Gore knows a good deal when he sees one. He has parlayed his environmental activism into a multi-million (billion?) dollar enterprise. Now the hapless Church of England is giving him over 150 million dollars. The former Vice President is…
An important test for an important law
The Associated Press reports on a New Mexico man who beat to death his pregnant girlfriend which resulted in the death of her unborn son. The report reads: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New Mexico believe they may…
His Way is in the Sea
The worst maritime disaster in peacetime in British waters took place on the Isle of Lewis ninety years ago, on 1 January 1919. The yacht Iolaire (Gaelic for ‘eagle’) was returning some two hundred and fifty Lewismen who were returning…
Take and Read
There are some history books that are important but not very readable. Others are quite readable but not very important. When a book comes along that provides both an important contribution to our understanding of the world and is also…
The Messiah in Philly
Pretty cool: From the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, WHYY and NPR present Handel’s holiday masterpiece performed by the “Fabulous Philadelphians” — one of the world’s great orchestras, joined by the nationally-renowned Philadelphia Singers Chorale. Acclaimed British choral master Richard Hickox…
British Missionaries imprisoned…
Two British missionaries in Gambia, West Africa, have been imprisoned for a year for sending anti-Islamic e-mail. See the full story here.
P T Forsyth on Atonement and Times of Crisis
Yesterday afternoon, I came across a little book which, to be honest, I had forgotten I owned: The Justification of God by P T Forsyth, a series of lectures on the theodicy delivered in 1916 at the height of the…