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I received the following reflections on this video by David Powlison, which I’m posting with his permission:

I’ve been informed that Carl won’t be able to blog until next Thursday. I’m not exactly sure his precise itinerary, but I know he’s following the heed of Ken Mehlman and is barnstorming the country, doing his best to rally…

Mr.Plectrum-Smith: I commend you and the good folks at the Campaign for Real Thoughtfulness (CRT) for your passionate plea to bring back The Carl! CRT: care to comment on this story? On Monday evening at 5:15, the Episcopal Divinity School…

The good folks over at Kairos have recently drawn attention to an important study by Boston University sociologist Alan Wolfe, reported in his book The Transformation of American Religion. By the way, those of you who are pastors, teachers and…

Yesterday New Jersey’s highest court ruled that “the unequal dispensation of rights and benefits to committed same-sex partners can no longer be tolerated under our state constitution.”  While the court also said it “cannot find that a fundamental right to…

Our friend Thabiti Anyabwile has begun a new blog series that is well worth reading (and heeding!): How to Prevent a Church Split, Part 1 How to Prevent a Church Split, Part 2

Phil: You may be interested in the latest cover story for Wired News, which is on The New Atheism, featuring Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett.

Within a few hours, we’ll be launching a new edition of reformation21 focusing on the contributions of Francis Schaeffer. Jerram Barrs and Mark Ryan provide insightful summaries of Schaeffer’s life and ministry. And Carl Trueman reflects on the anti-historical bias of the…

Writing for Reuters, Michael Conlon reports that a “fresh wave of atheistic books has hit the market this autumn, some climbing onto best-seller lists in what proponents see as a backlash against the way religion is entwined in politics.”  Among…

I just received Rick Phillips’s new exposition of Hebrews — a handsome volume in the Reformed Expository Commentary series that I am helping to edit.  This is a substantial work and I am grateful to see it in print, not least…