Always a winner
I note with sadness Levy’s crack about the English rugby team. What can I say? As this picture reveals, his Welsh patriotism is barely skin deep. In the aftermath of the Glorious Year of 2003, his allegiance seems to have…
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken
In my last article, I talked about the authentic Christian. In the end, I agreed with D. A. Carson that the “’authentic Christian’ is the one who is most shaped in thought, word and deed by Christianity’s foundational documents, by…
The End of Christianity?
Editor’s note: This week’s article is an edited version of a book-length response to the new book The End of Christianity, edited by John Loftus. For Hays and company’s (excellent) response to one of Loftus’ other books, The Christian Delusion,…
The End of Christianity?
Editor’s note: This week’s article is an edited version of a book-length response to the new book The End of Christianity, edited by John Loftus. For Hays and company’s (excellent) response to one of Loftus’ other books, The Christian Delusion,…
Towards a Confessional Hermeneutic: Some Suggestions (with a bit of commentary)
Some of the issues persistently raised in recent discussions of controversial matters within the conservative Reformed community have to do with the role and interpretation of confessional materials. Whether it be discussions pro and con of Federal Vision attempts to…
Horton Hears a Who
Instead of a Reading Reflection, I thought I would give a short conference reflection. The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals put on a conference in Bethesda, MD titled, What is the Church? Michael Horton, Greg Gilbert, and Robert Norris were the…
Geoffrey Grogan (1925-2011)
First of all, apologies for my absence from this blog for the past few months. You seem to have managed without me. Second, apologies for not realising until today that Geoffrey Grogan, former lecturer in London Bible College (now London…
Rugby World Cup update
It’s a great day to be a Welshman in England married to an Northern Irish lady. Congrats to Mr Trueman, I think England overstretched themselves by getting to the quarters.
Hazardous
From a disturbing article published by the Schaeffer Institute: When I was with another church growth consulting firm, we did a major study of pastors and came up with some astounding statistics. We found that 90% of pastors work more…
Repenting of Ministry
A story from Reuters records the following sad words concerning Steve Jobs’ decision to authorize a biography on his life: Steve Jobs, in pain and too weak to climb stairs a few weeks before his death, wanted his children to…