Just Cause for Optimism
It strikes me that, amid all the hype and hoo-hah this week surrounding a certain author, we need to remember that promise. Teachers — true and false — come and go; they have done so for centuries, and few have…
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An Accidental Optimist
Last week, I had the privilege of speaking to a group gathered under the auspices of the conservative think-tank, the Acton Institute. On the surface, it was an odd moment. Francis Beckwith had mentioned to me some time earlier in…
An Accidental Optimist
Last week, I had the privilege of speaking to a group gathered under the auspices of the conservative think-tank, the Acton Institute. On the surface, it was an odd moment. Francis Beckwith had mentioned to me some time earlier in…
New Resources from TGC
Gospel Coalition Booklets, D.A. Carson & Tim Kellor (ed.)
Tim and Carl on “Love Wins”
Tim Challies has written a helpful review of Rob Bell’s new book Love Wins. A God who would allow people to go to hell is not a great God, according to Bell, and the traditional belief that He would is…
Rob Bell, my car and tiredness
Where was Rob Bell last Monday at 1.30pm? Somebody crashed into my car and drove off while I was shopping on the Greenford Avenue Co-Op. Anyway in our house-group, during the prayer time, we have banned the ‘I’m tired’ prayer…
Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth….
While the virtual evangelical world and his brother continue to work towards fever pitch over the headline `Charlie Sheen occasionally broke the speed limit when driving’ — sorry, I mean `Emergent pastor advocates universalism’ — back in the real world…
Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth….
While the virtual evangelical world and his brother continue to work towards fever pitch over the headline `Charlie Sheen occasionally broke the speed limit when driving’ — sorry, I mean `Emergent pastor advocates universalism’ — back in the real world…
Ministerial Magpies
The magpie (at least, the one I have in mind) is a striking European bird of black and white plumage (as Jeeves might say, “The species pica pica of the family corvidae, sir”) – a sort of jazzed up crow,…
Christian Publishing in China:
A Cautionary Note [Editor’s Note] This is in response to an article published under the name of Michael Haykin. To clarify, Dr. Haykin was the article’s editor and not its author. Michael Haykin’s recent piece on the possibilities for Reformed publishing…