Especially for Carl
Just FYI. A new Understanding the Times has been posted in this issue, as well as a few book reviews. Carl, I have made some self-deprecating statements about the Welsh.
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Principle vs. Practice
Phil, thanks for that helpful, clarifying distinction with regard to multiracial churches. Well said.
Ancient and (Post)Modern
I was struck by this description of social and intellectual attitudes in the ancient world in Ivor Davidson’s Birth of the Church (Baker):
Ancient and (Post)Modern
I was struck by this description of social and intellectual attitudes in the ancient world in Ivor Davidson’s Birth of the Church (Baker):
Ancient and (Post)Modern
I was struck by this description of social and intellectual attitudes in the ancient world in Ivor Davidson’s Birth of the Church (Baker):
How Long, O Lord?
The Welsh have not (generally) adopted that legacy of Platonism in post-Renaissance culture, commonly called “the stiff upper-lip.” The Welsh, you see, give voice to their complaints with reckless abandonment. Typical here is Wales’s most famous twentieth century poet and…
Rallying the Really Human Things
A friend of mine, some five years ago now, introduced me to Vigen Guroian when he suggested I read Inheriting Paradise (Eerdmans, 1999), a short but immensely satisfying meditation on the relationship of theology to gardening. Earlier this year, I…
Praying: Finding our Way through Duty to Delight
Another, much anticipated book by J. I. Packer (and a second co-authored by Carolyn Nystrom). This one, as the title makes abundantly clear, on prayer – or, as the action-word suggests, praying. A century and a half ago the Scottish…
Race and Grace: A Clarifying Comment
Many thanks to Justin for giving us some principles to use in dealing with issues of race in the church. I want to go farther with one of his principles, pushing for the kind of clarifty Justin advocates.. He writes:…
Christ as Atonement and Example, Part I
In his sermon “Servus Servorum” (or “Servant of Servants”), Charles Spurgeon speaks in favor of following Christ as our example, provided we first trust him as our Savior: “Years ago, Christ was set forth almost exclusively as an example. ‘Concerning…