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Writing in relevantmagazine.com, Daniel Holland describes his traumatic experiences as a waiter in a small restaurant (location unknown), serving the “Christian table” on Sunday nights: “I’d heard from counteless others that the ‘Church crowd’ is hands down the worst group…

OK Ligon, we’re getting impatient now. How long will we have to wait for your apologetical insights into Santa Claus 3? Did you see any Christological motifs? Was it up there with Lord of the Rings? Should we forsake all and…

Carl, since we’re commending good reading, I thought you should all know that Ligon is off to see “Santa Claus 3” this evening! Was there a 1 and 2? Hopefully, we’re in for some edgy blogs with “missional” import, discerning…

I alluded in an earlier post re. Ted Haggard to St Augustine.  I confess to being a big fan.

Westminster Seminary’s K. Scott Oliphint has just published a book with the very promising title Reasons for Faith: Philosophy in the Service of Theology.  Bill Edgar writes: “This is a wonderful book. If given the attention it deserves,Reasons for Faith…

My friend and colleague Bob Brady just pointed me to this post by our mutual friend Tom Ascol. It points back to this good article at ref21 by our intrepid editor. Edifying stuff. Read and learn and be encouraged.

I’ve been pondering again what is always a somewhat thorny issue: was Jesus able to sin or was he not able to sin? It arose again yesterday in a Patristics class in which we were examining the early work of…

Last week a New Jersey fisherman found a plastic bag full of letters in the surf off Atlantic City.  There were about 300 letters in the bag — some dating back to the early 1970’s — all addressed to the…