Of the latest round of violence in Gaza, Victor Davis Hansen writes: Hamas with its serial rocket attacks on Israel interprets all of the above not as an opportunity for prosperity, but as a stage one for the great accomplishment…
You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast howling wilderness. Then He is like a rose blooming in the midst of the desolation,–a rock rising above the storm.– Robert Murray M’CheyneGrace tried is better…
Just a reminder, the Calvin blog begins MONDAY. And, while we’re on Calvin, the Calvin 500 folks tell me that booking is now open for the Conference section here.
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
