You ought to check out Carl’s latest. I remember when he first began ringing the alarm about the rise of celebrity culture within the neo-reformed movement. He was largely dismissed or ignored completely. Well, the chickens, as they say, have…
I doubt that many readers of this blog would know a brother by the name of Johnny Farese. Johnny was born with spinal muscular atrophy. By the time I had the privilege of meeting him in person, he had been…
When I raised the ‘celebrity pastor’ issue a few years ago, my primary concern was the distasteful self-promotion and the cultivation of cults of personality which it seemed to involve. The first time that I caught serious flack for this…
When I raised the ‘celebrity pastor’ issue a few years ago, my primary concern was the distasteful self-promotion and the cultivation of cults of personality which it seemed to involve. The first time that I caught serious flack for this…
Randall C. Zachman, Reconsidering John Calvin. Current Issues in Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012, viii + 212pp. $29.99 This elegant little book formed the content of the Warfield Lectures given at Princeton Theological Seminary in October 2009 in honour…
On Sunday I preached part 5 in our series through Acts. It is entitled “They Were Cut to the Heart” and may be listened to HERE.
You know society is in trouble when the politicians start stooping so low that they begin to adopt practices akin to those of celebrity megachurch pastors in order to inflate their cultural share price. I knew politics was a dirty,…
You know society is in trouble when the politicians start stooping so low that they begin to adopt practices akin to those of celebrity megachurch pastors in order to inflate their cultural share price. I knew politics was a dirty,…
The Transadvocate reports another case of dastardly and unacceptable cisgender oppression. This time, a transgender person has been refused permission to compete as a woman at the Crossfit Games. In a letter apparently ‘reeking of transphobia and cisgenderism’ (but, to…
The Transadvocate reports another case of dastardly and unacceptable cisgender oppression. This time, a transgender person has been refused permission to compete as a woman at the Crossfit Games. In a letter apparently ‘reeking of transphobia and cisgenderism’ (but, to…
