Every year, as the Christmas season approaches, some folks object to the celebration of Christmas due to its allegedly pagan roots. Some critics are Christians while others are cultists (i.e. Jehovah’s Witnesses). Before proceeding any further, let’s draw a few…
For many years I was neither a friendly admirer nor frequent reader of the nineteenth century Southern Presbyterians and, for the record, still cannot really take Dabney seriously (sorry Sean). But, as Stan Laurel declared to Oliver Hardy in the…
For many years I was neither a friendly admirer nor frequent reader of the nineteenth century Southern Presbyterians and, for the record, still cannot really take Dabney seriously (sorry Sean). But, as Stan Laurel declared to Oliver Hardy in…
Despite the implied goading of the Pope of Ealing and the Dean of Westminster, I have no intention of engaging in a tit-for-tat with my brother Lee Gatiss, responding to all the various points of contention (and I do not…
Our Creed, Mark G. Johnston (P&R, 2012) I have encountered plenty of Christians who believe that creeds are divisive. The Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary reports approximately forty-one thousand (so-called) Christian denominations or organizations…
It has been enjoyable to sit on the sidelines this week and watch the theological world go by. The battle between the Pope of Ealing, Ol’ Loony Toons and the Man with Steel Underpants is proving entertaining; and the…
It has been enjoyable to sit on the sidelines this week and watch the theological world go by. The battle between the Pope of Ealing, Ol’ Loony Toons and the Man with Steel Underpants is proving entertaining; and the…
This year’s Westminster Conference finished yesterday with a further three papers. The first was, for me, perhaps the highlight of the conference. David Gregson from Reeth gave a paper (the Reeth lecture?) on Blaise Pascal. We considered his life and…
I have benefited from reading the comments on the wide variety of blogs that have picked up the discussion between Tullian Tchividjian and me on the subject of total depravity, the Christian, and the doctrine of sanctification. In some respects,…
I was brought up in Ebenezer Baptist Church, Swansea and the great son of that church is Griffith John (not Steve Levy). Gary Brady points to a report on the BBC about him. The church has recently commemorated his death…
