Calvin’s 500th
Today, July 10, 2009 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin. Allow me to suggest a little reading to mark the occassion: The Institutes of the Christian Religion – Simply the most beautiful, the finest, and most…
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What if Starbucks was like the church?
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Thinking rightly about God
Martin Downes over at Against Heresies posted a link to a helpful response from Douglas Kelley to the book “The Openness of God.” Dr. Kelly writes: The reason the five authors of The Openness of God deny the infinitude of…
“I’m going to hurt you.”
Carl Trueman has written a predictably insightful post over at Ref21 on the ease with which our feelings are hurt in the process of debating important issues. Years ago, I tried (and by general consent failed) to develop as my…
The Deification of Celebrity
The more shallow a culture, the more trivial are its objects of worship. Ours is a culture that worships celebrity. The onslaught of reality TV has awakended the possibility that I too can be famous. As Nicole Kidman’s character in…
Death is Not Dying (2)
Back in May I connected to a truly moving blogsite from a young wife and mother who had been diagnosed with cancer and whose prospects for survival were very low. On July 2nd Rachel Barkey met her Lord. One of…
Pastors and Politics
It is almost impossible to avoid the issue of politics completely. In fact I don’t know anyone who has no opinions about politics and politicians. It is no easy task for a preacher to hide completely his political opinions. While…
Good Music
If you are not familiar with Sojourn Music then do yourself a favor and check them out HERE. The folks at Sojourn Music are committed to preserving for a new generation the great hymns of the Christian faith. Their new…
New Children’s Book
A new book for children by Sinclair Ferguson is due out in September. All of Ferguson’s books are well worth reading. One of the things I appreciate is that he writes for the academy, the laity, and children. This new…
Summer Fiction
I’m really enjoying Bernard Cornwell’s “The Winter King” which is volume one in a this-worldly retelling of the Arthur legend. Cornwell does historical fiction right.