“Notoriety can be gained at once by just being singular, and setting up to know better than those around you. Everybody will talk about you at once, and you can impress yourself upon their memories by saying something very cutting…
Kindle (or Ipad) users will be interested to see that Amazon have now released an e-version of Carl Trueman’s “The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind” (Moody) here for a buck and a half. Who said Carl wasn’t cheap?
Perhaps you have heard the news that Ted Haggard is going to have his own reality show on TLC. I know. Just when you think someone’s willingness to abase himself and his family can’t be any greater… Over at Ref21…
Perhaps only a few American readers will know the name of John Profumo. He was a British conservative MP, and married the actress, Valerie Hobson (Dennis Price’s love interest in Kind Hearts and Coronets). In 1963, as Minister of War,…
Perhaps only a few American readers will know the name of John Profumo. He was a British conservative MP, and married the actress, Valerie Hobson (Dennis Price’s love interest in Kind Hearts and Coronets). In 1963, as Minister of War,…
By now most of our readers will have heard that our own fellow-blogger here at Ref21, Laim Goligher, has received and accepted a call to the pulpit of Tenth Presbyterian Church. As part of the extended Tenth community, I am…
By now, you’ve no doubt heard about the troubles afflicting the Crystal Cathedral. It is not everyday that a mega-church files for bankruptcy after all. Therefore it’s worth noting; not because of the sad details but because of the irony.…
Harvard’s Richard Lowentin quoted in the Jan. 9, 1997, New York Review of Books: We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to ful”ll many of…
“Theistic evolution is a biblical and theological disaster.” So writes Dr. Al Mohler in the latest edition of magazine of Southern Seminary. The theme of the current edition is “Ex Nihilo,” or “out of nothing.” Check it out and pay…
After going months without seeing Carl Trueman, I get to see him two times this month. Last Sunday he preached at my home church (Thanks for the sermon, Carl.) and in a bit he and I will be joining in with…
