In his outstanding book, Sinners in the Hands of a Good God, David Clotfelter carefully distinguishes between the god of sentimental western moralism and the holy God who reveals Himself in Scripture. The author presents George MacDonald, the great 19th…
The latest 9Marks newsletter–is it still a “newsletter” when it’s 46 pages–is now available online. You can read it as a PDF or on their webpage.
Well, it turns out that the much-ballyhooed Golden Compass is a crashing bore. I finally got around to seeing it last night. There were three other people in the theater. Several things struck me. 1. Yes, the movie’s production quality…
Our good friend, Stafford Carson — formerly Academic Dean at Westminster Theological Seminary and now minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Portadown, Northern Ireland — has made the headlines over Christmas by refusing to allow a female minister to…
Recently, a fellow historian at another Christian institution commented to me about the growing number of Presbyterian prophets who make their reputations on the back of bashing evangelicalism, while at the same time being dependent upon the publishing houses and…
Recently, a fellow historian at another Christian institution commented to me about the growing number of Presbyterian prophets who make their reputations on the back of bashing evangelicalism, while at the same time being dependent upon the publishing houses and…
I was delighted by our church’s recent decision to increase our budget by something like 23% for coming fiscal year. Now, there is some context for this. The 2007 budget involved a scaling back, as the church began the year…
Some good theological reflections here from David Mathis: Advent and the Incarnation Jesus Is Fully Human What Is the Hypostatic Union? The Virgin Birth
From heaven above to earth I comeTo bear good news to every home;Glad tidings of great joy I bring,Whereof I now will say and sing: To you this night is born a childOf Mary, chosen virgin mild;This little child, of…
Denny Burk has posted a link to the Fox News Sunday interview with Joel Osteen ().
